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About: Marketing and PR consultant Roberta Guise advises small business owners, independent professionals and non-profits on how to build a profitable stable of customers, save money on ineffective promotions, and get known through branding, precision marketing and public relations. Roberta also enables successful women to become thought leaders. She coaches clients one-one-one, and writes and speaks on how to get a distinctive marketing edge and be extraordinarily visible. For a lively mix of her ideas and opinions, read her articles at www.guisemarketing.com/bevisibleblog, and podcast profiles of influential women at www.guisemarketing.com/straighttalk

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About: ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT ENTERPRISES: THE STORY OF OUR BUSINESS We began in San Francisco in 1967. I had been a college teacher, but I wanted to be a writer. In order to increase my chances of success, I decided (not all at once, but over a period of time) to concentrate on a kind of writing which nobody else was doing: very short expressions, which I eventually limited to a maximum of 17 words. I illustrated them myself, and at first called them 'Unpoemed Titles,' then 'Pot-Shots,' then eventually (when I realized the value of my name), 'Brilliant Thoughts.'