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White Label Email Marketing
If social media is the fun and unpredictable uncle of the marketing family, then email is an old, reliable grandparent. The first edition of my book Internet Marketing: Strategy, Planning and Implementation from 2001 included a popular template for creating what we then called an Internet Marketing Plan. A well-known truism, but we know that effective email marketing is a hell of a lot more than just having the platform to send out mass emails. This is the way I look at it: Mailchimp's stats measure overall opens for all email whereas Experian's measure stats for individual campaigns. Sendy is completely white label when your client logs in. Let your clients send newsletters on their own at a price you set and earn 100x more than other similar services. Aside from statistics and analysis within the report, you'll also find a set of recommendations that will help you swiftly improve your marketing campaigns.
The response data for all channels came from a survey deployed online in April to the DMA list, which contains a broad range of marketers, from the traditional to the latest social media gurus. But don't worry – you don't need to know a thing about coding to use our email campaign software. By taking an ESP for a test drive, you can get a feel for user functionality, test deliverability, how to upload lists and even build out an email campaign to get a feel for the software. You can then send your messages to these subscribers any time, marketing to them over and over again.
As a long-established marketing tool, email also offers brands a host of data and reporting metrics they can analyze to refine and optimize their campaigns. I have been with Mailchimp for a few years and recently this week notice they have no customer service at all unless you pay and thus they become not free. Analyze current email sign up method, free offer, layout for effectiveness (if applicable). The table below has been put together based on DMA data to show businesses what kind of response rates they might encounter.
Analysis: This subject line creates plays on a reader's self-interest — particularly those that are using or are considering using Facebook for business. Accept that permission grants are limited to the email address offered, even if you know one of their other addresses. Additional benefits include better personalization and more targeted email marketing outreach. We've seen casual, conversational email copy outperform more formal styles over and over again, even in B2B industries. The Düsseldorfer Kreis, the assembly of the German data protection authorities, issued guidance that is important news for anyone doing business with German customers via email. These are resources we have read over and over and referenced many times and believe they should be more accessible to every marketer. I think five essential questions are about all anyone could take on this topic.
I'm able to achieve well above average email engagement with my community for many different reasons, one of which is certainly my use of clever subject lines that I know my audience will be interested in. Beyond just the subject line and copy of the email, I always offer more in-depth content for them to click through and read, in order to deliver more value. This free marketing plan strategy template developed by is a basic, simple-to-use document that will help you define and outline marketing goals, objectives, strategies and tactics. An average tactical Email Marketer may refer to KPIs like open rate, CTR, and conversion rate. Iv. Reports: Evaluation of the email marketing campaign is critical to the success of the program and this will be done by using reports. We understand this shift and can put digital interactivity at the heart of your marketing strategy.
As it pertains to men vs women, 49% of Email Marketing Manager are male in the United States, and 51% of the Email Marketing Manager are female in the United States. I definitely feel that myself and the rest of the marketing department at my company spend way more time 'defending' what we do than actually doing it or improving. Reading email has been a top activity on smartphones for a long time, and the growing adoption of responsive email design is boosting smartphone conversion rates to make the most of this opportunity. Many CMOs talk a big game about how important it is to grow their email subscriber database, yet they can't explain what the value proposition is for the consumer. We've been testing personalisation in the subject line, extended subject line, in the body and none at all; subject line wins by a mile. Great email subject lines are those that are creative and catchy but not deceptive. The highest response rate for a house list was also telephone, at 10.41 percent.
When executed properly, an email marketing strategy can result in a 4300 percent return on investment (ROI). Think of B2B email marketing as yet another tool in your inbound marketing toolbox If you're not using this marketing strategy to communicate with your clients, then you're missing out—BIG time! For Email Deliverability, you should look at what kind of spam checker your email marketing service has, whether it's Spam Assassin, which will automatically test words and phrases that usually get flagged in spam filters, or an actual person who will approve your email before it is sent out.
There's an art and a science to crafting that perfect email to reach out to potential customers, with advice out there ranging from how to write eye-catching subject lines and whether to include pictures to how best to close your message. Three of the top 20 subject lines used a variation of the word Kill" (i.e. killer, killing, etc.). If you're not writing something that your audience cares about, you won't get their attention, even if you do land the email in their inbox The emails should be directly tied to the subject line and written in a short, consistent way that makes it quickly readable and easily digested. Using our own 200 page Email Marketing Best Practice Guide I'm going to try and answer the question of what makes for good email marketing benchmarks and hopefully highlight some figures that may act as a handy reference. Another that should not be abused (and came across it coincidentally) is the lack of no subject line.
Direct email marketing has an average cost-per-lead of about $55.24 and according to the DMA 2013 Factbook an average success rate of 0.12 percent. If there are limited variables in your campaign, your response rate will help you determine which list is better or which offer is better. Thanks to segmentation like this, the Obama campaign raised $500 million using email marketing. Most contemporary copywriting or email marketing experts will tell you to use informal language to make it seem like your email is a letter from a friend. Typically most companies are happy if they get 1%- 2.5% rate of response to their email marketing. A powerful element to add to any email subject line is a legitimate reason to act NOW.
