Wordstory (Previously "Priestley's Fine Foods" !)
A couple of points:
* If you want to check Anna Kassulke's resume it is available here:
http://www.freelanceregister.com.au/viewresume.asp?rid=466
* As a business issue that Anna should correct, the ABN (Australian Business Number) that she quotes on her website ("29 057 576 780") does NOT correspond to a business called 'The Word Story'. (And she hasn't even formatted the number correctly)
Whether she knows it or not, her business is actually called "MANA (QLD) PTY LTD" and was previously called "PRIESTLEY'S FINE FOODS PTY. LTD".
I checked the Australian Business Register but there is no business in Australia that is called 'The Word Story', or has registered it as a trading name. (To search, go to
http://www.abr.business.gov.au)
This may not be that vital - she may have bought an old 'off the shelf' company and never got around to changing its name, or registering a 'trading as' name. But definitely a business practise that is well below par. (Ie: Technically illegal, but a 'slap-on-the-wrist' offense)
I wish Anna well, but hope she soon learns that spamming message boards is
not a good way to publicise her services.
But considering that she hasn't learned the name of her own company .......
Mac
(PS: As a procrastination technique, I also checked whether 'The Word Story' is a registered trademark here in Australia, like her web page seems to claim. No luck searching for it in the public trademark database. She seems a little confused too - she has a copyright symbol instead of a trademark symbol after her title 'The Word Story'. Surely an editor would know the difference?)
(PPS: The list of all Australian trademarks are available at
http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/atmoss/falcon.application_start)
(PPPS: I may be a crap writer - but I'm the king when it comes to procrastination. How did people manage to do it before the Internet was invented?)