New Jobs, Extra Income & Making Money

New Jobs, Extra Income & Making Money

5 Unmissable Fiverr Gigs that Will Make Your Life Easy as a Busy Blogger

This is a guest contribution from Pooja Lohana. Ever get mad at yourself? Because your blog is not going the way you’d like it to? You come to your desk, stare at the computer and realize there’s so much to be done. You’re tired before you’ve begun your day. But blogging is supposed to be fun. At least that’s what you were told, right? Thankfully, you can prevent that feeling of dread and overwhelm from the bulk of everyday tasks in business. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of Fiverr. It’s a marketplace where users sell and buy various services starting at five bucks. You heard it right – be it a prank call, drawing a caricature or a song dedicated to your significant

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Why Get a College Degree?

Why get a college degree?  You would expect a high return on investment (ROI), if you attended Harvard, Yale or MIT. Even if you received a degree from a no name university.  A lot of families are thinking about this question, whether you are a high school senior or just graduated.   Finding a job in this economy is tough and paying off student loans are tougher without a job.   Is college worth it? College tuition has increased more than inflation in the last few years thanks to state budget shortfalls.  If you want to attend a private university, the cost is approaching the cost of a small home.  No doubt about it, a college education is expensive whether you go to a public or private university.  Has

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7 Ways To Build Your Brand In The Blogosphere

This is a guest contribution from Jeff Foster. Blogger outreach is one of the most effective ways to build your brand. It’s a great way to connect with potential customers – the blogosphere gives you a ready-made audience who are already interested in your type of product or service. But if you’re going to succeed, you need to build strong relationships with bloggers who want to be your brand ambassadors. This takes work – don’t expect to shoot off a few emails and have bloggers lining up at your door. The good news is that there are proven ways to make your blogger outreach a success. If you’re wondering how to turbocharge your brand in the blogosphere, here are seven ways to get you started. 1. Use

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Inspirational Investment Professionals

You may be a novice investor, or a more experienced one seeking expert advice – whatever your status it is worth taking the time to discuss your investment preferences with an experienced specialist. There is always the element of luck of course – being in the right place at the right time, with the right product. Here are a few interesting stories about inspirational people that have made it big in terms of financial investments. Ursula Burns Currently the CEO and chairwoman of Xerox, Burns is particularly notable as the first African-American woman to become the head of a Fortune 500 Company. Raised by her single mother in a housing project in the (then uncool) Lower East Side of New York, Ursula’s mother worked hard to send

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5 Actionable Tips for You to Make Money on eBay

It’s certain that you already know that eBay happens to be an excellent place when it comes to selling. It’s also just as certain that you’ve read and heard the stories about the amount of money people have been actively making by just selling their stuff. Well, you too can get on that bandwagon. For starters, here are 5 actionable tips for you to make money on eBay: 1. Fill up those titles with keywords – Include primary keywords that people are going to likely make use of in order to look for your items. Use up each of the available characters that eBay will allow. 2. Describe the benefits and not the features – Be sure that what you use to describe your items emphasizes their benefits while making

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What Is the Best Career for You?

The best career is when you match your skills and interests. You could look for careers that have high growth such computer technology, healthcare, biotechnology, fire or police. After all, they are high paying and there is more opportunity for promotion. It sounds great, but if you are not interested and do not have the skills you will not be a good candidate. Success is performing your job well!  Choosing a career is something that requires more than five (5) minutes! Too often, when faced with student loans or other pressing problems, we just take the easy route to a job. For example, if you majored in liberal arts in college and you have not demonstrated your skills in the real world, you decide to become

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6 Tips to Better Manage Sales Leads

Sales leads are amazing, right?  Sure, but what happens when you mismanage them?  The leads become somewhat wasted because they were not used efficiently, losing your business sales and damaging potential relationships. Fortunately, managing sales leads doesn’t have to be difficult. With these six tips, you can better manage your leads and experience more success during the selling process. 1 – Get Your Email Ready for the Sales Process To maximize the results you experience from sales tracking software, it is a good idea to fine-tune your email for the selling process. There are tools available that can help you automatically respond to specific emails or organize your email based on priority. This way, you are less likely to miss an important lead. 2 – Find Hidden Sales

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How Design Impacts Blog Readership

This is a guest contribution from Damion Wasylow. You have things to say, ideas to spread and concepts to share. That’s why you’re a blogger. But, if you’re like most bloggers, you’re much better with words than visuals. As a result, many bloggers’ sites are poorly designed or rely on simple templates. Your content may bring people to your blog, but poor design and usability can seriously limit your readership. First Impressions are Everything Studies show that new visitors develop an opinion of your website within 50 milliseconds. That’s 0.05 seconds. In that time, they make judgments about credibility, professionalism and quality of information – all without ever reading a single word you wrote. If the first impression isn’t positive, they’ll almost certainly bounce away, and it’s unlikely they’ll

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Bad Credit Debt Help – Simple Steps for a Complicated Situation

If you are searching for resources on bad credit debt help, it is quite likely that you have faced at least a few financial complications during the course of your lifetime. Unexpected job loss, hour reductions in the workplace, injury, illness, and even a death of a loved one could result in immense financial complications that leave many struggling to pay off loans, credit cards, and even utilities. Unfortunately, lenders, credit card companies, and other types of financial institutions are not typically very forgiving when it comes to the money that they feel is rightfully theirs. If you are unable to pay that which you are responsible, it is often immediately reported to one or more credit bureaus. Naturally, these reports put unproductive dings in your credit

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How Being An In-House SEO is Different from Agency SEO

As an SEO consultant, your job is not limited to acquiring better visibility for a website in SERPs; your job is also to bring in more leads and sales for the business. The role as an agency-based SEO consultant is very different than an in-house consultant, so if you’re just making the transition to a career as an in-house SEO consultant, here are a few things you should know. There Are No Clients This sounds like an obvious statement, but in my experience this can have a major impact on your daily routine. When you’re working at an SEO agency, your daily routine includes a list of clients to whom you send daily project updates and check in with via email, as well as

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Have You Ever Thought of Politics as a Career?

Have you ever thought of politics as a career? There are a lot of jobs that pay well with excellent health benefits and other perks. Similar to many public service careers, you have a lot of time off too. Many of the high profile careers are elected positions, but not all. Every city, county and state also has similar positions to run their government. Are you interested? Employment statistics have changed in the last couple of decades! Many workers joined the federal government for a variety of reasons. The federal government offers good pay, benefits and a good career. If you are interested in politics, you have a lot of choices. You can start in your own community and increase your skills. Many politicians begin in staff

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