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How to Convert an Idea into an Innovative Sell-able Product?

Follow these five simple steps to turn your idea into a profitable product. Have patience, it takes time and hardwork, before your little business grows into the next big thing. Documenting your idea Before you get too excited about your little idea, start talking in front of the wrong people, you need to protect it....

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How Financial Institutions Use Technology to Protect Customers

How Financial Institutions Use Technology to Protect Customers

By: Amanda Atcheson is Product Marketing Manager for CO-OP Financial Service In the 1980s and 1990s, credit cards were processed manually, with receipts using carbon copies for the retailer and input into a keypad later. This transitioned into a simple magnetic swipe through a keypad, with the swipe containing account information. However, while this method maximized...

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The Concept of Social Media Marketing

The Concept of Social Media Marketing

With Internet being accessed in the remotest of the places across the globe, with more than a billion people using Facebook and a 100 million using Instagram, the world is growing, digitally. Gone are those days when marketing was all about big posters and fancy TV ads. These days rand exposure is more on the...

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Do They Make Books On Tape For The CPA Exam?

Do They Make Books On Tape For The CPA Exam?

The CPA exam is challenging and will requires many hours of studying. The good news is that you are not alone. There are a variety of things that can make the process more convenient, including study guides and even books on tape if your schedule happens to be really busy. While books on tape sound...

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Tips for Buying a Used Car

Cars are usually proved to be expensive purchases. Apart from the fact that you are already paying the very high sticker price, you also have the additional taxes, high registration fees and the crazy dealer fees. While it feels great on the outside when a sparkling, brand new car arrives to your doorstep, but it...

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How to Get a Great Headshot Photo

How to Get a Great Headshot Photo

In this climate of social media, may it be for a portfolio shoot, or for the LinkedIn profile picture, a good headshot sets the tone of a good first impression. Below are some tips for achieving the perfect head shot. A lens with a large aperture (that is with a small focalnumber) is a must...

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These are the Best Hours to Trade the Market

These are the Best Hours to Trade the Market

Everyone knows that one of the major advantages of trading in currency, rather than other markets is that the forex market is open 24 hours a day, every weekday. Because of this, many new forex traders jump right in. Unfortunately, this does not work very well and can deplete the capital of the trader very...

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Is it Okay to Not Tip the Waiters?

Is it Okay to Not Tip the Waiters?

You go to a posh restaurant with friends and family, have a heart dinner, pay the bill (which by the way does include the service tax), but you don’t feel like leaving a tip. Everybody in your group raises an eyebrow, the waiters and manager judge you, and there is pretentious courtroom drama highlighting the...

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How to Save Money on Vacations

How to Save Money on Vacations

When we make our vacation plans, most of us end up spending much more than what we had originally thought of. We tend to concentrate only on the bigger costs, ignoring the little things which actually add on to our expenditure, and thus making our stays expensive. The key to a good trip is to...

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