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In Praise of the Laze

We hear often from business experts that it is necessary to plan, focus, and develop our sales and marketing strategies to effectively win new business. Laurie Soper, author of "Red Wine & Popcorn: Doing Business Like a Bohemian" (ISBN 1-894933-63-X) disagrees. In her opinion, these arduous efforts often result in very little payoff, while relaxing and letting her business evolve organically has resulted in a thriving enterprise. And she is happy as a lark.

So, what's a Bohemian, anyway? It's current meaning refers to an artist, writer or other person that defies convention. Someone who challenges the status quo, rules of behaviour, and accepted wisdom. "This describes the concepts in this book", explains Soper. "To successfully do business as a Bohemian you need to adopt an attitude of gratitude, respond instead of plan, cultivate your visions and passions, and most of all luxuriate in relationships with other people and yourself."

This delightful yet insightful book offers the following "non-strategies" such as:

- Grow your business by doing what comes easy

- Slow down and watch the referrals roll in

- Become your own model client

- The Columbo Factor

- Let your clients raise your rates for you

- Give your money away - and watch it come back to you.

Red Wine & Popcorn is filled with humourous examples from Soper's own experience. Along with the bounty of business advice, readers will learn how to build their own brand of Bohemian wealth while having the time of their life.

About Laurie Soper:

A consultant for almost 13 years, Laurie Soper has helped dozens of companies clarify their sales messages to enhance customer service, increase productivity, cut costs, and win big deals. With spice, flair and humour, Red Wine & Popcorn follows the authors route to her companys success.

Event Innovation Executive Presents SocialTix.com at Stadium Revenue Summit in London

Event Innovation was invited to appear and present at the annual Stadium Revenue Summit in London. Ron Dinwiddie, President and COO, will appear on an advisory panel and provide new information on how venue and stadium managers can gain better business intelligence about their customers as well as providing a better event experience. Event Innovation Inc. provides a membership card system that increases a venue's visibility into their customers' ticket purchasing, event attendance and in-venue spending and allows them to obtain detailed information about attendees to a level that was never before possible.

Contract Manufacturer Updates Equipment; Personal Care Products Are Now Compounded And Packaged Quicker

Omega Tech Labs of Boise, Idaho is a private label and contract manufacturer of personal care products. They have recently added new equipment to compound and package quicker, more effeciently and cost competively.

They have added a high speed tube filling machine and liquid filling line.

The monthly volumes available at omega tech labs are:

Tubes: 500,000 units monthly

Liquid bottling: 1,300,000 units monthly

Semi-solid filling: 1,000,000 units monthly

Omega Tech Labs make the following type of products: Lotions, Creams, Shampoos, Shower Gels, Bubble Baths, Liquid Soaps, Facial Cleansers, Facial Masks, Facial Creams, Facial Anti-Aging / Anti-Wrinkle products, sunscreens, medicated ointments, etc.

Enwisen Names John McLaughlin Vice President of Finance

Enwisen, a leader in on-demand workforce communications solutions, today announced that John McLaughlin has joined the company as vice president of Finance, bringing an extensive background in finance and accounting.

As Vice President of Finance, McLaughlin will be responsible for accounting, financial reporting, and human resources at Enwisen. Prior to joining the company, he co-founded a staffing firm specializing in accounting and finance positions. During a 12-year period, his firm grew to four San Francisco Bay Area offices and 100 professional employees, and it was later sold to a national staffing corporation.

Will CML New-Build Valuation Standards Reassure Buy-to-Let Lenders?

Mortgages for Business, the specialist in buy-to-let mortgages, says that the new guidelines and standards only reflect and reinforce measures that many lenders have already put in place.

There are currently only a small group of buy-to-let lenders who will lend on new-build properties and they have already put stringent measures into place to ensure the buy-to-let mortgages offered reflect the true property valuation.

Jonathan Moore, Head of Marketing at Mortgages for Business said: "There is currently an oversupply of new-build apartments, particularly in city centres, leading to concerns over property valuation and achievable rents. This has meant already cautious lenders are increasingly refusing to lend to this property type."

American Community Named One of ‘Detroit Free Press: Top Workplaces 2008’

American Community Mutual Insurance Company announced today that it has made the list of "Top Workplaces 2008" sponsored by the "Detroit Free Press." The survey polled approximately 23,372 employees from 191 nominated companies throughout southeast Michigan.

To participate, the nominated company’s human resource department completes a questionnaire on several topics, including among others, benefits, company operations, career advancement, recruitment and salary administration. Then, employees are randomly selected by a third-party vendor to complete a confidential web-based survey aimed at gaining knowledge on the company’s employment practices. Once the data is collected and analyzed, the results of the employee survey are compared across all organizations and the top 75 companies are selected for the honor. The survey results and list of top 75 companies appeared in the October 19, 2008 issue of the "Detroit Free Press."