The bigger email marketing cloud companies such as IBM, Oracle, Salesforce and Adobe were built on acquisition with all offering a holistic marketing solution with email marketing products and solutions. Use our drag-and-drop email builder and pick from hundreds of professionally-designed templates Make them your own for a completely branded email campaign that looks great on every device. On top of paying a good chunk of change for these email addresses, it's not a strategy I'd recommend using. The subject line cannot mislead the email recipients about the subject matter of the email contents. As you can see, email remains to be the best marketing solution and it still rocks year after year.
Explore our PSD to High Quality Responsive HTML Email Coding Service now on Envato Studio or you can click here to enquire about this service or you may order service right here if convinced. I have not used other 2 services but I thing Aweber is the best with more than 99% delivery rate and so many great features. I'd love to hear about your good, bad, ugly and funny restaurant email marketing subject lines in the comments section below. When targeting email for Millennials especially, brands should take their cues from social. Founder #EasySendy, Co-founder #Aritic – marketing automation platform with artificial intelligence. A 30% open rate for example would mean that for every 10 delivered emails (emails sent- emails bounced), 3 were actually opened by the recipients.
This subject line poses a question and then cuts to the chase with a timeframe that doesn't feel overly aggressive. The average internet user is bombarded with dozens if not hundreds of email subject lines every day. A subject line should tease what is on offer, not try to sell it in a very small amount of space. The most important email marketing metric you need to be tracking is your email ROI. Tommy Walker is an online marketing strategist, show host, and prolific guest blogger specializing in highly effective, counter-intuitive approaches to online marketing.
Just like 3rd party hosted services, good self-hosting email systems can automatically process bounce and unsubscribe emails and unsubscribe those addresses from your future mailings. From our experience, we found that around 15% of our (legitimate) subscribers were failing to confirm their email address, resulting in them not being added to our list. Email: In the event industry Pulse Report , email was voted the single most effective tactic by event organisers, so it will no doubt be central to your campaign and ticket sales too. The Wave places the email service providers in 4 categories based on their Offering and Strategy.
Even spammers get good open rates and click-throughs, but their sales are horrible (compared to doing email correctly and ethically). MailChimp If you have a list of fewer than 2,000 subscribers, and send an average of six emails per contact or less per month (for example, six email blasts to your full list per month), a free service should meet your needs. According to Bryan Gudmundson, there are 3 primary components when crafting an Email subject line: Content, character, and strategy. Design well-branded landing pages and email administration pages that offer a clear path forward. You will optimise the copy and targeting over time and test new ideas out but typically they all revolve around a similar theme. The main benefit of email marketing in this sector is generating more leads (Figure 25).
The average response rate for direct mail was 4.4% in the US according to the DMA (April 2013) However, as always averages are dangerous. Contact us by email at support@ or via the chat messaging system within the application. Have an apology email drafted but only send it, or resend an email, in the case of a very serious error. The report has been revealed post an active participation from 450+ Indian marketers from 400+ Brands. The events team sends out an email about a party, a corporate newsletter goes out hours later, and subscribers are hit a third time with a project launch notification. Measure retention rate over time in aggregate – or for optimal health, segment retention rate – and measure it for the various objectives you have set for your email marketing program. Challenge your email marketing team to plot a calendar based on release dates, product launches, or customer lifecycles. That's why we used the Zapier blog to construct a crash-course on email marketing.


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Leadfeeder is a fast growing international SaaS startup, headquartered in Helsinki. We are on a mission to bring web intelligence into business. Simply put, Leadfeeder helps companies know more about their website visitors, which enables them to convert promising visitors into sales leads.
Currently, Leadfeeder is a buzzing remote international team of 60+ people and more than ten nationalities, and we are hiring many key people around the world to strengthen our rapid growth.
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DEC. 5, 2010 – Buying a house can be a scary proposition in the best of times, but it's an especially daunting task during a recession when home loans are difficult to come by.
For Shakeya Lee, 29, of Kinston, the joy of owning her first home outweighed the stress of going through the purchasing process. And it's not just any home. Lee purchased an EnviroSteel house, developed by the Initiative in Kinston's Brentwood subdivision.
The house is built using recycled steel framing, which is sturdier and produces less waste than traditional wood framing. It is also energy efficient, designed to take advantage of passive solar energy. Large, south-facing windows, for instance, bring in the sun's heat during the day; brick walls and tile floors store it, then release heat slowly at night to regulate the home's internal temperature.
Lee is inspired by her new green home and adjusting her habits to match. "I kind of used the whole green theme and I made it more of a lifestyle change. I figured, if I put the time into getting a green home, then I should maybe make certain changes in my life in an effort to be more green."
The Initiative offered a $10,000 grant to home buyers, in order to make the homes more affordable. Shakeya says that the grant provided an opportunity that she couldn't pass up. "The price was great, it was affordable, and also I knew that I had the backing of the Initiative with regards to granting money toward the purchase of the home," said Shakeya. "I knew I wasn't going to be able to go anywhere else and have them say, "Ok, you want to buy my house? Go ahead, and I'm going to give you $10,000 to buy it."
