In this week's podcast, we gear up for the Holiday shopping season. We are also pleased to welcome Rich Burk to the Lulu Radio team. Rich interviews Chris Attrell, creator of a series of calendars and a 440 page photobook on the grain elevators of Canada.

The Holiday shipping deadlines have been announced, so make sure to take note before you place your Christmas orders!

Christmas is also the perfect time to focus on your own marketing efforts. Here are a few suggestions:

1. Visit Marketing Central - Lulu's hub of marketing info and services.
2. Make sure all your products have working previews.
3. Tell all your family and friends about your book!

Calendars and Photobooks can be the perfect personalized gifts, and they are easy to make! However, for anyone having trouble (don't worry, it happens to all of us), Henry Hutton has been working on some terrific publishing how-to's.

Rich Burk talks with Chris Attrell about his calendars and photobook--all focusing on the disappearing grain elevators of Canada. 

Check out Chris's website - www.grainelevators.ca - and visit his Lulu storefront at www.lulu.com/grainelevators.

This week's podcast is all about Lulu's community leader program and features four interviews.

First up, I talk with Nick Popio, director of Community here at Lulu, about community leaders, Team Lulu, and the recent Community Leader Summit. The summit was a way to thank our loyal community volunteers, let them meet the folks behind the scenes, and give direct feedback on how we are doing.

At the summit I had the opportunity to sit down with three of the visiting Power Posters:


From here on out, Lulu Radio will be updated with a new show every Wednesday. Next week we talk about calendars and photobooks, and how to use Lulu to make a variety of personalized gifts.

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