- Why most prepaid calling cards are fraud (and what you can do to avoid being duped)
A report from Consumer reports says that almost 75% of prepaid phone cards bought did not disclose calling rates. That's not all. Most prepaid calling cards had many fees and surcharges hidden carefully in the very fine …
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- Most identity-theft protection services are glorified credit monitoring services
Identity-theft protection servcices are in the news because of activities of a company called Lifelock, Inc., which paid millions of dollars in 2010 to settle claims of deceptive advertising. However, that hasn't stopped…
Topic: Identity-theft protection, Yro, Misleading ad | Read more
- The #1 secret to losing weight
The FTC did a study and found that 55% of all weight-loss advertisements made claims that were most likely false or didn't provide any proof. Incidentally, the weight-loss industry is worth $30 billion a year, mostly mad…
Topic: Health and nutrition, Misleading ad | Read more
- Which words bring you most connections on LinkedIn?
I have always believed that LinkedIn, being a gloridied Resume hosting site, is more useful to recruiters than the average professional, and this list of most connected words on LinkedIn sort of prove me right - it is fu…
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- How to be a Pinterest Superstar: Post food-related items and say love a lot
Here's 3 things that you need to have in your post to be a Pinterest (the visual del.icio.us) superstar:
1. Descriptions about 200 characters
2. Most repinnable words are food related items: recipes, chicken, minutes…
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- What is the best time of the day to blog?
If your primary audience lives in America, then the time around 8 AM ET (Eastern Time Zone - that is, New York time), give or take an hour before or after, is the best time to blog your post to ensure that it gets the mo…
Topic: Howto, Blogging | Read more
- How to be a Twitter Superstar Part 2 - Don't follow the herd
Dan Zarella of Hubspot says you don't need to follow others and Tweet like crazy all the time. Instead, he says, Tweet during off-peak times, when there is less noise to drown your voice down. Saturdays and late Fridays …
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- How many of your Tweets should be links or replies?
Dan Zarella of Hubspot studied 100,000 Tweets and comes to the conclusion that 60-80% of your Tweets should be links or replies, again re-enforcing the idea that Twitter is a social sharing site first and foremost.
A…
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- 8 ways to get more clicks on Twitter
For quite some time, I haven't posted about tech tips here. So, here I am going to post a series of tips for bloggers and Twitteratis. First, how to get more clicks on Twitter:
1. Write tweets b/w 120-130 chars
2. Plac…
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- 16 things a mother wishes her child turns out to be
Kara Baskin writes about 16 things she hopes her child turns out to be. My top 5 wishes for my kid from a great list:
...who says “thank you” to the bus driver when he gets off the bus, “please” to the waiter taking…
Topic: Parenting, Remarkable | Read more
- The shape of great speeches
Channeling Joseph Campbell, design expert Nancy Duarte says all great speeches are in the shape of 'What is – what could be – and you call out the gap'
Every great presentation should have a beginning, middle and end. …
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- Simple Things Poster #20: How to eliminate stress completely from your life
Stress kills. Here's how you can eliminate stress from your life, in an easy- to-follow text poster format. Just print it out.
If you liked this, please check out The Success Manual - 600+ pages of compiled wisdom on…
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- Simple Things Poster #19: The best ways to be happy in life
Here's how you can be happy in life, in an easy- to-follow text poster format. Print it out.
If you liked this, please check out The Success Manual - 600+ pages of compiled wisdom on 125 important traits, skills and …
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- How to avoid being automatically recognized in surveillance photos: Tilt your head
Staying safe and hidden from unnecessary prying eyes (intrusive government agencies, voyeristic friends on Facebook, etc.) is important. This video teaches you how. The short version is: Tilt your head before any camera …
Topic: Howto, Privacy | Read more
- Simple Things Poster #18: How to save money buying computers, toys, using electricity, eating out and going green
This is an all-in-one kind of poster that covers most of your buying decisions other than gas and groceries.
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- Simple Things Poster #17: How to save money buying groceries
Print this out and refer to it every time you go grocery shopping.
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- Simple Things Poster #16: How to save money on buying gas
Every car owner should print out this simple poster and put in his car.
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- Simple Things Poster #15: How to create an emergency fund
Everyone should have an emergency fund, especially when times are tight and so uncertain. Print out this poster.
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- Simple Things Poster #14: The 100 Things Challenge
Can you live just 100 thingsNote them down on this handy poster.
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- Simple Things Poster #13: How to simplify your life
Print this simple poster about simple living and write down things you really need, on it.
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