#AND initially set a goal of 6 (with an ideal of 10 to match last year) BUT THEN ended at 12

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Final two ArtFights!

Red (otherfireangel)

Suzuni Yukai (pikapillow)

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Learn How to Play Football in 9 Steps

1. Understanding The Rule Of The Game

Matches are 11-a-side, with 10 field players who cannot use their hands and 1 goalkeeper who is allowed to catch the ball inside the penalty area. You must always tackle the ball, not your opponent. Games are split into two 45-minute halves and the winner is whoever scores more goals than their opponent in the given time. To score, you have to send the ball into your opponent's goal. The offside rule is what spices things up: you cannot be closer to the goal than the last field defender when receiving the ball from your partner.

2. Technical Exercises Before Playing Football

Every footballer must train to run fast. To do this, it’s important to ensure that you warm up properly and work on your speed. Each and every muscle in your body is used to maximize your running potential.

3. Learn To Do A Header

Depending on the situation in the game, this technique can be used to clear the ball, pass to a teammate or score a goal. A header involves touching the ball with your head (ideally your forehead).

To give it more power, bend your legs, swing your chest backward and then push it forward by tensing your abs. As you finish this swinging movement, push your neck forwards too. As for where to hit it, try to position the ball on your forehead. It's just the right shape for the job as well as being the boniest, and therefore least painful, part of your head. For pinpoint accuracy in your positioning, take a few steps to get yourself in just the right place. When you do a header, don't close your eyes: keep them open for better aim.

‍ 4. Discover Passing Techniques

SHORT PASS A short pass is one that rolls along the ground to make it easier for the teammate receiving the ball to control. You stand on one foot and use the other to kick the ball. Place the foot you're standing on level with the ball, around 20 cm to the left if you're right-handed. It should be facing your target. It's also important that your shoulders are facing your target. Kick the ball with the flat of your foot, in other words, the inside. To do so, turn your foot out and aim to kick the ball with the central part. Bend the leg you're standing on and turn your other leg side-on. This will give you better stability and a more fluid movement.

LONG PASS This pass lets you send the ball to a teammate who is far away from you. The ball should go up into the air so that opponents cannot intercept it so easily.

Position the foot you're standing on 20 cm to the left of the ball if you're right-handed. Kick the bottom part of the ball close to where it's touching the ground using the top of the inside of your foot. Make sure you keep this leg straight to give the ball more power. When you kick the ball, extend the opposite arm to your kicking foot as this will help you keep your balance.

5. Improve Your Dribbling Skills

Dribbling (in football terms) allows you to maneuver the ball around the field without losing possession. Mastering the skill takes a lot of hours of practice but hey, you'll have to start somewhere.  We'll take you through the basics.

First of all, it's important to know that there are almost 9 types of dribbling drills, namely;‍ ‍The Sombrero Dribble - A sombrero kick allows you to dribble past your opponent. It consists in flicking the the ball over the your opponent's head and resuming dribbling on the other side of them‍ The Nutmeg Dribble - The between-the-leg pass, commonly known as a 'nutmeg.' Nutmegging is where you tap the ball through an opponent’s legs and recover it behind them. Most of the time, it's by tricking your opponent do that you succeed in getting them to part their legs so that you can pass the ball between them‍ The Run Around Dribble - The run around allows you to “dribble” the ball past an opponent in front of you.The essence of this technique is to flick the ball past your opponent while running around the opposite side of them, to then recover the ball.‍ The Step-Over - The stepover allows you to dribble around an opponent in front of you. It consists of tricking your opponent by making them think that you're going to dribble the ball in one direction, and then actually dribbling it in another. It's possible to do a stepover with each leg and then to link them together one after the other. ‍ The Feint Dribble - The feint allows you to avoid an opponent who is in front of you.The move is similar to a step-over and it consists of making the opponent think you are going to move in one direction so that you can quickly move the other way. It is called a feint because the body movement tricks the opponent without needing to move the ball.‍ Quickly Turn the Ball Dribble- It's one of the most commonly-used dribbling techniques and allows you to changes directions in one quick movement the quick-turn consists in placing your foot on the opposite side of the ball to the direction direction to that the is currently travelling in.‍ The Roulette Turn Dribble - A roulette allows you to dribble the ball around an opponent; To do the roulette, you should dribble the ball with your strong foot.our strong foot is the one with which you are most confident when shotting the ball. When you find yourself facing an opponent at close range (around 1 metre away), roll the ball backwards with the sole of your stronger foot.‍ The Two Touch Dribble - A two touch dribble will assist you in beating an opponent who is directly in front of you. The move involves flicking the ball quickly from one foot to the other in order to change your direction of play.‍ The Drag Back Dribble - A drag-back allows you to get away from an opponent by going around them, whether they are in front of you or slightly to the side. ‍Your initial practice can start by taking your football to open spaces and practicing your dribble back and forth. Dribble toward a direction with one-foot, turn around and then dribble back with your opposite foot.To get used to different types of touches, turn your body to the side and do the same thing. As and when you get more comfortable, gradually increase your dribbling pace while keeping the ball under control.

‍ 6. Learn To Control The Ball

Good ball control is very important in football because it allows you to move around without losing the ball. Ball control involves keeping the ball close to you so that you can frequently change the pace and direction.

Take small steps and guide the ball using your stronger foot (whichever feels most comfortable kicking).

7. How To Do A Throw In

A throw-in is essentially that moment when you restart the game after the ball has gone out of the boundaries of play.

It might not feel like a very glamorous skill  to master but it has an importance. Since you’ve set up your mind to learn how to play football, you need to learn it through and through. An effective throw can enable a successful attacking move and helps you maintain possession.

When is a throw-in awarded?‍ A throw-in is awarded when the ball has passed over the touchline, either on the ground or in the air. The throw is taken from the spot where the ball has gone out of play A throw-in goes to the opposite team of the person who gets the ball out of play How to take a throw-in? Hold the ball with both hands, one on each side. Place your feet on the spot from where the ball exited the field of play. Arch your back. Lift the ball up and over your head. Release the ball with a forward flick of the wrists toward the direction of your teammate in order to maintain possession. Re-enter the game but don't touch the ball until someone else has.

8. How To Be A Better Goalkeeper While you’re learning how to be a good football player, why not also learn how to be a better goalkeeper. The role of a goalie is an important one in determining a teams success. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to stop and catch the ball when a player of the opposition shoots at their goal. A blocked shot not only preserves the score of the game but can shift the momentum of the entire game.

‍There are a lot of methods to stop a ball depending on the precision and the strength of the shot. Here are some tips to ensure you become the best keeper you can be.‍ Develop your kicking as well as throwing skills. Prioritize timings. Stay focused on the game all the time even if the ball is away from your 18 yard box. Always keep your eye on the ball. Try and read the body language of your opponent. Get your feet, hands and eyes in sync Enhance your communication with your teammates

9. Learn How To Defend While Playing Football

Learn how to position yourself to defend in football. This is an important stance in learning how to play football. All the players in the team who do not have possession of the ball have to defend. Their goal is to stop their opponents from scoring a goal, to provoke them into making errors and to intercept the ball.

In most football matches, each player has a direct opponent, in other words they have a player they have to mark and defend against,when their team does not have possession of the ball. Always position yourself between your opponent and the goal you are protecting. Stay around two metres from them. Move back when they move forwards through bending your legs and angling yourself at at a 45 degree angle to them. Keep your focus on the ball. Be ready to intervene if your opponent leaves too large a distance between themselves and the ball in order to intercept or clear it away.

Note which is the preferred foot of your opponent. Once you have identified it, angle yourself at 45 degrees on the side of their strong footing order to force them to dribble the ball with their weaker foot. The situation will become much less dangerous for your team! You now know how yo defend properly in football! Now that you’ve learnt how to play football, there’s no reason to not get on the pitch immediately. But wait, make sure you first pick up the right set of gear to get going.

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Credit Cards and Finance Things: The Good, The Bad, and the Honest Truth

First off, if you’re dealing with an annoying mound of credit card debt you’re not alone. I used to swear up and down that I would never get a credit card...until I got to college. It was just one, with a manageable limit through my bank, but then it was two and then a Victoria’s Secret card and a Best Buy account, Amazon, American Airlines. It got out of hand quickly and now at 23 I’m still dealing with the repercussions of irresponsible decisions I made at 19. But, in dealing with all of the BS that comes along with credit cards and paying them off, my friends started asking me for advice with handling their own. Which seemed...Bizarre? Now initially I would have told you under no circumstances should you ever get a credit card ever! In reality this isn’t really a practical thing, and here are a few reasons why.

 If you have any plans to travel, rent hotel rooms or cars you’ll need a credit card. Most if not almost all rental car companies will not let you use a debit card when you’re renting a car. And if they do they increase the already ridiculous hold on your account and unless you have a major amount of liquid cash and you can stand to not access $400-$600 on top of your rental fees for the duration of your trip it’s a necessity. I’m often surprised at how many people don’t know this, the best man in my best friend’s wedding found himself stranded in New York City without a way to get to Vermont because the rental company they had booked with didn’t list that you had to pay by credit card and you had to be over 25. (Also age isn’t won’t always stop you from renting but it will almost always increase your rental price so check to see if there’s a young renter’s fee!) 

Certain hotels follow similar policies, and at minimum it’s always a good idea to have some way to cover your ass if you find yourself in a bind while away from home. Lost debit cards, emergencies, accidents, or traveling for work where you’ll be waiting to receive reimbursement from you employer are all things you could encounter where not having one is going to make for a giant pain in the ass. 

Different types of credit help you build a strong credit profile and no credit history can be just as frustrating to deal with as bad credit history. Credit Cards fall under the revolving debt category and help show that you can faithfully pay down or pay off a balance to a lender. They’re also how most people establish their length of credit history, which is a pretty large factor in your overall credit profile. Now, you don’t want just revolving accounts, installment accounts (usually car loans are where the average 20 something will pick this up) are even stronger for your credit profile and honestly look better than accounts with a revolving balance. Services like Credit Karma offer great break downs about all of this and how each type affects your credit scores. I highly recommend getting in the habit of checking your credit score on a regular basis if you don’t already. It’s free and it’s one of the first ways you can spot if something that doesn’t seem right shows up on your credit if you don’t pay for any kind of credit monitoring service. Having no credit history makes things like trying to rent an apartment or get a vehicle loan difficult. My current roommates previous roommate had no credit history or rental history and because that was viewed as a risk factor for the rental company their security deposit jumped to over $600 from $250. As for a vehicle loan you’re more than likely going to need a co-signer or co-borrower which can be difficult if you don’t have someone that is willing to put their name and credit on the line to help you.

Long story short. You need to build credit history some how, credit cards are kind of the path of least resistance to do so but I will say if you don’t think that you have the self control to keep your “emergency” card in your wallet for actual emergencies. I would suggest holding off. 

Your bank and local bankers are excellent resources for financial questions and concerns! You can always go in and chat with a banker about your financial goals or to seek some advice. Debt, budgeting and finances are tricky and no one is expecting you to understand it all so use the resources around you and don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need it. 

The best thing I can recommend is to be SMART about what you choose, stay away from store cards with attractive incentives. “But what about the rewards?! And the freebies!? It has to worth it” Absolutely not, this is just a great way to build up unnecessary excess debt, and trust me the perks don’t take the sting out of the 29% interest rate once you realize how much you’re paying back for your retail therapy. 

Airline cards have the worst annual fees and ridiculously high interest rates, if you do want something travel specific that you can build miles up on the only one I suggest is through American Airlines specifically their Fly Now Pay Later program. This can only be used to purchase flights and has 6 months interest free financing on all of your flight purchases, you still earn miles and it’s tied to your frequent flyer number. Over all, this is a card I plan on keeping because it allows me to grab flights at any time when the prices bottom out because we all know that great deal won’t usually stick around till your next pay day. Just make sure to pay it off within that 6 month window and you’re good!

Really you want to look for a card that gives you cash back on your purchases, that you can either redeem for other things or you can roll back into your monthly payments. Personally, I have a Discover It card and although the interest rate is a little on the high side (which differs for everyone depending on your credit profile) it is nice that I can take whatever cash back rewards I have and roll them into my payment. 

If you’re like me and are dealing with multiple accounts and trying to tackle getting them all paid off. USE GOOGLE CALENDAR. I used to end up with late fees because I would space a payment and not realize it till the next morning when that stupid late fee had already been posted to my account. I wanted desperately to be an organized planner girl that could keep everything written down but it just doesn’t work for me, and I have to remember to write them all in every month and to be honest ain’t nobody got time for that. My google cal took me a bit to set up but the nice thing is, once it’s up you can set it to just auto repeat every single month until the end of time if you would like. Every single one of my accounts is listed on its due date, they start out green and when I’ve made the payment I go in and switch them to red for that month. If an account is paid off, I switch it to orange and just tell it to change all the following events to match.  Easy, simple, and no late fees. And since I get paid bi-weekly it really helps with pay mapping and knowing what I need to set aside to make sure everything is covered. 12/10 for the very visual planning type! Also, I know most banks have a Bill payer feature, I’ve just found that this is what works best for me. And if you’re like me and paying off multiple accounts tackle them one at a time! Make minimums on all of them except one, when that’s paid off move on to the next one. Everything is still getting paid but you’ll actually start to see productive results sooner. (This one came straight from my banker and let me tell ya it works!) Start with the smallest one and work your way up to the highest ones. 

Going Back to Pay Mapping, this is a great tool to tackle paying down debt and keeping your monthly budget on track. This allows you to sit down and see when you have money coming in and when money needs to in turn go back out to cover your bills and where you’ll need a little extra or where you’ll have some cash leftover. I usually pay map for a month out from wherever I’m doing my budget. Starting with my current account balance, adding in my upcoming paycheck, deducting all of the payments that will be made in that pay period until my next check and then adding that next check in and repeating the cycle. So I can see if one week I’m going to come up a little short then I need to keep some of my over flow cash from a previous week in order to make sure I don’t over draft my account. It seems simple, and you would think that it’s just basic knowledge...but again I’ve heard so many times “If I would have realized that I wouldn’t of done _____ last week!” The best thing you can do for your financial mind set is to alway be thinking forward, don’t let that extra 20 bucks burn a hole in your pocket if you haven’t checked to see if it really is extra. Better yet, just move it to your savings account (which you should also be dumping at least $10 in to whenever you can...I’m still trying to get better about this one myself).

And if you’re on top of it and pay your card off every month! Pay it off before the due date and then a revolving balance will never hit your credit report. Having accounts that are consistently paid off and don’t carry a revolving balance is the ideal way you want to deal with having credit cards. It looks great on your credit report that you pay faithfully, your usage stays low, and your still establishing length of credit history.

