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SugarTone: Sweet Business Blogging Contest

by cindyking on March 8th, 2010
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SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLES HERE

Click here between Monday March 15^th at 4pm GMT / 9am EST and Wednesday March 17^th Friday March 19th (extended!) 4pm GMT / 9am EST to submit your articles on Bloggertone.

VOTE ON THE ARTICLES

Click here between Monday March 15^th at 4pm GMT / 9am EST and Friday March 19^th Tuesday March 23rd (extended!) 4pm GMT / 9am EST to go to BizSugar to vote on your articles.

Are you a busy professional who wants to create a strong online presence?
Do you write articles to share your expertise, establish credibility and gain online visibility?
Do you blog for your business? Do you read business articles online?

How would you like to win a few cool prizes for business professionals online?

Bloggertone is teaming up with BizSugar to bring you the Sugartone Sweet Business Blogging Contest. This contest helps give your articles extra online visibility and rewards your social networking. The Sugartone Sweet Business Blogging Contest is an opportunity for you to win prizes to help you promote your business.

It’s free to enter
Anyone can join the competition including current Bloggertoners and BizSugar members!
You’ll have lots of chances to win
Prizes total $6921

Yes, that’s right: $6921 In Prizes

How You Can Win These Prizes

There’s more good news: there are 2 ways to win prizes.

#1 Do you write business articles?

All you have to do is submit a business article to Bloggertone Between Monday March 15^th and Wednesday March 17^th Extended to Friday March 19th– but there are a few guidelines you need to follow, so carefully read the Sugartone Guidelines below.

All votes and comments for the articles will take place on BizSugar, the social bookmarking site for businesses.

#2 Do you like to read business articles?

You too can also win prizes simply by voting and commenting on the Sugartone articles posted on BizSugar.

Top 10 Titles & Top 10 Commenters

There are prizes for two different categories of winners:

Top 10 Titles – for the articles with the best titles
Top 10 Commenters – for the people who vote the most and provide the most insightful comments

Have a look at the great prizes we’ve got lined up for busy professionals just like you.

$6921 In Prizes

There are prizes for both the Top 10 Titles and the Top 10 Commenters

1^st Prize Winner – TOP 10 TITLES

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Advanced ‘Clone’ facility lets you create duplicates of your most successful lead pages and launch an unlimited number of variations for different traffic sources (e.g. different lead pages for Google Adwords, print advertisements, article marketing, forums, etc.)

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“Ask Scott Fox”: Private online access to best-selling author Scott Fox
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24/7 Success Coaching Forum personally moderated by Scott Fox
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Click Millionaires is Scott Fox’s private online marketing success coaching community.

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When you study this program you will discover:

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1^st Prize Winner – TOP 10 COMMENTERS

Animoto

1 Year Subscription (valued at $249)

Animoto.com is a web application that creates MTV-style videos with the click of a button.

Users simply choose a song and images. Animoto then automatically generates a unique video for them. No two videos are ever the same.

Many of the post-production techniques that the founders used while working as producers for MTV, Comedy Central & ABC are used in Animoto’s patent-pending Cinematic Artificial Intelligence developed to think like an actual editor and director. The resulting video is produced in a widescreen format, containing the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.

Animoto Productions is based in New York City with an office in San Francisco.

Traction Call With Gary Barnes

45 minute call with Traction Coach Gary Barnes (valued at $175)

Gary helps you to quickly get some “sand under your wheels” so you can move forward toward the life you want to live.

Stop running your business with “one foot on the gas and the other foot on the brake”
Live a life of vision and purpose, instead of exhausting yourself on the same old treadmill
Create more financial success and abundance (without working yourself into the ground)
Learn to market your business with integrity and authenticity
Have a lot more fun in your business and your life!

Gary Barnes is called The Traction Coach and his mission in life to help people find more creativity, passion, fulfillment, and, yes, wealth in their businesses.

Click Millionaires

6 month membership (valued at $174)

This friendly social network is dedicated to helping solopreneurs and small business owners upgrade their online marketing efforts to make more money online.

