14 May 2012
Earning more money will give you more confidence in the marketplace. You won’t be seen as a desperate salesperson who wants to push-sell the products whatever it takes. In 2007, I quit my ongoing job as a senior account manager in a multinational advertising agency in pursuit of starting my own advertising business. I thought, [...]
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28 April 2012
All too often we see local businesses spend way too much time crafting their Facebook pages and trying to force engagement. Even if it does happen, it’s not the best way to spend their social media time. They have an advantage over big brands: touching the people. When Omahama Bob first started using Facebook to [...]
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28 April 2012
It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in. This is the one thing all successful people know how to do well. I asked about 20 business owners and CEOs to name the one skill they feel contributes the most to their success. What did every one of them say? Sales skills. Without solid sales skills they [...]
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28 April 2012
After a seemingly endless 48-hour marathon weekend filled with debauchery and incoherent Tweeting, I was looking forward to logging in on Monday morning to read through the few thousand Tweets on my Twitter feed. I logged into Gmail, Facebook, Pinterest and then attempted to access my Twitter, and wouldn’t you know- I was denied. Maybe [...]
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18 December 2011
On the morning of Thursday, December 8, an article I wrote for HuffPost High School was published. That night, when I went to check back on the article, a couple of people had tweeted about it. A smile came over me, and I had felt satisfied. At the moment, I hadn’t realized exactly why, though. The next [...]
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13 December 2011
Is social media a blessing or a curse to our modern society? The way I see it, it all depends on how these sites, like Facebook or Twitter, are being used. Social media itself can be abused, overused, and taken advantage of. However, the power of social media itself is probably greater than the power [...]
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31 October 2011
DUBAI: More employment opportunities are likely to open up in the UAE with 62 per cent of the companies planning to hire in a year’s time, a new survey has revealed. Over the next three months, 21 per cent of companies in the Gulf state will be ‘definitely hiring’, with a further 28 per cent [...]
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31 October 2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A homesick Diego Maradona celebrated his 51st birthday in Dubai with his “family away from home” — the Al Wasl club he’s been coaching since July. Al Wasl reaffirmed its faith in the Argentine great Monday, saying the birthday bash was just “one of many celebrations with Maradona.” At [...]
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28 October 2011
Yes, you guessed correctly, having the ability to communicate is the essential success trait shared by popular people. 1. Singing like an Angel: as any parent can tell you, rock stars are very popular, and yet not always the most beautiful of people. Some opera singers and singers on choirs are to put it mildly [...]
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27 October 2011
عباس: سألتقي مشعل لبحث المصالحة أعلن رئيس السلطة الفلسطينية محمود عباس اليوم الخميس أنه سيجتمع قريباً مع رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة المقاومة الإسلامية (حماس) خالد مشعل، من أجل بحث مستقبل السلطة الفلسطينية إلى جانب المصالحة الوطنية. وقال عباس في كلمة له خلال اجتماع المجلس الثوري لحركة التحرير الوطني الفلسطيني (فتح) في رام الله في الضفة [...]
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