Wow okay this got much longer than I expected it to be but I feel like these are like the financial FAQs I usually get so now maybe I can just send it on as a master post the next time someone asks? But if any of this is unclear or you have other questions I’ll do my best to answer them! Again, by no means am I an expert this is simply a collection of things I’ve figured out through trial and lots of error. So if anything learn from my mistakes lol and if there’s anything you would like to add feel free! I’m always looking to learn more! 

Also, remember it’s not forever. It may be stressful and not very fun right now but if you keep working at it and you learn from it and you make sure you don’t end up there again. I know it can be incredibly overwhelming and it sucks when you have to make the choice to stay in and be responsible when all you want to do is go out and have fun. But, it’ll feel so much nicer when you know you’re doing it all cash and you don’t have to worry about paying for your fun at the end of the month. You got this! Now go color code your calendar and get that shit paid off!

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HubSpot Inbound Certification Exam Answers 2019

HubSpot Inbound Certification Answers 2019

Which Is True About Content And Its Relationship With The Inbound Methodology?

Which Of The Following Is The Best Technique For Helping People Progress Through The Buyer’s Journey?

True Or False? An Inbound Sales Strategy Aims To Connect With Buyers When They’re In The Decision Stage Of The Buyer’s Journey.

True Or False? Most Buyers Are Naturally Trusting Of Salespeople.

What Are The Phases For The Inbound Sales Framework?

Which Of The Following Delight Terms Is Considered To Be Reactive To Your Customers’ Needs?

Fill In The Blank: ____________ Is The Process Of Listening To Customer Feedback About Their Experience Using A Product Or Service, Sharing Results Within The Organization, And Interpreting Feedback To Improve Customer Experience And Retention.

What Are The Phases Of An Inbound Sales Strategy?

Which Of The Following Is NOT A Lead Nurturing Tactic?

True Or False? A Call-To-Action Must Be A Button.

True Or False? A Website Page Should Always Have Three Goals. There Should Be One Primary Goal And Two Secondary Goals.

What Are The Three Core Tenents Of Inbound?

True Or False? If A Lead Flow Only Asks For A Visitor’s Email Address, That’s Enough Information To Create A Useful Record In The CRM.

True Or False? An Effective Conversion Path Must Include A Landing Page.

True Or False? To Ensure That Search Engines Understand Your Website Page, It’s Necessary To Repeat Your Primary Keyword Throughout The Page Content Using The Same Wording And Phrasing.

True Or False? NPS Is Calculated By Subtracting The Detractors Percentage From The Passives Percentage.

Imagine You Surveyed 100 Training Attendees. If 10% Were Detractors, 30% Were Passives, And 60% Were Promoters, What Would Your NPS Be?

Fill In The Blank: ______________ Are People Who Respond To The NPS With A Score Between 0 And 6.

True Or False? Content Is Only Used During The Attract And Delight Stages Of The Inbound Methodology.

What Is Social Listening?

When Should You Focus On Delighting People?

You Want To Improve Your Customer Experience Processes And Your Products To Ensure You’re Focused On Delight. Which Should You Do To Get The Largest, Most Representative Sample?

True Or False? Having An Inbound Sales Strategy Is Important Because Of Changes Made By The Invention Of The Internet.

60% Of A Buyer’s Purchase Decision Has Already Been Made Before Even Talking To A Sales Representative. What Does That Mean For Inbound Sales?

True Or False? As An Inbound Sales Representative, Acting As An Information Gatekeeper And Holding Power Over The Entire Sales Process Helps You Win More Sales.

True Or False? An Inbound Sales Approach Is Necessary Because The World Has Changed And Salespeople Need To Adapt To New Technologies And Buying Patterns.

What Is The Difference Between A Sales Process And An Inbound Sales Strategy?

What Is The Goal Of The Identify Phase Of An Inbound Sales Strategy?

An Inbound Sales Strategy Focuses On Identifying People Who _________.

What Is The Definition Of Lead Nurturing?

Fill In The Blank: While Most Pages Should Be Optimized For User Interaction, Responsive Blogs Should Be First Optimized For _________.

When Designing Site Architecture And Navigation, Whose Experience Should Be The Primary Consideration?

True Or False: Responsive Design Relies On Predefined Screen Sizes.

All Of The Following Are True About Forms And Lead Flows EXCEPT:

Fill In The Blank: __________ Allows You To Understand What Users Want, Care About, And Interact With On Your Site By Visually Representing Their Clicks, Taps, And Scrolling Behavior.

What Is The Main Purpose Of A Landing Page?

This Call-To-Action Isn’t Performing As Well As It Should. What Is The First Thing To Assess About The Call-To-Action?

Define A Conversion Path.

True Or False? When Starting Out, Make Sure You Are Engaging With Customers On Every Single Social Media Channel.

True Or False? Each Prospect Who Comes To Your Website For The First Time Is Always In The Awareness Stage Of The Buyer’s Journey.

True Or False? If You Have An Ideal Customer Profile, You Don’t Need Buyer Personas.

What Are The Steps For Creating A Conversion Path?

What Is Conversion Optimization?

True Or False? Conversion Optimization Is NOT An Iterative Process.

What Are The Steps Of Conversion Optimization?

Fill In The Blank: When Creating A Content Offer, Use _________ To Determine The Best Content Offer Format.

True Or False? You Should Only Create Video Content If You Have A High-Quality Camera And Lights.

True Or False? Social Media Is A Key Driver For Word-Of-Mouth Marketing.

If You’re Looking For A Place To Start With Creating Topic Clusters And Pillar Pages, Consider Deconstructing Your Existing Awareness- Or Consideration-Stage Offers Into 10x Content Pillar Pages.

To Help Increase Awareness For An Upcoming Product Launch, Your Manager Increases Paid Promotion Funds By 300%. Which Channels Could You Disperse These Funds To?

Optimizing Your Content Helps Improve __________.

True Or False? In The Context Of Inbound, Buyer Personas And Ideal Buyer Profiles Are The Same Thing.

What Is The Definition Of A Buyer Persona?

A Website Visitor Is Reading The Blog Post You Published Last Month. They’re Intrigued By The Call-To-Action That You Have At The Bottom Of Your Post, So They Decide To Click It And Are Redirected To A Form Which They Fill Out And Submit. Which Inbound Methodology Stage Is Being Described In This Scenario?

What Are The Four Stages Of The Inbound Methodology?

True Or False? Buyer Personas Are Effective For All Organization Types.

Fill In The Blank: Inbound Marketing Represents A Fundamental Shift In The Way That Organizations Operate Because It Is ______-Centric.

You’ve Been Tasked With Helping To Research Your Organization’s Buyer Persona. Your Boss Asks You To Reach Out To A Few Good And Bad Customers. Is This The Right Approach?

A Customer Who Recently Purchased Your Product Realizes That It’s Not The Right Solution For The Problem They Were Trying To Solve. He Would Like To Return The Product. Which Stage Of The Buyer’s Journey Is Your Customer In?

You’ve Joined A Startup Company. Before Building Out Your Content Strategy, You’ll Need To Develop Your Company’s Primary Buyer Persona. What’s The Appropriate Order For Developing The Buyer Persona For Your Startup?

What Does CRM Stand For?

What Kinds Of Information Does Your Marketing Team Likely Need Included In A Persona?

According To Jobs Theory, Which Of The Following Is An Example Of A Job Story?

What Is The Relationship Of Funnels And Flywheels To Each Other?

Which Departments Should Be Involved In Creating Content?

Fill In The Blank: Inbound Is Knowledge _________.

What Are The Stages In The Inbound Methodology?

If Your Content Is Focused On The Different Solutions To Your Buyer Persona’s Problem, Where Would That Content Fit Into The Buyer’s Journey?

What Is The Buyer’s Journey?

True Or False? A Customer’s Buying Journey Is Ever-Evolving. You Should Make Updates As You Learn More About Your Buyer Persona.

Who Should Be Involved In Creating Your Buyer Personas?

True Or False? It Is A Recommended Best Practice To Gate And Deliver Majority Of Your Content Over Live Chat.

What Is The Role Of “Back Office”? Teams (Accounting, Legal, Etc.) In Creating Buyer Personas?

Who At Your Company Will Buyer Personas Most Benefit?

What Is The Relationship Between Your Company’s Purpose And Your Buyer Personas?

True Or False? There Should Be One Person Who Is Tasked With Creating And Maintaining Your Buyer Personas.

What Kinds Of Information Does Your Customer Service Team Likely Need Included In Each Persona?

What Kinds Of Information Does Your Sales Team Likely Need Included In Each Persona?

Which Of The Following Best Describes A Buyer Persona?

True Or False? If One Horizon Begins To Underperform, You Should Reallocate Resources To Those Initiatives Until They Start Performing Well.

In The Three Horizon Framework, What Does Horizon Three Symbolize?

What’s The Maximum Number Of Top Priorities A Company Should Have At Any Given Time?

True Or False? Objectives Typically Have A Designated Time Period, While Key Results Can Be Long Lived.

In The Three Horizon Framework, What Does Horizon Two Symbolize?

True Or False? Every Business Exists Primarily To Create Profits?

In The Three Horizon Framework, What Does Horizon One Symbolize?

When It Comes To Goal Setting, What Are Objectives?

What Is The Three Horizon Framework?

When It Comes To Goal Setting, What Are Key Results?

How Does Your Company’s Purpose Affect “Back Office”? Teams (Accounting, Legal, Etc.)?

Which Of The Following Is NOT A “Job Dimension”? That Jobs Theory Might Uncover?

What Is Jobs Theory?

When You Use Jobs Theory To Develop A Timeline Of Events, Where Does That Timeline Start?

Which Of The Following Is NOT A Key Part Of A Company’s Culture?

If A Salesperson Is Speaking With A Specific Person And Discovers That The Person Doesn’t Exactly Match Their Assigned Persona, What Should The Salesperson Do?

Which Of The Following Is The Best Way To Align A Company’s Employees Around A Single Purpose?

What Does A Knowledge Strategy Allow You To Do?

Fill In The Blanks: You ________ Have To Provide The _________ Right Response, Before Delivering The __________ Correct Information.

Why Do The Inbound Principles Exist?

Which Place Is Recommended For The Storage Of Your Prospect’s Information?

Fill In The Blank: When Optimizing Your Content For Clarity, Your Goal Is To ______________.

Fill In The Blank: You Standardize For ______________.

When It Comes To Inbound Best Practices, You Personalize For:

How Can Thinking Of Your Business As A Flywheel Foster Cross-Team Collaboration?

In A Flywheel Business, Which Of The Following Is The Most Important Source Of New Prospects?

How Can You Apply Flywheel Thinking To Your Company’s Budget?

Why Is It Common For Companies To Think Of Themselves In Terms Of A Funnel?

Which Of The Following Is NOT Something You Would Take Into Account When Contextualizing Information?

True Or False? When You Standardize, You’re Creating A Single Standard Answer That Has No Variations.

What Are The Five Inbound Principles?

True Or False? Every Customer Has To Have A Fantastic Experience In Order For Your Company’s Flywheel To Accelerate.

Which Of The Following Is NOT A Reason To Think Of Your Business As A Flywheel?

Fill In The Blank: _______________ Is A Friendly, Harmonious Relationship; A Relationship Characterized By Agreement, Mutual Understanding, Or Empathy That Makes Communication Possible Or Easy.

True Or False? Attracting Is The Role Of Marketing. Engaging Is The Role Of Sales. Delighting Is The Role Of Services.

Who Is Responsible For Delighting Prospects And Customers?

Which Of The Following Is A Problem With Thinking Of Your Business As A Funnel?

What Is The Relationship Between The Inbound Methodology And The Concept Of A Flywheel?

Fill In The Blank: Your __________ Is Your Strongest Acquisition Lever.

Fill In The Blank: The Inbound Methodology Is A ____________.

True Or False? Most Buyers Start Researching Potential Solutions Before They Meet With A Salesperson.

What Is The Purpose Of The Delight Stage Of The Inbound Methodology?

True Or False? As Buying Behavior Changes, The Inbound Philosophy Will Also Evolve.

When Does The Engage Stage Of The Inbound Methodology Begin?

What Occurs During The Attract Stage Of The Inbound Methodology?

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change, adapt.

WHO: rachel berry (with mentions of others)

WHAT: keeping control, repaying a debt; two birds, one stone

WHEN: 10/6; late morning

WHERE: sunnyside motel, ten miles outside of castleport

There were lessons that came along with growing up. In her younger years, Rachel could admit her sightlines were incredibly narrow. The path to the life she saw for herself set, her vision clear, and her steps determined. And it seemed, for a time, to be enough. To not only maintain, but thrive. But life, in its unpredictability threw enough rocks in her path that, at times, she felt deviated from the road but no less blocked from the end game.

And the end game was always success; overwhelming happiness and nothing less, it was what she deserved, after all. In order for the endgame to remain clear, Rachel would have to adapt. To loosen the grip of rigidity without decreasing her boundless determination. It was that which sustained her.

A good plan needed options; it wasn’t ideal to stick to one avenue, because variables would always be difficult to control completely. Avenue A needed B which relied on a C and perhaps even an avenue D, if it came down to it.

And despite the chaos she’d carefully crafted, the devil was in fact, in the details. There would be no big reveal just yet, no ‘gotcha’ until the absolute right moment. And going off that, it would be easy to adapt from the previous detour.

Framing Hunter and Sugar had been a fun little veer off the path, and had admittedly, taken things in an unplanned direction but her father Leroy always said she had the uncanny ability to bounce back, to switch gears and think on her feet.

Chronic disappointment was a great motivator for adaption.

There would be no missteps now, with this new direction, designed to exploit the ugliness of a man she, at one point, had considered to be a potential someone. Brody Weston had been unexpected, and she had been wary but still took a chance and swiped right.

New York was proving to be just as unpredictable as her hometown, with the infrequency of her callbacks and far too many fizzled out dates. But being matched with Brody, a fellow aspiring performer, had felt like kismet. His talent was nowhere near her level of skill but he was dedicated, handsome, and sweet.

Their initial conversation held no trace of the typical first-time weirdness, the pair launching into an easy discussion of their favorites that led to talks about their dream roles and future goals. It felt nice, far nicer than what she was used to. For the first time, Rachel could be exactly who she designed and with someone who had no recollection of the Rachel from Maine. 

The loser. The trash queen. Though late night, she recalled those events to him, baring parts of her past, mostly just her prom experience and how Santana and Quinn had gleefully ruined her moment in the spotlight. And it was a relief, to see someone take her side in it for once, to agree that it was a horrible experience, and to reassure her that she’d long moved past those days.

While she only considered it a casual dalliance it was still far better than her past of pining and pursuing and being ridiculed for it. It was easy to pretend she was someone carefree, the kind of girl who could breezily date, could easily engage in commitment-free intimacy, and could leave before she was left.

