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Friday, August 28, 2015

Is A Business Degree The Most Valuable Degree For Me?

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If you will soon be heading off to college - or if you are already in college and are trying to decide what you want to major in - one of the degrees that will probably stand out to you as a 'good, solid choice' is a business degree. After all, 'business' covers so many areas, and even if you do not know what you want to do after college, a business degree has a pretty good ahnce of helping you get there - right?

Actually, it turns out that a business degree might not be as useful as it used to be - and here is why.

Over the years, Business has become the major people choose when they do not know what else to choose, and in addition to there already being lots of people interested in business, this creates a situation where large numbers of students are in every single class. Because each professor is likely teaching a handful of classes throughout the week - and because all of these classes have a large number of students - these professors are unlikely to hand out any "writing" assignments that are terribly difficult; which has been proven lately to be a mistake, as companies are looking to hire employees who know how to write!

If you have a genuine interest in business, a business degree can certainly still be valuable - but you should seriously consider pairing your business degree with a degree in another area of study that will require you to do a lot of writing in order to obtain a degree. Even though such majors as English, History, or Philosophy have long been seen as degrees that do not have much practical application in "the real world," the starting income for those who have such degrees is actually higher these days than for those with business degrees - which is certainly something for you to keep in mind!

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Tips For Making Money Off Of Antiques And Garage Sales

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It always feels good when you are able to pick up an extra stream of income, and while many people tend to look for “conventional” ways to make money (which often leaves them wishing there were more available options as far as “conventional” ways go), you will probably have much better success looking for ways to make money through unconventional means. If you are starting to look for some unconventional means by which you can pull in some extra cash (or by which you can eventually even make a living!), one thing to consider is trying to make money through antiques and garage sales – but not through your own antiques and garage sales, either!

A short walk through an antique store can leave you feeling like everything in the store is priced way too high – but the amazing thing is that a handful of the items in each of these stores (not all, but a handful!) are actually great deals compared to what the same items are fetching on such sites as eBay. In order to make money by selling antiques, you should go antique shopping and see what catches your eye; once you have priced a number of items you think might be worth reselling online, you can check on such sites as eBay to see what these items are selling for, and if they are selling for far more than the price at the antique store, you can purchase the item and resell it yourself!

If selling items from the antique store can be likened to winning a small jackpot, buying and selling items from garage sales is like the meat and potatoes of income – you won't end up with a windfall of cash, but you should have no problem getting a steady flow of money. People who throw a garage sale are usually just moving or remodeling their house, and this means that they are less interested in making money than they are in getting rid of everything; because of this, you can often buy great items for anywhere from a quarter to a couple dollars, after you have stockpiled from garage sales, you can start listing these items online for whatever they will fetch – making several dollars of profit from every item!

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

How To Stay Focused While Working

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There are a surprising number of jobs that simply require a warm body in a seat - and this does not just go for jobs such as being a security guard at a building in a downtown area, but also goes for a lot of office jobs, as many such jobs have employees who spend about half their time in the office doing things that are not related to work at all. If you work at such a job, it will not especially matter how much you are able to focus when you are at work, but if you work a job where you are paid for the work you do - or where your performance is tracked and weighted - you will need to learn how to focus while you are trying to get your work done; if this is the case for you, here are a few ways to make this a reality.

One mistake people often make when they are getting paid for the work they do is that they try to continue to work no matter how tired their brain gets; one of the best ways to stay focused while working is to realize that your mind has limits, and when you figure out what these limits are, you will know how long you can work before you need a break – and you can work to gradually increase the amount of “good work time" you have.

Another thing that can help people focus while they're working is finding a good spot that works for them; figure out the atmosphere that works best for your work, and find spots that fit this criteria – and as you find more spots, you can even rotate which spots you use, so that you will always be able to work in an area that works for you!

And the key that tops all the others when it comes to staying focused while working is this: strengthen your resolve – simply deciding that you will not get distracted by other things; when you work at your computer, especially if you work online, it can be easy to become distracted, but when you strengthen your resolve, defeating one distraction at a time, you will soon find that you are working a whole lot better!

