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Submitted by Simonvreeman from Google Reader: This past week at one of my jobs, I was sorting through resumes. The atrocity of said resumes has inspired me to do a few posts on the topic of resumes. This week I will focus on the basics, and next week’s post will include an interview with a Campus Relations Specialist from NBC Universal on how to make your resume stand (Read More)

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PR 2.0 /> Source: feministingEach year at Blogworld Expo, Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra presents The State of the Blogosphere as one of the event’s prestigious keynotes. For those who are unfamiliar with Technorati, it serves as a directory and search engine for the blogosphere as well as a benchmark for the ranking of blogs (Read More)

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hongkiat.com Insect photography is challenging under the best circumstances. Think about it: you’re taking photos of something that is likely smaller than your little finger (and at largest is still probably smaller than your hand), has no reason to cooperate, and likely views you as a predator or is oblivious to your presence entirely. (Read More)

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MAKE Magazine Since 2006, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars, currently circling approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the Martian surface. On board the MRO is HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, which has been photographing the planet for several years now at resolutions as fine as m (Read More)

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The Next Web Although nobody knows when and where and how it will happen, most people agree that somewhere in the next 12 months Apple will launch a Tablet computer. That is enough to get everybody excited and fuel countless rumors.The Tablet will most likely be a cross between a MacBook and an iPhone, resemble a Kindle and promises to (Read More)

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Submitted by Simonvreeman from Google Reader: Whether you manage social media programs or a corporate blog, next time you attend an industry conference, approach it like a content creator and you will actually get more out of the conference or tradeshow. Many others will be networking, exchanging business cards, and looking for new business, but you will be more engage (Read More)

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John Baldoni I've written before about the importance of humility as a leadership trait. But, as was recently pointed out to me, humility is an important trait in employees, too. When people act humbly, they are acknowledging their limitations and accepting that they cannot go it alone. This mindset is valuable to a team because it serv (Read More)

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E-consultancy - Internet Marketing - News, Blog and Press Releases E-commerce professionals tend to obsess about conversion rates and how to optimise them. Why? Because a tiny increase in conversion rates can generate millions in additional sales for large retailers, so it’s obviously worth throwing resources at ongoing optimisation strategies.A lot of the basics are obvious. Selling onlin (Read More)

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Submitted by Simonvreeman from Google Reader: Pushkar Mela (or Pushkar Fair) is an annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, India, where over 25,000 camels are traded each year. The fair draws thousands of tourists, camels, camel traders, racers, locals and Hindu faithful who come to bathe in the sanctified Lake P (Read More)

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The Next Web Don’t you hate to sit down at a computer, just to find the ghetto-tacular IE running? We have all been there. . (Read More)

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HarvardBusiness.org There's not a lot of good news coming from the business side of newspapers these days, and nowhere is the situation more grim than at the Tribune Company, which just sold the beloved Chicago Cubs, still owns the struggling Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, and has been operating under bankruptcy protection since De (Read More)

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HarvardBusiness.org I advise companies on their pricing strategies, and I'm surprised how often I hear the same flawed piece of conventional wisdom. Many executives and Wall Street analysts continue to think that a high profit margin signifies good pricing. It's hard not to see that big differential between revenue and costs as a signal that y (Read More)

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ReadWriteWeb Wedding dances, dancing babies, Kanye West, broken guitars and a crowdsourced music video. These are the top 5 most embedded and linked to videos of this summer. Social media analytics firm Sysomos just posted an extensive report about how bloggers use videos on their sites. One part of this report looked at the most popula (Read More)

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Submitted by Simonvreeman from Google Reader: www.Joop.nl is de nieuwe opiniewebsite van Nederland. Een eerste rondgang over de site leert dat Joop.nl niet echt interactief is. Lezers hebben geen invloed op de content. Die wordt net als zoveel andere traditionele media sterk zendergericht neergezet. Een kort overzicht, speciaal voor www.Joop.nl,  waardoor hun site een (Read More)

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