It's time for me to check in again with Marqui, the communications software company that's been paying me good money to blog about it and link to its website once a month.

Things seem to have settled into a groove lately at Marqui. The uproar that its "pay to blog" program created appears to have largely subsided, and now the Marqui folks are all busy with the harder work of their "software as a service" for internet marketers.

Marqui's been getting some good and regular posts on its own blog, from marketing diva Janet Johnson and media contact Tara Smith. Perhaps that's why I haven't heard from them myself in a while -- I suspect my services may no longer be needed after my current contract runs out on Sunday.

If that's the case, it's been fun, Marqui. What a deal. Thanks a lot.