Blog Archives
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 | Careers |
b>Promote Your BIZ- Write a Book!
If you've never considered writing a book, it
might be a good time to start. I say this for two reasons.
First, with the help of today's technology it's never been
easier. Many people are now able to self-publish their own books
without going through the hassles of finding a major publisher.
Options like print-on-demand also make it easier on your
checkbook. You don't have to invest in thousands of copies
upfront with the risk of not knowing how ...
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Friday, November 25th, 2011 | Business |
There are ways to develop online visitors. You need to stay in
touch with people and make multiple touches. People usually need
5 to 7 touches before they will buy.
The Internet offers many means of affordable marketing, often
with full-color imagery to go along with text. And multimedia
components add some spice to the mix and increase online
visitors and purchases. Here are some top Internet marketing
techniques to help increase your sales and income.
1. DIRECTORY - Create your own directory ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2011 | Business |
Biologically, every person is born with inherent preferences in
how they learn. Some may learn by hands-on training and visual
images, while others learn from studying the written steps
themselves. Scientists have broken the learning styles down into
8 criteria - 4 sets of opposites: Active and Reflective, Sensing
and Intuitive, Visual and Verbal, and Sequential and Spatial
(Global). The testing for this is a short, online quiz presented
by the North Carolina State University that identifies ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2011 | Writing |
Coaching is a relationship field. Many of us offer unlimited
email along with our coaching. Here are some ways you can make
your emails professional yet engaging.
1. Include a quotation that reveals something about you and
your philosophy.
I use "The last thing a fish knows about is
water." Doug Abercrombie uses "By taking action we define
ourselves." Nancy Fenn uses "To follow knowledge like a sinking
star, beyond the utmost bound of human thought." Which one's
your kinda coach?
2. Include ...
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 | Business |
How do you measure the success in your life? As a home-based
working mom it's so different than the outside corporate world.
I know for me, one day it can be a call from Borders that they
are accepting one of my books, where another day it can be that
I finally got my 5-year-old to go on a field trip at school. The
last two she had missed being too scared to attend and instead
spent the day home, sick. Both days, I consider huge successes!
Both days, I felt a real winner!
It can be the little ...
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011 | Writing |
Estimates of the number of people currently connected to the
Internet vary, from 60 million to 100 million and upwards. If we
accept the conservative figure of 60 million, and surmise that
each person sends and receives ONE email message every day, that
means there are 120 million email messages whirling about every
single day.
How many email messages were waiting for you when you logged on
today? I'll hazard a guess and suggest that it would have been
somewhat more than one!
A report from the ...
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 | Education |
Getting a university education online has become a very
practical reality for people who cannot spare the time and
commitment to enroll in a regular university on a campus. Today
there are countless options for getting yourself an online
education, depending on your specific needs and goals. Therefore
making the right choice that will be most suited to your
schedule and learning style as well as the course itself is of
prime importance.
1. Be clear about your needs
Different people have ...
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Saturday, November 5th, 2011 | Education |
With this severe, active, hurricane season underway, here are
some ideas to make areas of the curriculum relevant to your
children. There are also suggestions for dealing with the
aftermath of a catastrophic hurricane. If you are in an area
that experiences other natural phenomena, just adapt these
suggestions to fit your needs.
1. Have children express their feelings. Youngsters will be able
to draw pictures and dictate sentences, while older children
will be able to illustrate their own ...
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 | Education |
Introduction
The biggest nightmare in any student's academics is the task of
that assignment, term paper, thesis or project for which he or
she has got no clue where to get started from. Here are a few
tips and techniques that can cure up this plight if taken and
followed seriously.
The biggest question mark after getting the research question
is, "So! What am I supposed to do now?" Everything from books to
the internet is available, but you can't get yourself started.
Why? Because, you ...
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