$600 per week. That’s what the federal government is now offering to people who’ve lost their jobs because of the coronavirus. For many workers and employers, that money is a godsend — a way to keep food on the table while also cutting payroll costs. But the extra money can create some awkward situations. Some businesses that want to keep their...
Written by GentleGiant on 05/27/20 at 00:23:12 EST
You're a dedicated inbound marketer putting already strapped time and resources into creating content for your blog on a regular basis. And you deserve to get as much return as possible on that investment. But did you know there are some things you can do on top of creating remarkable content that will make those blog posts work even harder for...
Written by GentleGiant on 12/29/11 at 20:06:39 EST
Throughout my blogging career, I’ve worked hard on my writing style. I’ve improved over time, and I’m at a point now where I believe I have perfected my ability to write link bait articles. A link bait article is an article that makes many readers want to reference it within their articles, or link to it as a general resource. The thing I...
At its core, blogging -- or Web logging -- is an online diary or journal. Take a look at any blog and you'll immediately see the connection between it and a traditional diary. Often arranged in calendar format with the most recent post first, blogs contain rantings, wishes, commentary, and…well, anything else a writer thinks about, often with...
Wordpress is great for many reasons but there are some things about wordpress, in my opinion, that are major drawbacks. To be fair, some of the things that I’ll be mentioning are simply the way wordpress works and is the idea behind the original concept. So, let’s start. Wordpress is back end heavy. Not too heavy, but it can become...
As you guys know that I run a web design company, and I have many local / online clients. When I suggested the idea of using wordpress to some of my clients, they were very unsure. Reason being wordpress is an open source software hence insecure. But does it really make it insecure. In my opinion no, but due to the popularity of wordpress a lot of...
Think you've got a bad job? Think again. You could be making keyboards for IBM, Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo and HP at Meitai Plastic and Electronics, a Chinese hardware factory. Prompted by the release of High Tech Misery in China by a human-rights group, a self-regulating body set up by tech companies will conduct...
THE traditional secretary with shorthand notebook at the ready has been washed away by the tide of new office technology. Image Bosses are seeking executive assistants who are adept at a range of software programmes rather than shorthand, say Wellington recruitment agencies and personal assistant experts. Robin Morton-Smith a personal assistant...
The United States continues to buckle to the demands of its trading partners and sell out American workers. Mega-businesses around the world are celebrating this country’s hard-line stance of giving them everything they want when it comes to visas for cheap labor. Please contact your “leaders” in Washington to tell them you’re outraged that our...
Google's Blogger is unleashing some new features to make blogs using the platform more social. They will be rolling out these features over the next several weeks. They want bloggers to be able to view the people that read their blogs, and will provide a gadget allowing users to display those people on the actual blogs. The way they are...