“Ask Scott Fox”: Private online access to best-selling author Scott Fox
Click Millionaire Resource Bank with money-making strategy documents, skill-building articles, research reports, and publications.
24/7 Success Coaching Forum personally moderated by Scott Fox
The e-Riches 2.0 MP3 Interview Library:
Click Millionaire resources to help online entrepreneurs worldwide to attract more customers.

Click Millionaires is Scott Fox’s private online marketing success coaching community.

2^nd – 5^th Place Prizes for both TOP 10 TITLES & TOP 10 COMMENTERS

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All you need to start, run, and grow your business included in one software package (valued at $49.95)

Over 45 essential business tools and services for 3 different phases of your business.

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These prices were kindly donated by Formspring.com

All Winners – TOP 10 TITLES & TOP 10 COMMENTERS

Books

All Top 10 Titles and Top 10 Commenters also get a mini library of 3 books/ebooks which will be chosen at random from this selection

Wordtracker Masterclass: Blogging For Business – 50 Steps to Building Traffic and Sales by Chris Garrett (5 books valued at $39)
Sociable by Shane Gibson & Stephan Jagger (5 books valued at $25)
New Community Rules by Tamar Weinberg (5 books valued at $16.49)
Guest Posting by Chris Garrett (5 ebooks valued at $10)

Badges

There’ll also be some nifty badges for all of the winners to display on their blogs or websites.

Here’s How It Works

Everything starts on Monday March 15^th at 4pm GMT / 9am EST. This is when you can:

Submit your articles on Bloggertone
Vote for them on BizSugar.

Article Submission Deadlines: Monday March 15^th at 4pm GMT / 9am EST through Wednesday March 17^th Friday March 19th (extended!)4pm GMT / 9am EST

And to give some extra time to vote on all of the articles, the voting will continue on for 2 more days after the article submission deadline.

Article Voting Deadlines: Monday March 15^th at 4pm GMT / 9am EST through Friday March 19^th Tuesday March 23rd (extended!) at 4pm GMT / 9am EST

Sugartone Guidelines

Here are the steps to follow:

#1: You submit your article to Bloggertone, the business bloggers community.

Your submission must follow Bloggertone’s standard guidelines outlined here.
If you are already a Blogger at Bloggertone, simply submit your article as usual remembering to categorize it as “Sugartone”. If you are new to Bloggertone simply attach your article and we’ll post it for you. You’ll also get a login and password after the event to make regular contributions.
Articles must be original content. Articles that have been previously published elsewhere are not eligible to be submitted for this Sugartone contest.
By submitting your article you grant Bloggertone exclusive rights to your article for 2 weeks after the publication date on Bloggertone. What this means is that you have to wait a full 2 weeks after publishing your article on Bloggertone before you can publish it anywhere else.
Be sure to craft a great headline for your article this is what we’ll be voting on to win the contest
Submissions open Monday March 15^th at 4pm GMT / 9am EST
Submissions close Wednesday March 17^th Friday March 19th 4pm GMT / 9am EST

#2: Bloggertone submits all of the articles you enter to BizSugar, the social bookmarking site for business articles.

You don’t do this step. Just sit back and wait until your article is up on BizSugar.
This may take a few hours, especially when it’s night time in the UK. But we’ll get it done for you as quickly as possible.

#3: You and your friends vote & comment on the Sugartone articles on BizSugar

Vote for your favorite article titles.
Comment on the Sugartone articles. Winners will also be selected on the value of the comments they leave.
You can vote and comment on more than one article.
Voting begins Monday March 15^th at 4pm GMT / 9am EST
Voting ends Friday March 19^th Tuesday March 23rd at 4pm GMT / 9am EST

#4: Prizes announced Friday March 19^th Wednesday March 24th at 7pm GMT / 1pm EST

The winners of the Top 10 Titles will be decided on by the Sugartone team and will take into account the total number of votes and comments.
The winners of the Top 10 Commenters will be decided on by the Sugartone team and will take into account the total number of votes and comments as well as an appreciation of the value the commenters bring to the community.
Video webcast to be announced later.

