Business

Ode To Blog Spam

Thank God that filters exist to weed out all the random blog spam. What is blog spam you ask? It is the process where random comments are placed on blogs to create backlinks to another site. This is a necessary evil to get your blog to rank as high as possible in the search engines. A cottage industry exists that often outsources the work overseas whereby non-native readers post random comments with links to sites.
By harrison on November 18, 2011 | Business, Personal, Popular Culture | A comment?
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Writing For Women

As Per The Experts Today, I received some training on how to effectively communicate with women. Naturally, this got me thinking. My readers are mostly women, so that must be why there are so few comments on my blogs – I’m not writing for my audience and you ladies just don’t understand me. With that in mind, I will apply the following suggestions I learned today to all future blogs: 1. I will no
By harrison on July 5, 2011 | Business, Popular Culture | A comment?
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How To Buy A Mattress

If they list the 10 worst things that people hate doing, buying a mattress is probably right between going to the dentist and divorce court. There are few things as dreaded as negotiating the terror that is finding the correct mattress. I have had the pleasure of selling mattresses for almost a decade. I tell customers that I sell sleep, not mattresses. What I mean by that statement is I sell based on the Golden R
By harrison on February 21, 2011 | Business, Popular Culture | A comment?
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What Happened to the “Human” in Human Resources?

Early in my career I was fortunate to work for a wonderful businessman. His philosophy was very simple; “Treat everyone like they are your best customer, and they just might become just that.” I’ve tried to follow that advice throughout my career. During this economic downturn, I have met many people who are looking for work. One common complaint is the lack of response from resume submissions. Le
By harrison on February 6, 2011 | Business | A comment?
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