Business Slow? Ten Productive Projects to Fill the Gap

Times are tough. Business is sluggish. Blame world politics, corporate debacles or a general lack of consumer confidence. Whatever is driving this lull, it's causing the people who would normally be fueling the economy (and our businesses) to sit on their wallets. If running away to Margaritaville isn't an option, here are some productive and inexpensive ways to spruce up your enterprise and gradually get…

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Marketing Opportunities at New Year’s

It's important to market yourself (your services and your products) all the time, and the New Year presents another great opportunity to do this. It can also help if you're unemployed and looking for a position. Keeping your name in front of people, and constantly networking are vital to your career, especially in today's market, where the average job lasts 18 months. To brand yourself,…

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The Makeup of an XML Document – A Quick Primer

In recent years, the extensible markup language (XML) has been adopted by more and more businesses as an industry standard for data exchange and data sharing. XML provides a system-independent standard format for specifying the information exchanged over networks and between applications.

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Creating the Best Year of Your Life

At the end of each year, and on their birthdays, many people take time to reflect and look ahead. If you're one of these people, or if you would like to start getting the benefits from a little self reflection, then I have some great questions for you.

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How To Write A Perfect, Selling Ad: Five Easy Tips

I lied. There's no such animal as the perfect, works-every-time, selling ad. But I got you to read this far, didn't I? That was the title's purpose --- see Tip Two: Write an attention-grabbing headline. I didn't lie about these tips, though. They're easy and fun to use. And they work.

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