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Word of Mouth Marketing by Andy Sernovitz

Posted by Leisa Watkins On February - 8 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
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Want to create a buzz about your business? Do you want your businesses message to spread through viral marketing?

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Books – The Carriers of Civilization

Posted by Leisa Watkins On February - 3 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
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“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of change, windows on the world, lighthouses erected in the sea of time.” ~ Barbara W. Tuchman Books not only carry a civilization - they alter a civilization.  Take a look at how Uncle Tom's Cabin altered a civilization. In fact, it may be safe to say that few other novels have altered a civilization as much. Henry James said that Uncle Tom's Cabin was  "much less a book than a state of vision, of feeling and of ...

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Books – Fire and Fuel for the Mind

Posted by Leisa Watkins On January - 27 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
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“A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.” ~ Margaret Fuller I can’t imagine a home without books. Books were such a part of my child hood. They took me on journey’s I couldn’t go on myself. The took me through the heart of people I would never know. Books feed my thirst for knowledge. They help satisfy the curiosity within me. Books stir my soul. At times, they cause me to mourn and cause me to question myself and my judgment. Other times, they lift me up and linger within my ...

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The Wonderful Thing About a Book

Posted by Leisa Watkins On January - 21 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

There isn’t quite anything like curling up with a good book. One of my favorite things to do, but haven’t done for a long time is to curl up with a good book, in bed, on a rainy day.

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Books Give Birth to New Ideas – Capture Them

Posted by Leisa Watkins On January - 18 - 2008 ADD COMMENTS

“A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas—a place where history comes to life.” ~ Norman Cousin Isn’t that the beauty of books? The ability to not only deliver us to different cultures, different places, and different times, but also the ability to give birth to new ideas. How often have you read a book and thought of  that great organization tip for the home, a way you could communicate more effectively with your spouse, or thought of  a great marketing idea. Then perhaps, if you are like me, the idea leaves ...

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