May 17
As many of us expect, the New Year will bring both tremendous challenges and opportunities for all of us both personally and professionally. Employers continue to face the major challenge of controlling the cost of their health insurance and other employee benefit programs. Organizations that can best get a handle on the cost of their employee benefit programs have an excellent opportunity to gain an advantage over their competition. What are some practical ways to control the cost of your ...
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May 16
In my early days in medical sales, retail chemist calls were a bit of a mystery. On the training course they were presented as a quick way of gaining useful information regarding your local GPs prescribing patterns. As I visited pharmacies to ask what the local GPs were doing it was rather soul destroying to be frequently told to bog off! What my training course had failed to teach me, is that although calls on retail pharmacy can be invaluable, as a general rule in both life and business, ...
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May 15
Dogs have always been mank's best allies. They are great stress busters, excellent protectors and faithful companions. And if you are overweight and bothered about it, theymay also help you shed weight. A recent Canadian study found that owning a dog almost doubles the time spent on walking, which of course has a telling effect on one's health. These sweet and affectionate creatures make people get up and going day after day. The fact of the study were reported in the American Journal of ...
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May 14
Master Your Destiny Do you have a goal for the future that you would love to achieve but just can't work out how? Well, you can succeed. Believe and it will happen! How? Well read on and see. Have you heard the expression ' MIND OVER MATTER '? Do you really understand what that means? Well quite simply, your mind has two areas: the subconscious and the conscious, it is the subconscious to which the expression relates. The subconscious mind is 88% of the volume and is your 'automatic pilot', ...
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May 13
Ironically -- or perhaps appropriately -- the quickest way to find out about alternative search engines is to search on that phrase in Google. The first site that comes up is Search Engine Watch, a regular stop for anyone who does SEO. After all, they've been covering the field since 1996. If you visit this page on the site, it takes you to a list of links. These links take you to specific categories of search engines, such as news search engines, shopping search engines, multimedia search ...
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May 12
1. Use a "P.S." at the end of your ad copy. This is were you either want to repeat a strong benefit or use a strong close like a free bonus. 2. Publish a free ebook and give it away from your web site or in your e-zine. This will increase your traffic, sales and e-zine subscribers. 3. Create multiple streams of income with your web site. You could sell your own products, join affiliate programs, sell advertising space, etc. 4. Give your visitors compliments in your ad copy. This can ...
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May 11
Thinking of starting a business on line? If so there are two things you absolutely must commit to before ever opening shop on the web. Any one who refuses to realistically consider these two factors should not be in business. That may sound a bit rough, but the glut of businesses on line that ignore these factors will soon come to an end as customers demand service in return for their dollars. The first factor in determining whether you should even be doing business on line is your ability to ...
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May 10
Achieving excellence in our work is an integral part of feeling genuinely satisfied in life. We want our careers or businesses to blossom, making us financially secure and content with our achievements. Here are seven stepping-stones that lead to career growth and excellence. When used as part of a total action-plan, these stepping-stones can contribute tremendously to the fulfillment that you desire. 1. Make a Commitment to Excellence A passionate commitment to excellence is a primary step ...
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May 9
A new medical study has provided more good news about booze. There is an ingredient in red wine that apparently really does prolong life, at least, the life of mice. How do we know? In a recent study, mice that were fed all kinds of artery-clogging foods and fattened up were given huge doses of the elixir, while other mice were just fattened up. Despite being obese, the cardiovascular systems of the lucky mice on the regimen remained healthy - so healthy the researchers, at no less than the ...
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May 8
The following article presents the very latest information on Bell's Palsy. If you have a particular interest in Bell's, then this informative article is required reading. Bell's palsy develops as a result of damage or trauma to the facial nerves, likely from inflammation in response to a virus. Facial nerves lie on either side of the face, and typically Bell's palsy affects only one side. Doctors suspect that most cases are caused by a viral infection such as herpes simplex (cold sore virus) ...
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