Thursday, October 29, 2009

Top 10 Money Tips for Women

by CNBC Staff
Wednesday, October 28, 2009


When it comes to women and finance, sometimes there's a disconnect between what women know and how they act, their ability as achiever and their financial underachieving, and between the power they have within reach and the powerlessness that rules their actions.
Financial expert Suze Orman gives her list of the top 10 money tips for women to follow:
1. Listen to Your Gut
2. NEVER Co-Sign for ANYONE
3. Save Yourself First
4. Don't Hand Over Finances to Your Husband or Partner
5. Don't Put Yourself on Sale
6. Protect Your Assets: Get a Pre-Nuptial Agreement
7. No Blame, No Shame
8. Take Care of Your Money
9. Don't Make Your Underage Children Life-Insurance Beneficiaries -- It's a No-No!
10. Own the Power to Control Your Own Destiny


For full article, please go to http://tiny.cc/EKgIS

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

How to Get Found (in the Cyberworld)


Oct 27, 2009 -
Brian Halligan is the founder and CEO of HubSpot, an Internet marketing software company that helps small and medium-sized businesses get found on the Internet and converts website visitors into leads and customers. He is also the author of Inbound Marketing: Get Found In Google, Blogs, and Social Media.
It used to be that you could efficiently grow your businesses by interrupting potential customers with outbound marketing methods like cold calls, email spam, and advertising. Today people and businesses are tired of being the targets of so much outbound marketing and they're getting better and better in blocking it out.
At the same time, people and businesses have fundamentally changed the way they shop and learn, turning more and more to Google, social media sites and blogs to find what they want. Inbound marketing helps companies take advantage of these shifts by helping them get found by customers in the natural way in which they shop and learn. The following are Brian’s five steps to help you get “get found.”
1. Be remarkable. 
2. Create content.
3. Optimize content.
4. Promote content.
5. Measure results. 
To read full article, please go to http://tiny.cc/wzNd5 

5 Tips for Making a Corporate Blog Stand Out

Michelle Bowles on Oct 23rd, 2009
These days it seems as if every corporation has tried its hand at blogging. The more corporate blogs that exist in the blogosphere, the more difficult it becomes to gain blog subscribers by creating one that’s truly unique. To ensure your corporate blog stands out from the crowd, follow these 5 tips:


1. Talk about something other than yourself.
2. Keep your blog focused.
3. Give your blog a distinct personality.
4. Have some fun.
5. Provide readers with something they can’t get anywhere else.




To read the full article, please go to http://tiny.cc/KtVEn 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Eight qualities of a good leader during a recession


By Rachel Lebeaux | Feb 26, 2009
When money is tight, employee layoffs loom and spirits are dwindling during a recession, CIOs and other IT executives must take the qualities of a good leader to another level.
These eight qualities of a leader, culled from CIOs and leadership experts, will guide you through good times and bad -- yet are especially pertinent today to keep your staff engaged and ensure that IT meets changing expectations in uncertain times.
1. The ability to inspire
2. Communication skills (including listening)
3. Operational credibility in driving results
4. The ability to prioritize
5. Creativity and flexibility (aka, the ability to embrace change)
6. The ability to be a "fish out of water" leader
7. The ability to position one's organization as a mecca for talent
8. Consistency


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Study reinforces that kids watch a lot of TV



NEW YORK – It's not called the electronic baby sitter for nothing. The Nielsen Co. says in a study released Monday that children ages 2 to 5 watch more than 32 hours of television each week. Kids 6 to 11 spend a little less time in front of a TV screen _ more than 28 hours. But that's partly because they have to go to school.
According to the study, the television viewing by children 2 to 11 is the most since 1995. The younger kids, or at least their parents, are tech-savvy. The 32 hours of TV-watching includes an hour and a half of shows taped on a digital video recorder, and 4 1/2 hours of programs on a DVD. Nielsen also says children ages 6 to 11 play video games on a television for nearly 2 1/2 hours a week on average.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

