NAR Invests in 6 Startups Through REach Accelerator Program – therealestatebloggers.com I bet you did not know that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) runs an accelerator program for new startups through their Second Century Ventures fund, did you? I didn’t until this week, but it is a concept worth exploring. Innovation through technology has been an important driver in the real estate industry, and needs to be supported… Continue Reading On therealestatebloggers.com » March Update – shaunsre.blogspot.com/ I’ve been away for a couple weeks on a cruise to Hawaii. Got back and found out my hard money loan #22 finally...
What Is Life Balance and Why Should It Matter to Me? – theselfimprovementblog.com/ By Ronald O Mitchell – Getting a handle on what is life balance isn’t necessarily simple. This concept, after all, can be a difficult one for people to understand. Consider it as an ever-changing way of bringing harmony into your life. When you do, it becomes easier to comprehend and very clear why it matters… Continue Reading On theselfimprovementblog.com/ » My Journey Back to Creativity – thechangeblog.com Photo by martinak15 By Michaela Cristallo “When my daughter was seven years old, she asked me one day what I...
Get Ready to Profit from the "Return of the Consumer" – streetauthority.com After a stunning 15% surge since mid-November, the market has struggled in the past month, trading up and down in a tight 1% band. Problems in Europe have reignited and many on Wall Street are expecting consumer spending to weaken during the rest of the year. It is all making the case for a bull market very difficult, except for a key report the U… Continue Reading On streetauthority.com » Global Partners Announces Bakken Pipeline Connection Agreement – dailyfinance.com Filed under: Investing Global Partners Announces Bakken Pipeline Connection...
Tips For Beginner Bloggers Part 1 – The Basics – makingsenseofcents.com Photo Credit Last month, I published my post on How To Start a Blog – Tips for a Beginner. Don’t get the titles confused, they are extremely similar because I lack any creativity. My other post was mainly about how to get going with your blog, and what companies to use to use to actually create your blog (domain, hosting, WordPress, etc… Continue Reading On makingsenseofcents.com » When You Can’t Pay Them All – Deciding Which Bills to Pay First – debtroundup.com This is a guest article by Daniela from...
Why You Should Consider Cutting Overhead With Part-Time Employees – entrepreneur.com Part-time employees can be essential to running your business. Here are a few things to consider when hiring. Continue Reading On entrepreneur.com » 12 Ways To Get More Business from Your Website – businessknowhow.com How can you get more business from your website? Or make sure your first website is a good sales tool? Here are 12 tips to help fix or avoid common website mistakes. Continue Reading On businessknowhow.com » Surprise Negativity Buster: Rituals – inc.com Creating small, secular rituals can help you clear your brain and get...
Anonymous S February 2013 Net Worth – consumerismcommentary.com/ Naked With Cash is the year-long series on Consumerism Commentary where seven readers’ households share their financial progress on a monthly basis. I’ve partnered with financial planners who will offer some guidance along the way. Read this introduction to learn more about the series. Anonymous S is a 24-year-old engineer earning $67,000 a year plus bonus… Continue Reading On consumerismcommentary.com/ » 7 Tips for Using Social Media to Land a Job – moneyning.com/ Social media is more than a way to share images on Facebook for your family and friends. It’s a...
'World's Smallest Cellphone Charger' Provides Emergency Backup – mashable.com/social-media/ A cellphone charger claiming to be the “world’s smallest” aims to save users in a pinch when their battery is dying. Comparable to a quarter in size, the Fuel Micro Charger is designed to provide 20 to 30 minutes of extra talk time, or up to a few hours more while on standby. Massachusetts-based creators Devotec Industries says it’s “perfect for when you have had an unexpected delay, or haven’t been able to fully charge your phone, and need to make a few calls, send a work email or use your...
How emotions killing your blogging career – bloggingtips.com Blogging could be a great career for people, which not only helps in raising revenue for your sustenance but also helps you in expressing yourself. It is also a form of expressing hordes of words and sentences about your passion. However, unlike any other career, if you choose to live without a proper poise in your life, you are bound to make your emotions go uncontrolled, which could be devastating for your blogging career… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » 7 Ways to Write Damn Bad Copy – copyblogger.com/blog/ It’s obvious that creativity...
