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4 ways to streamline your proposal review process with PDFs

Joe Latta Communications

The draft review and approval process can be stressful for any proposal writer. You just spent days crafting a clear, compliant document, and now various senior executives and subject matter experts — many of whom have only a basic understanding of Microsoft Word formatting and review functions — are wading through it.

Seriously! Stop using Facebook this way

Mark MacDonald Marketing

Social media has changed our lives. This month we say happy 10th birthday to Facebook. Time flies. Since Facebook has 1.2 billion active users, it assures that almost everyone is on it. It makes sense that a lot of businesses have a page that communicates to their customers. But why do people follow you? If we understand that, we'll understand how to get more followers and what content to develop.

5 technical reasons big cable will get bigger

Mitch Weinraub Communications

While the industry goes back and forth on the details of Charter's proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable and rumors of Comcast or Cox involvement, the opportunities for cost savings get discussed quite a bit. However, most of the conversation tends be focused on reducing programming and administration costs or maybe maximizing ad revenue. On the technical side, there are five reasons that big cable will continue to get bigger, regardless of which board governs or who owns the shares.

5 easy ways to keep your email inbox under control

Liz Murphy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Co-workers and clients aren't the only sources of stress in the workplace. Though it may surprise you, email — a tool meant to make our lives easier — is also another culprit creating work-related strain and anxiety. It's easy to let an inbox to become overwhelming, and unfortunately taking a vacation from your work email is not always possible. But here are five easy ways you can become the boss of your own inbox once again.

Net neutrality: Free market will self‑regulate

Victor Blake Communications

A federal appeals court has made it clear that the FCC cannot regulate the carriage of traffic on the Internet for operators which the FCC itself deems are not common carriers. Of course, there is nothing preventing the FCC from declaring that Internet service providers are common carriers. If they did so, they could presumably go on to regulate carriage include not only policies (like "neutrality") but also pricing, bundling and other regulation.

4 ways to write headlines that actually get clicked

Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

The short, snappy title you type right before you post your blog, tweet or story is the reason for your downfall. Even though headlines seem like the last step in publishing, they're the most important by far. If you have a ho-hum headline, no one will click on it to discover the golden editorial waiting for them. Instead, you need to really focus on crafting headlines that inspire and intrigue your audience enough to click through.

Net neutrality ruling is a net loss for many businesses

Jessica Taylor Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Remember back when there was no such thing as high-speed Internet? The only option you had was dial-up service and had to listen to that pesky dial tone for a several minutes before being able to access what you really wanted. Well, you might be going back to the slow speed you once despised.

Need for speed: Improving website load times can boost your business

Stephanie Studer Communications

No matter what you hope to gain from your online presence, whether it's sales or SEO, you can't expect to get it if your page loads at a snail's pace. So let's speed things up with a few simple tricks that are easy to implement.

9 steps to more concise business writing

Joe Latta Marketing

In today's world of ultratasking and information overload, being concise is more important than ever. Whether reading a short email or 500-page business proposal, your audience typically doesn't have the time or desire to search for information.

CES 2014: Curved, smart and wearable

Mitch Weinraub Communications

At this year's CES tech-fest in Las Vegas, a few clear themes emerged from all of the noise, color and fury. For the most part, if a product wasn’t labeled as curved, smart or wearable, there was risk that the crowds would just walk on by. Let me explain.

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