Tips For Starting A Christmas Light Business

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The dream of being self-employed is something a lot of people hold onto (and with the state of the economy being what it is at the moment, being self-employed can actually be more stable than being employed by a regular job!), but one mistake a lot of people make in pursuing this goal is that they get locked into a specific idea of what they want to do in order to be self-employed, rather than keeping their eyes open for various opportunities; if you want to be permanently self-employed, the best thing you can do is open up various avenues for yourself - and one avenue that is especially worth pursuing (and that can be especially profitable!) is hanging Christmas lights.

You will need to make sure you take all the preliminary steps before you get started: first off, you will need to make sure you are fully insured for the work before you get started; the next thing you will want to make sure you do is have plenty of Christmas lights purchased and ready to go before you start collecting customers; and thirdly, you will want yard signs that you can put in the yards of the people for whom you hang Christmas lights.

Once you have taken care of all these preliminary aspects, you will want to offer to do a few houses for free; even though you will make no money directly off these houses, doing a few houses for free will make you money in the long run, as you can put your yard sign in these yards and start collecting new customers.

And even though the bulk of your business will be easy for you to take care of on your own, make sure you have someone who will be able to help you if you need it; after all, you might be surprised at how quickly your business booms, and you will not want to have to turn down jobs just because you failed to secure someone who could help you!

You should be able to get started with your Christmas lights business with these tips in mind - which will move you one step closer to being fully self-employed in a variety of areas!

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

How To Keep The Look You Want While Getting The Job You Want

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Out of all the things that are important to men, two of the things that will tend to be among the most important to men - especially to young men - is that they have the "look" they want to have, and that they also have a job that makes them feel like going to work each day is fulfilling and productive. When it comes to these two desires, of course, the biggest issue (again, especially for young men!) is the fact that the desires of keeping a specific, desired look and having a specific job are sometimes in direct conflict with one another; if you have found that this is the case for you, here are a few things you can consider doing in order to keep the look you have while also keeping the job you want.

If you have a beard (and if it is important to you that you be able to keep a beard!), you should be able to get away with this as long as you keep the beard trimmed, and if you want to keep the beard fairly long, you can make it look more sharp by keeping your hair short and styled.

By taking the right approach, you will also be able to get away with long hair - and can even cause long hair to look sharp; make sure you are still dressing sharp, and keep your face clean-shaven (or, at least, keep your beard trimmed close and well-manicured), and you will look great!

And if you are wanting to have both the long hair and the beard, realize firstly that there are some jobs for which this will be acceptable, and realize secondly that you will be far more likely to be able to get away with this if you make sure you are doing a tremendous job at work! In fact, it will nearly be possible to get away with ust about any look you want to have if you are doing a tremendous job at work - just make sure you keep up the good work, or your desire to keep a specific look just might cost you your job!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Scoring High Praise At Work

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At your job, one of the most important things will be that you understand how to do the things you need to do in order to score high praise; of course, one reason why you want to do this is because high praise from those above you is a great indication that you are doing the job you are supposed to be doing, but the other reason why scoring high praise is an important part of your job is that this can give you the energy and the drive you need in order to keep doing great work!

Being willing to take on challenging assignments is one of the first things you need to do in order to score high praise at work; many people try to avoid the assignments that will be more difficult, but your higher-ups at work know which are the more difficult projects and assignments, and they will certainly notice if you are always the person volunteering to tackle these projects as others shy away from them.

You should also be willing to work harder than what is expected of you when you are looking to score high praise at work, as going over and above expectations will catch the eye of those above you - and even if you do not do a perfect job on a project or assignment, you will be given a bit more room for error if they see that you are always working as hard as you can to go over and above!

And as you wait for your hard work to pay off, you need to have a bit of patience; you will not always see the fruits of your labors right away, but as you continue plugging away and working hard, this will certainly be noticed in time, and you will be rewarded accordingly - with high praise, and with all the other things that come with this.

Of course, in the end, you should truly be working as hard as you can at work simply for yourself, to know that you are doing the best job you can possibly do - but scoring high praise at work is certainly an added benefit of this hard work, and in taking this approach, you will reach this desired end result.