Luckily, the leaving came in the form of landing a potentially big audition, giving her the right excuse to break things off with Brody in a way that she figured he, as a fellow performer, could understand. That feelings were simply the second act but the first would always be her dreams and her career. That what they had was fun and casual but clearly they were on different pages.

Rachel never imagined the sharp turn in his disposition, from confusion at her pumping the brakes, to anger, and then outright refusal. To him, the connection meant something deeper, and perhaps she could have heard him out but she was resolved in making this as small and contained a mess as she could.

Until he started showing up outside her apartment building. And at her dance classes. And at her rehearsals. And even cornering her in Castleport. Always wanting to talk, and the pleading quickly gave way to threats, subtle and less so, and soon Rachel was regretting every damn thing, every text, every late night hang out, and especially every picture sent to him, innocent and…not as. She felt stupid and silly, for once again allowing something to deviate her from the path but this time she felt pushed, more than anything.

But she would adapt. She always did. And this way, this new direction would serve two-fold. Revenge and keeping control firmly in her grasp.

Brody would pay, just like the others. It was easy to set up. The subtext practically wrote itself. The police had her phone, her journal, and it would only be a matter of time before they figured out exactly who he was, especially since she practically spoon-fed the setup to Schuester, coming into the station days after Brody was spotted in Castleport. Visibly shaken was an easy role to play; there was truth in it after all.

And it was kind of William to take pity on her, walking her through the process of filing the restraining order. And perhaps it had been her idea of buying him a drink to thank him for his help, and maybe it’d been her idea of a few more rounds, but Rachel found it even easier to press a hand to his chest and glance up at him with a most grateful look, because he had indeed helped her, in more ways than he realized. She called him ‘a comfort’, in her journal and was happy to see the fruits of that labor, the police department quickly galvanizing to cover their asses and cover up a potentially scandalous twist to their investigation.

With so much going on, with homecoming and the arrests, she knew it would have been some time before the police refocused on the case. But the restraining order had been discovered; she’d heard as much from that insipid busybody Sheila Sullivan when she’d darted into the pharmacy, still wearing her disguise. That, was thanks to her. A little nudge to the newspaper, anonymously delivering a copy of the restraining order and text conversations to the Gazette office. There were enough leaks at Castleport PD the paper wouldn’t think twice to consider it a gift from their regular source.

It was just too good. And only a matter of time for Brody. The fact that he’d visited Castleport twice, the last time a mere week before the big disappearance. The shift in tone of his texts from friendly and flirtatious, sweet and sensual, to the barely contained threats and outright promises of harm to her and her friends was more damning than anything she could ever make up.

Who, after all, would suspect the hometown girl of something sinister, when there was so much evidence against the handsome outsider with a dark side?

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The 29 Most Incredible Themed Races of 2014

Why run the very same ol' 5K when you can race in a bunny outfit or, emergency room, in your birthday celebration suit? Whether you're seeking to dress up, obtain slimed, deal with barriers, or obtain in on some endless Twinkie activity, our roundup of one of the most incredible themed races around has something for everyone.

When putting this list with each other, the fun element wased initially and also foremost, however we additionally considered the swag bags, after parties, areas, charitable associations, and also, of program the hilarious memories you'll gather together with your finisher medal. Shoelace up those kicks (and also possibly start working on your gag reflex), since we're off!

EAT AND RUN

1. April Fool's Day Twinkie Run Distance: 5K Location: Ann Arbor, MI Twinkies are a significant issue-- you saw how people lost it when the factory closure was announced-- as well as this occasion honors the famous shortcake treat. Runners are dealt with to limitless Twinkies at the starting line and afterwards unleash to run a 5K through Ann Arbor's Gallup Park. For those who require to refuel, the mushy covereds are offered at the 1.5-mile mark, and once more at the finish line as a. recuperation treat. Make certain to rate on your own though, there are a lot more Twinkies post-race (those ones are homemade and even more decadent than you 'd ever believe). This run, currently in its fifth year, is arranged by Ann Arbor Active Versus ALS.

2. Hot Chocolate 5K/15K Distance: 5K and 15K Location: Various Nothing contrasts to the pleasant heat of warm delicious chocolate on a chilly wintertime's day, besides possibly the Hot Delicious chocolate 15/5K Finisher's Mug full of delicious chocolate fondue, dip-able snacks and, of program, hot chocolate. However initially you have actually obtained to go the range: 3.1 miles or 9.3 miles, with your city of choice (Chicago, Denver, Philly, and San Francisco among 10 others). Now in its 6th year, the run draws greater than 200,000 chocolate fans all over the country, with a section of earnings benefiting the Ronald McDonald Home Charities.

3. Krispy Kreme Challenge Distance: 5 miles Location: Raleigh, NC Who doesn't dream of a doughnut break throughout their run? A dozen doughnuts ?! Those who accept the Krispy Kreme Difficulty will certainly never ever look at the pleasant reward the exact same method again. The run kicks off on the school of North Carolina State University in Raleigh and directs sugar-hungry challengers 2.5 miles through historical downtown Raleigh to a Krispy Kreme store where they feast on one loads original glazed doughnuts prior to treking the 2.5 miles back to university. Catch is, you've obtained to complete the run-- and also every last doughnut-- in much less than a hr to be acknowledged as a challenger. If you're not right into downing 2,280 calories at one time you can register as an informal runner, which simply requires you to stabilize the box right back to the goal. This occasion remains in its 10th year and benefits the North Carolina Kid's Hospital.

4. New York Hot Dog Challenge Distance: 3 to 5 miles Location: New York, NY Some hot dog-eating competitions are for beginners, and also others are for champs-- as in those of you who can down 10 hotdogs (buns and also all) while hustling along a 3-to-5-mile course with hectic Downtown Manhattan. Individuals race from hotdog vendor to hotdog vendor, but they do not know where the vendors will certainly be established until race day (event organize keep the training course map secret to stop technique runs). Individuals are appointed a referee to make certain each canine is entirely feasted on before joggers go to the next cart. Runners have to shell out the dough for each and every canine, so sponsorship is allowed. Oh, and puking disqualifies you.

5. NYC Pizza Run Distance: 2.25 miles Location: New York, NY Who offers New York City's best slice will most likely always be up for debate, but just what you could figure out for certain is whether you're able to devour three pieces while running 2.25 miles through the sandy roads of Manhattan's Lower East Side. The NYC Pizza Run is a yearly difficulty kept in Tompkins Square Park (4 laps around the park, counterclockwise) where you have to finish a piece (crust and all) at the beginning of each lap prior to proceeding into the following. The initial jogger to surface is crowned the New York City Pizza Run Champ and the fun continues down the block at Commonalities, a neighborhood pub, where individuals get a cost-free drink to wash everything down. Now in its fifth year, a portion of the run's proceeds benefit the Juvenile Diabetes mellitus Research study Structure International.

6. The Corndog Challenge Distance: 5K Location: Tulsa, OK You have actually never experienced the Tulsa State Fair rather such as this-- covered in sweat and also with a belly loaded with circus deals with. Ok, possibly that's how most of us experience state fairs, but still. The Corn Pet Challenge is going to show you something you've never ever seen before as it leads you on a licensed and timed 5K course via the fairgrounds during the starting phases of reasonable set-up. Oh, as well as did we discuss you'll be called for to load your tummy with lemonade, candy floss, and a corndog along the road? With each mile you full, you'll be handed one of these treats to devour before competing on. For those not seeking to attack into a difficulty rather like this, there's constantly the Corndog Classic 5K, where you'll obtain the exact same behind-the-scenes sights without the calories. Proceeds from the occasion, which is in its 4th year, benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Culture as well as Tulsa Area United Way.

7. The Wicked Wine Run Distance: 5K Location: Various When you recognize there's a glass (or three) of wine awaiting you at the surface line, you could simply log a new PR. The Wicked Wine Run leads joggers on a 5K through a lush vineyard-- believe path running with grapes. In enhancement to the run, the wine aficionado in you can participate in the 1K Sampling Stroll, which includes 4 wine-tasting stops along the course. Be certain to hang around for the post-run concert and relaxing sunset.

Get in Character

8. A Christmas Story Run Distance: 5K and 10K Location: Cleveland, OH This vacation season, why not take a run down film memory lane? Register for either a 5K or 10K that takes individuals via A Christmas Tale's set areas in stunning Cleveland, OH. If you're a fan of the flick, absolutely nothing says Christmas quite like joggers in pink rabbit matches, lampshade hats, as well as Santa beards jostling along to incantations of, "You'll fire your eye out!,"' Oooh fuuudge!,' as well as 'Fra-gee-lay. That should be Italian!' The run starts at the website of the former Higbee's Chain store and also makes its way 3.1 miles to A Christmas Tale Home & Museum. The 10K training course heads back towards Public Square, a plaza in midtown Cleveland, where the classic holiday flick will be playing on a Jumbotron. Race entrance includes entrance to the home as well as museum, as well as immediately goes into joggers in an attracting to win their personal leg lamp! Race proceeds benefit A Xmas Story House Neighborhood Restoration Project.

9. Boston Urban Idiotorama Distance: 3.5 miles Location: Boston, MA If you're a group gamer with an imagination (who also occurs to take pleasure in a draft beer or 2) after that this run is for you. All you've obtained to do is obtain 4 to 6 fast buddies with each other (see to it they're at least 21), find a shopping cart, stock up on canned products, as well as register for the Boston Urban Idiotorama. The occasion copies the layout of the Iditarod, the popular Alaskan sled canine race. In the Idiotorama costumed runners and their themed shopping carts weave Boston, examining in at 5 local bars along the road. Why the cart? With each check-in runners encourage spectators to give away as much food as possible for the Boston Medical Facility Food Pantry.

10. Caliente Bare Dare 5K Distance: 5K Location: Land O'Lakes, FL " I vouch, I might be making such better time if it weren't for these darn clothing!" If this idea has ever before crossed your mind while sweating through a 5K, after that you could desire to disrobe for the Caliente Bare Dare. While nudity is not called for, it actually is suggested-- not being in the nude ways you 'd totally protrude like a clothed thumb as you made your method via the trail course. The 5K takes place each year at Caliente, a high end clothing-optional resort located in Land O'Lakes, FL. The event showcases a poolside afterparty, along with a day pass to the resort. (If you wear nothing else, make certain to throw on sun block and also tennis shoes.)

11. Cupid’s Undie Run Distance: 1 mile Location: Various Cupid's Undie Run has joggers demanding from the starting line quicker compared to the little cherub's arrow, because well, this mile( ish) run happens on a freezing February weekend break with individuals in their Valentine's Day most ideal-- of course, negligees, cotton bloomers, and also diverse underthings. Runners warm up with a two-hour pre-party prior to the sprint as well as defrost with a post-race dance-off. Organized in cities across the nation, proceeds advantage The Kid's Tumor Foundation.

12. Mustache Dache Distance: 5K Location: Various We mustache you a concern: Are you up for a dash to the coating line? Alright, alright, we promise, this 5K isn't really almost as corny as that joke. The Mustache Dache is actually quite amazing. This philanthropic race advantages Movember, a foundation ensuring prostate cancer cells awareness. You'll swear you've never seen many Steve Prefontaines in your life! Individuals are encouraged to expand out their upper lip ideal for the mustache contest that follows the race. Even the girls as well as children will certainly be shaking 'staches for this, politeness of a face-painter who will certainly be on hand to wisp on the hairs. (Oh, and also do not be amazed if you see a life-size mustache racing past you on the course or busting out the Charleston at the afterparty.)

13. Rock ‘n’ Roll Series Distance: 5K, 10K, half, complete, as well as relay Location: Various You know how crucial a solid playlist can be. Merely assume how amped you'll be when you're running to live bands spread out along the training course of your selection-- 5K, 10K, half-marathon, marathon, or relay. Local bands line options in cities around the world, doing a variety of categories, from choice, classic, as well as punk rock to blues, jazz and also soul. Where the tunes go out, applaud teams as well as dance teams are on hand to do as well as transform up the power. You may be stunned just how a sing-along can offer you that 2nd wind you need!

14. runDisney Distance: 5K, 10K, half-marathon, as well as marathon Location: Anaheim, CA and Lake Buena View, FL All your running desires make sure ahead true becase runDisney supplies half-marathons, marathons, 10-milers, as well as adventure races, all showcasing your preferred Disney concepts! Light on your feet? There's the Tinkerbell Half Marathon Weekend break at Disneyland including a Tinkerbell fifty percent, 10K, as well as Neverland Family Fun Run 5K. Perhaps you're yearning a brand-new PR? If so, attack into the Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend at Disney World featuring a night-time fifty percent marathon winding through 3 parks and completing with an afterparty at the Epcot International Food & Wine Celebration. Simply always remember, it's about using your Disney best!

15. Superhero Scramble Distance: 4 miles, 8 miles, half-marathon, as well as marathon Location: Various Calling all superheroes! There is a threat wreaking athletic havoc in your town, through barrier races of differing distances and also increasing problem! The Wall charger (a 4-miler ), the Intimidator (8 miles), the Villain (13 miles), as well as a Super Bad guy (26 miles) all should be dominated. Switch out of those civilian clothes and also slide right into the spandex, due to the fact that your durability, toughness, endurance, and also superhero capabilities are about to be examined. For those in addition to their evil-fighting video game, you can enter the Scramble Gamble, in which you place your cash where your health and fitness is for a benefit in prizes.

16. The Bad Prom Run Distance: 5K Location: Various Some things are so bad that they're really pretty outstanding, one being The Bad Prom Run. This 5K makes up for where your prom dropped flat. Run (or dancing) your way with 4 light-up-the-night senior prom styles along the program, while an epic soundtrack bumps in the background. Don't stress over bringing a day though, simply concentrate on dressing for the occasion, and also be certain that your operating shoes totally complement your appearance, since you never ever know whose eye you'll catch throughout the afterparty. A portion of your prom ticket will approach a regional charity.

17. The Zombie Run Distance: 5K Location: Various Didn' t you understand? Zombies have a lot more fun, at the very least throughout this 5K run. If you're right into running with the undead, join as a zombie. After you get all gore-i-fied (by an expert makeup musician) you're unleash into a sea of fresh flesh to go after the runners that have registered as human beings as well as swipe their "life flags." Those who sign up to run as people have to complete the keep up a minimum of among the three flags got at the starting line. The course is created like a zombie motion picture set: After the first kilometer you'll enter a military-controlled apocalypse area as well as strive to endure while darting through chemical spill zones and previous auto accident and far from zombies. No matter whether or not you survive you'll still be allowed to complete the race. For an additional 10 dollars you could get an additional flag-- earnings go to children fighting mind injuries and disorders at Kennedy Krieger Institute.

