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Friday, November 30, 2012

Work and Life

Don't Balance Work And Life, Integrate Them

by Douglas Merrill

 "Most knowledge workers have a college degree; the average person with a college degree now works more than 50 hours per week, and is salaried, so there’s no overtime."

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Separate the Spam from the Email

Email and Spam – The Two That Shouldn’t Tango

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One important aspect of compiling effective and professional marketing emails is making sure that your intended audience actually receives your carefully composed marketing material.
There are tons of safety and security procedures that are put in place to protect the consumer against spam and fraudulent emails, and several spam filters that can catch a real spammer from a mile away.

 

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Super Secure Passwords

How to Make Your Password So Secret, Even *You* Don't Know It

 

 "The process of learning the password (or cryptographic key) involves the use of a specially crafted computer game that, funnily enough, resembles Guitar Hero"

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Friday, August 31, 2012

Remember Your Grammar...


"If you think an apostrophe was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus, you will never work for me. If you think a semicolon is a regular colon with an identity crisis, I will not hire you. If you scatter commas into a sentence with all the discrimination of a shotgun, you might make it to the foyer before we politely escort you from the building."
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Strategy for PPC

Case Study #CS32220:

Paid Search Marketing: Automation increases revenue 22%


SUMMARY: Paid search can be an effective way to increase revenue, but the actual process of managing PPC campaigns can also be very labor intensive. Using software to automate some of the overall effort is one way to help manage and track paid search.

One e-commerce site did just that, implementing automation in its extensive paid search campaigns. Find out how it began testing and optimizing its efforts, increased its managed keywords by 500%, and boosted revenue from paid search 22%.
by David Kirkpatrick, Senior Reporter

Thursday, April 5, 2012

How Many Minimum-Wage Hours Does It Take to Afford a Decent Life?

Unbelievable! Stats from article,"Want a modest two-bedroom apartment in New York state for the standard 30 percent of your income? You're going to have to toil at a minimum-wage job for 136 hours a week. In California? One hundred thirty hours. How about in Texas, where one in 10 hourly workers make the minimum or less? Eighty-eight hours. Don't forget, there are only 168 hours in a week. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time for sleeping and eating."

http://www.good.is/post/how-many-minimum-wage-hours-does-it-take-to-afford-a-decent-life

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Elaine Quinn Celebrating International Coaching Week



Elaine Quinn is an internationally-recognized organizing and time management expert. As a result of 10+ years working with small business owners who struggle with organization, time management, workflow processes, productivity and related challenges, she understands that poor organizational and time management skills are among the top ten reasons small businesses fail. She knows that being disorganized can cost business owners lost revenue, wasted time, professional embarrassment, damaged relationships, and missed opportunities.

Her book, There’s No Place Like Working From Home, is filled with practical, easy-to-implement solutions to these challenges. It also includes sound advice on how to conquer more personal issues: avoiding social isolation, maintaining a positive attitude, keeping a sharp competitive edge and staying motivated.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Michael Soon Lee Celebrating International Coaching Week




Michael Soon Lee
EthnoConnect

Michael is a marketing guru who is the leading expert in selling to people from diverse cultures. He was a Marketing Director for the State of California, a professor of marketing at universities and a producer for the ABC Television Network.

Michael has spoken around the world on the subject of selling to multicultural customers for over 14 years. He has been an award-winning salesperson as well as sales manager of both large franchised companies and small independent firms.

Michael is the first Asian American to earn the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation in the history of the National Speakers Association. In the past 15 years some of his 1,000 clients include: Coca Cola; the National Association of Realtors®; Alticor, Inc.; the National Association of Music Merchants

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Marc Vahanian-Celebrating International Coaching Week



Marc Vahanian is a change expert, corporate coach, seminar leader, and keynote speaker. His specialty is helping executives compellingly communicate their business stories as a means to create winning results.

Marc teaches specific principles and practices that can unleash creativity and collaboration in the workplace. He shows executives how to effectively navigate uncertain and anxious times with problem solving techniques and solutions that bolster, motivate, and enhance corporate team morale and productivity.

Marc has over 25 years of experience coaching Peak-Performers, executives, and corporate teams, and has logged over 30,000 hours of successful motivational coaching.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Pet Writing Conference Feb 11 2012

Petfinder.com Co-Founder Betsy Saul Keynote Speaker

Pet writers need to hone their skills more than ever before. The economic downturn, coupled with stiff literary competition, incentivizes pet writers to get an edge. That edge is found in attending The Business of Pet Writing Conference where pet writers have the chance to learn from the best in the business and to make valuable contacts.

February 11 2012, The Business of Pet Writing Conference will offer seminars and workshops that help pet writers learn: to report breaking pet news; to create compelling video; to work as a pet travel writer; to pitch pet websites; to create eBooks; as well as to use Facebook and Twitter and Linked strategically as a writer.

In addition to the core educational program, The Business of Pet Writing Conference participants have the opportunity to meet with top agents and editors on an individualized basis. Past attendees have utilized these sessions to pitch their ideas, with many receiving magazine and website assignments and book deals as a result.


REGISTER HERE http://tiny.cc/njhev

International Coaching Week Feb. 5-11, 2012

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