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Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years. This one came via U.S. In fine print, at the end of a paragraph of fine print, it says "This is not a bill.

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Lame scam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years. This one came via U.S. In fine print, at the end of a paragraph of fine print, it says "This is not a bill.

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Donor Tracking vs. Business Intelligence

Robert Weiner

The Nonprofit Times recently published an article called Is It Donor Management Software Or Business Intelligence. It discusses what Laura Quinn calls the "movement from merely tracking data to an emphasis on using it strategically to make business decisions." " This vision of donor management software is nothing new.

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Lame spam of the day: FDIC: About your business account

Robert Weiner

Subject: FDIC: About your business account. Text: Dear Business Owner, We have important news regarding your financial institution. Subject: Insurance coverage of your business accounts. I hope no one (except maybe a trained professional) tries to find out. Please click here to find further details. Same subject.

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Consultants say business is picking up. Trend?

Robert Weiner

Is this a trend? I attended three conferences in April and asked a variety of independent consultants and employees of consulting firms about how the economy is affecting them. The responses were consistent: January and February were dead, but inquiries picked up significantly in March and April.

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Lame spam of the day: BBB service Re: Case # (various numbers)

Robert Weiner

Version 1: Sender: ::Better Business Bureau:: (support@bbb.org). The Better Business Bureau has been sent the above mentioned complaint from one of your associates on the subject of their business relations with you. Better Business Bureau. _. Council of Better Business Bureaus. Better Business Bureau. _.

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Lame Spam of the Day: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women 2008 Newsletter

Robert Weiner

Sender: Lehman Brothers Centre for Woman in Business [kbuckley@communications.london.edu]. Subject: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women in Business March 2008 Newsletter. If you would like to subscribe to future Lehman Brothers Centre for Woman in Business mailings, please click the following link: Subscribe. . >

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