5 Traits of the New Creative Leader :: Management Tip of the Day :: October 14, 2009 :: HarvardBusiness.org

Yesterday's leadership skills will not work in today's fast-moving and evolving world. Only creative leaders who are visionary and empathetic will succeed. Here are five things you can do to succeed as a creative leader:
  1. Instead of commanding, coach your team and organization toward success.
  2. Don't manage people, empower them. The know-how, experience, and solutions are often out there; it's a matter of helping people discover them.
  3. Cultivate respect by giving it, instead of demanding it.
  4. Know how to manage both success and failure.
  5. Show graciousness in your management rather than greediness. Be humble about your successes and whenever possible, give someone else the opportunity to shine.

Taken from Harvard Management Tip of the Day

Information Security: Why Cybercriminals Are Smiling - Knowledge@Wharton

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Pay for What You Get: Putting Performance-based Contracting to the Test - Knowledge@Wharton

Pay for What You Get: Putting Performance-based Contracting to the Test - Knowledge@Wharton


Early Tremors: Is It Time for Another Social Network Shakeout? - Knowledge@Wharton

Early Tremors: Is It Time for Another Social Network Shakeout? - Knowledge@Wharton


To Change Effectively, Change Just One Thing - Peter Bregman - HarvardBusiness.org

To Change Effectively, Change Just One Thing - Peter Bregman - HarvardBusiness.org

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Top 10 Rules for Having a Strong Personal Brand | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel

Top 10 Rules for Having a Strong Personal Brand | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel

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Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change

Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change

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The Nut Graph | The shape of books to come?

The Nut Graph | The shape of books to come?

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Disney debuts do-it-yourself thrill ride - CNN.com

Disney debuts do-it-yourself thrill ride - CNN.com

D-I-Y Roller coaster rides!! Wow! cheers n out!

Analyzing Your Competition

Analyzing Your Competition

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7 Free or Cheap Ways to Effectively Promote Your Business Online

7 Free or Cheap Ways to Effectively Promote Your Business Online

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Top Ten Keys to Manifesting Your Desires

By Apryl Jensen

1. Know there is a purpose in your desires.  

You have your desires for a reason, and the more you seek increased life for all, the more the Universe can express through you.

You do not have your desires to frustrate you, but to inspire the emotion needed to carry your dreams into physical reality. I have come to realize my desires are a gift from God, meant to be fulfilled.

2. Emotion is the key.  

Emotion is what strengthens your desires, and gives them power to create. We communicate with the Universe through our feelings--emotions, and our emotions are "energy in motion."

Our emotions are  what puts manifestation into motion. Feel your desires, feel the joy you will experience when you achieve them but feel it now.

3. Be Decisive.  

One's own hesitancy or self-doubt can bring the momentum you've created  through strong emotion to a halt. It's like pulling something toward you in one instance, and pushing it away in the next.

Be certain of what you desire, and if you are not, seek first to manifest certainty.



4. Know you are here to learn manifesting.  

Learning to create is one of life's most rewarding purposes. Practice it, learn it so well that it becomes "second nature" to you, for in time, you will see it is your TRUE nature.  

Be the creator that you are, and were always meant to be.

5. Be content to create on the mental realm, and allow time for the physical to transpire. 

Understand that your thoughts and focus, backed by emotion, bring about the experiences of your life. Pay attention to your life, and notice the synchronicities that begin to appear.  

Soon you will be convinced of the connection between your thoughts, and what transpires in your reality.

6. Know the mental (spiritual) reality is just as real as the physical. It is matter, only in a finer, incipient form.  

The Universe has been defined as "matter unorganized seeking to be organized", and you, are an organizer.  Consider how much we never knew existed... until a powerful enough microscope was 
invented to reveal it to us.  

Much exists unseen to our natural eyes. Become comfortable with this truth.

