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RELEASED: Sending Flowers to America:
We're pleased to present our newest
work, a 288-page, full-color, hardbound book about the people who
grew the Los Angeles Flower Market and the floral industry in
Southern California and for decades supplied the entire nation with
fresh flowers. This important book was commissioned to Wordpix by
the Los Angeles Flower Market. Wordpix acted as project
manager/producer and is taking book orders. The intimate family
stories that follow the chronological history make Sending
Flowers very special. More than 60 stories are included, along
with 354 photos, some from as far back as 1885. For more details,
see
www.flowermarkethistory.com or contact your Wordpix team.
BIZNEWS:
NEW BUSINESS AWAITS YOU
Generating Business in Tough Times
- Everyone knows "times are
tough," but there's plenty of business
for the business owner who steps outside the box and employs some
unique approaches. We picked up a few at a recent meeting of the
Self Employed Alliance (SEA):
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Listen to your clients: What is it they really want from
you? Build loyalty by fulfilling needs.
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Follow-up on all inquiries and in a timely manner.
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When
you follow up, offer something else of value that
the inquiring person may not have realized you can do for them;
or an incentive for giving you their business.
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Publish a helpful booklet (or a set of booklets or fact
sheet) about your areas of expertise. Offer these free tips to
those you meet and those who inquire of your services. This
helps to position you as someone who knows the business.
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Interview your potential customer. Ask questions so you
can determine their real goal and see how you can help them meet
it.
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Respond quickly and willingly to customers' requests. Be
there when you are needed.
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Stay in touch with your customers by phone,
newsletter, ezine. Drop by when you're in the neighborhood,
invite them to coffee, keep the lines of communication open and
let them know you continue to work for them.
What have
you tried that works for you? We'd like to know. Give us a call or
send an email to The Wordpix Team.
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IN THE WORKS at Wordpix.
Our new website for the floral community, a Wordpix venture, is up
and it's not just for florists! It's a classified ads site that
anyone can use at any time - to find something or sell
something. As long as it's in the introductory phase (that may last
a year or more!) we're giving the ads away. That's right - place an
ad at no cost. So check it out -
www.myfloralads.com - and
don't be fooled by the word Floral, it's for everyone. During the
checkout process, enter this code to avoid being charged: free4 |
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DIGITAL NATIVE
DOES SURFING MAKE YOU "SMARTER?" Results
of a recent UCLA study by Gary Small show that the process of
reading lights up certain areas of the brain. Even more significant,
the process of surfing the Web shows TWICE the activity in the
regions of the brain responsible for complex reasoning and
decision-making. Internet surfing appears to engage more neural
networks in the brain. - Parade, 11/16/08
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 Just
For Fun: Do
Halloween Masks Predict Who Will Win an Election? They did in the
2008 General Election as Internet retailers reported that masks of
presidential candidate Barack Obama outsold those of John McCain
just before Halloween.
Sales of masks of presidential candidates have predicted the winner
in several election years. Now that's a scary thought!
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 OF INTEREST:
The CAPTCHA:
Every wondered why some websites
require you to type that weird little set of characters when you're
signing up or logging in? That's called a "captcha" and it's a test
that tells the system an honest-to-gosh real person is logging in.
It's meant to reduce spam and thwart the automated use of Web forms.
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ALERT: THEY WANT YOUR WEB DOMAIN:
Did you recently get an email suggesting
you should register certain domain names (web addresses) similar to
your own? Or trying to convince you to "login" to update your web
domain account? This is the illegal practice of Phishing.
In most instances, the sender is attempting to learn your login so
they can steal your domain from you. If you're not sure whether a
solicitation is legit or not, forward a copy to Wordpix and we'll
attempt to research it for you.
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"STAYCATIONS" HIGHLY POPULAR
NOW: One person's loss is another's gain, or so they say.
The airline industry suffers as people save their hard-earned
dollars and reduce long distance travel; but the activities we enjoy
at home may have realized a bit of a regeneration over the past
summer as consumers spent more time gardening and remodeling.
Staying home for vacations has led to the newly coined "staycation".
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WHAT'S TO KNOW?
COMPUTER TIPS IN A NUTSHELL: Sometimes the
smallest little tricks can be very powerful. Here's one that saves
time AND money: When you want to print only a portion of an email or
web page, simply highlight the area you really want printed, then go
to File, Print and choose Selection. You'll spend a lot less on
paper and will get your printed information more quickly.
Want to send a large file to someone?
Afraid it's going to jam up your email system (or the recipient's
system)? Check out this free third party service at:
www.yousendit.com
CONGRATULATIONS TO US!
Wordpix just began its 20th year in business. |
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NOV
2008
In This Issue . . .
Digital Natives:
Are You Smarter?
Sending
Flowers
to America
BizNews:
New Customers
In The Works
at Wordpix -
Classified Ads
ALERT:
They Want
YOUR Domain
Just for Fun
The Obama
Mask
What's To Know?
Quick Tips
Quips & Quotes
They Say...
Vacation Album
Staying Home?
Why?
Why Do We
Do This?
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