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Some news from the folks at C.C.C.Blog

by The Contributors

Well, it's been a hum-dinger of a five months here at the C.C.C.Blog (Note: That's our new nickname for ourselves! Ya like? It goes with our logo that goes out with our email stories: 

Cool, huh?)

We've just ticked past 40 stories and we've got some exciting new updates to talk about. First: We recognized just the other day that our feed for this site was a little hard to get to. Luckily, we've put a BIG, HONKIN' LOGO linking to our feed right on our sidebar there! -->>

Click it and sign up for our feed in your favorite feed reader. If you don't have a favorite feed reader or don't want one, that's okay, too...we now deliver through email. Just click on the subscribe via email link right under the BIG, HONKIN' LOGO over there. -->>

So, what else is new? 

>Due to the popularity of our quiz from a post or so ago, we're going to start offering more quizzes...maybe on a particular day? Contact us, let us know when's a good time to be tested.

>Jimmy had a post featured in the CUES Techport newsletter! Click here to visit the CUES Techport website, or just go to the story itself by clicking here!

>Rob emerged from a posting dry-spell to give us his thoughts on the financial crisis...click here to read!

>We're STILL so excited to be bringing you advice and opinion! Speaking of advice, do you have questions you want us to answer? About anything? Let us know, we'll do our best to bring you enlightenment.

Onward and upward!

"Pick me, pick me!" Getting people to sign up for your email

by Ron Daly

While email offers many benefits – ease, convenience, speed – it also creates challenges for marketers whose customers are drowning in email overflow. You know your online offers, notices and newsletters are chock-full of valuable information, but most consumers are looking to limit what they receive today. How can you make sure your messages make the pick?

It's easy being green.

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Think that's incredible? Consider this:
(from Ecology.com)

Each year, nearly 4 billion trees are cut down for paper.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory program, paper and pulp factories are some of the world's worst environmental pollution sources.

The truth is, trees serve far better purposes in the ground. They filter pollution, produce oxygen, help control wind currents and moderate temperatures, and keep soil rich and healthy.

It's our planet, too, and we hope that, in some small way, we can make everyone's green go a lot farther.

Tell us about your plans for "going green" - on Arbor Day and Every Day - in
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