I was asked that question today when I was the special guest on the Cherries For Life WebTV show at Cherries Internet Cafe in Knoxville TN.  My answer…YES! MY name is Terri and I’m a technology junkie!  There I said it.  I love technology.  Granted, I don’t always understand all of it, but nonetheless, I love it!

As a virtual assistant, I couldn’t work without technology.  Check out my interview.  I come on the show at 21 minutes in, if you want to fast-forward.  But if you want some strange but yet unique trivia, just watch from the beginning.

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One of the first clients I contracted with when I started my virtual assistance business last year was Ingrid Gee. She is a sweet, petite blond that called me up one day and said, “I really need your help.” To say that the last year has been an adventure for us would be an understatement.

Through many obstacles and setbacks, she has developed an incredible new concept in the way we listen to Talk Radio, and it is about to launch in September. The Cherries Internet Cafe, will officially open it’s doors on September 8th in downtown Knoxville Tennessee. There will be nine live shows produced daily, and a “live” web feed will allow Internet users to not only hear the radio show, but to watch it in “real” time!

Visitors to the cafe will have the opportunity to bring in their own laptops and connect to the Free WiFi, or use one of the Cafe’s computers with full Internet connections. There will also be iPod and iPhone chargers at every booth.

Feeling a little hungry? They’ve gotcha covered! The Lunchbox will be providing tasty meals for purchase, as folks come down to view the live shows taking place behind a floor to ceiling 500 square foot glass studio. And if you’re not hungry, try a freshly brewed cup of tea at the Daisy Pot Tea Bar.

There will also be a daily talent, cooking, charity and health show, as well as several others. For more information about the shows and all the great fun taking place on Market Square in downtown Knoxville Tennessee, visit their website at Cherries Internet Cafe.

One of my responsibilities as Ingrid’s VA is to virtually plan the Grand Opening of this amazing Cafe. So if you are in the Knoxville area, stay tuned for a fun-filled week of Grand Opening specials and surprises.

Do you have Grand Opening ideas? I’d love to hear them.

I asked my local networking group that question last week and they look at me like I had said a dirty word!! I really don’t remember how I stumbled upon Twitter, but after only being part of this social network site for a couple of weeks I have gained around 75 new contacts. That’s pretty incredible, that I’m connected to 75 people that I have never even met, but we share that one simple question with each other every day, “What Are You Doing?”

I even have a “follower” in Australia. And I’m following him as well. With the new Social Media Boom, you are truly going to be left behind if you don’t join in.

I have connected my Twitter to my FaceBook page and I have a MySpace for the gospel group I sing with and I’m LinkedIn and need to update my Ryze page. Whew, I’m dizzy, I can really understand why my networking group didn’t understand. But I have made it my mission and part of my business to teach them about this social media “thingy.” (More on that in the future)

If you really want to stay in touch, I highly recommend that you Twitter your Facebook and get Linkedin to your MySpace and Ryze, not to mention you should Digg, Flickr, and Pounce. Oh Wow, what would our grandparents say??

As a virtual assistant, I get the opportunity to work with some great clients. One of them is Cherries For Life. This is the brain-child of my friend Ingrid Gee and she has come up with a unique way to highlight and recognize outstanding businesses in our city through a radio talk show and an Internet cafe. You can even listen to the show through Live Audio Streaming.

Tuesday’s are my “cherry” day. I devote the day to support both Cherries For Life and Cherries Internet Cafe on Tuesdays, with things like calendar management, scheduling guests and keeping all the administrative business of Cherries Corporate working smoothly. And I will be the host and coordinator of a new show coming to the Cafe, called Sweet Charity. We will be helping local charities with their fundraising and community awarements.

Go check out Cherries For Life and visit my page A Virtual Business Solution or as Ingrid likes to call me…A Virtual Biz!

Looking for the “Good Life?” Cherries For Life serves it up!