18. The Tribal Run Distance: 120-mile relay Location: Various We wish your spirit animal happens to be a quick one, as well as into late-night experiences. Gather a team of joggers and go out on a 120-mile relay race via the wild. The race starts Friday mid-day, and proceeds with the evening, completing Saturday sometime in between 9 a.m. and also 4 p.m. (on standard the run takes around 20 hours to total). All people will run relay style, rotating with all 3 loopholes, which are lit solely with candles. (Your spirit animal is needed to keep up a headlamp.) It is an experience that mixes the best of running, outdoor camping, tribal dancing performances, tough costumes, and much more. Honors are offered for quickest time on each loop, best group costume, best team name, and also ideal group campsite.

Take on a Challenge

19. Armageddon Ambush Distance: 5K Location: Various It's the end of the world as we understand it! Only point is, we didn't recognize it would certainly be so darn vibrant. Armageddon Ambush is a strenuous 5K mud and barrier course designed to challenge your need to make it out alive (or at the very least to the beer-filled afterparty). You'll be routed along a sturdy program towards 15 to 20 end-of-the-world calamity barriers while being ambushed with different colors bombs.

20. Dirty Girl 5k Mud Run Distance: 5K Location: Various Hey, women ... you all set to obtain filthy? This mud-drenched barrier race will certainly have you kicking butt and taking names. The Dirty Girl 5K Mud Run showcases obstacles like "PMS" (Pretty Muddy Things) an unpleasant mud pit, Runaway Bride (a challenging balancing walk), and Dirty Dancing (a plunge down an epic slide).

21. Great Urban Race Distance: 4 to 8 miles Location: Various If you have actually obtained a fast stride and also an even quicker mind, the Great Urban Race must be a cinch for you. This scavenger hunt of a run turns your city right into a puzzle that can only be resolved by complying with 12 cryptic hints that will lead you to physical and mental obstacles. Your team is cost-free to pick your personal route as you hustle from idea to hint walking or by means of mass transit. Once you have actually solved all the hints, you'll locate on your own back at headquarters for a raging afterparty and honors ceremony. The leading 25 qualifying groups obtain an invitation to the National Championship Race.

22. Reebok Spartan Race Distance: 3 miles, 8 miles, and also 12 miles Location: Various " There is fire, mud, water, barbed wire, and sometimes Hell on Earth," caution race promoters. Ah, absolutely nothing a Spartan cannot manage? Each one of the Spartan races-- Spartan Sprint (3 miles, 15 obstacles), Super Spartan (8 miles, 20 challenges), and Spartan Monster (12 miles, 25 challenges)-- were developed by eight athletes that comprehended the relevance of fast decision-making when faced with adversity. Yet are you a Spartan? Can you drag stones on chains, flip logs, and lug tires ranges you never thought of at speeds you never ever believed impossible? Well, there's just one method to find out.

23. ROC Race Distance: 5K Location: Various It's all enjoyable and video games until someone obtains removed by the Sweeper, an enormous turning obstacle. Ok, it's still fun and also games even after being taken down by the Sweeper, because that's specifically just what the ROC Race is-- one big video game show-inspired obstacle run showcasing 12 epic obstacles. Being that the race is untimed, you'll be able to far better concentrate on making it over the massive jump rounds, with the tire mile as well as down the world's biggest inflatable water slide. Earnings benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

24. Tough Mudder Distance: 10 to 12 miles Location: Various Tough Mudders are team players. Simply puts, you're going to intend to wrangle a few pals who understand a thing or more concerning endurance, mental grit, as well as sociability since there's no various other means you're going to make it through this hardcore 10 to 12-mile challenge program including mud, ice-water, and live dangling electric cables. The program is actually actively designed making Mudders rely upon each other for bodily and also mental increases. Clocking a great time is excellent, however pushing limits as well as getting over all barriers via synergy, now that's a challenge for a Hard Mudder.

25. Warrior Dash Distance: 3 to 4 miles Location: Various Warriors typically aren't simply birthed, they are made on the battleground, which in this case on this fierce three-to-four-mile course including 12 severe challenges. Runners have to leap through the flames of the Warrior Roast and over the upright Vicious Valleys. Considering that introducing the Warrior Dash in 2009, greater than a million joggers have asserted the title of warrior, elevating $7.5 million (and counting) to profit St. Jude Children's Health center. This year the battle ends up being much more extreme as the leading 25 man and also leading 25 women finishers of each routine season Warrior Dashboard contend in the Warrior Dash World Champion for a $100,000 prize. After overcoming the Battleground, Warriors commemorate with turkey legs, draft beer steins, and also live music at a post-race party.

Brighten Up

26. The Electric Run Distance: 5K Location: Various There ain't extinction like the night life, and also there ain't no night run fairly like The Electric Run. Joggers spruced up in blinking, shining, glowing lights actually change the 5K program into a bar that runs out this world. The training course showcases beautiful neon columns as well as arches that transform colors to the beat of the songs, passages with dance patterns and figures on the walls, ceilings, as well as floors, and fluorescent fountains streaming to the rhythm. The coating line spills joggers out in front of a main stage where the lights and audios are kicked up a notch for an electrical dance party.

27. The Color Run Distance: 5K Location: Various Now that happiness is exactly what it's everything about (thank you, Pharrell) what better time to run the "Happiest 5K in the world"? The Different colors Run, with greater than 170 events in 30-plus countries, almost paints a smile on individuals' faces. Throughout this 5K, joggers clothed in all white barrel with clouds of lively paint powder, all the while attempting to catch their breath in between bouts of pure giddiness. Over half of the individuals are new 5K joggers, which makes The Color Run the excellent catalyst for encouraging participants to stay on par with the active, healthy and balanced lifestyle.

28. The Blacklight Run Distance: 5K Location: Various This will be just one of those couple of times in which you in fact wish to obtain caught under a blacklight. This 5K weaves through color-designated Blacklight Zones (eco-friendly, pink, as well as orange) where joggers are blasted with Blacklight Run UV Neon Glow Powder that promptly lights them up! Do not anticipate the radiance to fade out at the goal though, because this is where it actually stands out! A 'Celebration Radiance Throw' of powder is thrown into a group dancing under blacklights every 15 minutes throughout the afterparty.

29. The Slime Run Distance: 5K Location: Various Who really did not intend to obtain slimed as a kid? Who doesn't desire to get slimed as an adult? The Slime Run places runners in slippery circumstances, where they have to shake with slime-filled passages and also slosh through slime-filled pits, to name a few barriers expanded over a 5K course. Heads up for when you discover on your own encounter down in a puddle of slime-- it's edible. Yeah, we understand you were always interested regarding that.

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The 10 Best Boomboxes

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The golden age of the boomboxes is returning as more and more interesting models have appeared in the market. Many companies turn their attention to resurging those nostalgic-looking boomboxes that give them some classic characteristics for the most antiquated people. Others insist on catching up with the times and infusing more advanced technologies into modern-looking speakers intended to be taken to the skate park or to give life to any party. Read my other articles on the best DAC and the best Bluetooth receivers.

Regardless of your preference, the market has been flooded with options for portable speakers. It is difficult to find the exact product that suits your needs for portability, budget and sound quality. There are many great boomboxes on this list and quite varied in terms of price, although they have something in common: they all represent excellent investments. The trend of boomboxes is gaining traction quickly, especially in the summer, so if you feel tempted to buy one, look here, as a result of hours of research that only offers you the best boomboxes in the market.

1. G-Project G-BOOM Wireless Bluetooth Boombox,  Bluetooth Boomboxes

If your main goal is to get some solid solids for the money, it will be difficult to find a higher value option than the G-Project G-Boom Boombox. This is definitely a very promising Bluetooth portable wireless speaker that emits a great sound for a very affordable price.

The design initially resembles an improvised explosive device, but if you get its weird look, you'll discover solid performance under the hood. When it is turned on, three LED lights glow in the front. An integrated carrying handle facilitates the transport of the G-Boom. With 5.7 pounds, it feels quite sturdy, the two tweeters and two woofers along with the double bass ports that are on the back contribute to the weight.

G-Project added a lower protective elastomer base to improve loudspeaker grip on lighter surfaces. A full set of playback buttons has been mounted on top of the device along with the addition of a special button to toggle between the equalizer presets. This is a good thing for those who tend to set their devices apart.

Audio streaming is possible from any Bluetooth enabled device from a maximum range of approximately 30 feet, which is quite generous. G-Project includes a 3.5 mm cable in the package in order to connect non-Bluetooth audio devices through the line input on the back of the unit. The lack of microphone could be considered a disadvantage, but a USB port is conveniently placed in the G-Boom useful for charging your smartphone. The battery life is not amazing, but the speaker should last about 6 hours after being charged with an AC adapter.

The sound of the G-Boom is decent, maybe a bit too oriented to the bass, but if that suits your needs, this will not disappoint you. In terms of clarity, the boombox will not sound amazing, especially at higher volumes where you may experience some distortion with certain songs. For its price range, the G-Boom offers good audio performance.

There is not much more to say about this boombox. It is intended for a young audience or anyone trying to get the best sound quality for what they spend. The design can be unpredictable, but considering everything else, this is a great solution for your large portable speaker needs and, therefore, is highly recommended.

List of specifications:

Rechargeable battery Quality housing structure with rubber base Integrated handle for easy transport Standard headphone jack Play buttons Bluetooth technology Easy to set up with a one-touch torque button

2. Sony CFDS50 portable CD cassette and AM / FM radio boombox, Best Bluetooth Boomboxe

For those looking to buy a more classic-looking boombox that offers lasting performance in the audio department, then look no further than the Sony CFDS50. It is very portable, fits well in any home or on the road and can handle almost anything you throw away, including CDs and cassettes.

Sony is an iconic brand that does not need presentations, so the quality of this boombox is almost a fact. One of its most striking aspects is the Mega Bass option, which offers an extended bass response for a truly enjoyable listening experience. With the push of a button, you can significantly improve the performance of lower frequencies thanks to advanced bass boost circuits.

The convenience of having a portable speaker like this boombox is definitely hard to match. Thanks to the operation of the battery, the user can take the device wherever he wants and play his favorite music for a considerably long period of time of up to 19 hours. The battery can be changed quickly and without problems with the help of a battery compartment designed to open quickly.

FM / AM radio playback is also possible with this model. It has a built-in stereo tuner that comes pre-loaded with a pre-set memory of 30 stations 20 for FM and 10 for AM. There is enough room for variety to program your favorite stations. For more musical possibilities, the auxiliary audio input will allow you to connect digital music players directly to the base of the speaker, but note that you must purchase the cable separately.

The audio quality of this boombox is quite good, the stereo speakers are encapsulated in a special bass reflex design for the best listening experience. Sony CFDS50 can easily play personal CDs and can deal with the most popular formats, including MP3 files. The package for this boombox contains everything you need to get started. Sony offers an AC power cord and an operation manual.

Boombox devices are more popular than ever and the Sony CFDS50 is a very suitable option for those looking to ensure they get a quality product that is reliable in the long term. Choosing this model is a smart decision because it incorporates many features at a very attractive price.

List of specifications:

Cassette tape with recording function FM / AM tuner with digital tuning and 30 preconfigured stations Audio jack to connect MP3 players

3. JAM Party Wireless Boom Box HX-P730GY, Best Bluetooth Boomboxes 

Bringing quality sound products and constantly innovating in the consumer electronics market, JAM Audio strives to offer the technology to enjoy their music according to their own style. Your HX-P730 Boombox works wirelessly to deliver quality songs wherever you take it. Ideal for parties or fun events, this is one of the best boom teams on the market right now in terms of what you get versus what you pay for.

No matter which genre you prefer, the HX-P730 can offer solid bass performance to ensure the best possible sound thanks to its two stereo speakers. The connection to this portable stereo is made through a device with Bluetooth from which music can be transmitted wirelessly from a fairly large distance, up to 30 feet away. The lack of cables is a great advantage for portability, along with the small size of the HX-P730, which makes it an excellent audio companion wherever you go.

JAM offers some colorful variants besides the usual gray. There are purple, blue and yellow variants that you can choose from. The design includes an integrated handle for more convenient transport of the speaker.

This wireless boombox comes equipped with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that can offer continuous playback for approximately 12 hours. To charge the device, you only need the AC adapter included in the package. Another useful skill is the line input capability to connect those devices that do not have Bluetooth.

The control panel located at the top of the unit is easily accessed and the controls are very intuitive. Despite the size, the boombox feels very resistant and the finish of the case has a nice elastic texture. The audio quality is on par with what you pay for. Obviously, you will not be satisfied if you are a really meticulous audiophile, but even if you do not have many expectations, you may be surprised. The sound is not bad at all. The highs and the media do not just mix in a haze and have the right click. The lower frequencies are defined and have a deep reverberation sensation that is generally found in the larger speaker, although it is true that it is more subtle.

It is quite clear that this stereo is more oriented to young people and is good. The sound is nothing to boast about your audiophile friends, but it definitely has a surprising blow considering the price. An absolute best buy for a highly portable wireless boombox. This model of JAM seems to fulfill its promises.

List of specifications:

2 stereo speakers that sound great Up to 12 hours of wireless game Works with AC or rechargeable battery Wireless up to 30 feet Works with most Bluetooth devices Line input to connect non-Bluetooth devices Handle to carry easily

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Using Search Query Reports to Maintain Your AdWords Keywords

Like most Browse Engine Marketing professionals, I believe one of the finest places to locate brand-new key words for an account is the Google Look Inquiry Report (SQR). Staying educated about just what people are searching for assists you understand your account and recognize far better the search patterns that refer to it. It likewise aids assure you that you have actually all bases covered in your keyword phrase list. This post is rather comprehensive and discovers a sophisticated, crucial Adwords account monitoring practice.

Report Frequency

How usually you need to examine the SQR for brand-new search phrases truly relies on the volume of the account and also the length of time it has been running. Nonetheless, a somewhat winner is as soon as every two weeks. If your account sees less than 30 conversions a month, it's most likely safe to do this task as soon as every three to four weeks.

If your account was lately released and also you see over 150K impressions a day, it would not hurt to execute this task once a week. You might likewise intend to readjust the criteria to choose new key words based on click quantity as well as click-through rates, as opposed to conversions. However a lot more on that later.

How to Run a Look Query Report

Step 1: Configure Adwords SQR Correctly

You can start this task by going to the dimensions tab in the Google Adwords Interface. See to it search terms are selected from the drop-down on the left-hand side. Additionally, make certain your date variety is readied to the excellent period. As I stated, I would certainly suggest executing this job every two weeks. I would certainly additionally advise seeing to it the day ranges overlap slightly, so as not to miss any kind of valuable conversion information. If the last time I executed this task, I made use of the date variety 02/16/13 -03/ 01/13, this time, I 'd desire to begin with 03/01/13 so as not to miss out on any type of partial information from one day. Also, make sure you have all the appropriate columns picked. This could be done from the column drop-down, mid-screen. Which columns you should use really relies on the metrics that are most essential to you and the goals of your account. At a minimum, I would certainly recommend downloading and install clicks, impacts, cost, and conversions. Various other metrics such as Avg. CPC, Avg. Pos., CTR, conversion price, as well as Cost/Conversion are additionally good ideas.

