June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on PRODUCTIVITY

If this is the first time you have visited the 3 Minute Learning Blog, below you will find the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first few days of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine will be presented. Articles are presented free of charge and rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas. To read articles, go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.

While you are visiting the 3 Minute Learning home page, check out the news, sports and business videos and the special feature articles. All content is refreshed on a daily basis.

Three Blogging Tips

Peter Nisbet

Bad blogging habits are easy to get into and one of the worst is to leave your “About” page unchanged. A whole host of bloggers leave it unchanged. Why they do this is known only to them, because this is the first page that a large number of first-time visitors to a blog check out and the reason why many of them leave without looking further.

3 Types of Websites: Which Ones Are Right for You?

Terry Dean

I'm sure you've heard multiple gurus tell you there is only one right way to do business online. They're wrong. There also isn't just one way to design your website. Let's eliminate some of the confusion and point out 3 of the ways you might design a site for maximum response.

Bandwidth: When Is It Enough?

Ricardo D’Argence

If you have a website, one of the most important things you need to know about is bandwidth. Basically, bandwidth is the amount of data you can transfer at one time. When you have less bandwidth, your site takes longer to load regardless of what connection your visitors have. With more visitors, each visitor is going to have to wait his or her turn if you don't have enough bandwidth to accommodate everyone.

Blogging as a New Millennium Newsletter

Scott Lindsay

Blogging is essentially the 21st century equivalent of a newsletter. The good news is there are significant advantages to blogging over a newsletter. One of the first advantages is that a blog does not require printing, which can save on costs associated with paper, printing and postage.

FAST FACTS:

1) Efforts to raise national averages on standardized tests will have no impact on closing the achievement gaps. Doing well on these tests rarely have any connection to successful employment or as preparation for entering the workforce. Many colleges and universities are eliminating standardized tests as a significant part of their admissions protocols.

2) The average US household now spends over $600 per year on cell phone services. At age 13, 54% have cell phones and by age 17, 79% have cell phones. According to Jupiter Research, only 17% of teens say they use cell phones for voice-only communications.

3) In the US, 13 million children or 18% of the child population are without food or at risk of hunger according to America’s Second Harvest. The USDA reports that 35.5 million people or 12% of US residents were “food insecure.” Single mothers and their children were the most likely to face hunger. According to the Food Research and Action Center, the number of “food insecure” people will rise because of higher fuel and energy prices.

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June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on MARKETING

If this is the first time you have visited the 3 Minute Learning Blog, below you will find the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 8 days of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine will be presented. Articles are presented free of charge and rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas. To read articles, go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.

While you are visiting the 3 Minute Learning home page, check out the news, sports and business videos and the special feature articles. All content is refreshed on a daily basis.

How to Market Your Home Based Business Online

Stephen Meyer

In order to build your home based business you will need to market it both online and offline. Here I will discuss marketing online and what can produce the greatest benefits with the least cost. While there are many ways to promote your home based business through free advertising, not all of those ways will be productive. Sometimes what looks to be the most productive is actually the least productive.

Target Marketing Your E-Commerce

William Z. Piker

It is one of the supreme ironies of the Internet that the computer, so long derided as impersonal, is now being used to create highly personal experiences for Web site visitors. Because a computer can sift through vast amounts of existing information according to pre-programmed rules, computers can now take company information, combine it with information supplied by prospective customers and digest it in a way that is meaningful to each individual. Although many of these methods are still in their infancy, a great deal can be gleaned as to techniques and strategies that can be implemented.

PPC Advertising: How to Make Your Business "Click"

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PPC stands for Pay-Per-Click - a popular advertising technique on the Internet. PPC advertising involves sponsored links that are typically in the form of text ads. These are usually placed close to search results, where an advertiser pays a particular amount to visitors who click on these links or banners and land on the advertiser's web page.

Squidoo Lens Building

Trevor Johnson

Squidoo is a neat, simple way to get your own web page up and running fast and at no cost to you. Squidoo call their web pages "lenses" as they each focus on one subject. Here are some tips for your Squidoo lens building.

FAST FACTS:

1) Martin Luther King on Leadership: “We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind with a tender heart.”

2) In 2005, 2.4 million people died in the US. Over 1.2 million were from heart disease and cancer.

3) Beware of “Fee Harvester” credit cards. These are credit cards from banks that tack on fees and other charges as part of the card. For example: processing fees, application fees, membership fees, credit card protection fees, installment fees or participation fees.

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June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT

If this is the first time you have visited the 3 Minute Learning Blog, below you will find the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 8 days of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine will be presented. Articles are presented free of charge and rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas. To read articles, go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.

While you are visiting the 3 Minute Learning home page, check out the news, sports and business videos and the special feature articles. All content is refreshed on a daily basis.

Pricing For Dummies: How to Find What Your Item's Worth

Chris Malta & Robin Cowie

Setting prices on eBay can sometimes feel like shooting while blindfolded. As convenient as it would be, no one has put together a helpful little guide you can grab to find the average price for Item X. Trying to assemble the seemingly unlimited categories and products being sold on eBay, along with the prices they typically go for, into one handy compilation would be a task that could make anyone throw their hands up in despair.

