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Any Job is an Honorable Job ntary service providers... not ones who offer exactly what you do!Seeing your job as an honorable job, adds more meaning and peace to your life. Also, seeing the honor in what you do now, creates an ideal foundation upon which a career change can be built. At fifteen, my first job was that of a waitress at a local truck stop. One day, back then, I happened to meet the elementary principal of my past. She mentioned she had heard I was workin Blog Blooper 4. Not enough "spice." Post an intriguing or controversial viewpoint, and your readers are more likely to jump into the conversation with posted comments. The more activity on your blog, the more people are "following along" as the plot develops, and the more repeat visitors you'll Training: Using Games to Embed Learning So everybody's bloggin', but what makes one web marketer's blog a hotbed of marketer activity and massive sale converter... while another blog just sits there collecting hits but getting no real business? Check the Five Bloggin' Bloopers that will kill your credibility and drive business right into the other guy's lap... then avoid them like the plague!Too much training is boring. Too much training barely raises itself above level one in Kirkpatrick's four levels of training evaluation. That is, the reaction of students; what they thought and felt about the training. Too much training ignores the learning needs of the participants. Too much corporate training spending is wasted.Adults have some simple requirements as learner Blog Blooper 1. Not branding yourself. How will people who land on your blog via the links and search engine results know who you are unless you tell them? Try to close every blog entry you write with a signoff or call-to-action. Example: "Need a copywriter? Email dina@wordfeeder.com." This way, no matter what your fans are reading, they'll be reminded of you, your website and what you can offer them. Blog Blooper 2. Sharing too much personal information. If you're blogging for business, stick to business. Sure, it's okay to reveal a few amusing details now and then... but if you gab too much on your blog, all you'll succeed in doing is attract other gabbers. Remember your purpose in all this, and keep your topics closely geared fulfilling the business needs of your target audience. Blog Blooper 3. Too many links to competitor sites. Your fans will love you for sharing resources, and if you link to "friendly neighborhood service providers like yourself", this will endear those marketers to you and your blog and prompt reciprocal links back. However, be sure to choose your outbound links wisely. Select complimentary service providers... not ones who offer exactly what you do! Blog Blooper 4. Not enough "spice." Post an intriguing or controversial viewpoint, and your readers are more likely to jump into the conversation with posted comments. The more activity on your blog, the more people are "following along" as the plot develops, and the more repeat visitors you'll g The Internet Is Making Ordinary People Rich Everyday anding yourself.We all know that technology is amazing and software tycoon Bill Gates proved that with Microsoft but do we really understand how technology and the internet can make practically anyone rich?Technology is really taking over. Can you imagine that there are regular everyday people like me and you making online incomes in access of $100,000 a month? Actually, believe it or not, th How will people who land on your blog via the links and search engine results know who you are unless you tell them? Try to close every blog entry you write with a signoff or call-to-action. Example: "Need a copywriter? Email dina@wordfeeder.com." This way, no matter what your fans are reading, they'll be reminded of you, your website and what you can offer them. Blog Blooper 2. Sharing too much personal information. If you're blogging for business, stick to business. Sure, it's okay to reveal a few amusing details now and then... but if you gab too much on your blog, all you'll succeed in doing is attract other gabbers. Remember your purpose in all this, and keep your topics closely geared fulfilling the business needs of your target audience. Blog Blooper 3. Too many links to competitor sites. Your fans will love you for sharing resources, and if you link to "friendly neighborhood service providers like yourself", this will endear those marketers to you and your blog and prompt reciprocal links back. However, be sure to choose your outbound links wisely. Select complimentary service providers... not ones who offer exactly what you do! Blog Blooper 4. Not enough "spice." Post an intriguing or controversial viewpoint, and your readers are more likely to jump into the conversation with posted comments. The more activity on your blog, the more people are "following along" as the plot develops, and the more repeat visitors you'll Chinese By-Passing Government and Going Straight to Entrepreneurs and Corporations them.Well it appears by the Chinese Hu Visit that the Chinese understand who runs the world and it is not the government of the United States of America or the massive incessant and bigoted blob of bureaucracy it employs. So Chinese Hu comes to America and who does he visit? Bill Gates and Microsoft and The Boeing Company, ever wonder why?Our United States government is so arrogant Blog Blooper 2. Sharing too much personal information. If you're blogging for business, stick to business. Sure, it's okay to reveal a few amusing details now and then... but if you gab too much on your blog, all you'll succeed in doing is attract other gabbers. Remember your purpose in all this, and keep your topics closely geared fulfilling the business needs of your target audience. Blog Blooper 3. Too many links to competitor sites. Your fans will love you for sharing resources, and if you link to "friendly neighborhood service providers like yourself", this will endear those marketers to you and your blog and prompt reciprocal links back. However, be sure to choose your outbound links wisely. Select complimentary service providers... not ones who offer exactly what you do! Blog Blooper 4. Not enough "spice." Post an intriguing or controversial viewpoint, and your readers are more likely to jump into the conversation with posted comments. The more activity on your blog, the more people are "following along" as the plot develops, and the more repeat visitors you'll Employment with Your Ex-Employer - Acceptable or Not? needs of your target audience.On Friday night, as I am sitting in my study room, a thought just crossed my mind…is it right to accept a job opportunity with your ex-employer? I know some of you might say, “No, one should not” and many of you might say, “Yes, One should”. Lets analyze, why people change their jobs. Those who have conducted exit interviews in their career will agree that most of the time (almost 95 Blog Blooper 3. Too many links to competitor sites. Your fans will love you for sharing resources, and if you link to "friendly neighborhood service providers like yourself", this will endear those marketers to you and your blog and prompt reciprocal links back. However, be sure to choose your outbound links wisely. Select complimentary service providers... not ones who offer exactly what you do! Blog Blooper 4. Not enough "spice." Post an intriguing or controversial viewpoint, and your readers are more likely to jump into the conversation with posted comments. The more activity on your blog, the more people are "following along" as the plot develops, and the more repeat visitors you'll Staying Current To Meet Changing Retail Technology Needs ntary service providers... not ones who offer exactly what you do!Who knew that a retailer's once-valuable and suitable point-of-sale system would become as useless as an old, antiquated typewriter? And then curse the day they got it? It happens. And worse, it keeps them operating at lower standards than other retailers who have stepped up to better technology.Technology always changes the way we work and the way our business works. It isn't Blog Blooper 4. Not enough "spice." Post an intriguing or controversial viewpoint, and your readers are more likely to jump into the conversation with posted comments. The more activity on your blog, the more people are "following along" as the plot develops, and the more repeat visitors you'll get. If everyone's flocking to your blog, that means better page rank for you. So please do "spice it up!" Blog Blooper 5. All "pickup articles," no personality. Hey, now there's a great way to develop your web style - only post other people's tips, stories and advice. Nothing like drawing a crowd and then sending them away to other folks' website because you never took the time to reveal your opinions, advice, or even your line of business for that matter! Sure, search engines feed on article content, but you MUST develop your blog persona or you will NEVER get business! Okay, now that we've laid down the blogging laws, it's time for you to hit the blogosphere and make a name for yourself. Start from scratch and have fun with it. I know you can blog like a web marketing pro. Copyright 2005 Dina Giolitto. All rights reserved. Are YOU Content With Your Content? Get Top Secret Marketing Tips from the Web's Biggest Gurus and Expert Authors on The First Annual Web Content Awareness Day on FEBRUARY 9, 2006.
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