IXEuropes First Half Revenues Grow By 47%

IXEurope, Europes fastest growing specialist datacentre services group with eight datacentres in the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland, publishes today its unaudited trading performance for the six months to 30 June 2005.

Revenues up 47% to 15.3 million (2004 H1: 10.4m)

Compound annual revenue growth over the last three years - 39%

Monthly recurring revenues in June 2.3 million, up 35% compared to June 2004

Quarter-on-quarter continuous underlying EBITDA growth

Over 80% of revenue was from recurring service contracts

Significant new contracts include GLTrade, Global Equities and one of the largest US banks

Acquisition of leading German business continuity company GIC with blue chip clients including Merrill Lynch and AlpInvest

Significant upgrades undertaken in Internet Exchanges and power infrastructure

Initial tranche of 5 million loan facility raised with Bank of Scotland

A & C Financial Streamlines the California Home Loan Process

A & C Financial has specialized in California home loans and home equity loans since its inception. The company offers full help and service to customers seeking loans. A & C Financial staff work personally with customers to guide them through every step of the home loan application process. Each A&C Financial customer knows exactly where they during every step of the loan process. The company feels that it is this commitment to customer service that has allowed the company to recently expand its customer base and to hire new workers.

Knowledge Infusion Launches New Human Capital Management Consulting Services

Today at the 8th annual HR Technology Conference & Expo, Knowledge Infusion, a strategic human capital management (HCM) consultancy, announced two new services for PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS customers -- HealthCheck and FastForward. The new services are designed to help organizations optimize existing investments in their HRMS implementation and ensure they have a clear blueprint regarding upgrade options. HealthCheck and FastForward are rapid, cost effective services that enable customers to create their path towards the future, extending the investments they have made in PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS.

Elementary Students Suspended for Pushing “Happy Crack” at School

The Crack Team, and mascot Mr. Happy Crack, launched its Pittsburgh location just as 14 elementary students made headlines for being suspended for bringing “Happy Crack”, a mixture of Kool-Aid and sugar, to their school. Mr. Happy Crack is the celebrated and internationally recognized mascot of The Crack Team, foundation repair specialists since 1985, with locations nationwide.

A controversy surrounds the suspension, which many call an overreaction by the Penn Hills School District.

In a statement, Bob Kodner, president of The Crack Team said, “Given his security detail, I can assure you that no one gets close enough to push Mr. Happy Crack.” He went on to comment that “I am living proof that you can be successful regardless of what is on your permanent record.”

WorldatWork to Fund Grants for Total Rewards Research

WorldatWork, the total rewards association, has announced it will fund grants for applied research in the following areas:



The concept of “total rewards,” which includes all of the tangible and intangible rewards that employers use to attract, motivate and retain employees;

Compensation;

Employee benefits;

Work-life;

Performance & recognition; and,

Development & career opportunities.

WorldatWork has committed a total of $100,000 in 2007 to fund research.

Academics, non-profit and for-profit consultants, researchers, and other qualified individuals are invited to submit a three-page Letter of Intent (LOI) outlining the research idea no later than Friday, June 1, 2007.

Konica Minolta Enhances Printer/AIO Line with Six New Products

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies from the desktop to the print shop, today unveiled several new network-ready color and monochrome printers that further round out Konica Minolta's comprehensive line of printers and AIOs (All-In-Ones). The newly introduced products include four new color laser printers (magicolor 8650DN, magicolor 4650DN, magicolor 4650EN and magicolor 2590MF); and two new monochrome laser printers (pagepro 5650EN and pagepro 4650EN). 00004000

The American Chauffeur Online Edition Announces Anticipated Launch

"The American Chauffeur" Magazine Online Edition announces its anticipated launch! The Anticipated Launch date of Online Version is September 1, 2008. At some point in the future it is hoped that a Paper version can be produced.

The American Chauffeur states, "The time has come for an industry specific magazine directed at those who keep the wheels running in the transportation industry, professional chauffeurs, and drivers. These professionals are on the front line of our luxury transportation industry!"

Super Warehouse Offers Below-Cost Deal Every Hour on Cyber Monday

Super Warehouse, an online provider of information technology products and services, announced today that they will have hourly below-cost deals on Cyber Monday. Starting at 9am PT Monday, December 1, 2008, Super Warehouse will offer their customers a new deal every hour. Each deal is below-cost, offered for that hour only, while supplies last. Every hour between 9am and 5pm PT there will be a new great deal available for sale online only.