During the home-buying process, Willie Dixon, the Initiative's Program Associate for Residential and Housing Development, encouraged Shakeya and provided her with the support and guidance she needed in order to get qualified for a loan. "There were times when, yeah, it looked like everything was smooth sailing, and then there were times when it looked like things weren't going to go my way," said Shakeya. "And Mr. Dixon was more like a motivator; you know, 'Hang in there, it's going to be ok. You want this house; this house is for you and you're going to get it.' So, when I felt that he had that faith in me, it made me believe more in myself."
"This is my first home, and I'm very, very proud of it," Lee says. "I'm happy every time I walk in the door."


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I did a lot of "corporate writing" last year and not enough fun pieces where I penned down random thoughts bumping around in my head.
As I've heard, the trick to a healthy, long term career is to enjoy the work. To do that, you have to sperse things you have to do with things you love to do.
Hence, this article.
This time I'm talking about remixes. You know, that trick where musicians release the same track twice and expect us to pay for both. Daylight robbery aside, once in a while, a remix can be justified, especially when it is better than the original in every way. Here are my favorites (It's about to become obvious just how old I am 😂).
Gorillaz – 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)
Let me give some free advice: you should never go back to listen to the original version of a song after you've heard a popular remix because, it will usually be a big letdown. That's exactly what happened with the original version of "19-2000." Where the original is lazy, tired and almost depressing, Soulchild's remix storms out of the gate with a driving piano riff that keeps things springy.
Tell me you don't bop your head when that chorus comes on!
"Get the cool, get the cool shoeshine."
Britney Spears, "Overprotected" (Darkchild Remix)
It may be hard to believe today, but there was a time when all we had on our iPods were Britney songs. Such was the intensity of her status as pop goddess. In late 90s / early 2000s, she was setting fire to Number #1 charts across the world, and inadvertently reviving the teen-pop genre.
With fame, came critics (lots of them!). Overprotected was her eff-you to them all.
The original was okay but Rodney B. Jenkins aka Darkchild (who you'll be hearing a lot of in this article) did a remix, infusing it with a more energetic beat and loads of drums.
During the bridge when Britney goes, "I don't need nobody tellin' me what I wanna…" you know you're listening to pure teen gold.
Joe Featuring Mystikal, "Stutter" (Double Take Remix)
The original Stutter featured on the My Name Is Joe album with gentle guitar licks and the singer's sweet croon. But then someone had the brilliant idea that what this mellow track needed was some aggression (after all, it's a song about a man who catches his girlfriend cheating).
Enter the remix, with Mystikal who was at the pinnacle of his (short) career, delivering one of his typically visceral, unhinged verses. The song was better for it. The emotion was more intense and with Mystikal bringing his unique manic energy, the song told a more hard hitting story.
Craig David, "7 Days" (DJ Premier Remix)
Craig David's Born To Do It is possibly the greatest debut album in the 21st century. Quote me! Every single track was a hit.
(Side note: this is the first album I ever bought with my money and got played non-stop for almost 4 months before listener fatigue set in).
7 Days was the second song from the album to hit #1. It was a crazy, big hit and ended up having a bunch of remixes but nothing could touch the DJ Premier version. It layered the track on a banging hip hop beat, changed the chorus, changed the intro and ultimately converted the song into gold with Mos Def churning out rap lyrics and vocal samples from Nate Dogg's chorus in "Oh No" (You know how Nate Dogg's voice makes everything sound better, right?).
You can't help but bob your head when Mos Def goes, "Put your thumping back to it / It's that music to set it off and get the mass movin"
Brandy – On Top of the World (Darkchild Remix)
Darkchild is a genius producer like no other. If you're ever in doubt go listen to
– Toni Braxton's "He Wasn't Man Enough",
– Brandy's "U Dont Know Me",
– MJ's "You Rock My World",
– and this remix.
It's almost impossible to listen to this track and not move something – your head, your feet, your booty, something's gotta move. Darkchild brought the groove and Brandy upped her already killer game.
And while Ma$e's rap on the original was phenomenal (by 90s standards of course), Fat Joe and Big Pun delivered their A-game too.
Darkchild starts the remix with "I don't think you're ready for this one."
Yes papi. But hit us nevertheless!
Numb / Encore
A literal example of two great parts combining to make an even greater whole (sort of like the lions combining to form Voltron or the planeteers summoning Captain planet).
Rock and Hip Hop don't always mesh well, but when they do, you get gems like Numb/Encore.
Taken from the aptly named genre mashing album, Collision Course, Numb / Encore witnessed a wicked blend of LinkIn park's famous hit track Numb with the Jigga-man's Encore. The result is an ear-wormy track.
I mean, the original Numb was a great song but I cant hear that opening tune – "tun tun tun tun tun tun tun tun tun" without immediately replying, "thank thank you, you're far too kind".
Brandy, "U Dont Know Me Remix" (ft Shaunta & Da Brat)
There was something about working with Brandy that brought out the best in Darkchild. This remix is proof.