Monday, June 15, 2015

How To Make Money Off Of Antiques And Garage Sales

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It always feels good when you are able to pick up an extra stream of income, and while many people tend to look for “conventional” ways to make money (which often leaves them wishing there were more available options as far as “conventional” ways go), you will probably have much better success looking for ways to make money through unconventional means. If you are starting to look for some unconventional means by which you can pull in some extra cash (or by which you can eventually even make a living!), one thing to consider is trying to make money through antiques and garage sales – but not through your own antiques and garage sales, either!

A short walk through an antique store can leave you feeling like everything in the store is priced way too high – but the amazing thing is that a handful of the items in each of these stores (not all, but a handful!) are actually great deals compared to what the same items are fetching on such sites as eBay. In order to make money by selling antiques, you should go antique shopping and see what catches your eye; once you have priced a number of items you think might be worth reselling online, you can check on such sites as eBay to see what these items are selling for, and if they are selling for far more than the price at the antique store, you can purchase the item and resell it yourself!

If selling items from the antique store can be likened to winning a small jackpot, buying and selling items from garage sales is like the meat and potatoes of income – you won’t make a ton at once, but you should always be able to get a steady influx of money. People who throw a garage sale are usually just moving or remodeling their house, and this means that they are less interested in making money than they are in getting rid of everything; because of this, you can often buy great items for anywhere from a quarter to a couple dollars, after you have stockpiled from garage sales, you can start listing these items online for whatever they will fetch – making several dollars of profit from every item!

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Tips For Designing Your Business Card

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A business card is one of the most important tools you can use to promote both yourself and your business to potential customers and clients.

Whenever the opportunity strikes, you will be able to hand out your business card if you have one handy to give. But while a business card can be a useful tool, it can also be a waste if you do not know how to make your business card effective. Your business card should do more than just list a name and a phone number; it should also create an urge to call!

Even if you have a conversation with someone before giving your business card to them, they might not remember late where each business card they have came from. Depending on who the person is and the circles they typically find themselves in, they may end up with several business cards in their pocket each day. A business card must state who you are and how to reach you, of course; but also, it must state - in a very clear manner - what it is you do! It is especially important to make sure the card clearly states what it is you do if the name of your business does not make it clear!

Another thing you should add to your card is your logo, but you should be aware of its placement; do not allow it to take over the card! Remember: Even though the logo is an important element, it is only one element of the card; it should be noticeable, but it should not be the focal point.

Also, pay a little bit of extra money to make sure you are getting high-quality business cards, as this will reflect well on your business. For instance: someone looking through a stack of business cards they have for plumbers is most likely to call the person whose card inspires the most confidence.

While it is easy for your business card to help your business, it is also very easy for your business card to hurt your business. Spend a bit of extra time to make your card effective, and spend a bit of extra money to make your card look great!

Exploring The Four Most Important On-Page Ranking Factors

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When you are search engine optimizing your website, you will want to be focusing your efforts on both your on-page and off-page ranking factors; of course, each is as important as the other, but because of the fact that on-page ranking factors give you more control, this is the best (and most natural!) place to start for exploring the things you will want to do.

When it comes to the on-page ranking factors on your site, the first thing you will want to look at is your text, as your text will be a big part of where search engines end up ranking you; firstly, it will be within your text that you put your keywords - which are a big part of the way search engines see your website - and secondly, readers will read your text, and they will be more likely to share it with others (and to keep returning themselves) if it is good!

When it comes to the work you are doing within your own website, the next thing you will want to focus on is your headings and subheads; this might seem like something you can push to the side, but realize that search engines use these tags to determine what your site contains, and to determine the order of importance of your content, so taking advantage of these will help you quite a bit!

Another thing worth paying attention to on your website is the text used in your navigation menus; rather than labeling different pages as "Page 1," "Page2," and so on, label your pages with descriptive keywords, as this will help visitors and search engines alike.

And finally, one of the most important things of all on your website (and one of the most often overlooked aspects of search engine optimization) will be the tags on your site; make sure you are properly applying everything from image tags to title tags to meta description tags, as all of these things will go a long way in positively influencing your search engine ranking!

