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3 Ways to Ensure You Never Miss Out on a Job Offer

Prospects for job hunters aren’t exactly rosy right now. Unless you’ve been living in a cave (an option that seems increasingly attractive as rent levels continue to rise) you’ll have been confronted with some pretty ugly statistics about the jobs market. It’s a struggle, no two ways about it.

The time and effort required to do a good application is considerable. To receive a rejection, or even not to get a reply at all, is heartbreaking. However, finding out that you were made an offer but didn’t receive it feels even worse. Surprisingly this is not an uncommon occurrence. Making yourself as contactable as possible is one the absolute easiest ways to make sure you don’t miss out. It’s so simple that people forget to think about it. That can cost you a job.

Here are 3 things to look out for.

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Blogging: The Small Business Way

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Blogging has different meanings for different people. It would only be logical that entrepreneurs who use blogs as a marketing tool should likewise utilize it specifically to market goods and services. It is crucial for local businesses to maintain a blog in order for them to be competitive. However, having a blog does not mean that a business will instantly reap the rewards. However, a business blog’s inability to produce positive results is often due to entrepreneurs not knowing how to blog the correct way.

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How to Easily Remove Any Facebook Application

Facebook, center of the online universe. As the single most popular social networking website ever created, it has become a major hub for communication between friends, family, colleagues and even strangers from across the world. It has also become a major place for quizzes, gaming and other fun little activities that are easy to find anywhere on the site.

But what happens when you use an application and you don’t like it? Maybe it turns out to have spyware attached, or gives your personal details to third parties. Or you just don’t use something anymore, such as Farmville or Vampires or any other popular Facebook game. Whatever the reason, you aren’t stuck with it on your profile forever (thankfully). You can easily remove it, and get rid of all updates. You can even get rid of the requests from friends.

Here’s how to get rid of any Facebook Application.

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Unique Unconventional Marketing Nuggets

Guerrilla marketing ideas are known for their creativity, humor and effectiveness in promoting a concept, product or business. They are also considerably cheaper than mainstream advertising thus attracting even more attention to the business because of their refreshing ingenuity.

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Here are some great marketing ideas to use for your business.

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Google Targets ‘Scraped’ Content and ‘Content Farms’

In a move “to encourage a healthy web ecosystem,” Google recently announced a major change to its search algorithm – a move to devalue so-called “content farms” that primarily copy content from other websites, and sites that offer little or no value-added content for users.

The move ensures the continuance of the Internet adage, “Content is King!” According to Google, its algorithm tweak “noticeably” impacted 11.8% of its search queries, dropping the search engine results page (SERP) rankings of sites that “copy content from other sites or sites that are just not very useful,” while providing better SERP rankings for “sites with original content and information such as research, in-depth reports, thoughtful analysis and so on.”

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3 Customer Service Secrets

Good customer service is the cornerstone of any business; it helps create the right impression and encourages repeat business, helping your business to grow and prosper. Good customer service turns your customers into unpaid ambassadors for your business, and recommendations based on good customer service are worth more than any amount of paid advertising.

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Using Linkbait to Build Traffic And Subscribers

To many link bait is one of the best ways to promote a website and improve its rankings in the search engines. But before we can think about links bait we first need to focus on content, which is one of the most important aspects of any website, it’s what will bring traffic to your site and it’s what will keep them clicking through your pages and this is where we get the term “sticky”.

If you can create relative useful and informative content that can answer a question or solve a problem that people are having then it is inevitable that they will stick around and consume more of what you have to say. It is also much more likely that others will be more willing to link to us as what we have written can help them to provide a better answer for their readers. As you can see already that stickiness and link bait work in perfect harmony together, the next question is how do we build content around these principles?

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How to Become an Entrepreneur (Who’s Successful!)

Anyone who tells you that becoming an entrepreneur is easy work most likely hasn’t gone the independent route that entrepreneurship implies. The fact is, it’s difficult to stand out from the crowd and create your own career path.

Often, it’s extremely difficult, as the numerous mishaps and minor tragedies that befall your organization are yours to deal with as best you can. When starting out, there simply isn’t money available to hire a public relations firm to smooth things over. This means that in addition to all of your regular duties, you have to be a crisis control manager, too. Crisis or not, let’s take a look at what makes an entrepreneur successful.

Following a passion

It’s one thing to head towards a lucrative field, where making money is as easy as picking low hanging fruit. It’s another thing entirely to follow a passion, be that related to selling flowers or skis. There is often a lot of competition in the field of one’s choice, which increases the hardship while decreasing the profit potential.

However, by choosing to be near that which interests you, inspiration is never very far away. You’ll tend to read up on the latest happenings inside your chosen industry because they interest you, not because they were “necessary.” Never rule out opportunities, your big break might be finding the right Franchises for Sale or starting your own Businesses.

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3 Tips for Creating a Great Resume

The resume introduces you to potential employers. It is the hook that grabs them in so that they choose to sit down in an interview just to learn more. A carefully crafted resume can open doors that will help you land that job that you have always wanted.

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There are hundreds of resume professionals that will take your money to create a document just for you. They have the expertise to get the job done quickly. But with a little time and patience, you can create a resume that has all the right stuff.

Here are 3 tips for creating a great resume.

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Advance Your Business With Credit Card Processing Options

Anyone who a operates a business knows that taking credit cards is important. Not everyone carries a lot of cash around with them, and there are risks with taking checks that might not clear the bank. Credit card processing is a safe way to let people make purchases. It helps protect both the buyer and the seller, and can be used in almost any industry. Whether you have a business in a brick-and-mortar location, online or both, you can definitely benefit from taking credit cards.

Processing Costs

The downside is that processing credit cards is not free, and different cards charge different amounts. Some businesses raise their prices to compensate for this, or tack on a “credit card charge” to the order of anyone who uses a credit card to make a purchase from them. Doing this is accepted practice in many businesses, as long as they make it clear that they’re doing so.

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