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9 Ways to Improve the Signal to Noise Ratio on Twitter – Brian Solis

Curated By Martin Gysler

Yes it’s a fact… we live in an overloaded information stream! Brian Solis gives us an interesting point of view about this matter. [note mg]   Even at 250 million Tweets per day in addition to the updates across Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, and every other feed that we willfully subscribe to, information overload is in [...]

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Calculate This! 100 Financial Calculators Every Entrepreneur Needs

Curated By Martin Gysler

Woo Hoo… all what we need in our business to be updated with our financial matters. [note mg]   Many entrepreneurs don’t have the luxury of having a separate accounting department, instead doing their own number crunching. It’s not always easy, but you can make it less difficult by making use of the huge number [...]

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Emotional Intelligence theories – Daniel Goleman’s EQ concepts

Curated By Martin Gysler

With emotional intelligence you would have a tool to have success and to be happy in life. If you don’t have read the book from Daniel Goleman, maybe you should. [note mg]   emotional intelligence theory (EQ – Emotional Quotient)   Emotional Intelligence – EQ – is a relatively recent behavioural model, rising to prominence [...]

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Dirty Tricks of Psychology for Mind-Reading and the Roots of Empathy

Curated By Martin Gysler

Let me tell you an interesting story you no doubt will relate to. One day I was walking the golf course, caddying for my older brother Nathan, a professional golfer, who was playing a regional qualifier for the Australian Open. He started the day strongly with a few shots under par, but the turning point [...]

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Whom Should You Hire at a Startup? (Attitude Over Aptitude)

Curated By Martin Gysler

Startups.We know the mantra: Team matters. Is this philosophy exaggerated? Overrated? Cliché? No. Team is the only thing that matters.   Whatever you’re working on now, the half-life of innovation is so rapid now that your product will soon be out-of-date. Your existence is irrelevant unless you continue rapid innovation. Your ability to keep up [...]

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The New Content Life Cycle: 4 Steps to a More Strategic Approach to Web Content | Content Marketing Institute

Curated By Martin Gysler

Every day we are flooded with information about the latest and greatest social and mobile platforms where people hold conversations, voice opinions, or influence others. Whether it’s Instagram, Google+, Path, or Pinterest, people are flocking to these new social networks.   But companies are now left trying to make sense of which ones they should [...]

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How to Develop a Sound Mind

Curated By Martin Gysler

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. – John Locke   There are a number of [...]

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3 Simple Ways to Turn Your Website Archive into Profitable Books and eBooks

Curated By Martin Gysler

Think about all the hours you spend to publish great content on your website or/and blogs. Here some ideas how you can use them to create your own book or ebook. [note mg]   Attention Bloggers: I’ve seen the future, and you’re missing it. Oh sure, we bloggers think we’re the most up-to-date, leading-edge, tech-savvy [...]

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Google Rolls Out Knowledge Graph to Make Search Results More ‘Human’

Curated By Martin Gysler

Today, Google announced the rollout of its Knowledge Graph, which will cause a big change to how results are delivered in the SERPs. Basically, the intent behind the Knowledge Graph is for search engines to think more like a human — and deliver results that reflect that. It’s gradually rolling out in the U.S. as [...]

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Are You Postponing Your Life Until Tomorrow? 8 Ways to Start Living NOW

Curated By Martin Gysler

There is nothing worse than looking back at life with regret. But if we keep walking the road of constant procrastination, this outcome is guaranteed. It’s not too late to make the necessary changes.   I was controlled by an eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, for over a decade. During this time, I postponed eating and living [...]

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Facebook rolls out the ability to manage pages from mobile apps

Curated By Martin Gysler

For anybody who manages a Facebook page, the big challenge has always been doing so from a mobile device… amazing [note mg]   Managing Facebook pages from mobile devices has been a tricky challenge for page admins, but thankfully Facebook has just started testing an app that will make their lives easier. It’s called Facebook [...]

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6 Online Instant File Sharing Sites You’ve Never Heard Of

Curated By Martin Gysler

Send large files to your friends without any hassle. There are a wide variety of file sharing sites that make it possible for you to send any file to anyone else without having to create a user account. If you’ve got a file to share, and email simply isn’t cutting it, you’ve found the right [...]

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Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices

Curated By Martin Gysler

Check out this overview of best practices to stand out from the crowd with your Twitter theme and follow the tutorial to create your own profile from scratch.   With Twitter quickly becoming the hottest site to be seen on, everyone wants to stand out from the crowd. There has already been a range of [...]

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How to Hack Your Brain

Curated By Martin Gysler

You are not who you think you are. Your personality and identity is significantly more malleable than you realize. With a few simple tricks, you can exploit your brain’s innate functionality to change just about anything about yourself. Here’s how. You Are Not Necessarily the Person You Think You Are You are not who you [...]

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The Recession is A Great Time to Start a Business

Curated By Martin Gysler

Are you ready for the fight?   Recessions are created for people who want follow this trend… why wouldn’t you make your own trend and start your own business? An excellent post with some interesting insights and examples. [note mg]   Recessions are the perfect time to start a business: FedEx, Microsoft, Burger King and [...]

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