Participate In The Sugartone Sweet Business Blogging Contest

Don’t miss your chance to win these great prizes. Anyone can enter the Sugartone Sweet Business Blogging Contest. All current Bloggertoners and BizSugar members are invited to join in too!

Start writing your business articles now and be sure to craft an attention grabbing title. Then come back starting Monday March 15^th.

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The Author: cindyking

Cindy King is a cross-cultural marketer helping businesses develop globally with international social media. Follow Cindy on Twitter @CindyKing http://cindyking.biz/

Add Your Comment

http://www.codegaconsulting.com Una Coleman

Thanks Dermot. What’s great about bloggertone is that it gives us all, not just a forum to build community, raise awareness for our own brands but, outside the blog posts themselves, it’s a great way to pick up hints and tips from other experts.
You too will probably be interested in the IIA conference – see my comment above to Jennie.
http://www.granite.ie/about/robert-carpenter/ Robert C

I agree Dermot.

You are correct and your comments are very timely in relation to non localisation of the Ceramicx Blog.

While the constraints you mention to producing local content are real, Ceramicx are currently creating synergies with local experts to allow delivery of relevant and interesting content in the relevant markets.
Ceramicx are very close to the launch of a number of additional blogs both on .com and TLD’s which will accelerate the growth of their German market.
Significant work has also been done for Russian, Farsi and Arabic with Chinese, French Portuguese and Spanish a little further behind.

Ceramicx have learned that it is easy to find translation providers in local markets but to only focus on this element is a mistake. What people discuss and search for in 1 language rarely translates literally to another with examples of this wide and varying.

What Ceramicx have done differently here is firstly to understand what people search for and discuss in their local languages and then planning for each specific market.
Once you understand what your customers need in a new market – only then can you connect and offer a professional solution to meet those needs.

A question of my own – Has anyone proof of successful methods in generating comment/feedback on localised blogs(German especially as it will be first localised blog to launch)?
Ceramicx still struggle here with their english blog but possibly the topics are not provocative enough. Frank is beginning to beat the controversy churn so hopefully this is about to change…

BTW, Una well done on a good post.

Rob
DermotQ

Thanks Una, the IIA meeting clashes with the Localization Unconference 2010 also being held on May 20th in Dublin (see http://localizationunconference.com/) which I hope to attend, however greatly appreciate your feedback to Bloggertone on the breakout sessions at the IIA meet. I’m happy to provide some notes from that. D
http://risk20.wordpress.com Eddie

Una, thanks again for another thorough and insightful post on the nuances of internationally blogging. I’ve really enjoyed reading your thoughts on the international angle. In a sense, anyone who blogs is writing for an international audience whether they know it or not. The web allows for quite a wide and diverse audience. It’s also true that your target audience may find you rather than the other way around. You never know who you might appeal to. If you’re blogging for business, you have to be ready to embrace that new audience, who may be totally different from what you imagined at the outset.

So the considerations that you, Dermot, and others have brought up in this blog post and the comments are very important. Thanks again.
http://www.codegaconsulting.com Una Coleman

Thanks Eddie for taking the time to read and comment. If you come across anyone States side that you think is doing a good job for an international audience, please do let us know.
Julita Szumska

I’ve enjoyed reading your post! I found really interesting the part about multi-lingual markets!nI see Social Media and blogging as a great tool for international companies. It allowed to be ‘closer’ to the client and respond to their needs.nFew weeks ago on my blog I wrote about blogging in law firms and internalization of small business (www.julitaszumska.wordpress.com)n
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

Hi Sian,nI have invested in headed paper specifically for this purpose. Although, some accounting packages offer specific paper also.nI have a question/clarification: I have been asked specifically if I would like to receive soft copies of invoices from service providers, and I have agreed to this. But the hard copy has stopped as a consequence. nSo, from what you’re saying above, are they not abiding by legal requirements? (one company continued to send hard copies, and I actually contacted them to say not to bother) If I print them out myself, do they qualify as legal invoices?nnGreat post
http://www.sianphillips.ie Sian Phillips