The original was already a banging, chart busting track with Brandy belting out some crazy tones. But Jenkins thought he could do it even better. So he gave it the now legendary, Darkchild Remix do-over. The result was a totally different track by all accounts (with a beat that goes in hard). The words were mostly the same but the chorus, the bridge, the oh so glorious beat!, even the video, was different. And better.
Suzanne Vega, "Tom's Diner" (DNA Remix)
Time for a quick confession – this is the real reason why I wrote this list.
Another textbook example of the remix overshadowing the original. In the case of Tom's Diner, I didn't even know it was a remix I had been hearing for almost two decades until late last year!
The original track is a completely a-capella piece from the early 80s which peaked somewhere around #23 on folk music charts. The remix however, is by British DJ group, DNA, who envisioned something else and ended up creating, arguably, the most famous remix ever. They achieved this by pairing Vega's conversational vocals with a thunderous rhythm section and bursts of brass while looping the simple ad-libbed outro – "da da da duh, doo da-doo doo" which became the song's driving hook.
This resulted in a hit that shredded charts across the world, holding the #1 spot for weeks.
The weird thing is, DNA did not obtain permission to do this remix but eventually, and thankfully, the remix grew on Ms Vega and she reached an agreement with the team. These days, Ms Vega seems to prefer performing it to the original.
Fun note: The original has a legacy all its own. It was the track used to develop the MP3 compression algorithm, (earning Vega the informal title of Mother of the MP3). According to the inventor, Karlheinz Brandenburg, "I was ready to fine-tune my compression algorithm…somewhere down the corridor, a radio was playing 'Tom's Diner.' I was electrified. I knew it would be nearly impossible to compress this warm a-cappella voice."
Here's the original. You should give it a listen.
Got any favorite remixes?
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Wednesday we had gym class right away in the morning as usual and you would think that would have tired them out! Not a chance! They were all over the parking lot and playground "climbing up the mountain" doing different physical activities. Great job participating 4K friends! Very impressive! As well today we worked in our letter notebooks writing our four uppercase and our four lowercase of the letter we are working on. Then drawing a picture of something that starts with that letter. During centers we have started talking about what an equation and the different signs that are in an equation, such as: =. +. We started talking about equations using bears and break sticks to separate the two numbers in the equation.
On Thursday we had centers again and they are just loving them! Working so hard and doing a great job learning their routines! We are working on writing our names with the correct case, etc. As well this morning they had to learn how to work as a "team" at their table. We have been talking about sea creatures all week. So we reviewed what we can find in the ocean. Then as a team they had to leave their one piece of paper in the middle of the table. Doing this they had to make sure everyone was able to work on the paper. The pictures turned out to be pretty cool! :) They are really into playing zombies or cops and robbers at recess now!
They absolutely love doing their letters and practicing their sounds! This is one of their favorite things to do! :) They would love to teach you the motions and sounds of the letters! :)
They absolutely love doing their letters and practicing their sounds! This is one of their favorite things to do! :) They would love to teach you the motions and sounds of the letters! :)


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Mercury goes retrograde at the end of April, that's when traditionally communication and technology goes a little haywire. Well, for the last 48 hours I've experienced my very own personal pre-Mercury retrograde action one month early.
Having problems with computers is nothing new for me. When I was in my 20's I signed up for a computer course - this was way before personal computers. It was a weekly class, but I only managed to go the one time, here's why.
The first computer I sat in front of shut down almost as soon as I touched it. The instructor thought there was a problem with the computer - let's blame the tools right - but it happened again with the next one. He moved me to a third computer and watched me very closely, but sadly this piece of machinery didn't stand a chance, it was no match for my energy. When it duly packed up he simply said "I don't think you should be working with...
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Cleaning Danger
Reporter: Gavin Alder
"It just felt like my whole leg was burning like yeah it was on fire" says Kylie Mitchell.
It's like some flesh eating horror story; except for Kylie Mitchell it was very real!
"I fell down, I fell down to the ground holding the area and I was crying and I really got a fright because I didn't click onto what happened and didn't realise it was the oven cleaner."
The Queensland mum was cleaning her oven using one of the biggest selling brands on the market. She adhered the warnings on the can and to keep her children a safe distance. She sent them outside to play.
"I was scrubbing the racks and cleaning it and the baby cried...and the kids called out to me so I put the gloves off put them in the sink and the oven door was still open so I just kneed it shut."
Not realising there was Mr Muscle oven cleaner on the door. Almost immediately she felt the pain. She flushed it with cold water but the pain and the burning didn't stop. Kylie didn't realise how serious it was. She needed surgery twice. Once to clean and disinfect the wound then a second time for a skin graft.
The can displays a general warning on the front and then more specific safety directions on the back.
So just how much of a risk does this product pose? Well enough of a risk for the company to put a warning on the back to say when using it you should wear rubber gloves and eye protection...but we thought perhaps the best way of testing it would be to spray it directly onto some skin, not mine obviously but this chicken's.
As soon as the spray touches the skin you can see a chemical reaction. The skin begins to blister and become discolored. This chicken is cooking.
Toxicologist Peter Dingle says "Kylie should be thankful it came in contact with her leg and that she didn't breathe it in. This stuff is so toxic he says when they test oven cleaners, it is done under the strictest conditions."
