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About the only thing I love more than getting freebies is being able to share those freebies with you. Over the years my business has thrived on things that cost little or nothing.

I just want to point out that there is a series of free marketing workshops at Staples stores. I posted on this before, but the title said San Diego. Some of you may have skipped the post thinking it was limited to one city. However, there are 8 states where the workshops are being offered currently:

Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas

I’ve seen the presentation and it is very practical and information packed. It is not a sales pitch.

And so what are the freebies?

• $50 off a Logoworks design package

• HP resource kit and CD (worth $399)

• Refer 3 friends and you can be entered to win a beautiful new HP LaserJet printer. Actually, I believe you can refer a friend and qualify without registering yourself.

Thank you to those of you who signed up for the San Diego session already — there is still room so please come over on Tuesday, February 26 at 11:00 am or 1:00 pm.

We have some special freebies at that session. One of the items we will have is the printed ebook containing the Marketing Secrets submitted by 100 readers. I’m thrilled with the way it’s turned out (thank you Dina for your hard work preparing that!) We’ll be distributing that soon on the site here, too.

If you’d like to meet up next week while I’m in southern California, please email me, Twitter me or give me a call at 330-242-1893. I love to talk about blogging and startups and business issues — and meet new people like you.