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ON THE JOB FEBRUARY 17, 2012 4 Ways to Deal With Negativity at Work I once worked with a woman who was so depressing to be around that people literally fast-walked to their offices and slammed the doors to get away from her. We all ate our lunches in our offices behind closed doors, because otherwise we would be subjected to her whining and complaining in the break room. I can't believe I have so much to do. | IAN'S MESSY DESK FEBRUARY 17, 2012 10 Ways to Slow Down Do you have days when you feel life is rushing by at breakneck speed? Maybe your whole life feels that way. Here are 10 ways to slow it down and help you keep things in perspective: Stop multi-tasking. Computers multi-task by doing several things at once When people try to multi-task, they end up doing everything poorly. Turn off your television. | | DAILY WRITING TIPS FEBRUARY 17, 2012 30 Archaic Adjectives and Adverbs The words below are either obsolete, archaic, or old-fashioned, and though those in the latter category can still be found in modern writing, use all with caution. Sparing use keeps these words alive and adds a whimsical or quaint note, but too frequent recourse to such antiquities will have you sounding like a Renaissance Faire refugee. Anon (adv.): | | | | | | | |
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SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Simple Steps for Building Your Business
Building a business is easier when you take it in steps. From dreaming up a profitable idea to marketing, hiring and starting to close sales and sign up clients. The order in which you do some of these things is less important. Here’s a look at where to get started. Getting Started. Coming up with a profitable business idea. Entrepreneur. MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012  Content Marketing: Use Your Voice
You and your company have a voice and content marketing gives you a chance to use that voice to connect a relevant message/solution to your target audience. Content marketing — blogs, social media, articles, case studies, videos, infographics, etc — let’s people hear your message. But it’s not new. Content, In and Of Itself, is Old as Dirt . MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Ray Wang of Constellation Research: Gamification Is On
According to Reuters, the video game industry pulled in a mind boggling $65 billion in 2011 and that number is expected to grow to as much as $72.1 billion by 2015. Clearly, the gaming industry has mastered the concept of community engagement. Small businesses can capitalize on this by incorporating gamification into their business processes. MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012  Fanminder Throws in a Dash of Social and Raises $1Million
Long have we small business owners been accustomed to figuring things out ourselves, whether we’ve got the skills to do them or not. For me, HTML, photo editing and a dabble of design come to mind. to include social media and templates to help small business owners reach their customers — wherever they are. “[Version] 2.0 MORE >> -
SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012  Zombies at Work
I’m not a horror movie type guy, but I do love The Walking Dead. That show creeps me out in a wonderful wonderful way. So I guess it only makes sense that I’d have zombies on my mind recently, and that whole “braaaaaiiiiinssss” thing is pretty hilarious. In the end, I opted for something more understated. Humor MORE >>
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