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[Funny Stuff] Off Register: Paper Claim

In the latest episode, Sully is trying to resolve a problem with his paper. So what does he do, he calls his mill rep, who faxes over a “little” paper claim form for him to fill out. Well, let’s just say, Sully and Hank have their own idea how to respond to the Paper Claim.   BOSTON –  Sappi Fine Paper More…

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[Funny Stuff] Michael Jackson’s Lost Version of Thriller

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12 Rules for Designing Remarkable Covers

Figuring out how to create a brilliantly designed cover can be heart wrenching or hilarious, or fall anywhere in between. Without question, remarkable magazine covers have made history…and sales. Here are 12 rules for designing remarkable covers. Rule 1: Content beats design. Without a good story…your effed. Rule 2: People buy emotionally, then justify their decisions logically. Provoke any of More…

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[Free Webinar] Sales Training with Jenae Rubin

Enjoy this month’s free webinar Make Closing the Natural Conclusion of the Sale: Is fear of hearing “No” stopping you from asking for the order more often? Are you unsure if your prospect is ready to buy? Would you like to have some easy closing questions? Click here now » View Click here to meet today’s expert! — Jenae Rubin More…

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Print is Sexy

  Neuro-Insight www.neuro-insight.com is a market research company that uses unique brain-imaging technology to measure how the brain responds to communications. They use this patented technology, to measure second by second changes in brain activity. This allows them to deliver unique insights into how a piece of design or advertising is affecting people at both a rational and an emotional More…

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The Hassle Free Publication Printer! – Shweiki Media

The story of Shweiki’s publication printing history goes back to 1984. At the time, while a student at the University of Texas at Austin, Gal Shweiki had an idea to create a guide book for students that listed all the best places to hang out. This idea lead to The Student Guide to Austin. This was Shweiki’s entry into the More…

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Barack Obama heading to Brazil on Latin America trip

US President Barack Obama is departing for a five-day trip to Latin America aimed at building markets for US exports and extending US influence. Mr Obama heads first to Brazil, a major market for US goods, where he hopes to bolster ties with new Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. He later travels to Chile and El Salvador. The White House bills More…

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Japan nuclear plant power ‘close’

Workers are close to restoring power to cooling systems at a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant, officials say. Engineers are expected to connect a new power line to four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, north of Tokyo, by the end of Saturday. The earthquake and tsunami it triggered crippled the plant’s cooling systems, raising concerns over More…

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Fukushima – disaster or distraction?

As it was almost bound to do at some point, Japan’s nuclear safety agency has uprated its assessment of the Fukushima power station incident from a level four to a level five. These are categories on the International Nuclear and Radiological Events Scale (INES), which runs from zero (nothing happened, essentially) to seven, a “major accident”. So far, Chernobyl is More…

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