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If you want people to actually click on and read your online articles, use a title that attracts, intrigues or challenges them. That means not only using key words at least similar to the ones they typed in when searching for the topic, but incorporating them into a title that makes the reader want to know more. Here are three ways to do this.
Posted: 2010-02-19
Category: Internet Business
This is the first in a series of three short articles on editing your own written message. This is a valuable communication skill for your career or your business.
Posted: 2010-02-07
Category: Writing & Speaking
Internet article marketing works extremely well for some marketers, but not so much for others. This article discusses the three most important factors that make the difference.
Posted: 2010-02-06
Category: Article Marketing
One way to help ensure your email is read, understand and answered is to make it reader-friendly. Here are three simple ways to do that.
Posted: 2010-02-04
Category: Business
An Internet Marketing business involves so much detail and information that keeping track of it all can be a nightmare. What you need is a system.
Posted: 2010-01-30
Category: Internet Business
Too many people are out there on the Internet, putting themselves out as experts in Internet Marketing and ready to take your money to teach you their doubtful methods. To succeed in Internet Marketing you need to know who to listen to.
Posted: 2010-01-21
Category: Internet Business
The subject line can mean the difference between your email message being opened and read or consigned to the trash unopened. This article illustrates how to change poor subject lines to effective ones that do their job.
Posted: 2010-01-21
Category: Business
Listening is underrated and underused, but it is one of the most important communication skills. Good listeners are valued by those with whom they interact. These nine simple steps will help you become an effective listener.
Posted: 2008-01-12
Category: Self Improvement
Employee retention is an ongoing challenge in today's workplace. Employee reward programs are an integral part of the solution, but the root cause of morale problems can easily be addressed with no financial outlay at all.
Posted: 2008-01-05
Category: Business
New Year is traditionally the time for great plans and schemes to be hatched by those at the top of organizations and teams. But implementation is often doomed from the start, because all the team members were not included in creating the plans. If you include team members in setting goals for the year, you'll have a much better chance of success.
Posted: 2007-12-30
Category: Business
Leadership and communication are supposed to go together, and communication skills are often cited as a top requisite for leaders. But when it comes to communicating organizational strategy to those who must implement it, the connection is not often made. It's not surprising, therefore, that plans often die at the implementation stage.
Posted: 2007-12-15
Category: Business
Conventional wisdom says you hand out materials at the beginning of your presentation, or even have them distributed before the audience arrives. There are, however, three inherent problems with this method. This article explains the drawbacks and offers a better alternative.
Posted: 2007-12-08
Category: Writing & Speaking
How to deal with difficult people is a challenge for many in the workplace, and a common complaint is about the perceived "ego problems" of co-workers. In this article, Helen Wilkie explains that the best way to tackle the situation is to look for the behavior that is causing the problem and deal with that.
Posted: 2007-11-24
Category: Business
The executive summary is an excellent report writing tool that is underused and often misused. This article explains the three essential components of an executive summary and how to write them.
Posted: 2007-11-10
Category: Writing & Speaking
Career networking is important, but it can be intimidating. Walking into a room full of strangers can be a challenge, but these five tips will help make it easier and more successful.
Posted: 2007-11-03
Category: Business
