Even when the economy, or your industry, isn´t doing well, you can ask your boss for a pay raise. This 560-word article offers tips so that you can be as prepared as possible, increasing the likeliness of getting a "yes."
Words: 560 Downloads: 0 Category: Business By: Sarah81A new business´ success often relies on the success of their public relations efforts and good media coverage. Businesses must rely on media representatives to help shape their company´s image, but cultivating relationships with journalists can be intimidating and difficult. This article describes strategies for building and maintaining good working relationships with journalists.
Words: 749 Downloads: 0 Category: Business Dev. By: K. BeauchampAre you planning to return to the workplace after several years away? It can be daunting for many to even know where to start. This article aims to help by offering five tips for anyone who is looking to return to the workplace after significant time spent doing something else, like raising a family.
Words: 489 Downloads: 0 Category: Careers By: Kate HilsBy using practices of successful businesses, a home-based business owner stands a better chance of making it past the first few difficult years. This article discusses what an entrepreneur should do to improve his odds of success. It offers guidelines to start a home-based business and stay in business.
Words: 722 Downloads: 0 Category: Entrepreneurship By: Marlene GarciaVolatile stock markets can make people think twice about saving, but ´now´ is probably a great time to start. Lower stock market values can mean good value for investors. This article uses some straightforward examples to explain dollar cost averaging and what it means for regular savers. (The article can readily be amended to refer to euro/pound cost averaging)
Words: 503 Downloads: 0 Category: Finance By: Maria BrownWellness programs are becoming more important everyday. Introducing a wellness program to employees will reduce the overall cost of employer´s health costs and increase employee productivity. This article gives employers tips on initiating a wellnes program and promoting it in their organizations.
Words: 430 Downloads: 0 Category: Human Resources By: Workplace ReporterThe following document provides a simple three step process to performing a territory gap analysis. The purpose of the analysis is to define the current business volumes, what remains, and to come up with a tailor-made strategy to grow market share. The article provides a table that shows the gap analysis in detail. The table has highlighted areas showing current business volumes, remaining business volumes and the gap in terms of units sold, units to be sold, and the gross profit that remains to be pursued.
Words: 1100 Downloads: 0 Category: Marketing By: VisionquestGoogle made a couple significant changes in 2011 and 2012. In an effort to reduce the amount of low-quality content that appears in search results, it unveiled two algorithm updates: Panda and Penguin. In light of these developments, this article talks about why you should focus on white hat SEO for your website. Not only is it good for your relationship with Google, the article argues, but it´s good for your relationship with website visitors, too.
Words: 510 Downloads: 0 Category: Online Business By: Kate HilsPhotoshop´s mask tool has a lot of applications and makes many tasks much easier. It allows you to edit with confidence and ease, and once you have a grasp of the basics, it´s easy to use. This tutorial helps define the basic settings and gives a clear overview of the tool itself.
Words: 1565 Downloads: 0 Category: Tutorials By: Marion SipeFiber is the non-digestable “bulk” found in fruits, vegetables and grains. In fact, if you picture the long strands in a stalk of celery, it really is a lot like what it sounds like. This might make you wonder why nutritionists would make such a big deal out of something that sounds like it´s merely filler material. However, fiber is actually quite vital to our health and contributes to it in a couple of ways that proteins, carbohydrates and fats alone cannot accomplish. As if this weren´t important enough, researchers have been hard at work studying a few of fiber´s other reputed benefits.
Words: 785 Downloads: 0 Category: Health & Lifestyles By: Ed WhiteHearing aid batteries can be a real hassle and expense. These simple tips will help hearing aid users extend the lifespan of any brand of hearing aid batteries. SEO keyword phrases are "hearing aid" and "hearing aid batteries."
Words: 423 Downloads: 0 Category: Aging By: Gina PoirierMany athletes and exercise enthusiasts have either experienced a stress fracture themselves or known someone who has. This article provides factual information about stress fractures, helping athletes and exercise enthusiasts better understand the injury. Information in the article covers what causes stress fractures, what treatment involves and prevention.
Words: 582 Downloads: 0 Category: Fitness By: Steven SymesCaffeine is a powerful substance which many people rely on to get their day started. Without a strong coffee, somebody may feel sluggish and unable to get moving or start thinking. However, many people try to cut out caffeine from their diets, and some experience quite severe withdrawal symptoms. This article explains what these are, and how to cope with them.
Words: 720 Downloads: 0 Category: Lifestyles By: Philippa WillittsMost people in developed countries have heard of cholera, but they know little to nothing about the disease. Anyone who plans on living or traveling in an undeveloped part of the world needs accurate information on the disease, since it can be fatal if not properly treated. This article supplies this information, explaining what cholera is, the symptoms, treatments and ways to avoid catching the disease.
