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Monday, July 06, 2009

July 09 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). Click here to go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.
While you are visiting the 3 Minute Learning, check out the new 3ML Store where you will find business and leadership books along with electronics and entertainment. Also on the home page, view all the new entertainment videos; news, sports and business videos; and special feature articles. This content is refreshed on a daily basis.

Computer Virus and Worms Explained
Jordi Shoman

Is your computer sluggish? It won't open programs and you can't get into anything? Well, you may have a sick computer. Just as people get ill from viruses, so do computers. When this happens, you need to have a computer technician look at the computer to get rid of the virus. If you know something about computers, you might be able to do this yourself.

Website Analysis 102
Richard D. S. Hill

So, have you ever asked yourself or have others ever asked you questions like those below? If you have, did you know how to answer them or what the answers are? If not, shouldn't you be able to? If the answer to that is no, why do you have a website?

Search Engine Optimization Glossary
Anton Cheranev

The best advice is to follow a good search engine promotion system. Keep track of when you submit your sites and how soon they're indexed -- checking once a week is sufficient. Ranking systems can be confusing and there are often complex factors involved, but you do not need to be an expert in the field to achieve top results.

Successful Website Secrets
Jerry Goldfarb

Did you know that the most important factor affecting your business on the Internet is your web site? No matter how good your product is, no matter how low your product is priced at, success on the Internet depends wholly on your website. If the website is not professional looking, the chances of your success are slim.

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Friday, July 03, 2009

July 09 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for MARKETING

Internet Marketing With Teleseminars: The 7 Most Common Mistakes
Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.

Strategic Internet Marketing means attracting clients to your website. Many e- businesses have built huge successes on a foundation of teleseminars. But to win business with teleseminars, you have to avoid these 7 traps.

Forgotten Marketing - Who Is The Customer?
Roy Thomsitt

I have witnessed a couple of discussions recently among "Internet marketers" that made me recall the real world of offline marketing and how it relates to the world of the Internet as it presently stands. Both discussions revolved around Google, which is not unusual, and both led me to believe that many online money seekers, who regard themselves as Internet marketers, are a long way from understanding what marketing really is.

Successful Marketing Using Viral Marketing
Paul Kellum

Viral Marketing is all about giving away your free product or service along with your ad copy (contact information, link, email). In turn, recipients of your free product are allowed to pass it along to their clients, prospects, visitors and others as a freebie. Here are some popular viral marketing techniques.

Find a Freelance Copywriter
Clinton Douglas IV

If you're looking for “as-needed” copywriting or editing work for your next brochure, press release, advertisement, annual report, website, business proposal, article, technical manual, newsletter or other written piece, here's are a few tips on finding the right one.

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Thursday, July 02, 2009

July 09 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES for BUSINESS and MANAGEMENT

Business Proposal Writing: Don't Fall Into The Trap!
Robert L. Moment

In business, there is a question that no sane person wants to hear: “Could you write me a proposal?” Proposals are traps, ways to build up and break down dreams. Sound dramatic? It’s not. In many cases, writing a proposal is a waste of your time and effort.

12 Reasons Your Website Is Failing
Willie Crawford

Many of the joint ventures that I turn down and many of the clients that I reject are for the same reason. Their websites are so poorly written that I know the websites won't convert. I rarely do outside copywriting but I often suggest revamping their websites before they move forward. With the sites reviewed on my calls and with the sites I look at for other reasons, I notice many of the same mistakes. Here are 12 of the most common.

The Top Ten Ways to Avoid Failing in Your Business
Nancy Powers

First, stop hiring yourself by continually working "in" your business. Don't be an employee of your company, reserve the choice to be the president of your company. Second, stop hiring yourself through your employees. Business owners tend to hire people like themselves instead of people that have the strengths they require for that position.

How to Be More Productive Today
Gary Ruplinger

I think that a lot of business owners, especially home based businesses, need to learn how to do better is to improve productivity. Being productive is the key difference between working 30 hours a week and making money or "working" 70 hours a week and barely getting by. Here are a few tips on how to increase your productivity.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

July 09 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). Click here to go to the 3 Minute Learning home page.
While you are visiting the 3 Minute Learning, check out the new 3ML Store where you will find business and leadership books along with electronics and entertainment. Also on the home page, view all the new entertainment videos; news, sports and business videos; and special feature articles. This content is refreshed on a daily basis.

Articles for Inspiration
Steve Goodier

TABLE of CONTENTS
1. A-B-C METHOD OF MANAGING ATTITUDES
2. LESSONS FROM THE COURT
3. THE SMILING GAME
4. THE SIMPLE DIFFERENCE
5. SQUAWK BACK
6. BEAUTY IS SOUL DEEP

Let Go of Your Need to Be Right
Julie Fuimano, RN, MBA, CSAC

Have you ever had an argument? It’s a silly question, for sure. Everyone has. You know, in that moment, when you’re so sure that you’re right, when you just wish the other person would hear you - your version of reality, that is, your right way of looking at the world. If they would only understand the world the way you do, everything would be fine!

Team Building: The Eight Engines of High Performance Teams
Harvey Robbins

There are quite a few methods currently in use to get teams to work better. All the way from outdoor experiences like ropes courses and climbing mountains to the classroom and on the job experiences. Some, obviously, work better than others for your situation.

7 Ways to Improve Your Attitude
Manohar Chimmani

Attitude is everything. It is more vital than events. It's more important than what's happened. Because attitude determines whether we are happy or unhappy, fulfilled or empty, the positive perspective assures us that we can never fail. A hopeful attitude guarantees internal success. Attitude, the altitude adjuster determines whether we fly high or low, crash or soar, glide or slide.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

June 09 3ML Briefcase

ARTICLES on PRODUCTIVITY

Fax to Email Can Be Easily Done With Online Fax
Titus Hoskins

Internet fax is becoming very popular with business owners and individuals. How do you send a "fax to email" or an "email to fax"? Keep reading to discover how.

Simple Tips for Submitting Your Blog to RSS and Blog Directories
Matt Garrett

There's a hidden advantage to blogging that you may note be aware: it's far simpler to submit a blog to both blog directories and RSS feeds than it is to submit a website to website directories. Why? Because the web directories have free features which let you submit your blog's fresh content without having to fill in any forms.

Write Articles, Use SEO and Smart Pages to Promote a Product
Peter Nisbet

If you know how to write articles and how to use SEO and smart pages to promote a product then you should find Internet marketing fairly simple. If you have not yet been successful, you must be missing something.

How to Optimize an Ecommerce Website
Markus Skupeika

Most eCommerce websites depend on visitors from organic search to run their business. But only a few of them get the desired objective. We agree that, the sales volume of an eCommerce website depends on different aspects like business opportunity, business model and target market size. But if you depend on organic search to get more business, which is the most cost effective way, you must improve search engine ranking.