Displaying All Posts from November, 2010

Advertiser Accolades

A site like this isn’t just fuelled by readers like yourselves — it’s also due to the support we have from our awesome advertisers. We take the time to show our readers appreciation through regular Follow Friday shout-outs on Twitter and the like, so we’re going to take the time here to show our gratitude to our advertisers… Click Here to Read Article …

Effective Sales Presentations for Closers

The Closer is a television show about a police detective who has an uncanny ability to close cases. The secret to her success is how she leads suspects into confessing in the interrogation room.

You can have the same success. Not at closing police cases but at closing deals. Instead of interrogating murder suspects, you’re going to give killer sales presentations. Luckily you don’t need a gun, just some basic sales presentation techniques. Click Here to Read Article …

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Awesome Links #21: Checkboxes, Winterize Your Body, Focus

It’s time for another edition of Awesome Links – where WorkAwesome offers a quick glimpse at some informative and inspiring articles on the web that have caught our attention. Click Here to Read Article …

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Hyperwords Hotrods Your Right-Click Menu

This is a tool I’ve been using for a long time and it has helped me tremendously in terms of the time I’ve saved and things I’ve got done.

Called Hyperwords, this is an add-on that adds a bunch of stuff to your right-click menu that helps you do things like check the definition of a word, search Google, check Wikipedia, translate text from one language to another and much more in just a click.

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You Suck at Powerpoint!

Some months ago we profiled 28 Creative Powerpoint Presentation Designs here on WorkAwesome and included in the line up were a couple by a very talented young Canadian named Jesse Desjardins. He does some wonderful work and after the post I contacted him to see if we could nab him for some Envato work too!

In the meantime Jesse’s put together a very cool presentation for the World’s Best Presentation contest, titled You Suck at Powerpoint! which in classic Desjardins style is entertaining and informative. View it below and if you enjoy it, give Jesse a vote in the contest on Slideshare. Click Here to Read Article …

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The Information Broker in the Information Age

The Information Broker in the Information Age

Information is a commodity — and in this thing called life that Shakespeare referred to as “a stage” there are no small roles, only small mindsets.

Whether your job is answering phones and addressing questions on the best way to send out a postal package, writing for a how-to blog, providing tax tips or dispensing advice to the lovelorn, folks depend on you and your expertise to guide their decisions, devise their “Plan B”, avoid mental wear and tear, and ultimately live better. Click Here to Read Article …

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The Netsetter: Interview with Glen Stansberry of LiveDev

The Netsetter: Interview with Glen Stansberry of LiveDev

Thursday Bram: Hi, this is Thursday Bram from WorkAwesome and I’m here with Glen Stansberry.  Glen, can you tell us a little bit about what you do and who you are?

Glen Stansberry: Hey, Thursday.  First off, thanks for having me.  This is pretty cool.  So I am a Web developer/writer – well, that’s good for now, web developer and writer.  I live in Lawrence, Kansas and I currently work for a company full time called Media for Media, which develops websites for news organizations and things like that.  I’m a designer there. Click Here to Read Article …

Free Online Writing Courses to Enhance Your Writing Skills

If you are looking to polish your writing skills but don’t want to pay for a professional course then you might want to check out this nice collection of free online writing courses put together by Laura from Freelance Folder. It includes courses from reputed sources like MIT, HP Learning Center and About.com. There are courses on grammar, technical writing, journalism, writing for the web and more. Click Here to Read Article …

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