Words: 584 Downloads: 0 Category: Medical By: Steven SymesOlive oil is an essential part of the notoriously healthy Mediterranean diet, and provides a whole range of health and beauty benefits. Aside from helping to protect your body from cancer-causing free radicals, heart disease and degenerative conditions, olive oil can also soften skin, condition hair and treat common skin complaints.
Words: 750 Downloads: 0 Category: Nutrition By: Jasmine StoneMost people have heard about the current epidemic of childhood obesity. This article dispels myths surrounding kids and obesity, arming readers with scientifically-backed information. Topics discussed in the article include the potential causes of childhood obesity, treatment strategies and health problems caused by the condition.
Words: 460 Downloads: 0 Category: Weight Loss By: Steven SymesWhen the kitchen sink gets clogged, our daily routine changes--and not for the better. This 500-word article offers simple approaches you can take before calling the plumber along with things you can do to prevent future problems.
Words: 500 Downloads: 0 Category: Home By: Sarah81There is no dog breed in America as abused and maligned as the American Pit Bull Terrier. While this breed is dog aggressive, it is not the whirlwind of violence that it may first seem to be. This article describes the history of the American Pit Bull Terrier, the challenges the breed faces and the reasons behind its unfortunate reputation.
Words: 572 Downloads: 0 Category: Dogs By: Kira JamesA growing number of people are realizing that mold is not just an annoyance, but that it also is a health hazard. People look to the Internet for the latest information on mold, including how to clean it up. This article supplies practical and easy-to-understand information on how to clean up mold found anywhere in a house.
Words: 602 Downloads: 0 Category: Home Improvement By: Steven SymesGrocery stores are no different from other stores in that they use specific strategies in order to get customers to buy more or buy specific products. These strategies play on both psychology and the tendency of people to be in a hurry. Revealing these tactics is the starting point for consumers to make better, more informed purchase choices.
Words: 752 Downloads: 0 Category: Personal Finance By: WonderwandarocksThis article tells the reader how to change their car´s flat tire. Included are the tools required to safely change a tire on the side of a road. Also touched on is what to do when the tire becomes flat while driving and the proper way to loosen and tighten lug nuts.
Words: 698 Downloads: 0 Category: Merchandise By: Marc Phillippe BabineauEscaping to an exotic locale might sound like a dream come true, but many families simply don´t have the cash to spend on an expensive vacation. Instead of giving up on the idea entirely, why not consider an unconventional vacation? From participating in a home exchange to enjoying a vacation of sorts at home, there are plenty of options available that don´t cost a fortune.
Words: 515 Downloads: 0 Category: Travel By: Adam ZetterlundRelationship myths often make relationships worse. They create desires and wants that are unrealistic, and they cause frustration and anger to set it into the relationship. And, unfortunately, they often cause breakups and unhappy endings to occur. This article talks about 5 popular relationship myths.
Words: 728 Downloads: 0 Category: Relationships By: Writer By DayIs Facebook a romance killer? Handling a romantic relationship in the right way on Facebook is tricky. This light-hearted article, for both men and women, explains five dating mistakes on Facebook that should be avoided.
Words: 502 Downloads: 0 Category: Dating By: Alice CharlesThe chilled water in your family pool is a refreshing haven during the warm months of summer. However, the pool can also be deadly. In the year 2007, 3,443 people in the United States died due to unintentional drowning. Broken down, this amounts to an average of 10 drowning deaths per day. About 19 percent of unintentional drowning incidents occur in a family pool environment. Keep three safety tips in mind to protect your family from unnecessary pool-related tragedies.
Words: 491 Downloads: 0 Category: Family By: C. Miller AotoAre you having trouble getting ebooks you purchased or borrowed to your Amazon Kindle? This 500-word article shows you the different methods, along with troubleshooting tips, for Amazon purchases, library checkouts, and ebooks purchased from third-party sites.
Words: 500 Downloads: 0 Category: Technology By: Sarah81The iPad is capable of printing from certain apps to AirPrint-enabled printers. This article describes the requirements and provides a walk-through of how to use the iPad´s print function.
Words: 304 Downloads: 0 Category: Computers By: Greg HansonWhen many people think of bullying, they may think about a strong student shoving a weaker one in a locker. The fact of the matter is that now most bullies don´t throw people around -- they use the Internet to inflict harm. This type of bullying, often referred to as cyberbullying, is a serious problem, though many people tend to downplay it. This article explains what it is, how it differs from traditional bullying, and how many schools aren´t equipped to deal with it.
Words: 587 Downloads: 0 Category: Internet By: Kate HilsWordpress is a powerful tool made all the more useful by the numerous plug-ins available for use. Even an experienced webmaster will find these plug-ins useful and helpful in maintaining the quality of their on-site search engine optimization. No site maintainer should keep their site active without these plug-ins.
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