September 2007

Welcome to our September e-news!

August was another great month for LuckyDuck: New services; New friends; New stories and New clients!

This month's lead article introduces us to a 200-plus-year-old heritage home for sale in Kingsburg, Nova Scotia.

Visit our September website - check out this month's Nova Scotia Photos - it was a soggy - but fun shoot. Also our updated LuckyPals - for the next four weeks it's home to Thailand Women's Weaving Co-ops.

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until next time, best regards

Jodie Turner

New Lucky website! Nova Scotia House for Sale

KINGSBURG - This lovingly restored heritage home with ocean view is in Kingsburg, Nova Scotia. Deeply loyal to its traditional roots and charm, yet it's home to modern conveniences.

The lakefront house has thriving perennial gardens, a spacious deck and no less than three sandy beaches are within easy walking distance!

See Anton Kuskin's House for Sale!

Read his testimonial!

Charles Lantz Cabinetry

September feature meets the Baltzers!

BRIDGEWATER - When Gordon and Carlyn Baltzer sold their Victorian Cape and built a beautiful contemporary home-by-the-sea, they knew who'd they call for another fabulous collection of cabinets - .Charles Lantz Cabinetry . . .

Visit Charles' September Feature Page!

Janet Mason artworks - larger than life!

Janet Mason was busy last month creating colourful characters - one

for Lunenburg's The Grand Banker and Brigantine Inn and the other for the Casino Nova Scotia in Halifax.

It's part of a fundraiser for the Easter Seals Campaign - to

help our challenged young people succeed.

Hard to believe she started with the exact same, seven foot tall fibreglass mould!

Lucky photo shoot in Halifax

Start Making Abilities Count!

We were delighted to take part in an Entrepreneurs with Disabilities workshop in last month.

The participants attended an informative session on Dressing for Success, then had a photo shoot with LuckyDuck. They were a fine group and we enjoyed hearing their stories. Take for instance, Ian Smith and Lea Nicholas of S.M.A.C. - Start Making Abilities Count.

They deliver customized sensitivity training. Their workshops focus on how to interact with people with (dis)abilities. They provide practical solutions to everyday situations. Increased awareness leads to improved customer service. Participants increase confidence, and team building is a natural result of the S.M.A.C. Experience.

"Our vision," reads their website, "is the creation of a compassionate and inclusive society. It is our intention to transform attitudes and serve our community through advocating, listening, sharing, coaching, and teaching. We will do this with integrity, honesty, and passion.

"Changing one mind and one heart at a time to start making abilities count."

Black Duck Gallery - new show until September 14

Stories of Stones

LUNENBURG - Black Duck Gallery & Gifts carries fine crafts, treasures and jewelry year round. Their gallery, open May-December, shows varied works by Nova Scotia artists and artisans.

Kingsburg, Nova Scotia artist, Wendy Ridout Muise writes in her Artist's Statement: "With these paintings I hope to tempt the viewer to contemplate the mystery of stones and appreciate their silent beauty."

Lucky's Photo Page: September 07

Celebration at Fort Point!

LAHAVE - This month's photo collection is from the annual Homeland Reunion and Mi'kmaq/Acadian Festival August 17 - 19. Entertainment, sweet grass ceremonies, workshops, demonstrations, music, traditional cooking, stories, give away ceremony, tours, offerings, sharing, picnic, boat tour . . . it was a busy weekend at Fort Point Museum!

Lucky attended for a very enjoyable Saturday afternoon.

See this month's photo collection!

September LuckyPal - guest feature

MAHONE BAY - Alleson Kase and Ellen Agger love weaving! Last winter, they journeyed to Thailand and Laos, following their fascination with this beautiful, centuries-old, highly skilled art form. They brought home stories, photographs and beautiful silks and organic cottons . . .

See Ellen's LuckyPal Feature

Lucky talks web design - sort of!

This month, we're doing something different. We're devoting our entire column to Squidoo - an electronic community made up of lens. We see it as an opportunity for many of our subscribers and clients: artists, writers, entrepreneurs, organizations . . .

A lens is one person's view on a topic that matters to her or him. This easy-to-build, single web page can point to websites, blogs, favorite links, RSS feeds, Flickr photos, Google maps, your eBay auctions, CafePress designs, Amazon books or music . . ..

Build one lens, build 100. It's fast, fun, and free. And you could earn a royalty - for you or charity - nearly half of all Squidoo Lensmasters donate their royalties to charity.

Note: Yes, it is fast, but can be a challenge as well for the techno-newbie!

Why build a lens?

� Share the knowledge

� Increase your profile

� Increase your traffic

� Earn a royalty for you, your organization, or your favorite charity

Since Squidoo is free to use, it runs a few Google ads and SquidOffers on its lens. Each time someone buys a recommended product or clicks on a Google ad, the lensmaster gets 50% of the royalties.

Some are in it for the content and not the money, they select one of Squidoo's 80+ nonprofit partners as recipients of their royalties. Other lensmasters fundraise for charity, and group up to send thousands of dollars to their favorite organizations each month.

Check this link if you're a Nonprofit and you'd like

to work with Squidoo to spread your story and raise funds from lensmasters.

Spread awareness for your cause and fundraise at the same time. Rather than asking for money, ask your supporters to build a lens on a topic that matters to them - from global warming to charity walks to their favorite music. With links pointing back to your site, featuring your logo, or pulling in your RSS feed. Each lens could earn a penny, a nickel, a dollar a day for your organization. And spread the word.

You'd also earn a $5 bounty on every successful new lensmaster you brought in. Ask for their voice, not their money.

Contact LuckyDuck with a web design question and we'll respond right away - and we may feature your question in next month's e-news! Read some testimonials regarding our detailed, written critique and re-new strategy of, and for, a website . . .