"If we use any of these chemicals in a laboratory, any of my technicians then they would have to do a course to use them and would do them in a fume cupboard in a protected environment."
For that reason he's like to see them taken off supermarket shelves because it gives consumers a false sense that they're safe.
After her experience Kylie has offered SC Johnson, the maker of Mr Muscle products. The photos of her injuries to display on the can as a more noticeable warning. Peter Dingle thinks it's a brilliant idea.
"Some warning signs like that are appropriate. I mean we do it for tobacco. We put it on the cigarette packets, we can see the lungs, well this stuff is a hundred times, a thousand times more toxic, more corrosive and it's instant."


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Elk City News-Democrat (Elk City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 2, 1922
Description: Weekly newspaper from Elk City, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 2, 1922
Creator: Blackburn, Verna
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Hexagon AB has announced the following organizational changes:
Gerhard Sallinger has been appointed new senior vice president of strategic alliances for Hexagon and Mattias Stenberg has been appointed president of PPM.
Mr. Sallinger has served as president of Hexagon's PPM division since 2001. In his new role, he will lead efforts to strengthen Hexagon's strategic alliances to better exploit the synergistic opportunities that exist across its businesses.
Mattias Stenberg, who has served as Hexagon's chief strategy officer since 2013, succeeds Mr. Sallinger as president of Hexagon's PPM division. Mr. Stenberg has been with Hexagon in different roles since 2009 and has played a vital role in strengthening Hexagon's strategic direction.
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Title: Repatriation
Author: Joanna (sandsofvulcan)
PREMISE: An answer to this challenge - Saavik and SPock meet for the first time after their goodbye in ST 4.He still does NOT remember her clearly. Why and how do they handle it to start a friendship again? Does he regain his memories or do they start over? Set it before or after ST 6.
Saavik strode behind Amanda in deference as they wound their way
through the throngs of Vulcans at Space Central. Across the terminal
Sarek emerged from the diplomatic lock, and was engulfed in a sea of
reporters eager for first hand news of the events of the past few
days. Vulcan reporters in the rear made way for Amanda as she moved
towards her Husband. Sarek reached for her and addressed the
"You will attend the formal press conference arranged for 0400
tomorrow. I make no comment until that time. If you will excuse me,
I will take my wife home."
"Will your son be present at the conference?" they begged.
Sarek paused. His fore and middle fingers still pressed to Amanda's
in greeting. "My son remains with his crew. He is assigned to his
new starship post effective immediately, and will be unable to
Saavik turned to follow Amanda, and felt her arm grasped around the
bicep. Sarek had reached back to ensure that the reporters did not
envelope her. As he released her, he cast his eyes at the place
behind him in silent command. Saavik stepped into the place he
directed, even as she glanced questioningly at Amanda, who only cast
her eyes down; a slight smile playing on her lips, and took the spot
behind Saavik.
Amanda had said that ordinarily, they might shuttle to the surface.
She and Sarek would be allowed the privacy of a small enclosed
compartment to catch up on the time they spent apart. She joked that
she enjoyed meeting him on his return, as much as he enjoyed
complaining that it was illogical and a waste of her time. Old and
frail, she complained that what little time she had left was hers to
Today Sarek led them to the VIP transporter facility and had them
beamed to the private transporter unit he had installed in their
home. When they had arrived, Saavik turned to leave, sensing that
they wanted privacy, but Sarek stopped her with a question.
"You have seen Healer Sorel?"
"Yes," said Saavik, wanting more than anything, not to have to turn
back and face him as Vulcan etiquette demanded.
She did manage to turn but still could not bear the possibility that
the news would be a disappointment to him. "I do not bare a child,"
she said as she cast her eyes down.
"Sorel is concerned?" asked Sarek of Amanda.
"Saavik is perfectly healthy," she paused knowing that was not what
Sarek wanted to know. "He wishes to examine Spock. He can not say
whether there is something wrong, or if the regeneration of Spock's
body has caused a problem."
Against all Vulcan mores, Sarek reached for Saavik's chin, gently
drawing her up to face him, as he would teach a child to show proper
"I grieve with thee, Saavikam," he said.
Saavik drew in her breath sharply; surprised that he should so
quickly be able to identify what she had not. She knew that she felt
grief at Spock's inability to clearly remember her, but that was not
the grief to which Sarek referred. She should be pregnant. She had
thought that she would feel relieved at Sorel's report, but her
meditations had revealed otherwise.
"We will dine together tonight," he nodded, refusing to allow her to
escape their grasp. "And afterwards we will discuss your future."
"And does our Son send any greeting at all?" Amanda asked lightly.
"Only that he feels fine."
After being placed between them at the spaceport, and the touch of
Sarek's hand on her chin, Saavik felt herself pulled towards the
event horizon of Spock's family. She wanted to resist, and at the
same time knew that she had no where else to go. Spock did not
remember her. She had been dismissed from the Academy, and commanded
by Starfleet Medical to repatriate for a month on her homeworld. She
had been through too much to argue the injustice of it.