Small Business: Learn Your Options for Start-Up Capital

Deanna Mascle

You have to spend a buck to make a buck and starting a company proves that rule. Often people looking to open a business need to invest in some start-up equipment or consumables and those items can be costly. The long term shows promise, but having a solid foundation to open your business is important. So just what are the options for finding enough funds to get your company off the ground?

How to Build a Squidoo Lens That Drives Traffic to Your Website

Alex Rich

There's no doubt: Squidoo is a formidable competitor for most of today's so-called membership sites. If you haven't heard of Squidoo you're probably new to Internet marketing. This traffic generating powerhouse is very much like a chameleon: Squidoo is many things to many people.

Top Tips for New Business

Anderson Josiah

When starting a new business there are some vital things you should do to ensure success. Here are the 6 top tips for a new business.

FAST FACT:

Teach for America, the successful teacher training program, will place nearly 3700 new teachers in public schools this fall. The program had almost 25,000 applicants from 400 colleges. TFA teachers spend 2 years teaching in low income urban and rural schools.

“The valuable person will be the one who can make wrong answers disappear and bring the right answers to the surface.”

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June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on LEADERSHIP

If this is the first time you have visited the 3 Minute Learning Blog, below you will find the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 8 days of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine will be presented. Articles are presented free of charge and rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas. To read articles, go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.

While you are visiting the 3 Minute Learning home page, check out the news, sports and business videos and the special feature articles. All content is refreshed on a daily basis.

Is There an Elephant in the Room?

Julie Fuimano, MBA, BSN, RN, CSAC

Something is wrong. It doesn’t feel right. Maybe you know exactly what it is. Maybe you haven’t taken the time to identify the problem but it feels bad. You skirt around the issue. Perhaps it’s something with your relationship or with your kids. Perhaps it’s a work issue and everyone skirts around the issue; you just follow suit. People have been tolerating the issue for so long, who are you to bring it up? So you say nothing.

Getting Through To People

David Lesser

Clients often ask me for tools and techniques to make them more effective in working with people. In a coaching session, whenever we discuss and practice how to handle a particular person or situation, they usually end up recognizing that the connection is the most important thing.

What Kind Of Difference Are You Making?

Bonnie McFarland

You want to make a difference and the truth is you DO. But what KIND of difference are you making? This article shows you how to be sure the difference you make is a positive one.

5 Minutes to Conquering Mental Fatigue

Laurie Nadel, Ph.D.

Do you find yourself losing concentration during certain times of the day? Perhaps it comes as a sudden touch of fatigue or a subtle mental fuzziness. All of a sudden, you feel droopy. Your eyes may tear. You can't stop yawning or you sigh.

FAST FACT:

According to leadership expert John C. Maxwell, never send your “ducks” to “eagle” school. Also, leadership is about getting out of our own way by learning followership, developing self-discipline, practicing patience and seeking accountability. To read more of Maxwell’s insights, pick up his latest book, Leadership Gold.

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June 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on PRODUCTIVITY

If this is the first time you have visited the 3 Minute Learning Blog, below you will find the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 8 days of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine will be presented. Articles are presented free of charge and rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas. To read articles, go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.

While you are visiting the 3 Minute Learning home page, check out the news, sports and business videos and the special feature articles. All content is refreshed on a daily basis.

Maximum Website Promotion through PPC Bid Management

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Tools for Internet marketing have been rising to popularity these days because of cost-effectiveness and the possibility of measuring increase in profits and sales. Pay-per-click (PPC) is a means to advertise business through the use of keywords/phrases in the search engines. The advertiser is required to only pay for each click that sends a visitor to his website.

Promote Your Home Business Using Online Video Websites

Troy Franklin

Are you a home business owner? If so, how is your business doing? When working to improve their businesses, many business owners spend thousands, if not millions, of dollars on advertising. How would you feel if you learned that there was a free way that you could promote your home business?

Recording Your First Podcast

Patrick Schwerdtfeger

Podcasting is one of the best ways to build an audience online. Not only do listeners become familiar with your expertise but they are also introduced to your personal style and delivery. Podcasting also falls nicely into the exercise of acquiring expertise and giving it away as a strategy for becoming a recognized expert in your field.

The Utilitarian Role of the Deskjet Printer

Roberto Sedycias

From its rudimentary form, the printer today has become compact, accurate and more efficient. With the advancement of technology new models with enhanced capacity are being marketed. Hewlett-Packard manufactures the inkjet printers under the brand name Deskjet.

FAST FACT: Here’s another perspective on buying large trucks or SUVs. Over a 5-year period the difference in price of ownership between a Ford F-series truck and a Ford Focus is $60,000. That includes retail price, gas (15,000 miles per year), insurance and maintenance. The annual difference ($12,000 per year) is equivalent to a full-time job at $7.50 per hour.

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