Step 2: Download Data

After selecting the important metrics, download and install the information into Microsoft Excel, which can be done by clicking on the down pointing arrow. You will after that be triggered by one more screen to download the record - click "Create." Your report must download as an Excel file.

Step 3: Set Up Excel Correctly

The very first thing you need to do after opening up the Excel file is include a filter to the 2nd row, where all the column headers are. The filter attribute could be located on the leading right-hand side of the residence tab of Microsoft Excel. I likewise erasing the lower overall row, so it won't obtain in the method of the data. From here, de-dupe against the existing key phrases you have in the account. For me, the simplest means to do this is by entering into AdWords Editor and setting a personalized sight to only reveal energetic keyword phrases in active campaigns.

Step 4: Integrate Positive Keywords

Then, go to the key words tab - seeing to it that you get on the favorable search phrases - as well as pick all as well as copy. Go back to your primary Excel spreadsheet and also, on a second sheet, paste these search phrases. To maintain points basic, remove all columns (Campaign, Ad Team, Max CPC, etc.) other than for the keyword column. Double-check to make sure there are no added areas before the keywords from AdWords Editor. In the circumstances there are, I suggest using Microsoft Excel's ASAP Utilities Text9 to eliminate leading as well as tracking spaces. If you have not downloaded and install ASAP Utilities, I suggest doing it currently. It's a super-helpful device. You could additionally make use of the trim feature (= trim( cell)).

Step 5: Clean Up Data

Then return to the initial sheet, the search term report. Following to the search terms in column A, create a brand-new column. Run a v-lookup to de-dupe these search terms against the existing keyword phrases. In cell B3, go up to the function bar and also click on it. (on top of Excel, with the fx alongside it). Select 'vlookup', and also press ok. Then select cell A3 for the lookup value. For the table array, most likely to the second tab of keywords, pick the entire location, as well as press F4. For column index number, choose 1, due to the fact that there is just one column of information we are considering.

For Variety Lookup, enter 'false', because we are looking for specific match information. Press get in. After that, go to the bottom right corner of the cell we just populated (B3) and also double-click it to occupy right down.

For the cells in the vlookup column that returned text, those are search phrases that currently exist. For those that returned the #N/ A value, those do not exist as keyword phrases, so deselect everything yet the #N/ A value in the filter to separate all the prospective brand-new terms.

Step 6: Pick Metrics to Establish Keywords

From here, you need to choose metrics for selecting brand-new keywords. Once again, this is something that will certainly differ by account, but also for a lot of accounts, it's a good wager that you desire search terms that lead to a conversion. From here, sort biggest to smallest for conversions, then isolate the transforming terms by deselecting 0. Then, for this account, you might filter for 10+ perceptions. I would do this because, in the circumstances there is only one impression, the term could wind up being low search quantity, or it may finish up being something unknown that will certainly never ever get inquired again. If you are dealing with a large volume account, it doesn't hurt to make use of extra limits, such as a minimal variety of clicks, or a higher minimal variety of conversions.

Step 7: Click Your Heels With each other and also Smile

Give the continuing to be terms a quick checkup making certain they are all pertinent and also ideal to the account.

If they are, you have effectively determined some vital new key phrases which you ought to include to your account!

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We are delighted to announce the release of Screaming Frog SEO Spider version 11.0, codenamed internally as ‘triples’, which is a big hint for those in the know. In version 10 we introduced many new features all at once, so we wanted to make this update smaller, which also means we can release it quicker. This version includes one significant exciting new feature and a number of smaller updates and improvements. Let’s get to them. 1) Structured Data & Validation Structured data is becoming increasingly important to provide search engines with explicit clues about the meaning of pages, and enabling special search result features and enhancements in Google. The SEO Spider now allows you to crawl and extract structured data from the three supported formats (JSON-LD, Microdata and RDFa) and validate it against Schema.org specifications and Google’s 25+ search features at scale. To extract and validate structured data you just need to select the options under ‘Config > Spider > Advanced’. Structured data itemtypes will then be pulled into the ‘Structured Data’ tab with columns for totals, errors and warnings discovered. You can filter URLs to those containing structured data, missing structured data, the specific format, and by validation errors or warnings. The structured data details lower window pane provides specifics on the items encountered. The left-hand side of the lower window pane shows property values and icons against them when there are errors or warnings, and the right-hand window provides information on the specific issues discovered. The right-hand side of the lower window pane will detail the validation type (Schema.org, or a Google Feature), the severity (an error, warning or just info) and a message for the specific issue to fix. It will also provide a link to the specific Schema.org property. In the random example below from a quick analysis of the ‘car insurance’ SERPs, we can see lv.com have Google Product feature validation errors and warnings. The right-hand window pane lists those required (with an error), and recommended (with a warning). As ‘product’ is used on these pages, it will be validated against Google product feature guidelines, where an image is required, and there are half a dozen other recommended properties that are missing. Another example from the same SERP, is Hastings Direct who have a Google Local Business feature validation error against the use of ���UK’ in the ‘addressCountry‘ schema property. The right-hand window pane explains that this is because the format needs to be two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (and the United Kingdom is ‘GB’). If you check the page in Google’s structured data testing tool, this error isn’t picked up. Screaming Frog FTW. The SEO Spider will validate against 26 of Google’s 28 search features currently and you can see the full list in our structured data section of the user guide. As many of you will be aware, frustratingly Google don’t currently provide an API for their own Structured Data Testing Tool (at least a public one we can legitimately use) and they are slowly rolling out new structured data reporting in Search Console. As useful as the existing SDTT is, our testing found inconsistency in what it validates, and the results sometimes just don’t match Google’s own documented guidelines for search features (it often mixes up required or recommended properties for example). We researched alternatives, like using the Yandex structured data validator (which does have an API), but again, found plenty of inconsistencies and fundamental differences to Google’s feature requirements – which we wanted to focus upon, due to our core user base. Hence, we went ahead and built our own structured data validator, which considers both Schema.org specifications and Google feature requirements. This is another first to be seen in the SEO Spider, after previously introducing innovative new features such as JavaScript Rendering to the market. There are plenty of nuances in structured data and this feature will not be perfect initially, so please do let us know if you spot any issues and we’ll fix them up quickly. We obviously recommend using this new feature in combination with Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool as well. 2) Structured Data Bulk Exporting As you would expect, you can bulk export all errors and warnings via the ‘reports’ top-level menu. The ‘Validation Errors & Warnings Summary’ report is a particular favourite, as it aggregates the data to unique issues discovered (rather than reporting every instance) and shows the number of URLs affected by each issue, with a sample URL with the specific issue. An example report can be seen below. This means the report is highly condensed and ideal for a developer who wants to know the unique validation issues that need to be fixed across the site. 3) Multi-Select Details & Bulk Exporting You can now select multiple URLs in the top window pane, view specific lower window details for all the selected URLs together, and export them. For example, if you click on three URLs in the top window, then click on the lower window ‘inlinks’ tab, it will display the ‘inlinks’ for those three URLs. You can also export them via the right click or the new export button available for the lower window pane. Obviously this scales, so you can do it for thousands, too. This should provide a nice balance between exporting everything in bulk via the ‘Bulk Export’ menu and then filtering in spreadsheets, or the previous singular option via the right click. 4) Tree-View Export If you didn’t already know, you can switch from the usual ‘list view’ of a crawl to a more traditional directory ‘tree view’ format by clicking the tree icon on the UI. However, while you were able to view this format within the tool, it hasn’t been possible to export it into a spreadsheet. So, we went to the drawing board and worked on an export which seems to make sense in a spreadsheet. When you export from tree view, you’ll now see the results in tree view form, with columns split by path, but all URL level data still available. Screenshots of spreadsheets generally look terrible, but here’s an export of our own website for example. This allows you to quickly see the break down of a website’s structure. 5) Visualisations Improvements We have introduced a number of small improvements to our visualisations. First of all, you can now search for URLs, to find specific nodes within the visualisations. By default, the visualisations have used the last URL component for naming of nodes, which can be unhelpful if this isn’t descriptive. Therefore, you’re now able to adjust this to page title, h1 or h2. Finally, you can now also save visualisations as HTML, as well as SVGs. 6) Smart Drag & Drop You can drag and drop any file types supported by the SEO Spider directly into the GUI, and it will intelligently work out what to do. For example, you can drag and drop a saved crawl and it will open it. You can drag and drop a .txt file with URLs, and it will auto switch to list mode and crawl them. You can even drop in an XML Sitemap and it will switch to list mode, upload the file and crawl that for you as well. Nice little time savers for hardcore users. 7) Queued URLs Export You’re now able to view URLs remaining to be crawled via the ‘Queued URLs’ export available under ‘Bulk Export’ in the top level menu. This provides an export of URLs discovered and in the queue to be crawled (in order to be crawled, based upon a breadth-first crawl). 8) Configure Internal CDNs You can now supply a list of CDNs to be treated as ‘Internal’ URLs by the SEO Spider. This feature is available under ‘Configuration > CDNs’ and both domains and subfolder combinations can be supplied. URLs will then be treated as internal, meaning they appear under the ‘Internal’ tab, will be used for discovery of new URLs, and will have data extracted like other internal URLs. 9) GA Extended URL Matching Finally, if you have accounts that use extended URL rewrite filters in Google Analytics to view the full page URL (and convert /example/ to www.example.com/example) in the interface, they break what is returned from the API, and shortcuts in the interface (i.e they return www.example.comwww.example.com/example). This means URLs won’t match when you perform a crawl obviously. We’ve now introduced an algorithm which will take this into account automatically and match the data for you, as it was really quite annoying. Other Updates Version 11.0 also includes a number of smaller updates and bug fixes, outlined below. The ‘URL Info’ and ‘Image Info’ lower window tabs has been renamed from ‘Info’ to ‘Details’ respectively. ‘Auto Discover XML Sitemaps via robots.txt’ has been unticked by default for list mode (it was annoyingly ticked by default in version 10.4!). There’s now a ‘Max Links per URL to Crawl’ configurable limit under ‘Config > Spider > Limits’ set at 10k max. There’s now a ‘Max Page Size (KB) to Crawl’ configurable limit under ‘Config > Spider > Limits’ set at 50k. There are new tool tips across the GUI to provide more helpful information on configuration options. The HTML parser has been updated to fix an error with unquoted canonical URLs. A bug has been fixed where GA Goal Completions were not showing. That’s everything. If you experience any problems with the new version, then please do just let us know via support and we can help. Thank you to everyone for all their feature requests, bug reports and general support, Screaming Frog would not be what it is, without you all. Now, go and download version 11.0 of the Screaming Frog SEO Spider. Small Update – Version 11.1 Released 13th March 2019 We have just released a small update to version 11.1 of the SEO Spider. This release is mainly bug fixes and small improvements – Add 1:1 hreflang URL report, available under ‘Reports > Hreflang > All hreflang URLs’. Cleaned up the preset user-agent list. Fix issue reading XML sitemaps with leading blank lines. Fix issue with parsing and validating structured data. Fix issue with list mode crawling more than the list. Fix issue with list mode crawling of XML sitemaps. Fix issue with scheduling UI unable to delete/edit tasks created by 10.x. Fix issue with visualisations, where the directory tree diagrams were showing the incorrect URL on hover. Fix issue with GA/GSC case insensitivty and trailing slash options. Fix crash when JavaScript crawling with cookies enabled. Small Update – Version 11.2 Released 9th April 2019 We have just released a small update to version 11.2 of the SEO Spider. This release is mainly bug fixes and small improvements – Update to schema.org 3.5 which was released on the 1st of April. Update splash screen, so it’s not always on top and can be dragged. Ignore HTML inside amp-list tags. Fix crash in visualisations when focusing on a node and using search. Fix issue with ‘Bulk Export > Queued URLs’ failing for crawls loaded from disk. Fix issue loading scheduling UI with task scheduled by version 10.x. Fix discrepancy between master and detail view Structured Data warnings when loading in a saved crawl. Fix crash parsing RDF. Fix ID stripping issue with Microdata parsing. Fix crashing in Google Structured Data validation. Fix issue with JSON-LD parse errors not being shown for pages with multiple JSON-LD sections. Fix displaying of Structured Data values to not include escape characters. Fix issue with not being able to read Sitemaps containing a BOM (Byte Order Mark). Fix Forms based Authentication so forms can be submitted by pressing enter. Fix issue with URLs ending ?foo.xml throwing off list mode. Fix GA to use URL with highest number of sessions when configuration options lead to multiple GA URLs matching. Fix issue opening crawls via .seospider files with ++ in their file name. The post Screaming Frog SEO Spider Update – Version 11.0 appeared first on Screaming Frog.

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Dato Yau | 7 Basic Tips For Spending Success

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have wonderful Spending Success without any danger, I absolutely believe so, although the easy reality with investing is that there is a danger. Nevertheless with a plan, knowledge and also in time experience this danger can be minimised and the total result is a really efficient means of attaining your monetary goals. The sort of plan to take on is really dependent on what matches you best, you may such as to have an aggressive approach with possible greater returns as well as more risk, or perhaps a less hostile method with lower returns as well as lower risk, or even throughout between. Likewise you might like to have financial investments that mostly look after themselves and also only require interest every from time to time, or you might favor to be a lot more associated with your investments as well as know precisely what your money is doing constantly. There is no actual best plan or any genuine secret to spending however these simple suggestions might aid in your investing success.

  Suggestion 1: Set Encouraging Goals

  Goal setting is a very reliable when investing, it gives the means to establish a target on your own, offers you instructions and is helpful in encouraging you to do things to accomplish your wanted result. Establishing encouraging objectives is entirely dependent on personal preference, you may be motivated by the goal s of returning adequate money from your financial investments to get a deluxe private yacht or you may be motivated by the goal of having 20 financial investment properties in your portfolio. There is no right or incorrect objective as long as it gives you instructions, gives you something to aim for and inspires you, then you're on the ideal track.

  Pointer 2: Do your Homework

  With the possible danger entailed with any type of sort of investment, doing your research is a necessary procedure. You would not go to a cars and truck yard without any specific cars and truck in mind and purchase the first one you see, you would certainly do your research first wouldn't you. For example you would have some requirements laid out and you may be seeking an automobile that is reliable, performs well, interest you, essentially a vehicle that just ticks all the right boxes. The same selects investing, you would most likely not obtain the most effective outcome by purchasing the initial shares you discover or the first property that you check. For the securities market, doing your homework may include searching news articles or press releases for a specific company you have a passion in as well as examining the background of the stock price. While for a residential or commercial property you may do an examine the bordering residential area, discover the previous sale price, get building and pests assessments done on it. There are countless points you can do to ensure that you are making a smart investment decision, make certain you do your homework and you'll do much better than most.