If they wanted to send her home then she should be in the stars, not
on Vulcan, not on any world. But Medical had insisted that such a
young officer undergoing such a traumatic experience spend time at
home, regardless of where she considered that was. Her records
listed Vulcan, and she was to remain here for one month before they
would consider any other posting. Even more cruelly, Kirk's crew was
being assigned from available officers now. Being temporarily
relieved of duty meant that she was ineligible.
Now at the dinner table, Sarek drew her in relentlessly, offering
her the first taste of the merhhav'e he had prepared. A guest would
not be offered a taste at all, but served after Amanda had approved
it. That he wanted her approval confused her, and yet as before, she
allowed it, accepting the offered bite, and nodding.
Dinner was consumed quietly, Sarek emptying his riman bowl before he
spoke, releasing them for conversation.
"Your time of service has begun. It is of course deferred for those
who reside off planet, but now that you are here, you should
consider fulfilling your duties."
Amanda's eyes brightened at Sarek's suggestion. "That is a wonderful
idea, Sarek. My mother used to say that helping another was just the
thing to get your mind off of your own troubles."
Saavik looked at them as they conspired against her, but again
acquiesced when she found she could find no flaw with their
Every Vulcan adult was required to fulfill one month of public
service on Vulcan every year of his life. Her own service had been
deferred while she was at the academy, but now with no obligations
of her time for a month, she was free to repay at least part of her
debt. After lastmeal, Saavik perused the online database for
acceptable postings. Most postings in the area of Shikahr were
requests for help for the elderly, or infirm. Saavik was not adverse
to this sort of posting, but out of curiosity, widened her search
parameters until one posting stood out.
The Institute for the Transmission of Vulcan Culture was seeking an
instructor for a period of one year. This was more service than
Saavik owed, and she almost passed over the listing until she caught
a glimpse of the description. Duties would consist of guiding six-
year-olds through the mind training necessary for the achievement of
their first melds on the eve of their seventh birthdays.
Something about the listing drew her in as Amanda's words at dinner
came back to her. Saavik had lost her teacher. Perhaps he would
never remember what he had given her, but what better way to return
his gift than to teach another child
She scanned the page, and found the certainty that would keep her
from this position. It required a reference from her than'tha.
Saavik had been discovered almost feral on an abandoned Romulan
Colony. Spock had rescued her and worked intensively with her for a
year afterward. During that year he had prepared her for her first
meld and then served as her than'tha and performed the meld with
her. But now he did not remember her. A reference would not be
Sarek's study was a throwback to Earth's nineteenth century. Amanda
had designed it for him early in theor marriage when it seemed that
if she did not, he would never leave his office in time for lastmeal
with her. She could do nothing about the stone walls and floors, so
she had concentrated her efforts on wood, something that was too
expensive on Vulcan. She had her father's antique mahogany desk and
matching bookshelves shipped from Earth. She longed to have the
matching leather library chairs with their tack accents sent too,
but she knew that her vegetarian husband would not like having to
stare at "animal hide". She substituted an overstuffed chair with a
floor lamp so that if he would not stop working and least she could
join him and sit in his comforting presence.
"Thank you for what you did at the spaceport today," Amanda said
from her chair.
Amanda knew the comment would get his attention. Sarek looked up
from his and gave the response Amanda knew was coming.
"One does not thank logic, Amanda. The reporters would have
separated her from us."
"You placed her between us. Do the reporters have the ability to
change the meaning of what you did?"
"No, Adun. She saved the life of our son. She deserves to walk in
the place of our child."
"I do not disagree, Aduna, not at all." Amanda watched him as he
scroll through the pages on the screen on the desk in front of him.
He seemed to find what he was looking for before he looked up again.
"I am concerned for Spock." This was a greater admission than Amanda
thought that she would ever hear. Even as Spock argued with the
adepts at Seleya that he must return to Earth with his shipmates,
Sarek had not interfered. She had confronted Sarek afterward.
"How could you allow him to go?!"
"He is of age and no longer under my control Amanda. I understand
his need to stand with his friends. As soon as he has done this, I
will insist that he return to complete his retraining."
"And what if Starfleet interrogates him? What then? The Selayans
have warned us of what may happen. We may still lose him."
"Leonard understands that forcing Spock to access those memories
could result in the psychosis discussed by the healers. He has
promised that he will not allow it on medical grounds. No one will
probe the events surrounding the separation of Spock's katra or the
time he spent on Genesis. These are the memories that could prove
dangerous. Much of his other knowledge has returned."
Amanda glared at him. "Knowledge! It's his memories that should
concern you. We have no idea what he remembers of his past. Oh he
remembers our names, and that we are his parents, but does he
remember what makes Spock himself. Does he remember his kahs-wan? Or
that he saved your life on the Babel Mission? Does he remember
T'Pring? Or most importantly, Saavik?"
Sarek allowed her tirade before he answered, concern in his
voice. "And how do we broach that particular subject Amanda? She was
on Genesis. How we ensure that in asking him to remember her, he
does not remember push himself to hard?"
Amanda chewed on her lower lips as she considered Sarek's question.
