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elcome to... SUMMER! I love summer, crazy for hard and grueling work at last year’s show in two epic
Wit - I’m bouncing you can’t tell, of course not, galleries for your enjoyment - please tell me if you’re
yippee autocorrect but I am bouncing in my seat - and in there, and if you’re not and you were there and you
summer is the reason for it - that, and of course the have a business card and I WILL GET YOU IN THE
industry’s summer tradeshow season, which means NEXT ISSUE plus you will get a chance to win a free
I get to travel to amazing great places and meet ad on our website or in the magazine!
all you people as well as all the new people who
are injecting this business with their new light and And of course as my proud-making gallery shows
energy practically on a monthly basis! me, the hard work is all worth it in the end, though
sometimes setbacks and pushbacks and sore backs
So WELCOME! to your B2B Business chill spot... seem to all work against you, once you see it through

Here is the latest and the greatest (aren’t they all?) to the final result, it’s worth it.
issue of Payout Magazine and we have chugged and Sometimes you just gotta say... what the f*ck!
toiled at it harder than other issues, which seemed to Actually it sounded better when Tom Cruise said it in
come together smoothly and like butter, as they say... Risky Business... it meant, go for it, rock’n’roll, kick it,
eh? (that’s my Canadian coming through lol)! do it, just go for it... and so despite things that can and
In this issue, we get back to the business OF do go south in our personal lives and even sometimes
the business with our piece on billing strategies - I professional lives, you just gotta keep plugging away,
mean, come on, why aren’t these just plain logical and not give up, and full steam ahead!
“common sense” as they say... well, here’s what you
should know! MikeB
Then there’s consumer trends... what are they michael@howlingdogsenterprise.com
going to be like? What fantasies will our fantasy-
market wake up to next? Augmented and VR fantasy? ---
Find out here!
Post Script: I just heard confirmation that Chris
We also have the Free Speech Coalition’s position Lebrun has “passed on”. Let’s face it, he died. CHRIS!
and reflections on the new laws regarding your of all people! His pneumonia lead to a heart attack
content in the UK... will they stick?
and he ended up on life support for a week, and
One highlight of the summer tradeshows are the then, despite all our well-wishes, he expired and left
parties thrown by Studio20 at the AWSummit, and behind many, many sad friends and loved ones. Our
guess what one of the shows coming up is?!? main love and support goes to his widow and child.
Love you and count on us!
Concordantly (I had to look that one up) we’re
posting the most AWeSome AWSummit pics from my R.I.P. Chris Lebrun.

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