Posted on Dec 5, 2011
“I hate hearing myself talk.” “I don’t like to talk about myself.” “I don’t want people thinking I’m too vain.”
Got it. Just because you own your own small business, you don’t want people thinking that you think the world revolves around you.
Or maybe you’re just, well, shy.
Whatever it is, you need to get over it.
Me personally,...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011
“My husband,” the caller was telling me, or I should say, selling me, “is an expert at finding financing options for people who think they have credit issues.”
“OK.”
“I think that’s a good news story.”
I didn’t. Actually, what this clearly was to me was an attempt by a small-business owner to get a free ad, which as the editor of a mom-and-pop...
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Posted on May 6, 2011
Augusta Free Press LLC co-owner Chris Graham will teach two classes on PR, marketing and web marketing at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville in the Fall 2011 semester.
The classes are scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 22, and Tuesday, Nov. 1. Both classes will run from 6-9 p.m.
The classes are being offered in conjunction with the Artisans Center of Virginia.
More information on...
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Posted on May 6, 2011
Augusta Free Press co-owners Crystal and Chris Graham were guest presenters at a magazine-writing class at Virginia Tech on Thursday, April 28.
The class is taught by Sam Riley. Crystal Graham, a 1999 alumna of Virginia Tech, was a student in Riley’s magazine-writing class during her time in Blacksburg.
The Grahams talked to students about their experiences in journalism, offered advice on...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2010
Edited by Chris Graham
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The New Dominion Magazine won two awards in the 2009 News Contest sponsored by the Virginia Press Association. The awards were presented Saturday night in Roanoke at the VPA’s News Conference and Annual Meeting.
The New Dominion Magazine competes in the crowded specialty-publications division, which includes a total of 38 publications with...
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