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Skill Development

Recent posts related to

Skill Development

How to Prevent “Scope Creep”

By David Cross | 02/21/2009

You receive an invoice from your website or software developer. You query a charge you didn’t know about. The developer tells you it relates to a new feature they developed… one that you asked for.

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How to Firm Up Your Backside

By Jon Benson | 02/20/2009

Most every gal in the gym is familiar with the lunge. You see hordes of women doing lunges. Some trainers even have them walking around outside doing lunges.

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If You Get Knocked Down, Get Up

By Paul Lawrence | 02/20/2009

The letter was from the publisher of a magazine where I’d just placed an ad for an instructional ballroom dance video I’d produced. He informed me that he was pulling my ad. Why? After watching the video, he felt that the quality wasn’t good enough for his subscribers.

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4 More Ways to Turbocharge Your Writing

By Yanik Silver | 02/20/2009

Sales copy can make or break your marketing campaign. That’s why it’s so important to ensure that it is as strong and persuasive as possible.

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How to Find Purpose – and Happiness – in Running a Business

By Mark Morgan Ford | 02/20/2009

You don’t have to wait until you are financially independent and actually retire to enjoy an early retirement mindset. The sooner you can make your business about something other than making money, gaining power, or in some other way enhancing your personal situation, the sooner you’ll begin loving your work.

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Does Your E-Mail Inbox Need a 60-Second Cleansing?

By Alex Mandossian | 02/19/2009

It was a warm Friday morning in Kona, Hawaii… and there I was eating my breakfast with five of my friends, all members of the Transformation Leadership Council.

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2 Easy Ways to Get More of What You Want

By Suzanne Richardson | 02/19/2009

Commenting on articles is a great way to congratulate an author on a great article… to point out any objections you have… to interact with other ETR readers… and to let us know which articles are most useful to you.

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How to Eat Better

By Jon Benson | 02/19/2009

How would you like to feel better… look better… stop struggling with excess body fat… and help support your community? No joke.

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The Wrong Kind of Publicity

By Jason Holland | 02/18/2009

You’ve probably seen the Cash4Gold infomercials. You send in your old jewelry, and they cut you a check. But when one curious blogger tried it, he got back a third of the appraised value. He called to complain and get the jewelry back – and Cash4Gold quickly upped their offer.

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How to Outsell Your Competition by Treating Your Customers Like Kings

By Clayton Makepeace | 02/18/2009

Ask any soft-offer marketer and he’ll tell you: Promotions that create unrealistic expectations for the product invariably result in lower pay-up on the back end. Hard-offer marketers know that over-the-top promises result in much higher cancellation rates and much lower response to secondary sales and renewals.

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Bigger Arms, Better Heart?

By Jon Benson | 02/18/2009

Strengthening my arms is a big part of my strength-training routine – and it’s probably the same for you. But here’s something that may surprise you: You can burn more fat AND help your heart… just by getting your arms involved in your workouts.

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A Little-Known Hero in the Battle Against Aging

By James B. LaValle | 02/17/2009

One of the primary causes of problems related to aging – not just the outward signs of aging but also cataracts, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, atherosclerosis, etc. – is oxidative stress, where the immune system has more free radicals than it can handle.

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