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Tony Sona strikes again! I had the pleasure of recording Tony perform at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. This time, however, the performance was a solo act.  It was just Tony and the Steinway piano... mano a mano.

The Museum of Art is a rather large place, but Tony's act reverberated throughout the building!

Tony's Website: www.tonysona.com

I had the pleasure of attending a Pankey Institute alumni seminar.  Even though I am not a dentist nor a Pankey graduate, I was able to attend the seminar at a nominal fee.

Initially, I was told I had to pay the full price, even though I was not able to attend all the events and was only interested in the practice management aspects of the seminar.  I was disappointed at their response.  I thought that it would be to their advantage to have me attend and learn more about Pankey.  They would make money from my attendance and educate me to help them in promoting.  The Pankey Institute reconsidered and invited me to come at the reduced rate.

The main reason I went was because I wanted to see a dental consultant that I followed in action.  His name is Kirk Behrendt.  His website www.actdental.com has very interesting articles and You Tube videos.  Kirk did a fabulous job.

Often times, we want to save money by doing things ourselves.  We may put together our own website, take our own pictures, or even do some video work.  However, the risk is that you end up looking like an amateur.

We suggested to one of our clients, Tony Sona, to get a professional photographer.  He gladly accepted our advice.

Let's take a look at the before and after pictures:

Business email etiquette is essential in today's fast paced computer age. A great deal of communication, whether it be between an employee and a client, or employee-to-employee, is done via email. It is an effective way to have a conversation without having to take time out of the day to schedule a conference call, and it is also a means of having a documented conversation. This way, one can always refer back to the paper trail of what was said in the conversation.

It is also convenient for many business people who are always on-the-go because most cell phones have an email function. Now, people can simply go online with their phone to check their emails, and even post blogs and updates on their social networks.

Unfortunately, with the rapid growth of these social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, people are quickly becoming accustomed to writing the same way that they would write on these websites, in an email. Slang, abbreviated words, overuse of inappropriate punctuation, and symbols, are only a few of the common misuses that people are committing in a business email.

One must remember that even though email seems more casual than a formal meeting or conversation, it is still work related and should be viewed in the same way. It will always make one seem more professional to have a well tailored and grammatically correct email. The email should be no different for work, then if you were composing a formal business letter.

Here are some helpful tips and points of what to-do, and what not-to-do when one composes a business email: