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June 2009 Blog Posts (25)

* PRODUCTS I USE AND LOVE *

For those hard-to-hear recordings or when you're monitoring your audio recording at a depo through your microphone, try the Boostaroo headphone amplifier. I recently had a super quiet depo, and this little amplifier made it crystal clear. Hard to believe how much it helped, really.

I velcroed my mini keyboard to the top of my… Continue

Added by Marla Sharp on June 3, 2009 at 21:00 — 19 Comments

COVER DEPO NEW YORK PROBLEM/WARNING - ANY SUGGESTIONS?

I took an evening hearing job for an agency who listed their assignment on Cover Depo NY in early May (who will remain anonymous at the present time).

Turns out the job expedited ~ I got it to them on the date requested.

They never told me before taking the assignment they had specific margins. They asked me to change them the day I delivered it, when I was at another job, and after emailing me several times to do so while I was at my job and unable to do it, they said they spent four… Continue

Added by Premier Reporting on June 2, 2009 at 16:00 — 15 Comments

Birthday wishes

Everyone, much thanks for the birthday wishes. I needed something to cheer me up. I turned 50. I was so depressed. I am half of 100.
I celebrated my birthday this past weekend on a dinner cruise with friends and family and realized how fortunate I am. I'm alive and in good health. 50 is cool!!!

Added by maura johnson on June 1, 2009 at 9:55 — 7 Comments

NCRA Board and staff give $3,200 yearly JCR ad discounts to two big firms

NCRA members should be aware that the NCRA board of directors and staff give a yearly JCR ad price discount of $1,600 each to McCorkle Court Reporters, Inc. and Gore Brothers.

McCorkle Court Reporters, Inc. and Gore Brothers each buy double JCR Court Reporter Listing ads so they have a 1/6 page ad in the JCR Court Reporter Listing ad section.

I have the May 2009 display advertising rates in front of me, and a 10-time 1/6 page JCR display ad sells for $360 per… Continue

Added by Bill Parsons on June 1, 2009 at 7:00 — 1 Comment

Merrill Corporation buys a dozen ads at far below the going market rate in JCR Court Reporting Listings

Just thought it might be of interest to forum readers that Merrill Corporation bought a dozen new JCR Court Reporting Listing ads in the May issue of JCR.

Those dozen new ads were as follows:

1. Alabama

2. California

3. District of Columbia

4. Georgia

5. Illinois

6. Massachusetts

7. Mississippi

8. New York

9. Pennsylvania

10. Texas

11. Washington

12. Asia

The NCRA board of directors has said those JCR Court… Continue

Added by Bill Parsons on June 1, 2009 at 4:15 — 7 Comments