Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

All of us a Minutes Matter would like to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! What special things do you do on Valentine's Day? Jerry and I are looking forward to seeing a play. Valentine's Day is such a sweet day; it's a reminder to be kind to others and express our love to those we hold near and dear to our hearts. Yesterday, we shipped cute necklaces, that we purchased from Groupon, to our granddaughters to make their day a little more special. ...

We decided it was time to do some MAJOR house cleaning on our forum. We have deleted thousands of old and irrelevant threads/posts. We have also tried to simplify navigation in the forum. You'll notice, Studio only has two forums and QuickBooks has one forum. It is super easy to post a question in either forum, since both forums only have one area to post a question. The section for both forums is "General Questions."

Both Studio & QuickBooks forums have a "Resources &...

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You can now manage your Minutes Matter account online via our NEW Customer Center CustomerHub!

Use this service for all your account management needs, including:

• View free and purchased Minutes Matter videos/webinar recordings*
• Get access to your Studio serial number (if you have purchased the desktop version of Studio)
• Download Studio's software when you purchase a new computer

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WFCP Annual Color Challenge is Back!

Below is a note from Deb Barrett,...

A dream: to become proficient in Studio
A date: Tuesday, January 15 or Thursday, January 24
A goal: Participate in the Studio Coaching Program
A plan: Register now
Action: Attend classes, complete assignments, ask questions, learn
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Dreams come true

click here to register
http://www.minutesmatter.com/studio/...onal-training/

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After almost two weeks of our forum being down, it is finally working again. We knew we would encounter some problems when we decided to switch hosting companies for ALL of our websites, but we didn't expect two weeks of downtime for the forum. You never know how much you appreciate something until it's gone. Our website hosting company is now BlueHost. They have extremely reasonable hosting fees, everything is in one place, tech support is just a phone call away, and their C

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You may remember my mentioning Wanda Horton last fall as a "trendsetter-blogger" at High Point Market. This month I would like to direct your attention to a project that this talented designer undertook to benefit disadvantaged citizens in her area. She recruited many volunteers and generous sponsors to work together to completely revamp her county community shelter.

Wanda notes: Congratulations, Wanda, on such a successful project that will help so many people. Read more abou...

Happy Valentine's Day!

I love Valentine's Day, everyone seems to be more loving on this day. Love can cure almost anything. Share your love with someone special maybe someone that might be a little lonely today. Listen to this song by the Beatles, Love is All You Need.

I have to share my Valentine card, from Jerry, that was on my desk this morning. Believe it or not he doesn't like to write. It is the sweetest card ever! We have been really busy in the...

Check out this fun application called Instagram for your iPhone (Android coming soon)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/insta...389801252?mt=8

If you use your iPhone a lot to take photos, you will benefit from reading some of these tips on focusing and exposure from the Instagram blog:
http://blog.instagram.com/tagged/tips

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To build excitement for the upcoming release of our Storyboard module we are conducting a "Strut Your Stuff" elevation rendering contest. No rules, only prizes for everyone who enters the contest. Please Note: All renderings will be featured as part of a slideshow during the The Storyboard Module webinar on February 8th at 1:00 PM EST. Attendees will vote "Live" on their favorite rendering during the webinar. You don't have to be present to win, but remember you get a vote! ...

The Breakfast Room webinar was fantastic this week. Merlyn demonstrated so many creative ideas. Don't miss these webinars! They will take your Studio skills to the next level. All of our webinars are recorded and available to purchase on our shopping cart.

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Look for our 2012 webinar schedule which will be out soon. Register for all the webinars and mark your calendar. Make it a point to attend live; I guarantee you'll be glad you did. I, pe...

Are you considering buying an iPad or iPhone? Do you have one, but don't know where to start? The iPad/iPhone offer endless possibilities for business, marketing and managing the design process. Many of your fellow pros have already made the leap.
Now you can! WFCP Webinars is excited to announce The iPad for Design Pros Series. Join us November 30th and December 1st as we navigate the iwaters in this two part series. It gets better! Register for the series for a...

A week ago, Merlyn and her husband Bourke moved from Cohasset, MA to San Francisco, CA and during the move Merlyn sustained a severe knee injury. We found it necessary to reschedule The Beach House Guest Room webinar that was scheduled for August 10th at 1:00PM EDT. Merlyn, feels she will be in a much better position to conduct the webinar on August 24th. In the event, Merlyn needs a little more time to recover, we will send out another email notifying you of the date change. P

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Recently, I have had a couple of people request the photos of my office. I decided to post them here to share with everyone. Years ago we spent a couple of days contemplating the best way to lay out one of our offices to maximize the space. We have 9' ceilings which is great but this room is incredibly small. Below are a few things we did to make sure we used every inch to the max.

• Mounted cabinets all the way up to the ceiling.
• Added lots of

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Below is an email Merlyn received after today's Studio Live webinar. Merlyn copied me on the email and I laughed out loud when I read it. Susann gladly gave us permission to post her email. It is really funny when things like this aren't happening to you.

Enjoy!

"Hi Merlyn, Great webinar today (as usual!). I have to tell you about how Studio saved me a trip recently... I have two dogs that I rescued 5 years ago. They were holy terrors when I first

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