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    <description>&amp;#160;Enjoy a vibrant, growing, pulsating, healthy business now and well into the future. I’m Linda Brandt, a marketing expert with over two decades of marketing experience, who brings structure, clarity, effectiveness and efficiency to what is often a chaotic, ineffective&amp;#160;environment when it comes to marketing.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;It’s not about spending more money, but spending your advertising dollars more wisely. Every dollar must work hard for you to grow your business and LB Marketing Services gets it. &amp;#160; &amp;#160;NEWS: June 2010- Appointed as Second Vice Chairman of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce and would like to welcome Alice Oglesby, io Design &amp;amp; Illustration as new Chairman of the Board.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; www.ashevillechamber.org May 2010: Spoke at the American Advertising Federation, Asheville,NC on May 17 about 2010 and Beyond: Panel of Experts Predicts the Future.&amp;#160; April 2010:&amp;#160; Australia was amazing! It was both a cultural and self discovery trip.&amp;#160; I attended the Melbourne Women&apos;s in Business conference and met privately with the Chamber of Commerce Director of public policy and small business center. Look for articles about&amp;#160;my trip in local publications in Asheville, NC. February 2010: In the process of planning a trip to Australia this April 2010&amp;#160;to&amp;#160;connect with other small business owners in Melbourne and Sydney. Very exciting! October 22, 2009:&amp;#160;&amp;#160; Facilitated &quot;Meet the Media&quot; panel with local representatives from TV, newspapers and magazines. Six panelists and over 80 people attended this educational event at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce.</description> 
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&lt;strong&gt;Recent   LBM Seminars and Articles:&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;June 2010:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Attended the Women in Business conference in Melbourne, Australia. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sophiemagazine.com/features.aspx?Feature_ID=1208&amp;Issue_ID=44&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Read more about my trip in Sophie Magazine.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;May 2010: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Spoke at the American Advertising Federation, Asheville, NC on May 17: 2010 and Beyond: Panel of Experts Predicts the Future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;October 2009:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Facilitated &amp;quot;Meet The Media&amp;quot; at the   Asheville Chamber of Commerce. There were 6 news directors/publishers and over   80 people in the audience who learned how to get their events/stories in the   news.  Panelists included:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jon Elliston, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mountainx.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.mountainx.com&quot;&gt;Mountain Xpress&lt;/a&gt;, Rimas Zailskas, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boldlife.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.boldlife.com&quot;&gt;Bold Life&lt;/a&gt;, Mark Essig, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citizen-times.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.citizen-times.com&quot;&gt;Asheville Citizen Times&lt;/a&gt;, Julie   Fries, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wlos.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.wlos.com&quot;&gt;WLOS/WMYA TV&lt;/a&gt;, Jerri Jameson, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearchannel.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.clearchannel.com&quot;&gt;Clear Channel Radio&lt;/a&gt;, Bill   McClement, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ashevilleradio.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.ashevilleradio.com&quot;&gt;Asheville Radio Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~pix/small-group-sm-file~s400x400.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Linda Brandt&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;110&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~pix/mtm-attendees-group-sm-fle~s400x400.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Meet The Media&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;110&quot; hspace=&quot;5&quot; vspace=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;August 2009:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Great article by Tessa Stowe I&apos;d like   to pass on: Are Your Presentations Losing You Sales? &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~doc/are-your-presentations-losing-you-sales.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~doc/are-your-presentations-losing-you-sales.pdf&quot;&gt;Click   here&lt;/a&gt; to download.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;December 2008:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article: The Art of Selfless   Selling- &lt;/strong&gt;There are two different kinds of selling: Self-ish and   Self-less selling.  Find out why the approach you take means success or not. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~doc/spirit-of-selfless-selling.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~doc/spirit-of-selfless-selling.pdf&quot;&gt;Click&lt;/a&gt; here to read more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;October 2008&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; :&lt;strong&gt; Article: Stop Being Afraid   To Sell&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
  There is a well-loved myth out there about networking. If i   go out and just meet people, the business will come and I really don&apos;t have to   sell.  Be honest, how is that working for you? &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~doc/stop-being-afraid-to-sell.pdf&quot; _fcksavedurl=&quot;http://www.lbmarketingservices.com/bm~doc/stop-being-afraid-to-sell.pdf&quot; onclick_fckprotectedatt=&quot; onclick=&apos;window.open(this.href,&apos;StopBeingAfraidToSell&apos;,&apos;resizable=no,location=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,status&apos;); return false&apos;&quot;&gt;Click   here to read article.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hot Tip:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;link href=&quot;file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Dan\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_filelist.xml&quot; rel=&quot;File-List&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A target customer group is one in which buyers behave in a similar manner. Defining exactly who is your target customer group or groups&amp;#160;is a marketer&apos;s first key step.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Associations&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Asheville Chamber of Commerce- Second Vice Chair 2010-2011
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&lt;li&gt;Asheville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors-Vice Chair Small Business &amp;amp; Entrepreneurship 2008-2010
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&lt;li&gt;Asheville Chamber of Commerce Member 1998 to present&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#160;&amp;#160;(Speaker for Asheville Chamber of Commerce Business Center)
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&lt;li&gt;Toastmasters International- Land of Sky Arden Toastmasters Board Member Secretary 2005
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&lt;li&gt;American Advertising Federation Asheville member&amp;#160;
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&lt;li&gt;Public Relations Association of WNC member- past board member 2006
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&lt;li&gt;National Association of Professional Women member
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&lt;li&gt;United Way of Asheville&amp;#160;Highland Club/Peak Society member
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&lt;li&gt;Community Volunteer: Meals On Wheels, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Animal Compassion Network
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#160;Enjoy a vibrant, growing, pulsating, healthy business now and well into the future.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m Linda Brandt, a marketing expert with over two decades of marketing experience, who brings structure, clarity, effectiveness and efficiency to what is often a chaotic, ineffective&amp;#160;environment when it comes to marketing.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;It’s not about spending more money, but spending your advertising dollars more wisely.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Every dollar must work hard for you to grow your business and LB Marketing Services gets it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;NEWS: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;June 2010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;- Appointed as Second Vice Chairman of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce and would like to welcome Alice Oglesby, io Design &amp;amp; Illustration as new Chairman of the Board.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ashevillechamber.org&quot;&gt;www.ashevillechamber.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;May 2010:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Spoke at the American Advertising Federation, Asheville,NC on May 17 about 2010 and Beyond: Panel of Experts Predicts the Future.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;April 2010:&lt;/u&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Australia was amazing! It was both a cultural and self discovery trip.&amp;#160; I attended the Melbourne Women&apos;s in Business conference and met privately with the Chamber of Commerce Director of public policy and small business center. Look for articles about&amp;#160;my trip in local publications in Asheville, NC.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;February 2010:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; In the process of planning a trip to Australia this April 2010&amp;#160;to&amp;#160;connect with other small business owners in Melbourne and Sydney. Very exciting!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;October 22, 2009:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; Facilitated &quot;Meet the Media&quot; panel with local representatives from TV, newspapers and magazines. Six panelists and over 80 people attended this educational event at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce.&lt;/p&gt;
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