August 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for LEADERSHIP

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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ARTICLES for INSPIRATION

Steve Goodier

TABLE of CONTENTS
1. PAINTED WITH A DIFFERENT BRUSH
2. WON'T POWER
3. WHEN THE MESSAGE LIGHT DOESN'T BLINK
4. SETTING YOUR OUTLOOK
5. WHEN OTHERS SUFFER

Essential Qualities of Leadership

John Fortner

Do you enjoy leading, guiding or directing? Do you look forward to making decisions that impact the lives of others? Would you rather give the responsibility for making choices to someone else? Most of us have been in a position of authority and all of us have met someone who possesses the qualities of an effective leader.

Articles for Inspiration

Steve Goodier

TABLE of CONTENTS
1. WHAT I'VE LEARNED
2. GIFTED FOR SOMETHING?
3. FACE VALUE
4. PRECIOUS MOMENTS
5. LOVING LIFE AGAIN
6. THE EASIEST WAY TO LEARN

Leadership -- How to Challenge an Organization

John Dueme

A good leader can take a team and accomplish things that no one believed was possible. In order to do this they must make incremental changes that are challenging but not impossible. By giving their organization a string of successes they will build momentum and attitudes that will help them overcome even difficult situations in the future.

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August 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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10 Proven Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Page

Terri Seymour

Social media marketing is absolutely essential in today’s online business world. It has taken the Internet by storm both professionally and personally. Social media marketing means to market your business with the use of social networks, blogs, message boards, discussion groups, online communities and other such media. Some of the most popular social network sites are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Why Have Online Fax Services Become So Popular?

Titus Hoskins

When any technology quickly becomes mainstream and a regular part of our daily lives, usually there are some underlying root causes or reasons. The same can be said about the popularity of online fax services in the modern workplace.

Five Steps Toward Eliminating Overwhelm

Julie Donley, RN, MBA, CSAC

Overwhelmed? It happens to the best of us at times. Some people live in a constant state of overwhelm. Knowing yourself, being aware of your abilities and creating an environment that nurtures your success can help to alleviate or minimize overwhelm. Overwhelm means you need to simplify. It means you need to cut back, slow down, eliminate, and outsource. “Simplify” means you need to do less.

Campaign Killers: 12 People You Need To Fire

Jerry Bader

Sometimes it seems like the hardest thing to do in business is to get things done: so little time, so many obstacles. Finding the time to devote to creating a sustained, focused marketing effort seems impossible. But the biggest obstacles of all are some of your trusted colleagues and advisors. Let's check the files and find out who they are.

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August 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:
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Marketing Tip: Connecting With Your Target Market

Marty Bradfield

As a business owner, you must understand that your target market can never be described as everyone on the planet. It is important for you to do your research, to better understand who your real target audience is, so that you can more easily understand how to get your advertising message to them directly. Once you understand who is in your target market and how you can reach them with your advertising, you will find yourself on the road to real success.

Free and Low Cost Marketing Strategies That Yield More Sales

Robert Dempsey

The good news is that regardless of the continued massive growth of the Internet, the rules of business haven't changed - fundamental business strategy still applies. You start with your ideal customer, you find out what their biggest problems are, you then find or create solutions for those problems, and finally you put the solution in front of the customer and the sale is made.

Search Engine Marketing - Gaining Exposure through Sponsored Ads

Chris Malta & Robin Cowie

No matter how great your products or how well-designed your web site, if no one ever sees them, you'll never sell anything. That's why you have to let people know you're there. According to Boris Mordkovich of http://AdWatcher.com, "Search engine marketing is a way to expose your business to thousands of people who are searching for your products and services."

Newsletter Publishers: The Redheaded Step Children of Internet Marketing

Bill Platt

People who publish online newsletters, often referred to as "ezines", have always played an important role in the growth of the Internet economy. In fact, if you listen to any of the Internet gurus, they are going to tell you time and again that the most important thing you can do towards the success of your online business is to build a list.

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August 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:
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How I Handle Customer Service in 10 Minutes per Day

Willie Crawford

While attending a recent seminar in Las Vegas, I found myself in a room with horrible Internet connectivity. As someone who actively monitors and manages hundreds of websites, this used to really panic me. Yet, I calmly sat through many of the seminar presentations, knowing that all of my customer service concerns were being handled very promptly. Let me explain my set-up, and you'll understand why customer service is so easy for me now.

What a Supplier Wants - How to Ask For Wholesale Accounts

Chris Malta & Robin Cowie

You wouldn't think of going to a job interview unprepared — you'd never get called back. Yet many E-Biz owners approach wholesalers and manufacturers without any preparation at all. You need to realize it costs a supplier time and money to set up an account. If you seem like you won't be a profitable customer, they'll probably turn you down.

Need a New Business Name? Try an Extended Metaphor

Marcia Yudkin

Named At Last, my company, uses the idea of storks bringing clients a new name both in the images of storks flying and in phrases like "Head Stork" (my title) and "Storklets" for the company's freelance namers. When images and words work together to develop one concept in several different ways, that's an extended metaphor.

How to Budget Your Business for Success

Stevie-Anne Matthews

When starting a new business you will hear a lot about budgeting. You will learn how to write a budget based on the anticipated amount of income on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. How good your budgeting plan will depend on how disciplined you are in sticking to the established amount you have dedicated to every item in your budget. But many businesses fail due to their lack of action when one piece of their budget doesn't fit together to form the perfect picture of their business.

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August 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for LEADERSHIP

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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Special Interest Articles
3ML Amazon Store 

ARTICLES for INSPIRATION

Steve Goodier

TABLE of CONTENTS
1. PASSIONATE LIVING
2. ADVICE THAT RINGS TRUE
3. LEARN TO LIVE
4. REMEMBER
5. WEALTH OF WISDOM

Focus on What You Want Rather Than Your Fear

Julie Donley, MBA, BSN, RN

Fear is created in your mind from thoughts that craft the worst case scenarios. Your imaginary center goes wild constructing dramatic stories about a potential - and often negative - outcome. There is no fact to the story; it's a fantasy. In choosing to give this thought process your attention, fear erupts within you as you anticipate this outcome becoming your future reality. Then you experience the "fight or flight" phenomenon and this physiological reaction makes it feel so real.

5 Brilliant Rumi Quotes

Wendy Betterini

I have a lot of favorite authors but one that tends to spark a welcome wave of inspiration and renewal every time I read his work is Rumi. Though his original works were written in Persian, they have also been translated into other languages and are still enjoyed by people in many countries today, even seven centuries after his death! Such timeless writings hold true gems of wisdom that we can rediscover and savor each time we ponder them.

Developing Leadership Skills

Harald Anderson

Some people appear as such natural leaders one wonders if they were born with the quality of leadership. It's possible that this may be true. However, even for these "so-called" born leaders, the right environment is crucial to help them develop to their fullest potential.

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