  Idea 3: Spend Consistently

  Spending is not an obtain abundant fast system to be truly effective at investing you require to do it frequently. The most effective chance to acquire quantifiable riches depends on developing the behavior of including in your investments routinely and placing the money where it can do one of the most for you. You can place $10,000 right into a share account returning an average of 20% per year, and also if you take all of that return out annually in 10 years time you may have earned $2,000 annually yet you'll still have only $10,000 because account minus account maintaining fees and the loss in rising cost of living, tax obligation and so on, giving a complete net worth of $30,000. Nevertheless if you reinvested that $2,000 annually, in ten years time you'll have a complete total assets of about $62,000. That's $62,000 in your share account currently with the possible to make you $12,400/ year at 20%, as opposed to the $2,000 you would certainly still be making with the other scenario. Currently this may not consisted of prospective losses in either case, but the concept is to highlight to you the advantage of regularly fuelling your investments?

  Idea 4: Maintain an Investment Diary

  Maintaining a record of your financial investments can be a terrific understanding tool to figure out the methods which work best for you and can be an insight right into why an investment functioned so well or why it didn't work so well. Having the appropriate info which you can constantly review will result in wiser investments in the future, for that reason reducing risks, raising the potential returns as well as hence greater investing success. Information that might be helpful to keep a document of includes:

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The research study done to discover the financial investment

The financial investments you averted and why you turned them away

Why you picked the particular financial investment

The plan you had in area before making the investment

In the case of a financial investment residential property you may keep in mind of the representatives made use of, renovations done as well as remodelling service providers utilized.

In the case of a share market financial investment you might keep in mind of the stop loss margin, profit margin and also quit revenue loss margin used and also whether they can be gotten used to reduce threat as well as enhance possible earnings.

Idea 5: Expand

Diversity is in old wooden ship, joking (Anchorman reference for those that have not seen it), expanding your investments in an effective methods of handling your danger as well as boosting returns. The type of diversification technique must depend on your age, income and investment goals. As an example, if you were young as well as simply starting you investments you have the opportunity to have actually a lot more increased risk and may gain from placing your properties into supplies that have lasting potential, and supplies with greater danger and also possible returns. While if you were coming close to retired life you may benefit extra from moving your possessions right into revenue generating financial investments such as bonds or energy stocks. Your diversity approach can involve establishing a portfolio including equivalent parts of various investment vehicles such as, bonds, neighborhood supplies, international stocks, as well as real estate. Once a year, you could then readjust each car to maintain the exact same property distribution by taking the gains in your winning financial investments as well as spreading them among your shedding financial investments.

  Pointer 6: Have a Plan and also Adhere to it

  The trip to investing success can have lots of diversions as well as barriers that can lead you off course, the way in which to get over these and also keep the best path is to have a strategy as well as adhere to it. Whether it starts being incredibly fundamental with simply basic goals, milestones, approaches etc. the concept is to know where you're going and also exercise what is called for to arrive, as soon as you get more involved you will be adjust and also fine tune your plan to be a lot more effective. For instance your objective may be to have 5 financial investment residential or commercial properties in 5 years time, you might exercise that in order to attain your objective you need to function an additional 5 humans resources of overtime a week, cut down on some expenses and get training or acquire the understanding to find out exactly how to deal with it efficiently, this would be your plan. Your landmarks might be to guarantee you contend least one financial investment residential or commercial property yearly. Currently if it so happens that you miss out on one of your turning points it's not the end. You just merely need to go through your records exercise why you really did not accomplish your turning point as well as re-adjust your plan appropriately. If you do accomplish your milestone this doesn't indicate there is no area for renovation, although you need to award yourself, allow on your own know that you're succeeding and also rewards are an excellent incentive also.

  Suggestion 7: Handle your Danger

  You can properly manage your threat by complying with the above pointed out ideas such as doing your homework, having a strategy and sticking to it, as well as branching out. In addition danger can be managed by very first recognizing what your threat are, the most usual danger with investing is certainly losing your money. What is it nevertheless that causes you to loose your money? Just for example with stock exchange spending there is a danger of a supply doing the reverse of what you undoubtedly it to do or you marketing to early as well as losing potential profit, with property spending the risk are that the worth of the building won't enhance as designated or you might not have the ability to rent it out. As soon as you've determined what are the prospective variables that can trigger you to lose money in a provided financial investment you can start to work out a plan to take care of the identified risk. Methods to manage your threat might be to stay clear of the threat completely and seek another thing, try and also reduce the threat or just approve the risk. Whatever your strategy may be simply guarantee that the threat is kept track of and regularly search for ways in which to reduce the threat.

  Verdict

  In summary investing success might be obtained by utilizing a mix of the above discussed pointers, however do not restrict on your own to these, it is a continuous discovering procedure, no financier available recognizes whatever there is to know about spending. Locate what ideal help you then simply venture out their have a go and also attain your investing success.

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14 Proven Tactics To Improve Employee Morale and Job Satisfaction

It’s not a secret that the most valuable asset of any company is its employees. At the core, they keep the organization afloat, doing nitty-gritty work and increasing the bottom line. What they think and feel about their job greatly matters, in terms of making the business successful.

Simply put, when team members are satisfied, you can expect an excellent performance that manifests in various ways: more clients, additional projects, and operations branching out to different locations, among others.

On the flip side, when they’re unhappy and unfulfilled, their productivity level takes a dip. Sooner or later, you’ll find yourself receiving resignation letters left and right. So before this happens, strive to keep your best talents in the company. The main strategy? Improve employee morale and job satisfaction.

4 Factors That Influence Employee Morale and Job Satisfaction

It’s important to know what influences employees’ attitudes and behaviors when drawing up your plan to retain them. The fact is people’s job satisfaction and morale are multi-faceted. The factors below determine the level of motivation your team members display in the workplace:

1) The Company Itself

This covers many aspects; the first is reputation. How the outside world perceives your company can make or break your team members’ motivation towards work. In general, employees who think they’re part of an organization with a good image will likely experience a sense of pride and confidence about their work. The opposite happens when they think your reputation is tainted.

The other factor is internal: how the team collectively perceives policies within your organization and how these would affect employees’ job satisfaction. The quality of job benefits and compensation can be strong, compelling reasons for members to stay or leave.

Another factor that falls under the internal aspect is the relationships among team members. Office drama–which can be triggered by factors such as untamed gossip or unclear roles and responsibilities–can create a hostile work environment. This can dampen the spirit in the office. On the other hand, synergy within the group can take the work stress away and help make coming to the office a delight.

2) The Nature and Manner of Work

The kind of job employees perform affects their attitude towards work. Ideally, what they’re doing should be matched with their strengths and skills. Otherwise, they could grow bored or uninterested over time.

Additionally, how they’re expected to deliver outputs can influence their satisfaction. Some people find fulfillment in getting the job done through collaboration, while others through individual work. An office that accommodates different kinds of work styles is more likely to keep employees happy.

3) Leadership Style

The way team members are managed can have tremendous impacts on their level of morale. Each person has specific preferences on how they’d like to be supervised; but, in general, workers want to feel that their managers trust them. This vote of confidence helps improve employee satisfaction. It creates a positive atmosphere in the office which, in turn, gives people more reasons to be productive.

Work-life balance is likewise a big factor. Since it’s the supervisor’s call to delegate tasks, it will determine whether or not employees can find time for other things in life. In the case of responsible managers, team members rarely experience getting overworked, if at all. In most instances, it’s one of those things that make people stay in an organization.

4) Employees’ Personal and Professional Needs

This refers to many different factors, the first being their own physical and mental health. In general, team members who are fit are more likely to endure the stressful work environment and actually find enjoyment in what they do.

Another most important factor in this aspect is the sense of personal achievement in relation to your company vision. When employees see their place in the bigger picture, they feel like they’re part of something huge, which makes for a fulfilling feeling, and–ultimately–greater employee engagement.

How To Improve Employee Morale and Job Satisfaction

Given all the factors mentioned above, it’s easier now to come up with a plan on how to keep team members happy and combating demotivation in the workplace. In relation to those points, below are some suggestions on how to improve job satisfaction:

In the company

1) Promote a Culture of Niceness

    Again, job satisfaction and morale are influenced by your internal and external reputation. To give that image a boost, a culture of niceness can help. Niceness may be the last thing you’ll prefer when you’re in a cutthroat, aggressive business industry, but it doesn’t necessarily mean slowing progress down. Rather, it’s creating a positive work environment for everyone, where people honor, respect, and bear with one another, avoiding gossip, listening to suggestions for improvement, and making every effort to be of service to everyone.

The culture of niceness likewise translates into being a good Samaritan in the community, joining advocacies that fit the brand. With this kind of corporate life, employees feel safe inside the workplace; at the same time, they take pride in being a part of such.

2) Create Opportunities to Build the Team Outside Work.

Again, relationships matter in planning how to improve employee satisfaction. While team members can surely get a chance to know each other more as they work, the rapport they build is different when they’re in a non-work setting–say, in a laid-back lunch-out or in a challenging team-building activity. It’s your job to think of opportunities like that wherein everyone can form a tight bond. Include them in your brainstorming sessions.

3) Be Creative in the Employee Benefits You Offer

Go beyond the traditional health insurance and retirement savings plan. What else do your employees need and want? A student loan relief program, perhaps? A pet-friendly office?

Maybe you can arrange for mental health support initiatives or in-office wellness services. Some companies offer unlimited vacation leaves which interestingly motivate workers to do better. Expand your perspective in terms of offering employee benefits to achieving a more positive employee job satisfaction and morale.

On the nature and manner of work

4) Put Employees in Best Jobs

“Best” means a state in which your employees can excel and shine. A smart manager knows who thrives in routine, specialized, and collaborative jobs, and puts the right people there.  Understand your employees’ deepest strengths and talents to make this possible. Invest time in getting to know your team members. Streamline your hiring process, to make sure that jobs appropriately match applicants’ skills.

5) Include Flexible Work in Your Policy

Remember: what creates job satisfaction is not just the kind of work employees do, but the manner in which they do it. Here, the golden principle in keeping workers satisfied is to give them freedom. Freedom can take many forms.

In some companies, they allow flexible schedules, wherein members can come and go as they please, as long as they complete the required amount of working hours. It can also mean working three days per week but with longer hours.

In other organizations, they permit remote work. Employees can do their tasks wherever they prefer–at home, at a coffee shop, or even at a hotel near a beach. Consider including these in your policies, managing flexible work arrangements efficiently to improve job satisfaction and increase employee engagement.

6) Allocate Different Spaces for Different Work Styles in the Workplace

Your office design should accommodate both autonomous and collaborative work. Employees should be able to easily drop in at personal work stations, conference rooms, or huddle areas to accomplish their tasks. With their work supported, they can get the job done more efficiently, and–by extension–feel a sense of fulfillment.

On Leadership Style

7) Empower Employees to Make Good Judgment Calls in Their Job

There’s a genuine sense of positive job satisfaction and morale when team members have a sense of ownership over their work. One sure way to let them experience this is to empower them to make decisions on their own.

Imagine the confidence they’ll gain and the company loyalty they’ll develop when they’re the ones calling the shots on projects or strategies. Train them to be assertive in decision-making. Impart to them your overall goals and principles as a guide.

8) Launch a Mentoring Program

Take the training for sound decision-making up a notch by introducing mentors to employees. After all, the best way they can know what’s best for the organization is to learn from the people who know it already. With that, assign top executives in your company to be coaches to people you’re grooming to become future leaders.

These senior officials should help you craft the curriculum you’ll be following for the mentorship program. More importantly, they must be able to challenge mentees to go out of their comfort zone and take risks for greater success.

9) Open Lines of Communication

An open-door policy is beneficial in many respects. It allows you to get feedback on what’s happening on the ground, helping you make sound decisions on policies and strategies and develop trust among team members. When they’re encouraged through feedback, they get a sense that their leaders are reliable and responsive.

That said, reiterate in every meeting or interaction that you appreciate honest, transparent communication. Give your undivided attention to employees when they do come to you. This will, for sure, boost employee morale.

10) Show That You Care

Beyond opening communication lines, you should be able to express that you care for your employees. Take time to get to know them, not just their talents and skills that are relevant to your operations, but also personal subjects, like hobbies, life priorities, and family birthdays. In John Maxwell’s five levels of leadership, building rapport is key to solidifying trust in the management.

Ask workers how their kids are. Go out to lunch to honor the current month’s birthday celebrants. If you have time, gather the team for a spinning class led by your fitness enthusiast employee. These little things can result in huge payoffs, in terms of building employee morale.

On Employees’ Personal and Professional Needs

11) Develop Their Professional Skills and Their Careers

Again, personal achievement matters in increasing job satisfaction and morale. You can very well help employees in this matter by investing in professional development initiatives. Do a thorough analysis of your workers’ needs, in terms of skills and knowledge. From there, make an appropriate program. Invite resource speakers, if necessary

12) Put Them at the Center of Your Vision

The company’s vision, grand and ambitious, is a source of motivation and inspiration, yet it can also be a little too overwhelming. In fact, your employees may feel a disconnect from it. This can get in the way of being enthusiastic about getting the job done.

Put yourself in your employees’ shoes and ask what’s in the vision for you. What’s the personal benefit of working towards realizing this vision? When you’re able to communicate how meaningful their work is in the grand scheme of things, this will help boost employee morale and productivity.

13) Acknowledge Hard Work, Not Just Achievements

When employees are doing a great job, tell them even before they close a deal or get a new client. Recognize efforts, not only successes. Thank employees personally; go to their desks and give them a pat on the back.

Do it in front of people, the clients or their fellow team members, in whichever platform available such as emails or town halls. This will give them greater confidence, which would then translate into better employee performance.

14) Give Constructive Feedback

While you take note of employees’ individual accomplishments, it’s also equally important to empower them with suggestions for improvement. When received gracefully and applied correctly, this will not only benefit the entire organization but the employee themselves, as well. It will add value to their professional development.

How are you keeping your employees happy and satisfied? Don’t wait until productivity takes a dive or resignation letters to begin pouring in before you make an intentional effort to boost employee morale and job satisfaction. Come up with a plan today.

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7 Figure Skills Review

7 Figure Skills: A Dropshipping (High Ticket) Course Review (AJ Jomah Course)

A course focused mainly on high ticket dropshipping isn’t a common sight by any means. However, is it really worth its $1,297-5,997 packages? Is it just another dropshipping basics course? Is it good?

We’ll review today a course made by AJ Jomah on that subject. It offers 3 packages for $1,297, $2,497 and $5,997 depending on how much guidance you need, from the standard course to a “done for you” offer at the highest price.

AJ mostly dedicates to launch products, and he’s released a huge variety of courses. They span from Amazon FBA all the way to print on demand, and he’s recently focused on high ticket sales through Google ads.

