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Talk to most creative agencies and you will often – and passionately – hear, "We will not work on spec". Spec work – or speculative work – is essentially a company opening a contest of sorts to a number of agencies or designers to have them produce work on their behalf with little information or creative brief and with little (often no) compensation for the time spent. The "winner" is then selected and at that point receives payment for the services rendered.

Going for a light walk everyday has many benefits! A brisk walk not only burns calories but it burns stored fat and can build muscle to speed up metabolism. Walking gives your body what it needs and is really easy!

Having multiple touches with your customers is key, and what better way to do it than with an eNewsletter. An email newsletter can be a very effective and inexpensive marketing tool that any business can use to promote a new product or service, communicate to your customers. The hard part of running a successful email newsletter campaign is that it is a science, and getting all of the variables right is more difficult than you might think. Most particularly, timing is key but often difficult to determine.

As a first-time parent of a toddler, I am always looking for fun things to do in between naps, meals and recently, Disney's Cars.