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How to Do a Presentation
The reaction of many managers when asked to make a presentation
is to look for ways to get out of it. Surveys reveal that the one
thing managers and executives fear above all else is speaking in
public. However, it doesn't have to be that way. Hundreds of managers
each year benefit from training to help them become professional
presenters, and actually grow to enjoy it. This article discusses
the key skills required and provides some useful tips.…
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How to Become a Professional Resume Writer
You may have decided that, especially with today's tough economic
climate, becoming a professional resume writer would be a great
occupation, especially if you've been able to help friends write
their resumes…
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How to Make Money Selling Your Junk
You've heard the claims before: "I made $200 doing absolutely
nothing", "I've made hundreds of dollars while I slept",
"I made $500 in one week and there was no effort on my part",
and lately, "The recession has been the best thing that ever
happened to me! I make more money today than I ever did when I worked
my full-time job". But can you really trust such claims?…
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How to do presentations properly
Many individuals are called upon to give presentations, but many
have no formal instruction on how to deliver the most effective
presentations. So for the benefit of those who might need a bit
of help, we've put together a "primer" for presenters…
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How to Earn Money with a Membership
Site
In the year 2007 I finally
made the leap and decided to release my own membership site. During the prior two
years I was making a good living as a professional
blogger. I wrote regular articles to my blog, www.Entrepreneurs-Journey.com,
built up an audience and made money through advertising programs and affiliate marketing…
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Web 2.0 Alphabet
Web 2.0 is a perceived transition
of the Web to web-based applications. Web 2.0 is the next generation
of technology solutions where interactive content is the norm…
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Social networking for businesses
Smallbusiness.co.uk recently reported
new research, which claims that small businesses should increase
their use of internet blogs in order to communicate with their customers.
The study, conducted by WebTrends, shows that only five per cent
of companies see the blog as a valuable tool and more than three-quarters
have never used the medium…
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Public Speaking ? Top 10 Tips
Is there anything more terrifying
than facing an audience of strangers and knowing you have to deliver
an entertaining and informative speech?
OK, some people thrive on this type of challenge! But the vast majority
of us are at least a little nervous every time we have to speak
publicly…
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10 Ways To Get New Product Ideas
1. Solve an existing problem for
people. There are thousands of problems in the world. Create a product
that can provide a solution to one of those problems…
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Google's 0.02% Spin Solution
Last week, Google made a startling
claim, one that begs explanation even after close examination. Faced
with lingering questions about click fraud, Google released a blog
post stating actual click fraud charges are ridiculously lower than
those projected by third party analysts from the search marketing
community…
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Dreaming of Pay Per Click Sausage
The problem might have been that
Jeffrey had heard the same set of questions once too often or it
could just be the night noises one hears when traveling in strange
cities. It could have been an undigested slice of deep-dish pizza
from the evening before or a phantom blues-riff floating in his
head. Whatever it was, it was 4AM on the morning of the last day
of the Chicago Search Engine Strategies conference and Jeffrey K.
Rohrs was wide awake…
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7 Online Marketing Tools for
the Smart Webmaster
As an online marketer, it's hard
to wade through all of the misleading information that is running
rampant on the Internet. Who do you trust? Where do you go for the
very best information in online marketing? Well, this article was
written to answer those very questions. Below I have outlined 7
tools that can be used to increase your marketing knowledge, improve
your website, increase your website's traffic, and even save time.
Hope you enjoy!…
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7 Habits Of Spectacularly Unsuccessful
People
If you want to have a fantastic life,
never engage yourself in these 7 deadly habits that incompetent
people do.
NUMBER 1 - They Think,
Say, & Do Negative Things.
Yes. They see problems in EVERY opportunity…
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Accepting Payment Online - 7
Steps to Improve your Customers Buying Experience
Of course, the number one way you
can improve your client's online purchasing experience is to accept
credit cards on your site, because most of your clients will prefer
to use their debit or credit card, rather than send checks through
the mail. Credit and debit card purchases are immediate and secure;
paper checks are the least secure method of making a purchase from
an online seller…
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What's In A Name? When It Comes
To Your Business, Plenty!
How important is the name of a business?
Should the name of a business reflect what the business does or
is it better to come up with something catchy and easy to remember?…
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Ten Steps to Work-At-Home Success
in 2006
Many people have told me they have
given up their goal of working at home because it just doesn't exist.
When I tell them I work-at-home and over 50 million others in the
United States also work-at-home, I'm told that working at home doesn't
work for them…
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Revenue-Producing
Principles for the Web
By consistently employing the right
principles, a business owner or business decision maker can leverage
the web to increase profits. There are basic principles affecting
a web presence that are not industry or business specific, and by
understanding and applying them, a business can greatly increase
the amount of money saved or generated…
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21st Century
Business - Hand Your Tasks Over to the Web with Web Services
Want to know how to put more of your
revenue in your pocket AND free up time to do the important things
for your business? All business owners can save time and money if
they properly leverage the Web through Web services. What I am referring
to is replacing recurring tasks that take employee time to accomplish
with web-based services that do it automatically…
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Secret Business
Strategies of Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos
Vision, innovation, wisdom and hard
work are but four of the skills and techniques Jeff Bezos and Bill
Gates employed from the very beginning of their business experience.
Both started as small business owners. They didn't have much capital
to spare, and neither did they locate their businesses in prized
locations…
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Home
Employment Is The Dream Of Most Americans Today
Americans today have so many reasons
to find at home mployment opportunities instead of working for corporate
America in their strict 9 to 5 world. One of the most popular reasons
people look for at home employment opportunities is that they get
to be their own boss…
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How
To Run A Stress-Free Home-Based Business
I think we can all agree that stress
is one of the worst things in life. If you manage stress well, you
can also manage your business and your life well. Living with stress
can make running any business a chore. Too much unmanaged stress
can break up families and friends, and will ultimately be fatal
to your small business and your health…
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Do
You Have a Wealthy Attitude?
Wealthy people are conniving, selfish, lazy monsters who will steal
your last penny if you let them, or so that's what I was raised
to believe.
Fortunately, through my work and various associations, I've spent
time with many of these 'monsters', and discovered that nothing
could be farther from the truth…
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Real
Estate is Booming and YOU are the prime Property
The information age has ushered in a change in value assignment.
The transition from a hard (physical) asset based economy to a knowledge
based economy is in full swing. Icons of yesterday’s wealth; buildings
equipment, inventory and tradition are being replaced by Intellectual
property, rapid innovation, and fluid self definition. Companies
started in the last 10 years are worth more than companies that
have been around as leaders in their industries for over 50 years…
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