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scissorsEach month for the last eighteen I have produced a newsletter that goes out to a list of roughly 1300 readers. The list is highly targeted and reaches across the spectrum of professionals in the financial services community.

Since the Great Meltdown began I have noticed an unfortunate occurrence – one that has gained steam month over month: the number of email addresses bouncing due to ‘non-existent address’ appearing in my email statistics.

This statistic has proven accurate every time.

It tells the story of another job that has been claimed by the downturn.

Many of the names on the list are managers. Specifically, managers that manage wholesalers.

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Giving Back

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My friend Laurie called today and had a great idea. She thought I should bring a dose of MQ’ness to our colleagues in the financial services community that have been laid off. She had a great idea. It inspired this offer that has been posted on the LinkedIn group page for Wholesaler Connect:  Complimentary Networking, [...]

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