10 quick ways to promote your blog

1. Write relevant content You need to know your audience, know their pain points, and understand your niche very well in order to write content that is not only relevant but also interesting to them. 2. Create consistent content Once you start producing content for your blog, you need to get out there regularly. It may seem like a tall […]

Top 15 Local SEO Tools to Boost Your Rankings

The importance of local SEO Local SEO is an essential part of your SEO strategy, especially if you are a small or medium-sized business that relies on business from local clients. There are many different strategies you can implement, from optimizing your content using keywords to submitting your NAP (name, address, and phone number) to various local directories. To help […]

Difference Between Retained and Contingency Hiring Firms

Companies have several options when it comes to selecting the right type of recruitment company. Whether you opt for a retained or contingency-based business. We will give our opinion on both services. So how do you, as an employer, decide what type of company is right for your needs(?) retained recruitment Retainer-based firms enter into contractual relationships with their clients […]

Free ways to build more backlinks

Building backlinks is one of the most important things you can do to increase the traffic and authority of your website or blog. You need to learn to be proficient at link building because it is the most important activity you can do to drive traffic to your blog or website, other than writing the content itself. What you probably […]

Combined futures of aging and business innovation

Communications and convenience giant (Nasdaq: RIMM) RIM, maker of the ubiquitous Blackberry, foresees a number of defining trends ahead. These reflect the themes of my own research and are the cornerstones of the MIT AgeLab. Motley Fool’s Dan Dzombak’s Jan. 26 article, “4 Key Trends RIM’s Futurist Foresees,” reports on a talk given by RIM’s Futurist Technology and Innovation Manager, […]

Go ahead and write a foreword!

There is a lot of confusion regarding the different sections that appear at the beginning of a book. There is the prologue, the preface and the introduction. Both the preface and the introduction are usually written by the author. However, the prologue is always written by a third party. Too often, I come across authors writing their own foreword (or […]

Pro Tips for Effective Business Writing: Write to Express, Not Impress

Businesses don’t have time for long or confusing words. Effective business correspondence relies on strict writing that relies on few but forceful words. Each word must convey a precise meaning that is understood in the same way by the writer and the reader. Use your thesaurus to replace long words with shorter, sharper ones. Whether you’re writing a prospecting letter […]