He says selling high ticket products changed his life and that Google Ads is one of the best sources for finding interested buyers ready to spend money on what you’re selling.

However, you must keep in mind that high-ticket products are harder for selling, and newcomers should always start with less expensive items as you build experience.

The issue with high ticket

A lot of people forget that you take payment from your customer. Any issues and warranties must be sorted out by yourself, including refunds and replacements. The problem arises when the supplier fails to respond to your inquiries.

Imagine your customer starts a dispute with you and wins; the following step would be to initiate a dispute with your supplier. Now, what if you lose against your supplier? You’d lose both a client and a supplier.

That’s not all; you also lose the price on your item.

Dropshipping products like toys, phone accessories, or similar items would have you losing around $10-30. However, high ticket items translate into losses that could reach the $10,000 mark.

If you’re starting with a small capital (like a lot of dropshippers do), going with high ticket products could end your business with a single dispute.

Who’s the author?

Taylor owns the website remotelikeme.com, a travel blog she uses to record her experiences as well as offering worksheets, eBooks, and courses among other tools useful for digital nomads.

She started travelling in 2014 to Guatemala as a volunteer worker, and that hooked her into travelling. She’s visited almost all places in Europe and Latin America, and she started working with email marketing.

She has a Facebook group as well, and she says she’s helped many to start their remote careers. She then dedicated her time to creating courses, groups, and eBooks about getting remote work.

It’s easy to see she knows what’s she’s talking about as well.

Reviewing 7 Figure Skills

The course teaches you the basics of dropshipping high ticket stuff, and it also provides the standard dropshipping content regarding getting conversions, finding products, sales funnels, and making large profits.

Since I already know about the topic, I don’t really mind the guidance or having someone make the store for me, so I got the standard subscription for $1,297.

The other two plans include coaching for a month for $2,497 and a store done for you for the $5,997 plan.

Module 1

Here, you’re taught how to find a product or niche for your store. You get all the methods used by AJ for that goal, explained with steps. While some of the videos are mostly basic stuff, there’s also good insight, and I even managed to pick up a few tips I hadn’t considered.

You have some information on common myths and issues and how you can beat them. There’s another video on brainstorming, and all modules have downloadable plans, guides, and even worksheets.

However, it would’ve been nice to see a bit more content inside this module.

Module 2

Here, you’ll develop the ideas exposed in the previous module, with a real-life study on the possibility of generating more than $100,000 each month with a single product. Keep in mind this is for high-ticket; a $1,000 will get there much faster than a $10 or $20 one.

AJ also offers you a trademarked tool by himself to help your brainstorming, so that’s a nice addition.

You finally get a report with 214 product ideas, both high and low ticket, but they’re probably all taken now by members with the same knowledge. There’s also a worksheet for picking products.

Module 3

The third module goes into Google Ads and ways to find out the ideal price for each product. There’s also content on finding the best niches, coupled with another invitation to use his online tool.

He offers a directory with 4,000 suppliers that’s strikingly looks like Salehoo. There’s also one video with an actually neat trick for finding what your competitors are using for success, and it closes with more downloadable content like the action plan and some worksheets.

Module 4

Here’s the first time you’ll learn something you’re going to replicate. You learn how to create your store, and it includes how to set it up, which templates are good, how to expose it, developing your brand, and which plugins are the best for automating it.

Of course, there’s the mandatory downloadable plans and worksheets as always.

This module is mandatory, of course, but it’s the same content you can find on most courses available. You can even find free videos on how to use Shopify, so it’s still little to make up for the price we’re paying for the course.

Module 5

This section focuses mainly on suppliers. You’ll learn how to find and contact your suppliers, and it includes methods both for inside and outside the US, so it’s a nice addition. Besides the tips, AJ also gives you some templates and scripts.

Besides, you have a step-by-step process you can use to deal with your suppliers, and he closes the package with some reselling agreements.

A problem here is that AJ doesn’t tell you that US-based suppliers are unlikely to partner with you if you’re not a citizen in the US or own a company (offshore) in either Delaware or Wyoming.

You need a reseller ID or at least a social security number, and all of this is knowledge that AJ simply skips for some unknown reason. That’s also why so many dropshippers go to AliExpress.

Module 6

The 6th module is all about optimizing your store to get more conversion. Besides the knowledge, AJ includes some templates you can use for several pages, including your Contact and About sections.

While it’s a good intention, you should just use them as inspiration. The reason is that all other students will likely be using the same templates, so you’ll just repeat other people’s content, and Google doesn’t like that at all.

Always make sure to use content of your own, but the templates are a good reference nonetheless. You also get templates for following up emails and some final tips for conversions.

Module 7

There’s really not much to say about the 7th module on automating emails. It’s mostly just some videos explaining how to do it.

I guess his advice is OK, and you can certainly use the knowledge here and automate your emails, but he really didn’t add anything here that would set this $1,297 course from cheaper ones or even YouTube videos you can watch for free.

Module 8

The 8th module the goes into traffic and how you can use Google Ads and Shopping in your favor regarding this issue.

AJ will teach you about how you can set up your first campaign in the right way using the two platforms, and you can then build on the knowledge here for further campaigns. You also get some “hacks” you can use on Google for netting some extra traffic easily.

Besides that, he also teaches you how you should manage your marketing budget efficiently regarding the two platforms covered.

The last feature is a coaching call for free directly with either AJ or one of his associates to discuss and help with Google Shopping.

Given how AJ seems to be always busy, it seems you can only reach out to his associates, so that’s quite a boomer and makes me wonder whether or not you can actually talk to AJ.

However, the content on using Google platforms is quite good, and there’s definitely a lot of stuff you can apply there. The only issue I had (personally) was that it focuses too much on the “for dummies” approach, and there’s little to expand if you already know how to run basic campaigns or want to work on better and more advanced campaigns further down the line.

Module 9

The last module also goes into advertising, but this time it’s Facebook. Admittedly, it does feel a bit rushed and just done “for the sake of it” since high ticket dropshipping doesn’t really benefit a lot from traffic generated through Facebook.

Think about it: most people use social media to kill some time, know what’s going on with their friends and people they like, and of course, looking at memes. It’s a bit naïve to think that someone who’s focused on that is prone to spend over $1,000 on some furniture just because it showed up on their feed.

However, there’s always a few things to pick up from AJ, it seems, so this knowledge actually works for people looking to retarget their ads.

Facebook group & refunds

Finally, you have the standard eCommerce private Facebook group, yet AJ claims that accessing this community would normally be worth nearly $2,000. That claim is really hard to believe, seeing how having a private group is the norm with these types of courses.

This one in particular is pretty inactive as well.

Finally, you can get your money back via Stripe if you don’t feel satisfied by the course within the first month. The refund says to be given without asking any questions, and I certainly didn’t find any terms stating you have to prove completion of the necessary steps for a refund.

Final Verdict

Overall, the course doesn’t quite match my requirements for it to be worth its asking prices. The standard plan’s price tag is already really expensive, and I seriously doubt that the coaching can make up for the additional cost on the 2nd plan.

Finally, the third one does offer you an entire business set up with all pages and traffic strategies. However, it also offers you an entire year of coaching and accounting calling plus whatever the annual beach retreat is.

It all sounds too good, and it’ll probably be.

As is, I wouldn’t recommend it. There’s some quality insight and knowledge spread throughout, but it’s just not enough for its asking price.

What you should get instead

I’d recommend you get eCom Elites for either $197 or $297. It offers more content, more depth and a larger community.

Besides, you’ll also save over $1,000 which can go right into your marketing campaigns and business or learning more about all the other tools available!

I hope you found this review useful and if you have any questions, please comment down below. I’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Once again, thanks for reading my 7 Figure Skills Review and I wish you the best of luck.

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We are delighted to announce the release of Screaming Frog SEO Spider version 11.0, codenamed internally as ‘triples’, which is a big hint for those in the know.

In version 10 we introduced many new features all at once, so we wanted to make this update smaller, which also means we can release it quicker. This version includes one significant exciting new feature and a number of smaller updates and improvements. Let’s get to them.

1) Structured Data & Validation

Structured data is becoming increasingly important to provide search engines with explicit clues about the meaning of pages, and enabling special search result features and enhancements in Google.

The SEO Spider now allows you to crawl and extract structured data from the three supported formats (JSON-LD, Microdata and RDFa) and validate it against Schema.org specifications and Google’s 25+ search features at scale.

To extract and validate structured data you just need to select the options under ‘Config > Spider > Advanced’.

Structured data itemtypes will then be pulled into the ‘Structured Data’ tab with columns for totals, errors and warnings discovered. You can filter URLs to those containing structured data, missing structured data, the specific format, and by validation errors or warnings.

The structured data details lower window pane provides specifics on the items encountered. The left-hand side of the lower window pane shows property values and icons against them when there are errors or warnings, and the right-hand window provides information on the specific issues discovered.

The right-hand side of the lower window pane will detail the validation type (Schema.org, or a Google Feature), the severity (an error, warning or just info) and a message for the specific issue to fix. It will also provide a link to the specific Schema.org property.

In the random example below from a quick analysis of the ‘car insurance’ SERPs, we can see lv.com have Google Product feature validation errors and warnings. The right-hand window pane lists those required (with an error), and recommended (with a warning).

As ‘product’ is used on these pages, it will be validated against Google product feature guidelines, where an image is required, and there are half a dozen other recommended properties that are missing.

Another example from the same SERP, is Hastings Direct who have a Google Local Business feature validation error against the use of ‘UK’ in the ‘addressCountry‘ schema property.

The right-hand window pane explains that this is because the format needs to be two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (and the United Kingdom is ‘GB’). If you check the page in Google’s structured data testing tool, this error isn’t picked up. Screaming Frog FTW.

The SEO Spider will validate against 26 of Google’s 28 search features currently and you can see the full list in our structured data section of the user guide.

As many of you will be aware, frustratingly Google don’t currently provide an API for their own Structured Data Testing Tool (at least a public one we can legitimately use) and they are slowly rolling out new structured data reporting in Search Console. As useful as the existing SDTT is, our testing found inconsistency in what it validates, and the results sometimes just don’t match Google’s own documented guidelines for search features (it often mixes up required or recommended properties for example).

We researched alternatives, like using the Yandex structured data validator (which does have an API), but again, found plenty of inconsistencies and fundamental differences to Google’s feature requirements – which we wanted to focus upon, due to our core user base.

Hence, we went ahead and built our own structured data validator, which considers both Schema.org specifications and Google feature requirements. This is another first to be seen in the SEO Spider, after previously introducing innovative new features such as JavaScript Rendering to the market.

There are plenty of nuances in structured data and this feature will not be perfect initially, so please do let us know if you spot any issues and we’ll fix them up quickly. We obviously recommend using this new feature in combination with Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool as well.

2) Structured Data Bulk Exporting

As you would expect, you can bulk export all errors and warnings via the ‘reports’ top-level menu.

The ‘Validation Errors & Warnings Summary’ report is a particular favourite, as it aggregates the data to unique issues discovered (rather than reporting every instance) and shows the number of URLs affected by each issue, with a sample URL with the specific issue. An example report can be seen below.

This means the report is highly condensed and ideal for a developer who wants to know the unique validation issues that need to be fixed across the site.

3) Multi-Select Details & Bulk Exporting

You can now select multiple URLs in the top window pane, view specific lower window details for all the selected URLs together, and export them. For example, if you click on three URLs in the top window, then click on the lower window ‘inlinks’ tab, it will display the ‘inlinks’ for those three URLs.

You can also export them via the right click or the new export button available for the lower window pane.

Obviously this scales, so you can do it for thousands, too.

This should provide a nice balance between exporting everything in bulk via the ‘Bulk Export’ menu and then filtering in spreadsheets, or the previous singular option via the right click.

4) Tree-View Export

If you didn’t already know, you can switch from the usual ‘list view’ of a crawl to a more traditional directory ‘tree view’ format by clicking the tree icon on the UI.

However, while you were able to view this format within the tool, it hasn’t been possible to export it into a spreadsheet. So, we went to the drawing board and worked on an export which seems to make sense in a spreadsheet.

When you export from tree view, you’ll now see the results in tree view form, with columns split by path, but all URL level data still available. Screenshots of spreadsheets generally look terrible, but here’s an export of our own website for example.

This allows you to quickly see the break down of a website’s structure.

5) Visualisations Improvements

We have introduced a number of small improvements to our visualisations. First of all, you can now search for URLs, to find specific nodes within the visualisations.

By default, the visualisations have used the last URL component for naming of nodes, which can be unhelpful if this isn’t descriptive. Therefore, you’re now able to adjust this to page title, h1 or h2.

Finally, you can now also save visualisations as HTML, as well as SVGs.

6) Smart Drag & Drop

You can drag and drop any file types supported by the SEO Spider directly into the GUI, and it will intelligently work out what to do. For example, you can drag and drop a saved crawl and it will open it.

You can drag and drop a .txt file with URLs, and it will auto switch to list mode and crawl them.

You can even drop in an XML Sitemap and it will switch to list mode, upload the file and crawl that for you as well.

Nice little time savers for hardcore users.

7) Queued URLs Export

You’re now able to view URLs remaining to be crawled via the ‘Queued URLs’ export available under ‘Bulk Export’ in the top level menu.

This provides an export of URLs discovered and in the queue to be crawled (in order to be crawled, based upon a breadth-first crawl).

8) Configure Internal CDNs

You can now supply a list of CDNs to be treated as ‘Internal’ URLs by the SEO Spider.

This feature is available under ‘Configuration > CDNs’ and both domains and subfolder combinations can be supplied. URLs will then be treated as internal, meaning they appear under the ‘Internal’ tab, will be used for discovery of new URLs, and will have data extracted like other internal URLs.

9) GA Extended URL Matching

Finally, if you have accounts that use extended URL rewrite filters in Google Analytics to view the full page URL (and convert /example/ to www.example.com/example) in the interface, they break what is returned from the API, and shortcuts in the interface (i.e they return https://ift.tt/2SJfh7N).

This means URLs won’t match when you perform a crawl obviously. We’ve now introduced an algorithm which will take this into account automatically and match the data for you, as it was really quite annoying.

Other Updates

Version 11.0 also includes a number of smaller updates and bug fixes, outlined below.

The ‘URL Info’ and ‘Image Info’ lower window tabs has been renamed from ‘Info’ to ‘Details’ respectively.

‘Auto Discover XML Sitemaps via robots.txt’ has been unticked by default for list mode (it was annoyingly ticked by default in version 10.4!).

There’s now a ‘Max Links per URL to Crawl’ configurable limit under ‘Config > Spider > Limits’ set at 10k max.

There’s now a ‘Max Page Size (KB) to Crawl’ configurable limit under ‘Config > Spider > Limits’ set at 50k.

