Old Ongapotchket Site
After many months and many meetings and many decisions, the new janepollak.com is alive and well and hopefully worth your valuable time and attention. It feels as though my last website went up only weeks ago, but it’s been six years. It was time for something new, fresh and more adaptable to today’s social media opportunities.
My mother used a lot of Yiddish words when we were growing up. The one that popped into my mind every time I pulled up my old site was ongepotchket (uhng-guh-potch-kit), which can mean too fancy or ornate, fussy, overdressed, overdone. What I had it mean in my head was “too much going on.” After four years of plain and simple, I had my assistant add the logos from the media outlets that had once featured me. Then, when the revised edition of Soul Proprietor came out in May 2010, we threw the new cover up there with links to amazon.com.
The site got cluttered and messy looking–ongepotchket–so every time I clicked on my home page I had to squint so as not to notice the clutter.
And then, you just know, it’s time to re-group and re-launch. I hired a wonderful marketing/branding company to work with me, and I’m thrilled with my new look. It’s congruent with the cover of my book. There’s no more ‘egg’ symbolism. And we’ve added a lot of video and social media connections to stay abreast of the times.
I hope you’ll spend some time checking it out, send your friends, sign up for a free webinar and/or hang out with my remarkable clients sharing their experiences on the youtube clips.
Welcome to my new site!
The Site is fabulous! Like the “After” shot in a “Before and After” Ad.
Beautiful new website Jane. Nothing less than what I’d expect from you but it is fresh and invigorating, at the same time give a warm glow to you & your “Soul”. I t is easy to navigate.
PS I loved the reference to “ongepotchket”, brought back wonderful childhood memories (my grandparents spoke Yiddish)
Congratulations on your clean fresh new look!!
LOVE the new site, Jane. It is so YOU!
Great new site, Jane. It fits you beautifully. Congrats!
@Linda
Thank you!
@Barbara
Oy! So glad you understood!
@Mary
Thank you! You got to watch the agony and the ecstasy of the process.
@Olga
Your opinion is especially gratifying!
@Catherine
Thank you!
Congrats on the new site Jane, you are a great model for continued improvement and growth!
Just beautiful, Jane. To internet infinity, and beyond:)
@Rita
Thank you!
@Rhonda
I’m especially grateful for social media guru affirmations. Thank you!
Love the new look! Very un-ongepotchket!
@Susan
Great seeing you at EWN today! Thanks for the new Yiddish word for my vocabulary!