"I too desire to know what he remembers of his life. Perhaps this
will prove a place to start?" Sarek turned his viewer to face
Amanda. As Amanda read, her face broadened into the grin that let
her husband know that he knew her too well.
"It would be good for her."
"It would indeed, my wife."
As she joined Sarek and Amanda for firstmeal, Saavik sensed that
something was wrong. Amanda smiled and served her. The meal was
consumed in silence as tradition demanded, and Sarek, draining his
riman bowl, began the morning conversation.
"I have arranged a position at which you may fulfill your service to
Saavik choked as she finished the last of her riman. She began to
open her mouth in protest, but Sarek was not finished. "There is a
matter of the references, but that has been arranged as well. Do not
concern yourself with it further. I expect a response in a matter of
Saavik looked to Amanda who looked over her bowl and smiled slightly
as if there was no discussion expected.
"Ambassador, sir."
"Yes, Sarek, I am capable of choosing a position myself. It is not
necessary for."
"You are, of course, but as head of household, I have chosen to take
care of the matter myself. to free you for more time with Amanda.
She says she is taking you to see some of the historical and
cultural sites with the city today. I find that this will be at
least as beneficial as the time you spend in service. You are
Vulcan, Saavik. You will come to know Vulcan. This is your home."
Saavik had forgotten what is like to have things arranged for her.
Spock had taken care of all of the details of her young life, from
her schools to her foster families while she attended those schools.
She had experienced so much recently that it would be easy to allow
herself to be directed for a while. At the same time, she was a
woman now, and the thought of giving up control, even to one as
beneficent as Sarek, was difficult.
Lest she be allowed to consider her desires further, Sarek
added, "While I respect your career as an officer in Starfleet, on
Vulcan you are not yet of age. The decision is my responsibility."
Suddenly a month was beginning to seem like a long time.
"You're going."
Leonard McCoy sat on the end of Spock's bed in his cabin, and
considered himself lucky to have cornered Spock in his cabin at all.
"May I remind you, Doctor, that while a ship is in dry dock, day to
day operations are the responsibility of her first officer?"
"Dammit, Spock. Its two days. Give the man some leeway. He
practically designed you."
"Doctor, the healers examined me thoroughly on Vulcan. If Healer
Sorel wishes to know my physical state he may inquire of them."
"You know very well, that those healers were concerned with your
mind. Sorel wants to know that your regeneration has not altered any
of the genetic coding that his team put in place."
"You can obtain whatever samples Sorel requires, Doctor. I cannot."
"I cannot. Sorel is an expert in Vulcan hybrids because your birth
made him one. There's no way that I know enough to be useful to him,
nor do I wish to know you that well."
"You're going." Spock raised an eyebrow at Dr. Leonard McCoy even as
he reached for the comm button.
"And before you call Jim, look at the signature on the orders." The
miniscule rounding of Spock's shoulders told McCoy that at least
this time, he had won.
Amanda sat on the edge of her chair in the study as Sarek ended his
conversation with Sorel.
"There is no change, my wife. Sorel's report, based on samples of
Spock's blood taken immediately after the refusion, suggests that
physical stress may have caused an incomplete cycle. If allowed to
undergo a full pon farr, Sorel believes that the genetic ability to
procreate will manifest itself."
"He can have children."
"That is what I said, Amanda."
She wandered the paths of her garden at a leisurely place, knowing
where her son would be. As predicted he sat on a secluded bench
hidden from view by an overgrown bank of helrulas vine, it's golden
yellow flowers withering in the late evening sun.
"This is your favorite spot as a child."
"I remember," Spock said as Amanda heart leapt. She eased herself
onto the bench next to him.
"What Spock? What do you remember?"
Spock faced her, a look of reminiscence and pain in his eyes. "I
came here when E-Chiya died, and grandfather. And now that I have
died, I come here as well."
"That's because it's peaceful." Spock faced lightened. "What you may
not know is that I planted these helrulas for you. One particularly
bad day, when you came home from school, and had obviously been
crying, I came out here and planted and planted because it hurt me
so to see the other boys treat you that way. I wanted to make a
place for you own where you could go for peace, and without knowing
I had done so, you gravitated here whenever you were troubled."
"Where is she?" he asked.
"I sent Saavik away for the day. I needed to talk to you about what
she needs. for her future."
Spock sat silently, head bowed, before he looked up at his
mother. "I remember this," he said pulling a holopic from his
robes. "I brought it to show her. I thought perhaps she could share
more about this time with me."
Amanda smiled and took the picture. "I called you almost everyday.
She was a lovely child; so spirited and curious." Amanda handed back
the picture of a much younger Saavik and her two grey-skinned
friends from the year Spock had spent on Dantria IV.
"When I saw her after the refusion, I knew that I should remember
her. I searched my mind at that time, but there was nothing, except
the logical conclusion that she was one of my shipmates. I found
this in my living quarters. I believe I remember this time."
"I was her teacher." Spock made the statement in a tone that was
both firm and questioning.
"You were. She will be pleased to know that you remember this. She
returns in an hour."
"I will be here."
Saavik took the picture from Spock's hand; his eyes a question.
"I can remember no more. I have searched my mind for their names,
but I can only recall that they are male."
