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November 2008
We at theCurrier know that you want to be sure your customers and target customers are kept aware of your products and services to that they continue to buy from you. We also know that in difficult economic times such as the present finding the money to accomplish that can be a challenge. Yet, you don't want to give up on your marketing and public relations because, if you do, you will lose market share that may be impossible to regain. It is for these reasons that we have develop a range of services that allow you to afford to get and stay in front of the customers who will keep you profitable. Our basic package starts as low as $395. A summary of our packages follows: Basic Package: A Public Relations Audit We review your promotional efforts to date, based on an e-mailed questionnaire, and develop recommendations as to the opportunities for public relations that exist in your business. We meet with you to discuss those recommendations and then it is up to you to implement them. The one-time investment: $395. Intermediate Package A Public Relations Plan We meet with you to understand your business, your goals and your promotional efforts to date. We develop a complete public relations plan that includes specific media opportunities, timetables and schedules. We meet with you again to discuss the plan. We offer unlimited consulting, via telephone or e-mail, for one year but, again, it is up to you to implement the plan. The one-time investment: $695. Deluxe Package: Unlimited Public Relations Services for one year. This includes everything that is in the Public Relations Plan, plus we do all the work, for an unlimited number of hours. The investment: $1,200 per month. Special discounts are available. For more information, call theCurrier at (401) 467-1896 or e-mail amc@theCurrier.com

November 2008
Sales PHD, Sandler Training, of Providence, will host a free workshop on jump starting sales for 2009 on Wednesday, November 19, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Sales PHD, 400 Reservoir Avenue. The facilitator will be Jacob Belt, owner of Sales PHD, an authorized licensee of Sandler, an award-winning international training and coaching firm specializing in sales, management and human relations skills. The workshop is designed for presidents, CEOs and business owners who are determined to improve their sales results in the new year. Among other things, participants learn why people who should be good at sales don’t work out, why everyone looks busy but sales remain low and how to use a proven system that is working for companies in any type of market condition. Seating is limited. To reserve a place, call (401) 751-8989, ext. 10, or e-mail pmillette@salesphd.com

November 2008
Marketing Coach Peter George will host the next Monday Night Networking on December 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant, 1149 Division Street, East Greenwich, RI. Monday Night Networking is held on the second Monday of each month and is open free of charge to all businesspeople in the area. Some 135 people attended the most recent event. For more information, call Peter George at (401) 742-1231 or visit moreclientsmoreprofits.com

November 2008
The Friday Morning Breakfast Group brings 20-30 business owners together for networking and conversation every Friday at 7:45 a.m. at the Residence Inn, Warwick, Rhode Ialand. For more informtion, call Ann-Mary Currier at (401) 467-1896.

November 2008
The Rotary Club of Cranston meets every Wednesday at noon at Macera’s Garden Room, 1500 Oaklawn Avenue, Cranston. The club is currently raising money to donate 60 Thanksgiving baskets to needy families in the city. To make a donation, call Mark Saccoccio at (401) 942-7920. For more information on the Rotary club and its community service events, call (401) 467-1896 or visit rotaryclubor cranston.org

October 2008
Ocean State Toastmasters, of Warwick, RI, will host an open house to celebrate its 45th anniversary on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Lower Conference Room at Warwick City Hall. The public is welcome. Ocean State Toastmasters, founded October 1, 1963, is the second oldest Toastmasters club in Rhode Island. The state now has 16 clubs. Five are community clubs, open to the general public; three are university clubs; and eight are corporate clubs, operating within companies and for employees only. Among the organizations that host Toastmasters clubs are Raytheon, in Portsmouth; the U.S. Postal Service headquarters, in Providence; MetLife, in Warwick, FM Global, in Johnston; Johnson & Wales University and Bryant University. There are 11,500 clubs that belong to Toastmasters International, a nonprofit, educational organization devoted to the development of public speaking and leadership skills. For more information, call Ed Skurka, vice president of membership of Ocean State Toastmasters, at (401) 828-1625.

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