If you want to make some money, tap into something a starving college student will pay for. That is exactly what Amazon is doing with their recent digital textbook rental launch. Students who cannot afford to buy their textbooks can now rent the digital version for a set price with a minimum rental period of […]
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Social media, Facebook in particular, is a growing medium. People are still discovering the various possibilities with the service, and businesses are finding new ways to connect with customers with its help. American Express and Facebook are combining in a unique way. According to USA Today, AmEx has recently announced a long list of initiatives
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world. In a keynote address at the 2011 AfricaSan Conference in Kigali, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, president of the foundation’s Global Development Program, called on donors, governments, the
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Google AdWords is a dynamic, auction-based marketplace where advertisers bid on keywords to compete for top ad placement. The minimum bid per keyword is 5 cents, but this research shows that in highly competitive categories, Google can make up to $50 per click. According to Wordstream, these are the top 10 most expensive keywords to
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When the economy beings to sag, restaurants are one of the first to feel the strain. According to The Dayton Beach News-Journal, one restaurant is facing financial troubles if business doesn’t pick back up. The restaurant in its first four years had built a formidable following, attracting tourists, snowbirds and local workers. But the last
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Are you currently working on a patent application? IPWatchdog offers some advice that can help you make the most of your invention description. What is the structure of the components? What is the overall structure of the unit? How are things connected? How do they interact? How would they be made? How are the pieces
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According to the BBC, police in the UK will soon use laser scanners at crash sites to make 3D images of the scene, instead of having to painstakingly log everything at the scene. The 3D laser technology uses a special scanner mounted on a tripod to take a 360-degree image of the crash site recording
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Sometimes a business will join Facebook with visions of instant success and many followers. Forbes offers a few reasons why your business may be failing on Facebook. You’re trying too hard. Spamming your followers with non-stop brand-related chatter will make you lose followers, not gain fans. Social media works best when it involves an element
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When was the last time you fixed up your social profiles? According to Forbes, many companies are seeking out qualified employees on social networking websites like Facebook. Where are you finding talent for your business? It looks like use of Facebook by hiring managers didn’t increase much over the last year. This year 55.3% of
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A couple months ago, American Express OPEN commissioned me to write my startup story, How I Accidentally Became a Professional Blogger in 2001. They did this to promote a contest that they’re running called Big Break for Small Business. As part of the competition, they’re going to give five small businesses $20,000 to help grow,
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