Audio increases your sales. Point blank. Period. Recent studies claim that audio can increase your sales up to 300%. Independent studies by Terry Telford, from The Business Professional, have shown sales increases of 163% on one website and 79% on another. Both tests were run over a 3 week period. Regardless of your expectations for adding audio to your website, it won't hurt your response rate for whatever you are selling or giving away. In most...more
You've had your interview and it went well. Now what do you do to make a lasting impression on your interviewer?Send them an interview thank you letter.While writing thank you letters isn't required (most people don't send them), it's very smart, as well as, courteous, to write post interview thank you letters and send them to all your interviewers.In today's highly competitive job market your thank you letter will signal that you are...more
Got an interview and wondering what to wear?Fortunately, this is one of those articles about how to dress for an interview. Maybe you've heard of dress for success job interview sites. While there may be more details you can learn online on the subject of proper dress for an interview, I'm just going to quickly cover the basics of how to dress for a job interview.The standard interview dress code can vary from place to place depending on the industry and actual workplace. However, it's always best to stay on the safe side and dress conservatively for the occasion.Both men and women should wear dark colors for the traditional interview look. The best suit colors to wear are blue and gray. Black is okay, but can come off as a bit too formal. If you do wear black, make sure to wear another color near your face to soften the impact. Skip the brown. As a rule, men should wear well-tailored suits, women should wear skirts no more than three inches above the knee.Dressing for Interview Success Quick Tips Always wear stockings, even in hot, humid weather Don't wear open-toed shoes, backless shoes or mules Choose collard dress shirts or blouses (men: wear a tie); no turtlenecks Go easy on...more
You've just found a few jobs that you're interested in applying for, but now you realize you need a new resume to really get your foot in the door. While you can find lots of help writing a resume online for free and examples of resume writing, if you read through this article, you'll pick up some useful free resume writing tips.Before you get down...more
Hello! Happy new year. May you live a long healthy life and prosper.According to a study by US dept. of Health & Human Services, 96% of Americans never achieve financial independence. They end up depending on charity, welfare, family, or are forced to keep working past their retirement age. According to the IRS, 85% of the people reaching age 65...more
With the Internet opening up the doorway to the global market, everybody is up and running to reap the maximum benefit of this widely used medium. Not only has Internet gained importance as an important medium of communication but also has given a platform to thousands of people to nurture their entrepreneurship and realize their dreams of self-employment.The designer community is the group that are harvesting the maximum benefit in this global market. To keep with the pace, every business concern, big or small, are putting in resources to create their cyber identity. They need websites for business, banners for advertisements, corporate logos to establish their brand identity and for all these they need designers.Given this market scenario, and the advantage of having a global market in the cyber world, distance is no longer a factor for the right person, neither are companies concerned to assign there designing projects to people living a few thousand miles away from them.From the perspective of a client, it is quiet natural to be a bit shaky and anxious about paying someone they would never see, to do something so important, that might affect the companies business. Going...more
Early understandings make for the longest relationships.- Alan DohrmannDon't let legalese get in the way of a good deal.Most contracts are often written with complete disregard for the potential emotional impact of the wording. These are the things...more
How many books have you read about successful traders? How they did this or that and made a fortune and are still doing it. You say to yourself, "I'm going to follow his method and get rich".So you subscribe to his newsletter (they all have one,...more
Consultants, coaches, accountants, engineers, and other solopreneurs starting a service business, make common mistakes that cost them to be ineffective with their resources. In turn, these mistakes bring on a slow, frustrating success or even force...more
Who would have ever guessed that there would be a home loan that would let you buy rental property with zero down? But it is a reality. Here are the three big things you must keep in mind when buying rental property with nothing down. You must have...more
When preparing for an interview, you need to know your skills, experiences and achievements, and how to answer interview questions.Your SkillsBecome an expert about yourself. Before you wrote your resume, you probably prepared a list of skills,...more
A combination of lenient lending policies, low interest rates, and high house prices has created a situation where many people have overextended and unable to pay mortgage payments for high-priced homes they really couldn't afford. The Mortgage...more