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Here is a great clip I just caught from Work Industries blog showing Monique Trottier talking about eMail Marketing newsletters. In the 9-minute segment Monique shares with Leo her top tips for creating an effective email newsletter. And she knows what she’s talking about because she’s the force behind the Underwire newsletter: full support for non-techies. The clip was shot as part of the Lab With Leo Show:

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Boris Mann

Boris is a great man. Last weekend, while he was part of the stellar organizing committee of Northern Voice Conference 2008 on Personal Blogging, he celebrated his birthday. Of course we sang happy birthday, although I must admit, all these personal bloggers gathered for the occasion are better in blogging than singing. Nevertheless, we all appreciated the intense presence of Boris during the conference. He is so generous of his knowledge of everything that happens online. A quick get together with him and you will see that his passion is contagious. You will want to do more online just because he said so.

I had the pleasure you celebrate my last birthday with him. Boris was kind enough to give me the best gift an SEO guy can ask for: a Link. Of course I would do the same for you bud. You know how much I like you. So for those who are wondering what Boris does, please take a look at Boris Mann Consulting Services: Vancouver Internet Marketing Expert, Social Media Blogger, Drupal Specialist & Entrepreneur. Is this link love or what? You can also find a lot on his personal & professional blog about Social Software, VoIP, Home Networking, Web Development and Mac related items. Please let me know how much you like the packaging of your birthday gift. I could do a little more wrapping if you like. Enjoy responsibly.

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Last week, I had a little chat with Brian Hauk, the publisher of BC Contacts Directory. BC Contacts Directory is an easy to use, regularly updated British Columbia, Canada business directory and marketing software package which can save you time and money finding clients, distributors, business partners, suppliers and investors. It can also help you create mutually beneficial relationships with other organizations offering complementary services or products.

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As part of this conversation, Brian was kind enough to give me access to the trial version of his software. I must say that I was quite impressed by the ease of use of his BC Contacts software and I seriously consider purchasing it in the near future. It would definitely help me contact a variety of businesses to work with in Vancouver and BC. Check it out when you have a minute and feel fee to contact Brian Hauk for more information: brian at BCContacts.Net or 778-834-9424.

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I just finished reading a very interesting article on black hat SEO techniques which talks specifically about the mindset of these practitioners of the Dark Arts of SEO.  I really liked the parallel the author, Akinola Akintomide, makes with criminality and the sets of beliefs and values it supports such as the cliché: get rich fast. It is very fascinating to follow the thoughts process of how these skilled programmers ended up in such a dark neighborhood. As the author points out, it could have been me and you, if we had taken the wrong turn.

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If you would like to discover a great Canadian directory & search engine, try Search-eh.ca. They do reciprocal linking which can help your own link building campaign. 

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