Many times having a sense of humor is all we need to get people talking about us. I found this today on one of the many blogs I read and had to share it. I always find it amazing how a little creativity can go a long way when making an effort to get more customers to walk in the door.

Ben’s post is sage marketing advice. I’m not sure if his photo says 1000 words, but it certainly tells a great joke. Check it out on Church of the Customer blog (from the authors of Citizen Marketers)

I did a newsletter article a couple months back that helped folks catch bogus phishing email in their inbox. I recently found a website with some better information and a very nice test so that you can test your scam-spotting skills.

I scored a 9/10 and it said I was a Safety Guru. I missed the Amazon example. They make the test a little difficult because on some of the examples they don’t let you see the address bar, which by the way is always the dead give-away. See my past newsletter for details.

Scammer Test - Measure your abilities You can go there, but they took it down on Sunday…sorry, I will see if I can find another.

On Prancer, on Donner, but not you Vixen…Sorry folks Vibe Vixen, the Vibe Magazine women’s spinoff is no longer in service.

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This is a shame, what in the world is going to entertain me in the grocery shopping checkout line now?

What’s up with all of these publications going under? I believe the publishing industry is just cleaning house in an effort to become more profitable. Although I will miss Bat Boy, Big Foot, The 50 Pound newborn and all those End of the World predictions that change every year when they don’t come true.

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The last issue of JANE magazine will be in August.

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