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  • Norman Clark
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    Introducing myself - Norm Clark
    Thanks for the opportunity to introduce myself - i.e. Norm Clark of The Poster Online.

    I am semi-retired and live in Burgundy, France with my French wife of 32 years. Although I was born and bred in the UK, I have spent 50 of my 67 years in foreign countries, using the overall umbrella of initially Advertising, and then the more comprehensive one of Marketing to earn a living.

    I have headed up Advertising Agencies, partnered in others, and latterly became a Marketing Professor with European Business School and United Business Institute in Brussels. I also do Public Seminars on Marketing.

    My current activities are predominantly related to putting down my experience and pragmatic knowledge in various forms - books, cd's and e-books. To this end I have divided my activities into different sectors;

    1) Books on, or related to, Marketing and Advertising. and include eight volumes of Old Poster picture books, plus my own Memoirs 'Brothels, beans & in-betweens - or 50 years an international Ad-man'. The main part of these can be seen on http://www.lulu.com/Normlaure0

    2) Text Book sales. My text book 'Fitting in the 4th P - an IMC Primer' is aimed at students and new arrivals into Marketing, and can be seen on http://www.amazon.com

    2) Fully-narrated Marketing CD's, plus a series of Social History CD's which are now being converted to books and e-books. The former include 'International Marketing' , 'Brand Management', 'Sales Promotion', Direct Marketing', 'Marketing for SME's', 'Marketing Psychology' with an average of 14 hours study material on each.
    Details of these on http://www.career-training-on-cd.com

    3) With my interest in and some considerable knowledge base, I now publish a Monthly, free, online publication called The Poster Online. In the two months since it started, we now have a 400+ plus subscriber list. I make no secret of the fact that I want to use this as an unusual promotional vehicle for companies - advertising, sponsorship etc. In order to do this I am aiming to build the circulation - can't be more honest than that can I?
    detsils can be seen on http://theposteronline.bravehost.com

    4) Marketing Consultancy , Training and Lecturing on request, predominantly for SME's and new-entrant EU countries where I have considerable experience.

    Other occupations involve more books - with A History of Propaganda, Graphic Design Styles of the 20th Century, A Curious History of Motoring, How the 3rd Republic affected the French, The Poster in History, A Picture History of Labelling & Packaging currently underway.

    To fill in the gaps, I paint old cars, trains, and Napoleonic Military Uniforms, fight the 3500 sq. metres of land and fruit trees where we live, rear a feral cat to stop him thinking he is a tiger, - and throughly enjoy France.

    Keeps me occupied!
    • 15 May 2007, 09:22 am
  • Ilhem Bousseta
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    Re: Introducing myself - Norm Clark
    Welcome Norm !

    thanks a lot for your introduction and details on your various Interesting! actvities ;
    to not hesitate to drop last "news" on your e-book, cd in the related forum : "other artistic fields" .. and let me know if you wish to communicate a specific message to our whole group (e.g. thinking to announce your free e-magazine in our next newsletter).

    Happy you joined us, as I also particularly love UK like you love France surely ;-)

    all my best ;

    ilhem
    This post was modified on 15 May 2007 at 10:36 pm.
    • 15 May 2007, 9:46 pm
  • Norman Clark
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    Re^2: Introducing myself - Norm Clark
    Hi Ilhem,

    many thanks for the welcome, and yes I would like to pass on information about The Poster Online being freely available - what do I need to do?

    Yes, I do love France, and having lived in 12 different countries in my 67 years, I think on average it has the life balance about right - in my case a nice (affordable) home, good wine and good food, scenery, and of course culture available to everyone. Although I speak French badly, I read it quite well, which means I am open to a whole set of new historical and cultural perspectives which I find fascinating.

    Although born in the UK, I am afraid that I have almost no affinity with it now, and have only visited once in the past 15 years.

    Kindest regards,

    Norm
    • 16 May 2007, 08:14 am
  • Ilhem Bousseta
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    Re^3: Introducing myself - Norm Clark
    Hi Horm ;

    Will just point out the information in one very soon newsletter ;
    email me if you wish to send more details.

    cheers
    ilhem
    • 17 May 2007, 4:24 pm
  • Norman Clark
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    Re^4: Introducing myself - Norm Clark
    Thanks ilhem - I will watch out for the newsletter.
    • 17 May 2007, 5:25 pm