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Contributed by: Ed Rigsbee 

How are you doing with your job search? Finding yourself stuck? Sure thing; as are so many in the same place. So, is it access or is it value that’s the problem? Or could it be that your industry simply does not know you? Continue Reading

Contribute by: Derrick Hayes

Back in September 2008 I was looking for a way to cost effectively market my business. I was on Twitter one day and my prayer was answered. I don’t even remember what I was searching for when I signed up for (HARO) Help A Reporter Out to receive Gift Bag Requests. I have had tremendous success in a short amount of time. I have been able to market my business at over 50 events through gift bags. Continue Reading

Contributed by: Ken Dwight “The Virus Doctor”

Computer viruses, worms, and Trojan horses are becoming more prevalent, more insidious, and more destructive. One of the most serious causes for concern in this area is the frequent changes in virus behavior. What was once “common knowledge” about virus exposure is now seriously out of date.

The following 12 steps reflect the state of the virus writers’ art as of today Continue Reading

 

Contributed by: Darren LaCroix

What is stage time? For those readers new to my newsletter let’s take a moment to explain what stage time means to me. My comedy mentors put it this way: How can you be funny in front of an audience unless you are comfortable in front of an audience? Yes—it’s that simple. Stage time is the essential element for bettering your performance. And it’s the same in the presentation world: how can you be EFFECTIVE, unless you are comfortable in front of an audience? Continue Reading

Contributed by: A COG

Reprinted from Selling Power Magazine August 2006

The following advice on success, first published in 1922, may have more meaning in today’s world of jumbled values and confused ethics than it did even in the Roaring Twenties. Continue Reading

Contributed by: Ed Rigsbee

Personal Freedoms
If your rights stop at my nose, and my rights stop at yours, then why do we have so many “nanny laws” in the USA? I always wear my seat belt because I think it is a good idea, not because the State of California says that I must. Nonetheless, the State does say

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