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Understanding FFA Sites

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When you are working with SEO to promote your website - regardless of whether the purpose of this website is to promote your business or to make money itself - one thing you will want to keep your eyes open for is the "little things" that other websites fail to do, as these are the things that can give you that extra little SEO boost; one thing you may come across, as you start looking for "little things" like this, is FFA sites ("free for all" sites), which are sites that are packed with links, and that allow you to submit your own links for inclusion.

Of course, when you submit a link to an FFA site, the purpose would be twofold: firstly, you would submit a link to an FFA site in order to gain a backlink for your site, which would increase its search engine ranking, and secondly, you would submit a link to an FFA site in order to gain some new visitors as a result of that link - so in order to understand the value of FFA sites, it is important to see how well each of these goals is accomplished.

One of the problems with FFA sites is that lots of links get submitted to them, and this means that your link is unlikely to be on the page for longer than about five minutes before it gets bumped off by newer links; this means that inclusion on an FFA site will not only mean that you are sharing "link juice" with tons of other sites, but it will also mean that you will only be getting about five minutes of link time!

Of course, you can still take a look at the human factor - but once you really look at it, you will realize that this will not do you much good either; FFA sites get very little human traffic, and most of the human traffic they get comes from others who are submitting links (and since most people submit their links in an automated manner, even this will not do you much good!).

The one thing you are likely to get as a result of submitting links to an FFA site is an increase in spam to your email address - so in all, you will spend time submitting links in order to get practically no boost in search engine ranking, practically no boost in traffic, an increase in spam, which all boils down to this: leave FFA sites alone!

Friday, June 12, 2015

Tips For Spreading The Word About Your Business

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One thing you should acknowledge to yourself, if you have your own small business, is the fact that just about every well-known business - even the ones that are household names - pour lots of time and money into advertising; the reason for this, of course, is that spreading the word about a business is an important component of the success of that business, and if this is the case for the household names, it should be the case even more so for you!

When you are making an effort to spread the word about your business, the first place you should look to is the advertisements that cost money; this can include radio ads, print ads, billboards, and Internet advertising - and as you focus on these areas of advertising, you should make sure you do so with the explicit understanding in mind that you are wanting to make your company stick in the minds of those who see and hear your ads!

When it comes to the Internet, in addition to the advertisements you can pay for, you can also spend absolutely nothing and spread the word about your business; as you work to promote your business, make sure you are building a strong online presence, through your website, through a blog, through facebook and Twitter, and through anything else you can think of, as this will be a completely free way for you to draw new visitors to your site - and to your company!

And of course, there is word of mouth - the oldest form of advertising of all; always remember and acknowledge that your current customers are your most valuable assets, and as such, you should aim to treat them with the utmost respect - always doing your best to take care of them, and always looking for ways to encourage them to spread the word about your business.

When you take this approach to spreading the word about your business, you will be able to get the most out of your efforts - and will be able to continually see an increase in the business you are generating!

Thursday, June 11, 2015

How To Make Your Website Stand Out To Your Visitors

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It is a common problem faced by people running a website in order to promote their small business or otherwise make money: they have put in a lot of work in order to appeal to search engines, and this work is paying off in the form of lots of additional traffic, but with all this extra traffic, they are finding that they are not making any extra sales; for those who face this issue, the problem often lies in the fact that their website itself does not stand out to visitors - so if you have dealt with this problem yourself, here are a few things to consider doing!
The first thing you will want to do is ask yourself what it is about your website that will make people love it - especially compared to the other options they have among sites that are similar to yours; if you are able to answer this question, make sure the things about your site that people will love stand out - and if you are not able to answer this question, figure out what you can change in order to be able to answer this question, and then make this stand out!

The next thing you will want to do is ask yourself what you can do in order to make sure your visitors will trust you; because there are sure to be so many sites similar to yours, trust will be a big factor, so think of any accolades, experience, or endorsements you have that will make people feel more comfortable choosing your site over another, and make sure these things are visible to all who visit your site!

And finally, it will be important that you figure out what there is about your site that will encourage people to keep coming back; when you are able to get people to keep coming back to your site, you will greatly increase the likelihood of them making additional purchases - and you will increase the likelihood of them sharing your site with others so that you gain new customers through them.
As you aim to build your website, keep all these things in mind, and you will soon be experiencing a whole lot more success, as your site will stand out to those who visit, and will generate profits as a result.