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- Work from home - desktop publishing - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainDesktop publishing isn't one of those career you would associate with working from home, but is certainly one worth considering, and a career which with a bit of foresight and planning could be made into a highly successful business. Desktop publishing , or DTP was one of the first real killer ...
Views: 1548 - Work from home - resume writing services - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainResume writing for other people is one of those jobs that there is a huge need for, and is ideally suited to individuals working from home. The biggest plus you bring to someone about writing their resume for them , is that you are not them ! A resume is some ones life -its not just a list of ...
Views: 952 - Work from home - affiliate marketing - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainAffiliate marketing is one of those terms that has come to symbolize the enterprise culture of the internet, along with terms like internet marketeer etc. Essentially, an affiliate is a sales agent who takes a commission on sales or referrals that they make to you as a customer. If you walk ...
Views: 937 - Work from home - virtual assistant - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainThe term virtual assistant sound a bit like a robot, but is actually an online version of a type of job or work that has existed for many years. The idea of a virtual office was born by offering secretarial other office functions like mail delivery and fax collection to individuals who wanted ...
Views: 1027 - Why your business will benefit by having a website - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter Maints easy to assume that every business has a website, simply because so many have, and their are so many websites for every conceivable industry. Truth is there are many small business's and sole traders who don't think they need a website, simply because they think they are too small as an ...
Views: 666 - Why reflection matters - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2011 from Peter MainReflection is one of those terms that can sound a bit pompous, but actually has a lot of value in it in for many people for different reasons. Most of the major religious and spiritual traditions advocate a sort of review of the day, where people take a bit of time out to look back over their ...
Views: 1636(1 vote) - Why non profits need the internet - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainMany people and business's shy clear of technology because they either fear it or they don't understand it, often both. Non-profits are no different in that respect, but they are different in that they often lack the discipline of a market that eventually forces them to tackle the issue. ...
Views: 624 - Who is your target audience - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainAt first sight this might seem an obvious question , but its the sort of question that is actually very difficult to answer, and one that most people prefer to answer in fairly general terms, like 'everybody' . Websites can have very different uses, and depending on who your intended audience ...
Views: 661 - Why web analytics are important - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainTo many people just the term web analytics seems quite technical and quite daunting . Sometimes these figures are referred to as web metrics, an equally mathematical term that is actually fairly off-putting. Like a lot of things in technology, the language used is inevitably made to sound more ...
Views: 750 - What are mind games and what is mind control - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainApart from a John Lennon song, mind games is an expression often used by football managers and others to imply some sort of psychological manipulation of another person to gain some sort of advantage over them.This is normally fairly innocuous stuff at press conferences to try and rattle their ...
Views: 1801 - Is your home safe for kids - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainDepending on the age of your kids, keeping them safe at home can range from being a full time job to an emotional roller coast. In one sense it could be said that its easier the younger they are. Although the dangers can be greater, they are more predictable and in a sense more manageable, more ...
Views: 931 - Internet security for kids - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainWhen the internet really started to become available for families, and kids in particular, it soon became fairly obvious that there were potentially real dangers. Part of the problem was that no-one really understood the internet, or at least understood its full potential. People stared to see ...
Views: 938 - How to make your website more attracrtive - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainAttractive is a word not normally associated with a website, partially because there is a sense that a website is something technical, things technical aren't thought of as attractive. Also there is a sense that while a website should be pleasing to look at, it almost doesn't really matter what ...
Views: 610 - How to make adsense more effective - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainAdsense was hailed as the savior of the internet world when it first became established as a significant force in internet advertising.Up until then, most internet advertising had really been fairly large banner adverts at the top and side of pages, which were often fairly large, and more likely ...
Views: 715 - How to increase your website traffic - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainMany people, me included , obsess about how a website looks, if it has the right color scheme, if the copy is written properly , etc etc. All these things are important and do matter, as they are part of getting your site fully optimized in terms of getting ranked well for search engines.The ...
Views: 624 - How to boost your creativity - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainCreativity is one of those words that implies something slightly artistic.That if you want to be thought of in terms of creative, it means creating something such as a painting, or a sculpture or writing a book or manuscript. Actually, creative is much more powerful than simply meaning that, it ...
Views: 1043(1 vote) - A Life Coach - do you need one - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainWhen people first started talking about life coaches, there was quite a buzz about who they were and what they did – what exactly was a life coach. No-one really knew but the idea sounded appealing, a sort of grown up buddy system with someone on your side , guiding through the dramas of life. ...
Views: 1037 - Best way to sell an ebook - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Peter MainWriting a book used to be thought of as a great but often idealistic way of expressing a persons creativity. The rise of the internet has actually given people an opportunity to do this , but like everything to do with the internet it is often easier than it sounds. The term ebook has come to ...
Views: 1222 - A Spiritual Awakening - What is it ? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from Peter MainThe term a spiritual awakening gets bandied around quite a lot , and has perhaps get quite misunderstood for a number of fairly obvious reasons. The term itself has become quite well known through the twelve step movement, and in particular the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, where the ...
Views: 745(1 vote) - Why Keywords Matter - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Peter MainIf you've had any experience of trying to set up a blog or a website and tried to make money out of it, odds are you have come across the term keywords. Quite often there is a sort of mystique about what keywords are and how important they are. A keyword is very simply any term that anyone ...
Views: 720 - Can You Really Work From Home - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Peter MainWhen working from home was first mooted by people as an alternative to an office based career, peoples spirits rose. It seemed a fantastic solution for a lot of people, both in terms of pluses and minuses. It meant an end to the dreaded commute, the fear of being late, of continually being ...
Views: 833 - How To Keep Your Identity Safe Online - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Peter MainIdentity fraud used to be a thing of James Bond films and spy thrillers that involved getting false papers and false passports and then killing the people who provided them so no-one knew. Sadly or not the world has moved on a lot from those halcyon days, and identity fraud is a real issue ...
Views: 782 - Do You Need To Be On Facebook - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Peter MainAccording to Facebook's own figures, it has over five hundred million active users, who spend over seven hundred billion minutes a month on Facebook. Really big numbers that to some extent hide the real question, which is why so many people join and use Facebook and other social networks - ...
Views: 721 - Should You Worry about Google - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Peter MainTo many people the obvious and unequivocal answer would be yes, big brother Google is watching you. Often questions like this arise because of the size and influence of an a organization, not because there is actually any threat from it. Google began life as a simple search engine, although ...
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