In these tough economic times Super Warehouse strives to put top-technology products in the hands of all customers. Super Warehouse will begin offering great deals on Black Friday and continue through the weekend culminating with these hourly deals on Cyber Monday. Super Warehouse will offer these below-cost deals on a variety of products including a loaded laptop from Lenovo an Xbox 360 console.

Leading Internet Instrument Retailer Revamps Selection and Adds Blog

Music stores are a bit of a dying breed these days. So many independent shops are closing and more people are depending on the big box retailers to provide them with guitars and various other musical instruments and accessories. Yet the reality is that big box retailers don't have the expertise that a traditional music store would have.

MusicFactoryDirect.com was just recently launched in February 2009. The website bridges the gap between the know-how of independent instrument shops owned and operated by musicians and high quality retailers.

One New Commodity Stock Added; 23 Stocks Deleted from Rogers-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index in Quarterly Rebalancing

The Rogers™-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index (TICKER: RVEI) will add one new component, effective 09:00 AM (EST) Monday March 23, 2009. 23 stocks will be deleted from the index, changing the number of index components to 271. The changes result from the quarterly rebalancing of the index.

Five stocks will be deleted from the Rogers™-Van Eck Hard Assets Agricultural Producers Index and no stocks will be added, changing the number of index components to 36.

Six stocks will be deleted from the Rogers™-Van Eck Hard Assets Energy Producers Index, while two stocks will be added, changing the number of index components to 122.

Eight stocks will be deleted from the Rogers™-Van Eck Hard Assets Metals Producers Index, while one stock will be added, changing the number of index components to 81.

A complete list of constituent changes is available on the RVE Index Family web site: http://rve.snetglobalindexes.com/media/RVEI%20Constituent%20Changes%20Q1%2020009_720404280.pdf

The Rogers™-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index is a capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index of the most prominent commodity stocks in the world. To be included in the RVEI, stocks must pass multiple screens, including for capitalization, float, exchange listing, share price and turnover. The index is divided into six sectors: a) Energy, b) Agriculture, c) Base and Industrial Metals, d) Forest products, e) Precious Metals and f) Alternatives (Renewable Energy and Water)

Lebowski Fest and Fremont Outdoor Movies Proudly Announce the "Keys to the Universe" Ceremony Honoring the Real "El Duderino", Jeff Dowd, on Monday, July 20th at the Fremont Troll

The Fremont Outdoor Movies has done it again. First Zombies attack the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle for a world record, and now on July 20th a Lebowski Fest that brings "The Dude" himself to Seattle.

The Fremont Chamber of Commerce honors Jeff Dowd with the first ever 'Keys to the Universe' before screening the movie. "Why the keys to the Universe, you ask? Well, this small artistic neighborhood has always touted itself as the Center of the Universe, so it seemed fitting that we award the Keys to our Universe to a former Seattlite, and creative himself," says Jon Hegeman, Fremont Outdoor Movies Co-Founder.

Say G’day to Aussie Crunch®! Aussie Crunch® Gourmet Popcorn Reviewed by 'The Popcorn Man'

Aussie Crunch® gourmet popcorn has been reviewed by an independent company, “The Popcorn Man” (www.thepopcornman.org)**. The review stated that, “I recently had a sample of their Caramel Popcorn, and for a person who doesn’t really get into Caramel Popcorn—this was great! With superb quality and packaging, the product was really put together well. Every kernel covered with flavor. Plus it had a special texture you don’t get with other brands. The price was worth it. I am definitely going to sample more.”

TOSCA STYLE LAUNCHES REPAIR SYSTEM (Category Contains Six New Products Designed To Restore Damaged Hair)

As hair becomes damaged due to excessive coloring and heat styling, it needs regular treatments to maintain vitality and shine. Now there are six new products from Tosca Style that work to revitalize hair while repairing the damage through patented technology and all natural, botanical ingredients.

Tosca Styles Repair System features patented Fruitbio technology that helps make hair up to seven times stronger and 10 times smoother. Fruitbio, green tea extract combined with fruit acids, bathes weak, overworked hair smoothing the cuticle as weak spots are repaired. Pure botanical extracts help revive shine and manageability, imparting spectacular detangling and no weighing down effect.

Everest Poker Announces UK Amateur Football Sponsorship Freeroll Tournament

Everest Poker http://www.everestpoker.com today announced that the online poker room would be hosting a freeroll poker tournament with a unique prize - a one-year sponsorship of the winning player's chosen UK amateur adult football team. The tournament, held in association with BLAPO (http://www.blapo.co.uk), is open exclusively to players residing in the UK.

"With the amateur football season about to start, we thought it was a perfect time to offer something like this to our dedicated UK players," said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. "If you're a fan of British or Scottish amateur football, then you can help your favorite team out in a way they'll really appreciate!"

September 5th, 2010