Hi Elaine, it’s not a legal requirement to post out an invoice if it has already been emailed it was just a suggestion to help as mentioned above. The points with ** against them are compulsory. Thanks for asking
http://profiles.google.com/broadviewinnovations broadview innovations

Pension Release is a flexible alternative to purchasing an annuity.nnhttp://www.capitalincomesolutions.com/pension_release.aspx
Z_omar_17

hi u00a0una , ni am phd student and i am so interested in doing my phd in social media and internationalsiation of firms ni mean for example the key success factors of using the social media in internationalisation of firms nso please i want to talk with you nmy email is z_omar_17@hotmail.com n@hotmail:disqusu00a0so can you send me email plz
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

Hi John, interesting points, nI find the first point particularly true – and the complexity of the process is putting many off targeting larger organisations, as they do not understand how these processes and politics work within those organisations.nnI have experienced a huge gap between the well heeled sales person of old, and people just starting business or starting in a selling role. In a way the “newbies” are lucky, as they have nothing to compare against, so the selling doesn’t feel twice as long or twice as hard – it is what it is, and they adapt easily.nnI fear that recent years (last 5 as you suggest) have taken their toll on traditional sellers, and so much adaptation and mindset shifting is required to get with the new “program” that they are losing out meanwhile possibly to the “younger guns”.nnHave you experienced this? Would you agree?
Anonymous

nnHi Elaine,nnnnInteresting point re the “newbies”. nnnnThe Sellers we see succeeding have a broad range of expertise/years under theirnbelt. The mindset shift hasn’t taken its toll because their focus has in somenways always been on the buyers process and business case. nnnnu201cNewbiesu201d or more established sellers comfortable with the knowledge the buyingnprocess is a long one have adapted well. nnnnWhere we have seen u201cnewbiesu201d succeed is in places where buyers want to see/meetnexperts in a given field or category to drive out their requirements. The newbies are seen to add a lot ofnvalue to the buyer and they are keen to help the buyer at all times. They arenmore buying process centric than selling process focused which is interesting.nu00a0nn
Johnogorman

Hi Eamon, thanks for your thoughts. As you say knowing when to walk and when the deal isn’t good for both sides is key.
http://www.tweakyourbiz.com Niall Devitt

There is an awful amount of B.S. spoken and written about selling, I’m not including your post here Elaine nIn fact there is so much rubbish out there I often wonder how anyone could work it out.u00a0nnIn itsu00a0simplest form selling is about working out how why people buy, and different people buy for different reasons, depending on what they are buying and who they are buying for.u00a0nnTraditionalu00a0marketing is about appealing to the masses, selling on the other hand is about appealing to the individual so byu00a0definition a one size fits all sales approach was and is never going to work.u00a0nnInterestingly perhaps, I think that social media is bringing the gap between marketing and selling. Great social media and great selling have something very much in common – they both heavily depend on listening really well to customers. u00a0 u00a0 u00a0u00a0
Denise Fay

Elaine, great post. nnSo What? is a question I ask my clients all the time when it comes to them communicating with their customers. It really helps business owners to continually think about their message and what they’re selling. And why someone would buy from them. nnThose two little words are so powerful – they smack a mighty punch. nnDenisennu00a0
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

Thank you Facundo – and of course some clients don’t quite know what the problem is, so sometimes we have to help them see the wood from the trees
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

Derbhile – that’s a great story – same thing happened to me recently – that is the beauty of networking, especially the non-formal type – amazing what relationships and collaborations can happen when people don’t feel “threatened” or “sold to”.nnWhen we tie in with the emotions of our clients, it doesn’t really feel like selling on either side – more a collaboration (where money transfers of course)nnThanks for sharing a great story
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

I agree Niall and I believe “selling” does not deserve to be out on such a limb – when every interaction we have with others is a form of selling anyway.nnWe need a new term – no better man (you are hired by the way!)
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

