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tips to manage and cull your overflowing marketing content + glean product  ideas with edgecraft brainstorm + Nana Grammar style guide for quick recall when writing

2010 highlights (click) of e-zines so far:
Raising Your Business book review + lighter look at diplomacy in biz + new mascot, Nana Grammar on dangling your participles+ spelling spoof, proofreading tip + what's your sales personnae? + reviewing Power Sales Writing book + effective criticism using NLP phrasing + humour in sensitive messages? + e-zine in a kit + gender in language + marketing the power of one * trade show pic tip + wordsmith's take on Toyota crisis communication + E.I. eligibility for self employ + five steps to implement new ideas + communication audit checklist

2009 highlights (click):
sales advice gleaned at Small Business Week + drug aid for uninsured + 100 best biz books + police tips for safety if seeing client in home + marketing evolves from services to experiences + small supplier status avoids 13% tax + local work-at-home stats + affect policy for HST tax + free computer tool to track time on projects + e-branding (email address and signatures) + website, biz permit inquiry + families in biz together + resilient biz sectors in tough times

+ our masterminding insights on:  how to leverage the frugalista effect in biz (shift-to-thrift consumerism), get to client's real need, PR longevity, follow-up, fave biz books, narrow a niche, sales talking point, leverage testimonials, handle demanding clients, office admin, convince client to use expert vs. do-it-yourself, contract clause to cover you.
highlights 2008 (pdf, prints one page) e-zines on: TV show wants home biz guests + Small Business Week notes on Networking to Success;  e-Business / Web 2.0; and Challenging Change+ Starbucks' lessons from overgrowth + your survey replies on good/bad customer service + qualify as consultant vs. employee? + position self as client advisor + financial red flags + ease meds' cost + multiple, duplicate emails? + how to edit text in PDF + limit 'To' many emails+ even home PCs need computer security + beware online calling + legit emails blocked

2007, Biz Buzz newsletters, one-page PDF format
NoDe-07 Small Biz Wk. review + prospect pitch + e-product, marketing
SeOc-07 new Meridian network + bad client red flags + PowerPoint tip
JnJlAu-07 talks into transactions + do-not-call status + SOHO traits
May07 add a blog to your site + free (govt) online small biz workshop
Apr 07 referralfees + cultivate entrepreneurship + key to testimonials
Mar 07 letters of agreement + tax return tips + computer eye strain
Feb 07 homepreneur hindsights + bylaws + tax + job lead success
Jan 07 career ABC's + brand mascot + web security + ill prepared

Ask Sandy to email you any of these past issues back to 2001 ...
Dec 06 online archive tips + media magnetism + taxing crime ... etc.
Nov 06 get referrals and testimonials + new ministry for biz + 13th year
Oct 06 biz idea clarity + small biz month, events + web space uses
Sep 06 area biz events + profiling interior organizer + write for brevity
Jl-Au 06 cook up biz skill + survey + how to write copy with cadence
Jun 06 what data to backup + online poll result + new local magazine
May 06 niche for explosive growth + pollingSOHOs + small biz stats
Apr 06 search engine rankings + 'keys' to crime+ over 50 meetings! 
Mar 06 best practices + market value + tax tip + 10-digit phone calls
Feb 06 organizeTo Do's + qualify for govt benefit? + Mayor speech
Jan 06 team skills training + how to handle slumps + PR deal ($150)
Dec 05 226 code + techonomy report + hunk calendar + PR special
Nov 05 networkingand sales/marketingtips + cross-border billing
Oct 05 10 ways to kill biz + Small Biz Weekevents + conflict cure
Sep 05 consulting credos + e-spelling + retirement pay from gov't.
JulAu05 networkingtips + home/biz stats + Business Hall of Fame
Jun 05  employed after entrepreneurship + audit, 32 soloists' sites
May 05 digital biz pics+ email bank scams + tax appeals
Apr 05  forum on pricing + feecalculator + top skills for work world
Mar 05 trade shows + how to avoid exercise + Red Cross donation
Feb 05 biz card design + getting bonded + Mayor annual address
Jan 05 advicefrom homepreneurs + 10,000 surfers + e-branding +
          PC system audit + searchable PDF content
Dec 04 safety, clients in home + "dialer" hackers on phone bills
Nov 04  homepreneurs' hindsights + PDF tips + changes coming
Oct 04  get media publicity + fonts + medicine money + 11 years
Sep 04 biz lessons in hot-air balloons + members' Google hits, etc.
Jl-Au04 dining etiquette + July seminar + new members + biz ctr.
Jun 04  workaholicaddiction + Ont. budget + Preferrals directory
May 04 diversityin networking + email size + owners buddy-up
Apr 04  food safety + laptop viruses + women's conference, April
Mar 04  handlingcomplaints + new members + peer career moves
Feb 04  deductinsurance + office decortips+ inside a computer
Jan 04  deductInternet + web copy/strategy + Membership (new)
Dec 03 client relations -- govt. hears homepreneur -- write releases
Nov 03 network 10 years - brand biz visually - publicity/email sigs
Oct 03 rebound from adversity - can't open attach. - access email
Sep 03 after entrepreneurship - virus scans - redo resume as bio
Aug 03 mentor not-new owners - web "Composer" - typing slang
Jul 03   e-pay, wallets on the web - Grammar 101 (on commas)
Jun 03  mining for goals - wish list to gov't. - young entrepr. assn.
May 03 family/biz balance - purchase path - entrepren. task force
Apr 03  30-second intro - great slogans - new tech/biz magazine
Mar 03  maximize win-win - acronyms as ads - make PDFs, free
Feb 03  stretches for desk potatoes + micro biz stats + biz focus
De-Ja03  I Spy ... My Buyer (client vs. competitor info)
Nov 02  Managing Risk & Recovery
Oct 02  Inspired, but scattered? (on FOCUS)
Sep 02  Voice Message Marketing
JulAu02 Fee Integrity Freebies + Intrapreneurial Resumes
Jun 02  Cash Flow, or Cash Woe?
May 02 Find Mentoring Moments
Apr 02  Marketing on a Micro Budget
Mar 02  Homepreneurs' Networking Habits
Feb 02  Own a System, Not a Job
Dec 01 (Dec2001-Jan2002) Pace (and Space) Yourself
Nov 01  Partnering on Projects
Oct 01  Re-employability
Sep 01 Half-Minute Marketing
Aug 01  Schmooze It or Lose It
Jul 01   Getting to the Client's Real Need

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