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If You Respect Them, They Will BuyClosing the Sale

We've all had the unfortunate experience of being convinced by apushy salesperson to buy something we weren't sure we wanted. Youmay have really wanted the product, but after being pushed intobuying it, you don't want it anymore. You e...

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An Ambarrassment of Riches

http://www.doi.org/ The Internet is too rich. Even powerful and sophisticated search engines, such as Google, return a lot of trash, dead ends, and Error 404's in response to the most well-defined query, Boolean operators and all. Directories cr...

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3 Tips to Achieve Your Writing Goals

3 Tips to Achieve Your Writing Goals by: Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ 1. Make your goals achievable. By achievable, we mean realistic and attainable. You might unconsciously have set a goal even others will have a hard time achieving, even if the...

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What Can Go Into A Plot?

What Can Go Into A Plot? by: Nick Vernon Creative Writing Tips – We all tackle plotting differently. How you plot will be individual to you, as it is with every writer. Below is an outline of what can go into a plot. How much you choose to dev...

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ePublisher - How to Publish Successfully

You may think that writing your book has been the ultimate challenge, until you want to get it published when the real nightmare begins.Getting published with one of the big names is indeed a daunting task; there’s the submission process, followed ...

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How To Find A Job Writing Grant Applications

How To Find A Job Writing Grant Applications by: Niall Cinneide Do you have what it takes to land a job doing grant writing? Many people are looking for ways to develop a freelance business, but unless you know what it takes to do so, you might ...

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10 Tips for Effective Proofreading

10 Tips for Effective Proofreading by: Jean Hanson Proofreading may not be terribly fun, but it's one of the most important parts of writing. Have you ever read a web page or a document that had typos, grammatical errors, and punctuation m...

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It's More Than Just the Writing

I carry the torch of good writing: make no mistake about that. But there is another critical piece to conveying messages successfully in today's hurry-up, fast-paced, techno-world. That piece is the design of your documents. No, you don't...

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Writing as a Gift

Writing as a Gift by: Jenna GlatzerWhat am I supposed to give Anthony as a wedding gift? I asked Kristin, my bridesmaid and person-who-was-married. I mean, what kinds of things do brides give their grooms? I was thinking of hiring someone to cle...

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Being the Butt of an Article

A writer friend of mine just forwarded me an email that someone has just sent her. She’s a brand new writer, has a column going in her local paper, and really enjoys writing. The email she was sent is as follows, only the name of the person sending...

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