Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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An open letter to Envelopments

by Cinda Baxter on February 10, 2009

in Envelopments, Stationery

Dear Envelopments,

I appreciate how deeply you care about this. I do as well, probably more than you realize.

In keeping with my vow not to get caught in the middle, I’ve sited my sources with Mark, then abstained from direct contact with both Envelopments -and- angry retailers contacting me outside the blog. This is the only way possible to avoid “he said, she said” scenarios or the impression there are back channel agreements.

This protects you as much as it does me.

In the end, everything boils down to one question: Are home studios allowed to participate in Envelopment ads? [click here to continue…]

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Cleaning out the…um…stuff

by Cinda Baxter on February 10, 2009

in Real life

toilet_bowlNote to self: Remember to have neighbors run hot water through house pipes while out of town

A sewer line frozen from the house to the street creates a scenario that is not only extraordinarily depressing, but wildly expensive. Goodbye carpet, trim, walls, boxed financial records…..

One day and four sizable checks to plumbers and hazmat guys later, I’m working from the kitchen table. You can’t hear the office phone ring over the industrial fans roaring like jet engines, let alone string together a functional thought.

At least it’s better than yesterday, when I watched two rooms floating in sludge.*

*I refuse to call it by its real name

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Vendors see NSS as a “must”

by Cinda Baxter on February 10, 2009

in Markets, New York, Stationery

nss_2009_logoAs you know, there was a lot of discussion on Friday about participation in the National Stationery Show, including one on LinkedIn. Some pretty solid wisdom was shared, including the following:

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