FEB 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on PRODUCTIVITY

Below you will find summaries from the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 2 weeks of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine are presented. Articles rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas (leadership, business and management, marketing and productivity). Key links for the 3 Minute Learning website include:
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Do You Really Need a Company for SEO?

Mike Schlacter

If you have done business online you probably already know that only being listed or indexed in a few search engines won't do any good. It's important to rank high in as many leading search engines as possible. Is it worth hiring and paying a firm for offering you SEO services? The answer is yes, if you have cash and more importantly if you want to be successful with your business online.

Importance of Wipe Hard Drive Applications

Sam Miller

When you delete files from your computer, the file immediately goes to your Recycle Bin. When you empty the contents of your Recycle Bin, the contents go into oblivion. The typical assumption here is that the files have been completely deleted from your computer. However, this is not the scenario that takes place at all. Yes, the files are deleted from your system and the physical files can no longer be seen in the folder where they once were found. However, the memory spaces that were once assigned to those files are still in existence. This is bad news, especially when the files you deleted contain sensitive or classified information.

Keep Your Search Engine Options Open to Find Better Information

Trey Pennewell

When deciding which search engines to use for your searches and research, think of quantity versus quality. Some search engines will give you a high quantity of results, but they can contain a good portion of sponsored results, and a lowered portion of content results. The purpose of researching a topic online is to learn new information, and if you are relying on the Big Three search engines, you might just find that there is nothing new to be seen under the Google, Yahoo or MSN.

Audio Streaming: The Future

Scott Lindsay

Internet audio streaming may be a bit like traditional radio in one sense. In order to survive many of them need advertising revenue to keep the service free. This could come in the form of audio advertisements, but it can also come in visual ads on the website or by providing an affiliate link for listeners to purchase the music being played with a percentage of the sale going back to the audio stream provider.

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FEB 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for MARKETING

Below you will find summaries from the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 2 weeks of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine are presented. Articles rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas (leadership, business and management, marketing and productivity). Key links for the 3 Minute Learning website include:
Free Articles 
Special Interest Articles
3ML Amazon Store 

Counting Conversions with Yahoo's Search Marketing Tool

By Merle

Ever wondered how well your Yahoo Search Marketing advertising is converting? If you're spending money on any type of pay-per-click marketing, it just makes sense to track how many of your visitors are turning into customers. If you don't know, you're just throwing money away.

Network Marketing: Creating Streams of Income

MaryAnn Shank

"Network marketing" used to be a dirty word. It used to mean MLM; not so any more. "Network marketing" is a whole new game. It is a dynamic way of building an Internet business with multiple streams of income. For example, let's take a basic online store. Perhaps a book store specializing in romance novels. Doesn't sound too profitable, does it? Let's see what this store can do.

How to Promote Your Web Site

Lawren Smith

Search engines have advanced, as well as the search engine optimization (SEO) industry. In order to compete with Google's army of PhD researchers, search engine optimizers struggle to keep up with the latest theories and conjecture about how the carefully-guarded and always ever-changing search engine algorithms work.

How to Ask For Referrals

Louise Yates

To make the most of business networking as a marketing strategy for your business it's important to master the art of generating referrals. Before I go further into picking the right time to ask for referrals let me make these points: referrals do not come on a plate and do not come immediately. It's important when thinking about networking as part of your marketing strategy to be patient. Get to know, like and trust your fellow networking colleagues. Then the referrals will start to flow naturally.

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FEB 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT

Below you will find summaries from the unique 3ML Briefcase. Over the first 2 weeks of every month, summaries for all 32 articles appearing in the current month’s online magazine are presented. Articles rotate every day with 4 new articles appearing in the respective subject areas (leadership, business and management, marketing and productivity). Key links for the 3 Minute Learning website include:
Free Articles 
Special Interest Articles
3ML Amazon Store 

Organize Your Home Office for Greater Productivity

Nancy Aingworth

Taking time out of your busy schedule to organize your home office will result in a faster and more pleasant workday, increasing productivity in the process. We've all experienced the frustration of searching for items we've misplaced or covered up. That lost time equals lost income. We can't make money while we're looking for the elusive file, book or set of keys. In a nutshell, being organized equals small business success.

Code of Ethics for Business

Mark Styranka

We have seen countless corporations and individuals in the headlines as their career or business is examined to see "what went wrong?" Newspaper headlines scream about insider trading, companies cooking their books and other scandals involving business executives at mostly major corporations. Even today, many are questioning the ethics of lenders and investors in the sub-prime market as people are losing homes to foreclosure and investors are losing significant amounts of money.

Competitive Advantage: Make a Strategic Plan Your Launching Pad

Rick Johnson

Developing competitive advantages in the market place is not the easiest thing to accomplish. According to Wikipedia, "Competitive advantage is a position that a company occupies in its competitive landscape. A competitive advantage, sustainable or not, exists when a company makes a profit, that is, their earnings exceed their costs.

Starting a Home Business in Five Simple Steps

Mark Stewart

The dream of starting a home business is deeply ingrained in the psyche of almost every American. At times it is the wish to be a successful entrepreneur like Bill Gates and create an empire. For others it is simply the hope of turning a hobby into a marginally successful business that will meet all financial obligations. For those who are considering trying to build a business from their spare bedroom or basement, here are 5 steps you can follow on your road to becoming an entrepreneur.

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