7. Understand the world around you is results and feedback. 

It is a reflection of how you have been thinking and what you have attracted so far.  Remember, in each new moment, you can choose again.  

Everything is first created spiritually, and later evolves and crystallizes into physical form.

8. Connect with God, the Universe or Infinite Intelligence as your source of joy and enlightenment.  

Know there is a wisdom greater than your own, and be open to being lead and guided by this wisdom. Reuniting with this connection is another  amazing purpose for your life.

9. Detach, especially from the physical world.  

This does not mean don't want anything or don't care about things. Not in the least. Desire. You are created to do so. But detach from the details, the how's, the when's; release the need to know 
or predict how an experience will show up for you.  

Give the Universe freedom to use its vast store of wisdom. Trust.

10. Know you are loved.  

Probably the most wonderful lesson I've learned from manifesting is that we are all intimately loved and cared about.  

Practice manifesting in your life, call on the heavens for assistance, so you can know the sweet joy and peace that comes as you see your desires being listened to and brought about.  
Experience the sweetness of knowing the secrets of your heart are no secret to God and/or the Universe. As you do so, you will experience the most sublime of gratitudes, and be inspired to 
go forth and manifest again.


Five Awesome and Five Awful Conversation Topics

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Twitter: Latest vehicle for scam artists | Greeley Tribune

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20090719/BUSINESS/907179945/1006/NONE&parentprofile=1001

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Book of Odds - The Odds of Everyday Life

Book of Odds - The Odds of Everyday Life

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Free the Slaves - 2009 Freedom Awards Douglass Award Winner


Free the Slaves - 2009 Freedom Awards Douglass Award Winner


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The Internet is for the poor, the unfortunate and the unlucky

The Internet is for the poor, the unfortunate and the unlucky

I guess it's true, just look at Twitter, people trying to promote stuff to no end. A'way cheers n out!

Super rich men in Asia-Pacific growing fast

Super rich men in Asia-Pacific growing fast

mmm what about super-rich women? cheers n out!

The Most Important Things in Life Are Free


Guy Kawasaki (Alltop)

Oct 13, 2009
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Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired and author of Free, recently gave a keynote speech at Garage’s Revenue Bootcamp. The main points of his speech were:
  • Digital economics has created a deflationary economy in which there is near zero marginal costs for distribution. Hence, content is getting cheaper and approaching free.
  • Today’s generation expects things for free because people have internalized these digital economics. Adults, by contrast, grew up believing that “free” is a gimmick—i.e. “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” (Watch this panel of young people to see the accuracy of this observation.)
  • Quality is more and more defined by relevance and not price. Thus, you can’t use price to win market share when everything is free. You have to use product differentiation and relevance.
  • The challenge for companies is to create premium goods and services that they can sell to “free” customers. Companies need to offer people ways to save time, increase their status, or heighten their reputation and convert these ways to cash.
If you’re in a content or online service business, you’re well aware of the pressure to lower your prices to free. The key point is that what customers are willing to buy is far more important than what you’re willing to sell. To learn more about Chris’s concept, watch his keynote here.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Couple on a cycling mission

Couple on a cycling mission

I wish i could just take off - it's hard but i guess if there's a will, there's a way! cheers n out!

Fiji suspended from 2010 Commonwealth Games

Fiji suspended from 2010 Commonwealth Games

Wow - i didnt even know countries can be suspended from games.. Cheers and Out!

Improve Website Conversion Rates With 5 Easy Content Tweaks

Improve Website Conversion Rates With 5 Easy Content Tweaks

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I got this piece of news from a fren on twitter - i hope it would be beneficial to you! Come back often to this blog for more info. Cheers and Out!

Welcome to the first day of many firsts to come!

I get news from everywhere these days and it seems such a waste to just keep it to myself, which is why i have started this blog. I will bring news about everything to you, all on this page. Cheers and Out!