Welcome to Issue 3 of our Newsletter - the community issue!

We had a great response from you with information that you wanted to let other recepients know about. We pleased that this newsletter has interested you enough to want to be a part of it - keep the info coming in!

We won’t waste your time with an extended sales session. This 535 contains 3 simple sections – five tips for Business, three offers from us and finally five web links to interesting sites for your next coffee break! We're delighted that some of those sections have been provided for us by our customers and colleagues. Enjoy.

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Five Business Tips

1. 5 Ways to Keep Fit In The Office

Too many of us spend too much of our time sitting at a desk. I know that at the office we all do! So last time I was at the Maidemnhead 4Networking Breakfast, I asked Matt Wadie from Focusing on You to give me five ways that we could help to stay fit in the office. Matt kindly took the time to write a quick article to include in the newsletter. So if you are worried about how your daily activities may be affecting your health, then take a look at Matt's advice.

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2. Getting paid by way of dividends

Here’s three great business books that if you haven’t read, you should try – all short easy reads that genuinely give you food for both thought and action to improve your business..

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3. Give to Charity and Save yourself Tax at the same time!

How many passwords, pin numbers and other information do you have?  If you're anything like us, it’s probably a lot.  Or maybe you just have one or two that you reuse on many different accounts.  And if you do you’ve probably thought about the fact that if your passwords get found out you could potentially have some serious ID theft problems...

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4. Advertising Online 1 - why and how?

The PDF format is one of the most popular file formats in business today.  It’s fast and light and not only can it be read by the free Acrobat Viewer, it is also readable by Website browsers.  This makes the PDF format very useful for creating downloads, send e-mail attachments and more.  Unfortunately many of the PDF creators on the market are a little pricey. But why pay for it when you don’t have to?

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5. Advertising Online 2 - how to get started 

As of next month, we’ll be offering the 5th place in our business tips section out to you! If you think you have a product or service that may be of use to the 100 or so companies that receive the 535, then fill in our online form to tell us about it. We’ll put the best three offers into this final business tips section.
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Three Offers From Pearson Treehouse

1. Our January sale

During January all quotes include a discount of 15%!  Not only that, but if you have an old quote for a job that you have not yet gotten around to we will take 15% off of that quote amount – provided you order before 10th Feb.

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2. E-mail letterhead

Do you want to make your e-mails stand out?  Do you want to have a consistent corporate feel across both your printed material and your electronic communications?  Our e-mail letterhead package is currently on special offer for January.  Get an e-mail letterhead to use in Outlook or Outlook Express - £70.00 £50.00 (+ VAT)

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3. Website review

We’ll be giving you a ring over the next month to have a brief chat with you about your website and to make sure that it’s doing all you need it to for you.  We’ll be able to tell you how many visitors you’ve had over the past few months and which of your pages have been most popular.  It’s your chance to ask us about how to improve your site and the sales you are making because of it. 

If there are any particular points you'd like us to look at for you, why not tell us in advance so we can prepare!

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Five Coffee Break Links

5 free distractions on the web.  Now, use these with caution!  Don’t end up spending longer than your coffee break on them! We’re not responsible if you lose useful working hours to these.  Remember you have a whole month to play with them until we send you the next ones so don't use them all at once!

1. The 'Falling Sand' game

Actually not a game where you there is a task to complete – just different types of falling materials (water, sand, salt, oil) and the ability to channel them by drawing walls.  Sounds pretty basic huh?  That’s why it can get a tad obsessive.  If you enjoy it then try to grow a row of trees!
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2. Samorost

This is a puzzle game with a difference – beautiful graphics reminiscent of Monty Python’s Flying Circus and some genuinely funny elements, you must guide your little space traveller through a series of screens to get him to the end of his journey.  Have fun playing and if you manage to successfully complete it, perhaps you’ll tell the rest of us how you did it!

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3. Simplenomics Blog

This site is dedicated to carrying on the art and science of using simple common sense when you sell, market and advertise, which was very prevalent before common sense disappeared from everyday life.  This was before the world was overcome with pseudo-educated, buzzword using bluffers posing as marketers.
So why is it not in the Business tips section?  Because it’s so easy to read and interesting it’s worth taking a look whilst you have your coffee – after all, you can’t just play games at coffee time now, can you!

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4. Watercolours gallery

Last issue we gave you a link to a great photographer, so this month we thought traditional art would have a platform.  Minh Dam is a Polish artist from Warsaw who paints beautiful watercolours of the cities of Europe.  Enjoy.

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5. The Spectator online

Fancy getting your mind stimulated during your coffee break?  Well take a look at the online version of The Spectator.  Filled with Politics, books, arts and culture, food and drink and much more, there is something for everyone.  Our personal favourite is Ron Liddle’s blog – often amusing, always observant.

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