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4 Tips For Drawing Customers To Your Business

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When you open a new business, it can be challenging to attract customers right away, especially if it’s your first company. Many new business owners make the mistake of assuming that they’ll get people in the very first day and start making significant revenues in no time.

More often than not, however, it takes time — and knowing the right tricks — to draw people in. Here are some of the most effective ways to draw people into your new business, and start augmenting your clientele immediately. [Read more…] about 4 Tips For Drawing Customers To Your Business

5 Sets of Helpful Online Tips

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If you have a computer or a mobile device, and you’re connected to the internet, then you can search through the world’s entire body of online information. And sometimes you want just basic information, whereas other times you’re specifically looking for tips and advice.

And five of those topics that millions (and millions and millions) of people are going to be looking for, every single day, include advice about dating, educational opportunities, the best place to find news, suggestions regarding social media use, and basic business tips. There’s so much data out there you’ll never look through it all, but if you at least find the most helpful stuff, that’s a positive experience.

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Online Dating

Everyone want to be matched with the perfect person. That’s a basic, ingrained life goal. Find a partner. Ask them out. Get married and have kids. Go on romantic getaway. Those things all required finding that right match, and with the way that searches and filters work online these days, you’re never more than a few clicks away from finding people that share your similar interests. You don’t have to haunt bars anymore – you just have to find the right online dating sites!

Educational Opportunities

And there aren’t the same gatekeepers to education these days either. Education used to be expensive. Or highly protected among various circles of intellectuals. Now, it’s free for your taking if you can find educational websites that cater to your needs. You might not be able to get official certification without having to pay some cash somewhere along the line, but the information itself is most likely there, so long as you know how to search for free educational opportunities online. Many prestigious colleges offer free courses like this.

Where To Find Your News

Finding your news sources can be a tricky thing. You can either try to insulate yourself with what you want to hear, or you can absorb multiple news sources that center around certain topics. By searching for news online, you’ll get rid of some of your natural bias toward certain things like news channels or websites. Allow yourself freedom online, and expand your worldview.

Suggestions For Social Media Presence

One interesting thing about social media is that though everyone uses it now, not everyone does a great job of using it properly. There’s a flexible, growing social etiquette that comes with public posting, and if you feel like your presence isn’t quite right, searching online for tips is a good idea.

Business Tips

And one thing that business people love to do is write about how good they are at business! That means that you can search through all their tips, and specifically find the ones related to the industry that you’re interested in, and save yourself making a lot of mistakes you don’t have to.

5 Must-Use Mobile Apps for Writers

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Writing is a noble profession and writers today come in different types. Regardless, people passionate about writing can pursue what they love to do best by utilizing the latest technology such as the internet and software applications that are available in varied forms.

The best thing about these apps is they can now be fully used in mobile gadgets including your smartphone to help you in writing a paper, a novel, a script or an article. This way, writers can type down their thoughts and ideas and save them even while on the go. These writing apps are very helpful in many ways from searching for synonyms and organizing your thoughts to finding ideas or topics to write on. [Read more…] about 5 Must-Use Mobile Apps for Writers

How Singapore is Using Social Media in Higher Education

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Social media is now recognized as a powerful communication tool not only in the corporate world but even in the academic field. With its global reach and capability to communicate in real time, this new media format has conquered the educational institutions worldwide.

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In Asia, Singapore is one country that boasts of a high-performing education system. It has been using technology since 1997, way ahead of other Asian countries. [Read more…] about How Singapore is Using Social Media in Higher Education

Four Great Photo Opportunities To Add To Your Bucket List

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Whether or not you have an artistic eye, you will want to check out these five places around the United States that offer you beautiful sites for your camera. Everyone deems themselves a photographer these days with smartphones and Instagram.

Why not plan your next vacation around one of the photography adventures that will give you the feeling of a true creative photographer? You’ll not only see some amazing places, but you’ll also capture memories that will last you a lifetime. And you may get some photos of something other than food to share on Instagram!

The Statue Of Liberty

Every American should have a chance to visit Ellis Island and see the Statue of Liberty at least one time in their life. You can take a sightseeing cruise and get multiple views of the statue, perfect for photography buffs. It’s the first thing that many immigrants have seen when coming to the U.S., yet many residents have never seen it. [Read more…] about Four Great Photo Opportunities To Add To Your Bucket List

Essential Characteristics of a High-Quality Image or Video

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Editor’s Note: This post was written by Jake Magleby, who has written extensively about effective marketing, sales, and financing strategies to help small business owners succeed in the fast-paced and ever-changing business world. He is also interested in photography and video production. To learn more about choosing great media for your site, check out Stockfootage.com.

 

If you are creating content for television, blogs, movies, print ads, or websites, you know high-quality media essential. Humans are visual thinkers and learners, and we gravitate toward images and videos. While well-written copy is usually an important component of quality content, engaging media is one of the best ways to capture and hold someone’s attention. Here are some essential characteristics to look for when selecting an image or video for your next project.

Sharp Focus

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One of the most important things to look for in a photo or video is sharp and correct focus. An adorable photo of tiger cubs loses its value if the photo is blurry or the camera focused on the rocks behind the cubs. The same thing goes for video—looking at blurry photos is uncomfortable, but watching out-of-focus video isn’t just uncomfortable; it can induce nausea and headaches. Before you consider anything else, make sure your image or video is focused. If it isn’t, throw it out and move on. [Read more…] about Essential Characteristics of a High-Quality Image or Video