The New Ergonomics: Good Health through Inconvenience
You spend your day at a computer workstation or executive desk. The furniture item fills up the corner of the room, holds your computer, fax/phone/copier, scanner, filing basket and a year’s worth of office supplies. There’s enough space left over to spread out a picnic lunch if you are so inclined.
Public Relations: Power Tool for the 21st Century
I address this article to businesses, associations, non-profits and public entity managements seeking a direct connection between the money they’re planning to spend on public relations, and the achievement of their organizational objectives.
Input Validation in C and C++
Eavesdropping attacks are often easy to launch, but most people don’t worry about them in their applications. Instead, they tend to worry about what malicious things can be done to the machine on which the application is running. Most people are far more worried about active attacks than they are about passive attacks.
Writing Effective Sales Copy
Whether you run a home-based business or Microsoft, one thing is always true: products do not sell themselves. So what makes customers buy? Words.
Make Money Writing About Your Hobby
Whether you have a yen for yard sales or a passion for pets, there’s an audience hungry for your articles. I found mine during a trip to Roswell, New Mexico back in the mid-90s.
Questions You Should Ask Personal TrainersBefore You Hire One!
There are a number of issues you need to discuss with all of the personal trainers you meet with to know if the personal trainers are qualified and likely to meet your individual needs before you spend any of your money.
Maximizing Your Sales Opportunities
“If you saw a $20 bill lying on the sidewalk would you leave it there?”
At this point many sales people think their job is done once they have closed the sale, particularly in a retail environment.
Dispelling the Myth of Wireless Security
Despite a few good online articles and countless alarmist news items decrying parasitic War Drivers and War Chalkers contributing to the moral decay of the country, a surprising number of people still install wireless equipment with all of the defaults enabled. There are a huge number of access points in use today that unintentionally advertise a default SSID, bridge directly to an Ethernet network, and use no encryption whatsoever (or a WEP key left on the factory setting, and therefore easily deduced).
Giving the Gift of Great Customer Service
Do you find yourself on a constant search for innovative and creative ways to thank your customers for their business? What is the perfect gift and when is the ideal time to give it?
During the holidays, everyone is flooded with food, flowers, cards and calendars from vendors of all sorts in an effort to show appreciation and keep good customers coming back.
And You Can Quote Me
I don’t mind having others put words in my mouth-not when their words are witty, wise and succinct. Put another way: I love using quotes in my writing.