"The Boys," said Saavik. "That is how their mother referred to them."
"The incidences you recall are correct, T'Kehr." Saavik was careful
to refer to him as teacher and nothing more. She too had been warned
of the danger of bringing up the events on Genesis too soon.
"I am no longer your teacher, Saavikam. My mother has asked me for a
reference for your service at the Institute for the Transmission of
Vulcan Culture and I have given it."
"How did she know that I desired that posting?" asked Saavik
"You will find Saavikam, that both my mother and father know you
better than you think."
"Experience?" she asked.
Saavik felt the edges of her mouth turn at the comfortable humor,
but Spock's countenance too quickly regained its serious bent, and
she withheld the smile.
"I regret that I can recall no more than this time in your life. My
mother says that I was also your sponsors to the Academy, but this
has not returned. She would not tell me more."
Saavik did not know how to respond. Though her disappointment did
not show on her face, she quickly dropped her eyes away from his.
Like his father, Spock reached and gently tipped her chin up with
his hand. Saavik's eyes revealed nothing.
"I was your Than'tha; the first to touch your mind. Surely it would
be safe for you to allow it again. I know that my lack of
remembrance grieves you."
Saavik pulled away slowly, exerting all her control to keep his
delicate embrace from detecting what burned in her. Instead her
action caused his brow to knot together in confusion.
She wanted to scream, to tell him of all that had happened, of their
time together on Genesis and what she had done to save him, but she
was a Vulcan and said only what must be said without inflection or
desire to save his mind and all that he was.
"No, my teacher, it is too soon."


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Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. at Odell Williamson Auditorium at Brunswick Community College, 50 College Rd, Bolivia. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with sale of arts & crafts, baked goods, free sausage dogs, snacks and beverages, equipment auction, health fair, kids' activities, entertainment, Warm Homes, Warm Hearts raffle. At 10:30 a.m. join us for the business meeting & prize drawings. Look for your registration form in the mail. See you there!
For more information about this year's annual meeting, visit bemc.org.


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So Amazon are finally opening a UK eBook store and launching 2 new eReaders. They say they will set the price of the eBooks for sale, which is a little typical of its approach in publishing. It is clear they wish to dominate and fully control the market. I wonder if they are going to allow UK based publishers who don't have a US presence or bank account into their exclusive little club or if they are going to continue excluding publishers even to their official UK store. It will be interesting to watch what they are going to do. Apparently the new store will have 400,00+ titles on it. As a UK based publisher, today was the first I heard of the store, so I know our books are not (initially) going to be on it which is a shame. Our only route to getting onto the Kindle in the US is currently through Smashwords, maybe our books will be included through this route but its about time Amazon opened up to the fact that there is some pretty decent British based publishers out there who want their eBooks available through it store. It would also be nice if they allowed publishers to set their own prices. Our eBooks retail at £4.95 which we believe is a fair price against our paperback which retail at £7.99.
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Book to The Future
The launch of the recent Futurebook monthly events should tell the organisers of book fairs that the demand and thirst for knowledge for information on digital publishing under one roof is great. Bar Chocolate in Soho was packed to the rafters on Thursday evening, so much so that many spilled onto the street outside for room, air and a place to network.
Many thanks to Sam Missingham from the Bookseller for having the foresight to organise the event and I look forward to attending future meetings. It is clear that the industry needs an organised digital book fair to discuss many of the topics buzzing around the ether in a small bar in Soho. For now the regular 'Book to the Future' meetings can suffices in terms of an exchange of knowledge, it is also clear that The London Book Fair (LBF) might not be the vehicle for such an event. For the past three years the LBF has pandered to the old guard with just a cursory nod toward digital publishing.
I think we need something new, something organised from outside the mainstream. The establishment have had their chance to embrace digital and some of them are doing a great job with it while others are content to bury their heads in the sand. It would be great of course to have the full support of the proactive embracers of new publishing technology for a Digital London eBook Fair.
Publishing needs to move forward and examine all the opportunities open to it in terms of delivering content. From augmented reality to fully immersive and interactive eBooks. A forum to showcase technology and discuss the future book is needed. I know it would be hugely popular.
Saturday, 10 July 2010
Who will re-invent the Book
We are in the transition point for books as people are introduced to eBooks and reading on electronic devices. These eBooks naturally have to have a smooth transition which won't alienate readers used to traditional book formats; hence we have page turning effects and formatted layout but eBooks will change. The traditional formation will evolve, multi-media will make books something more contextually in-depth and rich adding layers of content providing a complete audio/visual experience which grows around the 'reader' taking him or her further into the realms of fiction like never before.
As a new generation of book readers evolve they won't be locked in to the same mindset as the early adopters of digital books. Technology will expand out options and the arrival of ePub 2.0 and subsequent versions will further enrich the eBook reading experience. Content will always be king but the thrilling aspect will be the variety and richness of the content that can be delivered within a reading experience. We will move away from page turning software and the concept of the page will also disappear. Interactivity and cross-platform multi-media will become the norm in many instances. Publishers will have to look at ways of delivering this new content, invariably authors will also become part of the overall process of the production of the eBook of the future.