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Workplace advice for any issue, problem, or concern; from changing careers to co-working advice and decorating needs.

Work Related Stress
I feel like I am in limbo at the moment. I absolutely love my job, my employees and coworkers but we are all in limbo and here is why.
By Must Love Dogs 6 years ago in Journal
Self-Publishing: A Writer's Odyssey of Confusion
A writer’s life can be a very confusing one. If you’d told me eight years ago, when I started writing my first novel, that the easiest thing about being a writer was writing the books, I’d have never believed you.
By Grant Patterson6 years ago in Journal
In the USA We Threaten Authors
The first time somebody contacted me with fantasies about my death I thought to myself, "Wow! I've made it as an author." I'd only been writing professionally three years by that point. It's easy to have imposter syndrome when you're new to an industry, or when you don't have a lot of career accomplishments yet, or when you come from marginalized groups, or when you don't have a university degree in your field of work.
By John Edward Lawson6 years ago in Journal
Undeniable Advantages of Email Marketing for Real Estate Agents
Why use email marketing? Recent statistics revealed that email marketing produces a very high ROI of 4,300 percent. In other words, you can earn $38 for every dollar that you spend in email marketing. Is that not enough reason to ditch all your old marketing tools for email marketing?
By Emma Williams6 years ago in Journal
How to Think & Act Like a Builder
When it comes to building your property, it is important that you not only act but also think like a ‘builder’. At every building stage, you need to ensure that you are meticulous, willing to snap into the builder’s brain, and thorough with your plan.
By Anthony F6 years ago in Journal
Appreciate Your Employees, Depreciate Your Turnover
Employees are a vital asset to any business and yet one of the resources that are the easiest to neglect. Without understanding the importance of employees, many businesses would no longer function. Appreciation is a key component of retaining excellent employees and reducing the risk of turnover, however, many are unsure of how or when to express appreciation. Consider these three areas for how to show your employees that you are grateful for their dedication and hard work.
By Craig Middleton6 years ago in Journal
5 Tips on How To Be a Successful Entrepreneur
Many people would like to become successful entrepreneurs, although very few know what it takes. This is because entrepreneurship goes beyond financial freedom, flexible schedules, and unlimited vacations, which attracts many people to start their businesses. If you are planning to become an entrepreneur, consider the challenges that you might experience too, and create right strategies of how you intend to handle them. Keep reading to know more about what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
By Kevin6 years ago in Journal
Tips for Surviving the Work Week
Even if you love your job, there can be times when things get so stressful that you're just trying to make it to the weekend. Whether it's because of internal staffing changes that have made you need to pick up the slack or because of looming deadlines, there are plenty of situations where you just want to kick back and relax in order to make it through the day. That being said, some activities are more helpful than others when it comes to destressing and staying focused. Here are a few surefire tips for surviving the work week.
By Carlos Fox6 years ago in Journal
How to Increase Organic CTR For Your Website
Earning a high organic search ranking is amazing. But if no one clicks your result, then what’s the use of it? Click-through rate (CTR) is a measurement of a total number of clicks versus the total number of an impression. It is the ratio of users who click on a specific link to the number of total users who view a page.
By Eduardo Garcia6 years ago in Journal
Leverage Marketing to Generate New Leads for your Construction Business
So, the new year has got you thinking about how you're going to market your business in 2020. Contractors have a hard time with marketing their business and that's why I've come up with four essential marketing strategies for contractors. These are the same principals I operate by, in this business and pretty much any other business I am involved in. These strategies discuss core marketing values but will also keep you focused and goal-oriented when it comes to generating leads for your business.
By Mi Brand Co.6 years ago in Journal
How to Turn Your Love for Dogs Into a Career
To many people, building a career around their passion is something they can barely imagine as possible - let alone if that passion involves loving and being around dogs. But some people still carry with them the fuzzy warm and exciting energy they felt in the presence of dogs during their childhood and are looking to transform it into a permanent state of being.
By Andrea Dawson6 years ago in Journal
How to Get Better Conversion Rates For Your Email Campaigns
Today I'm going to teach you my way to optimize an email campaign to get more sales. Usually when we talk about optimizing an email campaign for sales, we talk about making a sales page convert better with more persuasive copy or other things. We talk about starting with a page that converts at 3% and then optimising after that benchmark is established.
By Adam Watt6 years ago in Journal