Archive for April, 2008

What is Your Unique Selling Proposition? You’re Leaving Money on the Table if You Don’t Have One

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

If you’ve done any freelance work in marketing, you may be familiar with the phrase “unique selling proposition” (commonly known as the “USP”).
The USP tells your prospect what differentiates your product from everyone else’s in your category. And it’s the single most important reason your prospect will buy from you…or from someone else.
But did you […]

Supplements to Help With PMS Address Nutritional Deficiencies And PMS Symptoms

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

It’s a treatment sought after by just as many men as women! Conventional medicine has never really provided much help, other than pain relief so natural treatments and herbs may provide a better alternative.
Supplements to help with PMS include essential fatty acids, and supplements formulated specifically for women’s needs containing a mix of vitamins, minerals […]

Linux Secrets

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

The first thing that you will notice about Linux Red Hat (using the Gnome Interface) is that it looks a lot like Windows 95/98/NT. But that’s where the similarity ends. Linux requires a whole new set of commands as well as a new way of thinking about things.
For instance, in Windows 95/98 you can adjust […]

Pine Creek [A Minnesota Poem]

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

How pure it burns the Northern Lights, over Minnesota’s mystic nights; here stirs the winds with deathless wings, with secrets undivided; ye, here moans the forest deep to think, what heart would seek, to take, or reap, its strange and deep beauties, and deeper joys from its woodlands, and kindly trees, from its little creek, […]

The Attention of a Diamond Necklace

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The movie Titanic highlighted the relationship between
Jack and Rose, an unlikely courtship that blossomed into an
intriguing love story throughout the story on the true-life,
ill-fated ship. The storyline, however, focused on another
aspect of the movie; an exquisite piece of jewelry, the heart
of the ocean. This beautiful diamond necklace, worn by Rose,
was a well-sought out jewel by […]

The Game, and How You Play It!

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

In the seventies I worked in an office, and although we were fairly busy, there was downtime. When things got quiet, several of us would play “the game.” We didn’t have a real name for it, but we all knew what “the game” was.
At the merest suggestion of quiet time, we would immediately pull out […]

Fire Free Bird

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

That cold evening I was preparing for guests, when an unexpected visitor dropped into my fireplace. No, not Santa Clause, but a bird that had been nesting in the chimney. I interrupted her sleep by opening the damper to the outside, fortunately before lighting the fire.
The fall was frightening enough for this little being, but […]

The Right Trigger Words

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

CNN.com’s designers have gone out of their way to make their work
difficult. They could have built a very simple home page with just
their logo and a handful of links:

The Most Important Story
The Second Most Important Story
The Third Most Important Story
An Unimportant, Yet Entertaining Story
Yet Another Story about Michael Jackson

If this was CNN’s home page, the […]

Constructive Feedback - How to Get the Best from Your Employees

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Giving feedback in a constructive way is beneficial for everyone. Your employee values your experienced and focused input, thus improving their performance. You gain a better motivated team. And your organisation benefits from a gradually evolving skilled workforce, leading to a stronger culture of sustainable performance growth.
Here are ten keys points which will enable you […]

UK Royal Buckingham Palace

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Great Britain’s gripping and regularly revolting history is in all probability best portrayed in it’s historic constructions & nowhere is this further visible than in those buildings acquired by the Royal Family and their rituals
For a prolonged occasion now the British Monarchy has been considered to be critical to the achievement of the United Kingdom. […]