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About Mark Parker

Mark Parker is the owner of Smartpen - a business unit of Smart Selling International Pty Ltd. Smartpen was the first sales agent for Livescribe in Australia and offers the most comprehensive range of Smartpens and accessories available in Australia. As the founder of Smart Selling, Mark is (also) focused on helping sales focused organisations understand and harness emerging web 2.0 technologies in the social media, enterprise 2.0, and sales 2.0 space. You can find him online at - Twitter (@smartselling or @smartpen), LinkedIn - http://au.linkedin.com/in/smartselling

Livescribe – Your Digital Writing Platform

A question I’m often asked how best to categorise the Livescribe product range – is it a digital voice recorder? A tech gadget? With the proliferation of smart phones and tablet devices – essentially mobile computing platforms – the question … Continue reading

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Study Smarter Not Harder This Year

As students start preparing for the start of the university year, a cold reality will set in after O-week and the rush to set lifestyle-friendly lecture schedules – study can and will be hard work… But does it need to … Continue reading

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Evernote Promotion Extended Till End of April

Great news from Livescribe. The very popular Evernote Premium promotion has been extended till April 31 2012. We first announced this special Evernote offer back in August last year and we’ve had a great response from Australian Livescribe users. It’s … Continue reading

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Effective note taking is not about writing fast

Over the past three years we’ve spoken to hundreds of Smartpen users – particularly in business and administration where the responsibility for capturing and distributing minutes is often seen as a thankless, burdensome task. One of the key points we … Continue reading

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Simple Ways Livescribe Pencasts Help Teachers

Pencasts are a very popular feature of Livescribe’s digital pen platform. For teachers, there’s several key benefits that can be immediately realised from creating and sharing Pencasts of lesson content. 1. Put Lesson Content Where It’s Needed Pencasts allow Teachers … Continue reading

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Using Evernote with Livescribe Connect

I noted earlier this year that Livescribe has been running a special promotion whereby Echo smartpens come with a free 12-month subscription to Evernote Premium. I’ve been aware of Evernote for some time – particularly when it was included in … Continue reading

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Don’t Underestimate the Value of Your Notes

The Australian Financial Review had an interesting story recently around the notes that the Australian Securities Exchanges (ASX) keeps in relation to potential breaches of continuous disclosure rules and how this has impacted the ability of the Australian Securities and … Continue reading

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Smartpens for Teachers – a Special Offer

Updated 5 Dec 2011 – see note below Since being introduced to the Livescribe smartpen range to Australia over 3 years ago, teachers in both Australia and New Zealand have been strong ambassadors – enthusiastically using the product and promoting … Continue reading

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The Pulse Smartpen Free Accessory Offer

Updated January 22, 2012 If you own a Pulse Smartpen in either Australia or New Zealand then this will be of interest to you. We’ve now extended the offer till March 31 2012 – simply spend $25 or more in … Continue reading

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Livescribe 2GB Echo Smartpen Special Offer

As we all start thinking about Christmas and holidays, we’ve launched a very special offer for the market. We’ve taken the hugely popular 2GB Echo smartpen and added two extra items to this product for a short period to make … Continue reading

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