They surely do Denise – and I really felt that message recently during your #31ways webinar with regard to copyright and sharing a message.nnEverything we do is a form of communication, so perhaps we should concentrate more on having the conversation in order to listen. I do believe it is the preferred approach for most buyers.nnHaving said that, some buyers just want to be “WOWED” so perhaps there is still a place for FAB selling after all
Johnogorman

nnHi Elaine, nnnu00a0nnnInteresting and thought provoking article. nnnu00a0nnnI am coming at this from a B2B complexnsales perspective.nnnu00a0nnnFAB selling for many sales teams can bentough to move away from and it can result in having the wrong conversations atnthe wrong levels with inevitable consequences on conversion rates and stalledndeals. nnnu00a0nnnMost benefits are not worthy of discussionnat the buyers board table because they rarely impact on the bottom line atnleast not tangibly. Business impact is king. Buyers need metrics to justify whynthey are investing!! nnnu00a0nnnNow we all know it is more difficult to sellnbusiness impact because it requires getting access to information on thenresults achieved by others, some view of the results the buyer wants (their businessncase), selling to more number focused buyers and selling to buyers who are quitenoften sceptical of lots of questions from sellers. nnnu00a0nnnSelling with stories, sells the impact andnhelps counters the weaknesses of FAB. nnnu00a0nnnOf course having a view of the buyersnprocess also helps (ties into Niall point above) nnnu00a0nnnHope this adds to the conversation. nu00a0nn
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

Hi John,nthanks for sharing your insights – you make some great points. I would imagine stories ties in with demonstrating integrity, experience, expertise, ability to do the job/complete the project and of course the emotional connection also.nnI take your point about some buyers being skeptical about lots of questions. I truly believe the way business is being done is changing and Iu00a0 see less sellers and buyers with their arms so close to their chest.nnTraditional ways will always be there, esp with B2B, but I think the traditional buyer will not be my client (however, I am open to correction on this). nnWe at Mallow Open Coffee ( http://opencoffeemallow.wordpress.com/ ) are trying out a new initiative – meeting with a Nursing Home to chat and share with the entrepreneurs of yesterday. It will be very interesting to hear what they think of how business is being conducted todaynnAnd as I mentioned to Niall, a new term for selling would be cool
http://www.encouragingexcellence.ie/ Mairu00e9ad Kelly

At a network meeting today the guy giving the talk suggested we ask the person beside us how we can help them without trying to pitch any of our services to them…I’ve done this before, somehow when I did it today it made a difference, one person I spoke to said to me afterwards “I’ll be back to you, you are just the type of person I need to help me”.u00a0 nnAt @IrishSmiley’s event just over a week ago she said that the word “sell” comes from the Swedish word “to serve” and when you think of it like that it completely changes how you approach it.nnI’ve both done and had done to me the “so what” and it really does make you think about what you are offering your clients.u00a0 Lots of thought provoking today…keep it coming.
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

Mairead – what a great story nnI am thinking we need a new term for “Sell” so open to suggestions – something that is more obviously serving. I think the word alone can scare people off!nnThanks for contributing to the conversation, glad you enjoyed the post as it was aimed to provoke thought
Anonymous

Elaine,nnYour post reminded me of a trend I have been observing both directly and from conversations with small business peers. When all is said and done, the person you are selling to is trying to imagine how he/she can benefit from what you offer and what budget line will pay for it. Asking questions and highlighting their answers (not yours) helps them see more clearly how you are the right person for what they need.
http://www.seefincoaching.com/blog Elaine Rogers

Very true Elli – thanks for sharing your observations. I feel now like I need to become a second skin for my clients to really feel and understand their needs lol.nnBut I wonder what happens when a client recognises that you have just reflected back their worst fears and insecurities. It would turn into a coaching session :-/
cashformysettlement

Yes we all need to set goals……….we just need to stick with them!!
http://www.sovereignfunding.com structuredsettlementbuyer

I think it is great that you pointed out that we can change our beleifs to make things happen. I think all too often a person who sets goals for themselves condemn themselves because they keep the beleif in the back of their minds that the goal can not be acheived. Great article. We all should set goals for ourselves.
http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

