
When do YOU Feel Beautiful? New Magazine celebrates Beauty Inside!
The Beauty Come Forth Online Magazine is a top notch monthly magazine featuring articles that address the lifestyle of women in transition to greatness. The articles will encourage, empower and celebrate women through fashion, finan…
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Added by Pam Perry on November 1, 2009 at 2:00am —
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Design to Engage
I hope you have finished with your definition phase by the time you are reading this article. With the definition phase completed it’s now time to engage a design…
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Added by Debra Bates-Schrott on October 8, 2009 at 12:39pm —
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Added by Debra Bates-Schrott on September 22, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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I couldn't copy and paste the text of the article into this blog, so I have provided the link to the article below:
Sports Backers Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 9, July/August
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Added by Lauren Rinker on September 5, 2009 at 3:31pm —
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An evovling workforce necessitates changes in workplace design.
Richmond architectural and interior design specialists had the opportunity to learn about the constant changes of work environments at the Virginia Interior Design Association (IIDA), Virginia/West Virginia Chapter’s Spring Continuing Education and Social Event at the Children’s Museum of Richmond on June 22. Erin Boden, LEED, AP, Architectural and Design Specialist for Allsteel, Atlanta, discussed several topics of which design s…
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Added by Lauren Rinker on September 5, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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Richmond-area models, photographers, makeup artists, and hairstylists have the opportunity to showcase their talent and network with professionals at Model Mondays.
The event is held every Monday night this summer through August 17, 7:30pm to 12:00am at Xscape nightclub at 814 West Grace Street. Originally s…
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Added by Lauren Rinker on September 5, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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Fernando Luna Vera, a native of Columbia and a Chemistry graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University, first discovered his love of the Canal Walk at a festive time.
“Last Halloween night during my typical walk through the streets of Downtown Richmond, I found a very curious congregation of…
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Added by Lauren Rinker on September 5, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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Homeowners Colleen Hall and Carol Damon’s fabulous condominium with a stunning river view proves that simplifying your life doesn’t mean you have to forgo comfort or style.
Built in 2007, Vistas on the James has sold out all of its 160 units—starting below $300,000 to just over $1 million.…
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Added by Lauren Rinker on September 5, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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On June 29, Pandora Internet Radio founder Tim Westergren treated Richmonders to a meeting at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Grace Street Theater to discuss the radio’s future.
The meeting allowed attendees to ask Westergren questions about anything Pandora, from the company’s humble beginnings to sugges…
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Added by Lauren Rinker on September 5, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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The decline of print media has been explored endlessly. Everyone is agreed that the traditional business model is broken. And most people agree that there is no silver bullet which will solve the problems facing publishers in this new environment.
To summarise the new reality:
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Added by Andrew Davies on August 28, 2009 at 12:38pm —
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I wrote an article about Gibson Guitars a few years ago. Some of it focused on the innovations of Les Paul. Through researching it, I discovered a truly amazing life story.
The Gibson Les Paul model is the most famous electric guitar in the world. But when Paul developed his first prototype desi…
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Added by David Willson on August 13, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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Engagement is the first step toward a lasting commitment
Building a great magazine involves a lot of processes, players, deadlines, and content. It’s a relationship that is not easy. Successfully…
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Added by Debra Bates-Schrott on July 28, 2009 at 9:00am —
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It’s More Than Just Layout
Many who are starting a new magazine move too quickly into the creative phase. I suspect this is the case because most people who have the desire to launc…
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Added by Debra Bates-Schrott on July 20, 2009 at 4:30pm —
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In order to create new revenue streams, publishers must focus on monetising their audience, not just their content. Business publishers have been good at this, but consumer publishers generally have not focused on collecting and exploiting actionable data about their readership. This post looks at the data that can be collected, and how it can be used.
Original post at -
http://platform.idiomag.com/2009/0…
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Added by Andrew Davies on June 11, 2009 at 7:30am —
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Fully Prepared, You May Succeed
Yes, people are still launching magazines. As I mentioned in a previous post, Samir Hussni wrote in his March 1st, 2009, article for
Publishing Executive magazine th…
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Added by Debra Bates-Schrott on June 5, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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Mission Critical
Would you ever drive your car with a bag over your head? If you did, it sure would be a challenging ride. You would get lost. You may veer off of the road or cross the yellow lines into som…
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Added by Debra Bates-Schrott on May 22, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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I have summarised the best iPhone efforts from magazine publishers over at
http://platform.idiomag.com/2009/05/top-magazine-iphone-apps/
Would love to hear your thoughts on any I have missed. (Sorry for not posting full content here, but until mediapro allows for blog post import via RSS, its too much hassle to repost and reformat every image and video again for here!)
Conde Nast comes off really well in the review - w…
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Added by Andrew Davies on May 18, 2009 at 1:12pm —
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This article was orginally posted at
http://platform.idiomag.com/2009/05/the-case-for-digital-custom-publishing/

In a market where publishers are being hit hard, and advertisers are slashing bu…
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Added by Andrew Davies on May 6, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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Learning to share is one of the most important things we gain from our youth. It sets us up to experience more, have more friends, and have a more fulfilling life. In business, sharing is not always our first approach. But today,
Bates Creative Group takes the leap to make sharing a larger part of our philosophy. Last week we launched
Align online. http://www.batescreativegroup.com/align
Formerly a quarterly print newsletter,
Align is now digital. For those of you who know…
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Added by Debra Bates-Schrott on April 23, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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ORIGINALLY POSTED AT
http://platform.idiomag.com/2009/03/future-of-the-magazine-newspaper/
Just wanted to share some of the best posts I have read about the future of newspapers/magazines. Feel free to add others in the comments and I will update.
Newspapers and thinking the unthinkable - Clay Shirky
This superb post (i…
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Added by Andrew Davies on March 31, 2009 at 8:30pm —
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