Message for RSS readers – dividendgrowthinvestor.com Sorry to interrupt, but if you are reading this on Google Reader, you will need to figure out a different way to follow us. Google is getting rid of Google Reader soon and you should switch to other RSS readers such as Feedly instead. Subscribe to have every article delivered to your inbox using the form below, and you won’t have to worry about the RSS problems… Continue Reading On dividendgrowthinvestor.com » National Research Corp (NRCI) Announces Recapitalization Plan – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/National+Research+Corp+%28NRCI%29+Announces+Recapitalization+Plan/8210025.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com »...
Back to the Future: Forecasting Your Organic Traffic – seomoz.org/blog Posted by Dan PeskinThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author’s views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of SEOmoz, Inc. Great Scott! I am finally back again for another spectacularly lengthy post, rich with wonderful titles, and this time – statistical goodness… Continue Reading On seomoz.org/blog » Google Kills Blocked Sites Search Feature – searchenginewatch.com/seo Remember Google’s search feature that let you block websites? The one...
Facebook Adds Reply to Comment Feature: A Cheer Rises Up Across the Land! – marketingpilgrim.com Take notice, my fine readers, today is a banner day – I’m going to say something nice about Facebook. After years of wishing and hoping, Facebook just implemented replies to comments. Yes, you heard it right. Now you can directly respond to a comment whether it’s first, last or somewhere in the middle… Continue Reading On marketingpilgrim.com » Design Patterns: C-Swipe: An Ergonomic Solution To Navigation Fragmentation On Android – smashingmagazine.com There are 3,997 different Android devices. Your navigation should work with all of...
House #47: Final Analysis – 123flip.com/blog We closed on the sale of The Divorce House today… This was a pure wholesale deal — I never even saw the property! The buyer was the same investor who purchased The Retail House and plans to hold it as a rental. Given that I never saw the house, there’s not much I can really say… Here are the final stats and financial details: Timelines Here are the key timeline milestones: Purchase Offer Date: 2/7/2013 Purchase Closing Date: 2/25/2013 Rehab Completion Date: 2/25/13 Sale Listing Date: 2/28/2013 First Sale Contract Date: 3/6/2013 Final Sale...
3 Communication Tips for Improving Any Relationship – pickthebrain.com Good communication is imperative for the long-term success of any relationship. But what makes for effective communication? Consciousness is required for effective communication. The goal is being aware of the impact of your words by choosing them consciously, thoughtfully. The following communication tips are effective and recommended for maintaining the health of every relationship, including your parents, children, siblings, significant other, roommates, bosses, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances… Continue Reading On pickthebrain.com » Going Pro – successbeginstoday.org/wordpress In Steven Pressfield’s great little book, The War of Art, he talks about overcoming the...
Dow May Open Higher Following Cyprus Deal – dailyfinance.com Filed under: Investing LONDON — Stock index futures at 7 a.m. EDT indicate that the Dow Jones Industrial Average may open 0.28% higher this morning, while the S&P 500 may open up by 0.42%. Stocks may move higher this morning following news that a bailout deal has been agreed for Cyprus that should prevent the country from being forced into a disorderly default and possible euro exit… Continue Reading On dailyfinance.com » Dow May Open Higher Following Cyprus Deal – fool.com Stock index futures suggest the Dow could open firmly higher...
It’s My Fake Birthday – Financialblacksheep.com I celebrated my fake birthday this weekend, and had a blast. It’s a birthday I made up because my real birthday lands during finals at every school I have ever attended. I stopped celebrating my birthday, because I had to … Continue reading →The post It’s My Fake Birthday appeared first on Financial Black Sheep… Continue Reading On Financialblacksheep.com » Increase your income instead of waiting for a pay raise – johnnymoneyseed.com If I asked if you were doing everything you could to generate income, what would you say? A lot of people think...
8 Startup Events and News to Watch This Week – youngentrepreneur.com Google gets Baton Rouge businesses online, StartUp Britain kicks off, Brad Feld gets personal about starting up, Rob Irizarry schools Montana’s entrepreneurs on the science of starting up, avoiding startup mistakes with legal know how, the Hitachi Foundation offers $200k in prizes at Young Entrepreneur Award…this weeks notable news and startup events for young treps… Continue Reading On youngentrepreneur.com » How to Get a Small Business Loan – businessknowhow.com When you’re trying to get a small business loan, banks and lenders are really only interested in one thing: your...
Designer Checks Stinks – freemoneyfinance.com Before I get into this post I want to say one thing: Yes, I still use checks. Get over it. You all know that I use credit cards and have a debit card as well. So not all of my financial transactions are using instruments that were very popular in the 80’s. But I’m not going to give certain companies my bank account information for electronic payments — I simply don’t trust them… Continue Reading On freemoneyfinance.com » Avoiding credit card traps – getrichslowly.org/blog This is a guest post from John Ulzheimer. John is a...