Outsourcing to (or even employing) a good bookkeeper can be very cost effective. They will devote time to tracking down missing invoices, making sure you claim all your VAT back, ensure you are tax compliant, get the money in and out efficiently - no more lost weekends! This frees business owners up to work on the business – what they are best at!
I expect people, (even accountants), to challenge me on the spreadsheet point. Spreadsheets are commonly used, can cause serious errors, and are not giving valuable info to the client in most cases.
I did a lot of work with the small business unit of a big 4 accountancy firm and client spreadsheets were a nightmare. For instance – a chap who likes everything in order inserts 2 rows to pop in one missing invoice. Without boring you with a step by step – he updated the formula to add everything up. The result? All of the invoices that came before the inserted invoice were not added into totals. He used those totals to calculate his VAT payable and made an incorrect VAT return. He seriously underpaid his VAT as a result & was incredulous that he had made a mistake, because he had used a spreadsheet. He thought he had removed the potential for error…
I won’t go on – it could be another blog post! Actually it will
Thanks Lorna.
~Helen
http://www.smartsolutions.ie/blog/ Elaine Rogers

Great timely piece Helen. Spreadsheets burned me badly a couple of years ago when I was relying on them for my debtors. Indeed I was using an accs package to some degree but relying on spreadsheets too much (because I am good with them). I was so good, I missed invoicing 2 clients for work done. 1000 euro was finally retrieved the following year (because I have great clients) but I agree about relying on spreadsheets.

Little and often, I am a firm believer, but I don’t do it!!! I leave everything for a couple of months, and then because I do have a great filing system, and am highly organised, blitz everything in half a day.

Book-keeping, I am beginning to think it is a good idea to outsource a couple of hours a week/month, depending on the business, because like you say, it gives back valuable time to the business owner, if even just their Saturday morning
Jhonwotsan

Everyone needs goals…..and they need to stick with them………hard to do tho in this challenging world we live in.
http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

Some good points there Elaine – a nice addition to the post. Thank you,
~ Helen
http://www.ecoevolution.ie Mary Gethings

When I started the business I was very lucky to be introduced to an excellent accountant who is also a great business advisor. He recommended a bookkeeping software package and showed me the basics I needed to know to get started and then over time he went through it in greater detail. I would be completely lost without it.

I am definitely going to start using lever arch files for my paperwork. At present I am putting invoices etc into files in a filing cabinet but I find over time they get mixed up and completely out of order. I receive a lot of invoices digitally but I have to admit at times I don’t save them immediately. Days later I have to trawl through my inbox looking for them. A real headache and a waste of time.

I totally agree with your comment about speadsheets Helen. I would highly recommend a bookkeeping software package as it gives detailed information on how the business is doing at the press of a button.

An excellent post Helen which has been added to my favourites for future reference.
Sellyourannuity

Make goals for yourself, make them challenging to keep them interesting and you will be more apt to stay with them.
http://www.sovereignfunding.com structuredsettlement

I agree with you. We set ourselves up for failure if we do not commit totally to the belief that we are going to acheive those goals.
http://www.sovereignfunding.com structuredsettlement

I love the idea of looking at your goals as though they are roadmaps. We all need something to follow and that makes our goals achievable.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=622376023 Jennifer Dunn Escalona

Great tips! To avoid the “big box” approach (and the huge invoice from my accountant that goes with it) I use Outright.com in conjunction with Shoeboxed. Outright pulls all my info in from my bank accounts (full disclosure: I work with them) while Shoeboxed (which I don’t work with but love, love, love) is a real paperwork saver. They send you a big blue envelope every month that allows you to send in your receipts by mail. They then digitize your receipts and export them into your Outright account so your expenses are accounted for and anybody who needs to see your receipts can log in and see them digitally. It works wonders for eliminating the shoe box, hence the name!
http://www.smartsolutions.ie/blog/ Elaine Rogers

Hi there.
Thanks for adding to the conversation. it is always about the other person / people, and if we are mindful of that, we are winning
http://twitter.com/xcelbusiness Helen Cousins

Why, thank you ~Helen
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