This Week On Twitter: Social Media User Demographics, Twitter’s 7th Birthday, Fake Tweets Alert – mediabistro.com/alltwitter/ Need a little weekend reading? We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes the latest social media user demographics for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr and Instagram, a celebration of Twitter’s seventh birthday, a warning that screenshots of Tweets can no longer be trusted, tips on how to rock social media in just 30 minutes per day and a look at what happens every 60 seconds on the internet… Continue Reading On mediabistro.com/alltwitter/ » Do You Fit the Profile of Tech...
Meet Sophie Lizard from BeAFreelanceBlogger.com – bloggingtips.com Every blogger can benefit from the skills of a freelance blogger and that is something that Sophie Lizard of BeAFreelanceBlogger.com definitely specializes in. In addition to helping bloggers write better, Sophie also helps bloggers and writers discover how to make real money in the world of online freelance writing and blogging… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » 84 Must Read ‘How to’ Blog Posts (and 3 Winners Announced) – problogger.net Last week here on ProBlogger I ran a ‘Group Writing Project‘ where I invited readers to go away and write a ‘How To‘ Post...
The Lure and Dangers of High Yield Stocks (Part-2) – dividendninja.com This article was published in the March/April 2013 edition of the Canadian MoneySaver, and is posted here with permission. For more information visit www.canadianmoneysaver.ca Image credit: gunnar3000 / 123RF Stock Photo In my article for the February issue of Canadian MoneySaver, I discussed The Lure and Dangers of High Yield Stocks (Part-1)… Continue Reading On dividendninja.com » Weekend Reading Links – March 24, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of the best dividend and value investing insights found on the web....
Google Penguin Tightens the Noose on Manipulative Link Profiles [Report] – searchenginewatch.com/seo A new report says that Google’s Penguin update is getting stricter. Initially, websites with about 80 percent manipulative links saw their rankings demoted. Now Google Penguin is hitting sites with link profiles composed of 65 percent of bad links. Continue Reading On searchenginewatch.com/seo » Open Letter To EU Competition Commissioner Exerts Pressure For Tougher “Vertical Search” Settlement With Google – searchengineland.com Late last week a group of Google critics, rivals and complainants sent an “open letter” to EU competition commissioner Joaquín Almunia asking him to focus on the “vertical search”...
Build Your Google Analytics Infographic on Visually – marketingtechblog.com We love Visual.ly for finding and sharing infographics. DK New Media is a certified designer on Visual.ly, with a ton of great infographics we’ve researched, designed and promoted for our clients. As well as static infographics, the Visual.ly team continues to enhance their dynamic infographics as well… check out this great Google Analytics infographic that pulls your weekly stats into a beautiful design… Continue Reading On marketingtechblog.com » Zero Moment of Truth: 8 Steps to Readiness – marketingtechblog.com Late last year I stood in for a colleague to do a presentation...
Deals that Keep you Moving Forward….$20K into $85K in 5 days! – biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ If you are a golfer, you know that some days you can do nothing right. You hit (or shank) your ball left, right, short, long, in the trees, in the water, in the sand, and basically have a horrible day. You start to mumble to yourself, “This is it, this is the LAST time I’m ever going to play this lousy game!” Then it happens… Continue Reading On biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/ »
Effective Coping Skills in the Treatment of Eating Disorders – theselfimprovementblog.com/ By Jeanne Rust, Phd – It has long been my contention that eating disorders are chronic, stress-related conditions where people, oftentimes at a very young age, begin to use eating disordered behaviors as a way of coping with stress in their lives. Initially many of these people discover that the eating disorder works quite well for them… Continue Reading On theselfimprovementblog.com/ » Writing a Forgiveness Letter Can Change Your Life – thechangeblog.com Photo by Gibson Claire McGuire Regester By Leslie Anglesey “What matters in life is not what happens...
If the Mini Feed Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It – fool.com Facebook tweaked its mini feed. Cue user outrage. Continue Reading On fool.com » Re: The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns – bogleheads.org airahcaz wrote:I think it would be great to marry this data to a chart that shows an international allocation returned better results than just domestic over the same long period, but I don’t know how to arrive at that conclusion. ACWI and VT, as well as VTI and SPY only go back so far. Then perform the same exercise with a bond allocation over the same...