There are new tool tips across the GUI to provide more helpful information on configuration options.

The HTML parser has been updated to fix an error with unquoted canonical URLs.

A bug has been fixed where GA Goal Completions were not showing.

That’s everything. If you experience any problems with the new version, then please do just let us know via support and we can help. Thank you to everyone for all their feature requests, bug reports and general support, Screaming Frog would not be what it is, without you all.

Now, go and download version 11.0 of the Screaming Frog SEO Spider.

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How to Find your Dream Job in 2019

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How to Find your Dream Job in 2019

I remember sitting in one of my career classes in college listening to my professor tell the class how long it can take to find a job.

“Sometimes you’re completely qualified for the positions in which you’re applying for, yet it can take several months to find the right position,” he said.

My professor wasn’t kidding. I started applying for my first job six months prior to graduation, and it took me all six months to find one I was excited about accepting. Then, when I began the search for my second job, it took me closer to nine months from the moment I decided it was time to start searching for new roles to the call I received with the job offer I accepted.

Long story short — searching for a new job isn’t always an easy process. It has the potential to become stressful, time-consuming, and frustrating. But no fear! We’ve created this guide to help you through the process and make it a bit less intimidating. We’ll review the first 10 things you should do when you begin your search, where you can find job listings of interest, how to prepare for an interview, and the ways in which you can accept a job offer.

Let’s dive right in.

Depending on your specific situation, you may not need to walk through each of the following steps. This list is here to simply guide you through the beginning stages of your job hunt, so feel free to modify it as needed.

1. Consider your personality.

Your personality tells you a lot about yourself — what you enjoy doing, what makes you happy, how you like to communicate, and even the types of jobs you’d likely be really great at. There are a number of ways to incorporate your personality traits and characteristics in your job search. You can take one of the many online personality tests to learn more about your specific traits and discover various types of work and tasks you’d be a good fit for. This information is also helpful when thinking about the type of work environment you’d be most productive in. 

Your personality will help you narrow your search in other ways too — for example, if your results come back with details about you being more shy, introspective, and reserved, you can research ideal jobs for introverts.

2. Think about your skill set.

Your skill set is a list of your abilities — such as communication, decision making, and ability to work under pressure. These are often listed on your resume, so they’re important to consider for that reason as well as to help you determine the type of role you’d be successful in. You can learn more about your skill set and how it plays a part in the type of career you’d be an ideal fit for by taking a career aptitude test.

3. Reflect on your background.

Your previous work experience and education, or your background, are also great ways to determine a career path you’d be suited for.

For example, I studied journalism in college and worked at a news station after graduation, yet wanted to leave the TV industry. My background, which was tailored towards writing jobs and content-heavy positions, made me an ideal candidate for a blog writer position at HubSpot.

If your background doesn’t align with your newfound career interests that’s alright too! This may require a little more research on your end about whether or not you’ll need to go back to school for a masters degree, get a certification of some kind, or work in an entry-level position in your new field of interest.

4. Brainstorm your career goals.

Brainstorm your personal and career goals to help you determine the right job for you. Think about things like work-life balance, salary, and what you can envision yourself doing in 5-10 years. This will help you narrow down your search as different industries and positions have a range of standards when it comes to factors such as career flexibility and growth.

5. Create a list of your dream companies.

Whether or not you’re sure about the actual position you’re looking to get into, you should create a list of your dream companies to work for. This is a great way to keep track of the companies you’re most interested in, remain goal-oriented, and remember to continually check their job listings to ensure you’re not missing the perfect opening. You can then tailor your cover letter and skill set on your resume to fit these target companies’ candidate requirements and expectations.

6. Consider companies similar to your dream companies.

Be sure to consider companies comparable to your ideal companies as well. For example, if you’re hoping to work for a major company like Nike, you might also consider a smaller but quickly growing company in the same industry such as NOBULL. By being open-minded and realistic about how you’re going to reach your end-goal, you avoid locking yourself into one, narrow career path option.

7. Network professionally.

Whether you’re looking to stay in your current industry or pave a completely new path in another, professional networking is critical. These days, over 70% of job offers at companies, or at least get interviews, as a result of networking. Networking can help you get your foot in the door at a company of interest, gain a new and valuable reference, and determine whether or not you really want to move into a specific type of role.

8. Clean up your social media accounts.

These days, recruiting managers, hiring teams, and other people at the companies you’re applying to will often look you up on social media as part of their candidate search and screening processes. This means you should either make sure all of your social media accounts are not public, or remove every picture, video, or comment that may lead a potential company to believe you’re not mature or professional enough to join the team. The last thing you want a hiring manager at your dream company to do is take you off their list of potential candidates because of something on your Instagram or Facebook profile.

9. Update your LinkedIn profile.

Did you know there are over 6.1 million users on LinkedIn? That includes people like yourself looking for new jobs, people who are content in their current jobs, and people who are looking to recruit for and fill various openings at their companies.

That’s why ensuring your LinkedIn profile is up-to-date when you begin your job search is critical. Be sure to describe in detail all of your relevant, past work experience including promotions and notable mentions, as well as your education, awards, certifications, and anything else you feel is worth sharing. Make your profile look even more professional by accepting and initiating connections with people you know so you’re more likely to receive endorsements for your skills, experiences, and traits.

Recruiters, hiring managers, and employers who find you on LinkedIn will see you as a competent, impressive, and qualified candidate who’s taking the hiring process seriously.

Learn how to use LinkedIn for professional networking, business, and marketing.

10. Prepare your resume.

You must prepare your resume at the beginning of your job search for the same reason you need to update your LinkedIn profile — to ensure all of your latest and most relevant experience is available to recruiters and hiring managers so they can determine whether or not you’d be a good fit for the role you’re applying for.

Without a strong and updated resume, the companies you apply to won’t have any reason to take you seriously. Pay attention to the small details, such as your resume font and the skill set you choose to share. After all, this is how you’re going to make an impactful first impression.

(When in doubt, you can always update your resume using a template to ensure a professional look and feel that will blow hiring managers away.)

How to Find and Apply For Your New Job

Now that we’ve reviewed which steps to take in the first stages of your job search, you might be wondering how to find a job you want to apply for and make yourself stand out as a candidate. We’ve created this collection of tips and tricks involving job search sites, cover letters, and interview prep to help you do just that.

Job Search Sites

Today, job search sites — also known as job search engines —are one of the most common ways to find a new job. These sites provide you with valuable information on companies, location, industry, salary, qualifications, company reviews, and more.

Other benefits to using a job search site are the ability to upload your resume and cover letter for quick and easy application submission and the option to be alerted when a new job listing is posted based on criteria you provide. 

There are a number of popular job search sites that are used by millions of people around the world — so which ones should you use? Below we list six of the most common options.

Indeed provides you with access to new job listings, company reviews, and accurate salary information. The site also allows you to post your resume so recruiters and employers can easily reach out you.

CareerBuilder gives you the opportunity to search for a new job based on specific criteria, including your experience, location, or skill set. You upload your resume so employers can recruit you and the site will also review your profile and recommend jobs to help you find the right match.

Monster allows you to upload your resume for a free assessment to ensure everything looks perfect. The site has a variety of other resources like opportunities to receive professional advice and interview tips, as well as to access to the latest (and most popular) job listings, salary information, and company reviews.

LinkedIn isn’t just a networking site — it’s also a job search site. The site will take you through a series of steps to help you begin your job hunt. You can then view position openings and employers can read your resume (as well as easily view your LinkedIn profile). LinkedIn also allows you to search for jobs according to your specific career interests to narrow down your options.

Craigslist is a very straightforward and simplistic job search site. Employers post their latest job listings and you can search through them by location and/or one of the site’s 20+ industry types.

Glassdoor gives you access to the latest job listings, employee reviews, interview tips, and salary information. You can post your resume for hiring managers to contact you and the site also has a feature to view the types of interview questions specific companies tend to ask so you can prepare to the best of your ability.

Once you’ve determined which job search sites you want to use, it’s time to begin preparing your cover letters to send along with your resume to your prospective employers.

Unique Cover Letters

In a job application, your cover letter accompanies your resume and persuades an employer to interview you. It should describe the reasons why you���d be a great fit for the position you’re applying for — and when paired with your resume, the employer should clearly understand what makes you qualified for the opening.

Save time and use templates to create the perfect cover letter.

Not all companies require cover letters. Some make cover letters optional and some choose not to accept them at all. If cover letters are optional for the positions you’re applying for, sending one in is really up to your discretion as there are a range of opinions about their importance. However, if you’re required or choose to include a cover letter, you’ll want to make sure it’s concise, well-written, and stands out against those of your competition. 

Discover everything you need to know about crafting the perfect cover letter.

Interview Preparation

Needless to say, nailing your interview is critical if you want to receive a job offer. Although interviews are often high-pressure experiences for job-seekers, thoroughly preparing for them is a great way to relieve some of the stress.

Here are some commonly asked interview questions you can review and think about in preparation for your next interview. You can click the links to learn how to answer these common questions.

Tell me about yourself.

What are the reasons for leaving your last job?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

What motivates you?

What makes you unique?

What is your greatest weakness?

You can also use other resources for prep like Glassdoor’s past-interview-question feature, blogs about the job search process in your industry of interest — like this guide about marketing jobs — or ask the people you network with about their past interview experiences.

Accept A Job Offer

The last aspect of the job search process is the most exciting — accepting an offer!

Once you receive a job offer, be sure to get all of the important position details regarding salary, benefits, expected start date, and anything else you’re looking for clarity on. Remember, it’s normal — and expected — to ask for some time to think about the offer so you can review it before officially accepting. The hiring manager may give you a day, two days, or even a full work week to do this if you ask.

Don’t be afraid to decline the offer if the job isn’t the right fit for you. Other offers will come around — be patient and wait for the one that makes you excited. Also, you may choose to negotiate the salary upon receiving your offer. There are professional and realistic ways to negotiate a salary you’ll want to follow to ensure this process goes smoothly.

Lastly, you’ll need to give your current employer your two weeks’ notice to let them know you’ll be leaving the company so they can begin preparing to find a replacement or make any other necessary adjustments to your team and/ or department.

Learn about how you can prepare for your new job once you’ve accepted an offer.

Start Your Search

Beginning the job search process can be an overwhelming one. But following this guide and thoughtfully determining the exact type of role and company you’re looking for is a great way to make it less daunting. Remember to use job search sites to your advantage and prepare for your interviews so you’re ready to impress anyone you meet — get started searching for your next position today.

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How to Find your Dream Job in 2019

I remember sitting in one of my career classes in college listening to my professor tell the class how long it can take to find a job.

“Sometimes you’re completely qualified for the positions in which you’re applying for, yet it can take several months to find the right position,” he said.

My professor wasn’t kidding. I started applying for my first job six months prior to graduation, and it took me all six months to find one I was excited about accepting. Then, when I began the search for my second job, it took me closer to nine months from the moment I decided it was time to start searching for new roles to the call I received with the job offer I accepted.

Long story short — searching for a new job isn’t always an easy process. It has the potential to become stressful, time-consuming, and frustrating. But no fear! We’ve created this guide to help you through the process and make it a bit less intimidating. We’ll review the first 10 things you should do when you begin your search, where you can find job listings of interest, how to prepare for an interview, and the ways in which you can accept a job offer.

Let’s dive right in.

Depending on your specific situation, you may not need to walk through each of the following steps. This list is here to simply guide you through the beginning stages of your job hunt, so feel free to modify it as needed.

1. Consider your personality.

Your personality tells you a lot about yourself — what you enjoy doing, what makes you happy, how you like to communicate, and even the types of jobs you’d likely be really great at. There are a number of ways to incorporate your personality traits and characteristics in your job search. You can take one of the many online personality tests to learn more about your specific traits and discover various types of work and tasks you’d be a good fit for. This information is also helpful when thinking about the type of work environment you’d be most productive in. 

Your personality will help you narrow your search in other ways too — for example, if your results come back with details about you being more shy, introspective, and reserved, you can research ideal jobs for introverts.

2. Think about your skill set.

Your skill set is a list of your abilities — such as communication, decision making, and ability to work under pressure. These are often listed on your resume, so they’re important to consider for that reason as well as to help you determine the type of role you’d be successful in. You can learn more about your skill set and how it plays a part in the type of career you’d be an ideal fit for by taking a career aptitude test.

3. Reflect on your background.

Your previous work experience and education, or your background, are also great ways to determine a career path you’d be suited for.

For example, I studied journalism in college and worked at a news station after graduation, yet wanted to leave the TV industry. My background, which was tailored towards writing jobs and content-heavy positions, made me an ideal candidate for a blog writer position at HubSpot.

If your background doesn’t align with your newfound career interests that’s alright too! This may require a little more research on your end about whether or not you’ll need to go back to school for a masters degree, get a certification of some kind, or work in an entry-level position in your new field of interest.

4. Brainstorm your career goals.

Brainstorm your personal and career goals to help you determine the right job for you. Think about things like work-life balance, salary, and what you can envision yourself doing in 5-10 years. This will help you narrow down your search as different industries and positions have a range of standards when it comes to factors such as career flexibility and growth.

5. Create a list of your dream companies.

Whether or not you’re sure about the actual position you’re looking to get into, you should create a list of your dream companies to work for. This is a great way to keep track of the companies you’re most interested in, remain goal-oriented, and remember to continually check their job listings to ensure you’re not missing the perfect opening. You can then tailor your cover letter and skill set on your resume to fit these target companies’ candidate requirements and expectations.

6. Consider companies similar to your dream companies.

Be sure to consider companies comparable to your ideal companies as well. For example, if you’re hoping to work for a major company like Nike, you might also consider a smaller but quickly growing company in the same industry such as NOBULL. By being open-minded and realistic about how you’re going to reach your end-goal, you avoid locking yourself into one, narrow career path option.

7. Network professionally.

Whether you’re looking to stay in your current industry or pave a completely new path in another, professional networking is critical. These days, over 70% of job offers at companies, or at least get interviews, as a result of networking. Networking can help you get your foot in the door at a company of interest, gain a new and valuable reference, and determine whether or not you really want to move into a specific type of role.

8. Clean up your social media accounts.

These days, recruiting managers, hiring teams, and other people at the companies you’re applying to will often look you up on social media as part of their candidate search and screening processes. This means you should either make sure all of your social media accounts are not public, or remove every picture, video, or comment that may lead a potential company to believe you’re not mature or professional enough to join the team. The last thing you want a hiring manager at your dream company to do is take you off their list of potential candidates because of something on your Instagram or Facebook profile.

9. Update your LinkedIn profile.

Did you know there are over 6.1 million users on LinkedIn? That includes people like yourself looking for new jobs, people who are content in their current jobs, and people who are looking to recruit for and fill various openings at their companies.

That’s why ensuring your LinkedIn profile is up-to-date when you begin your job search is critical. Be sure to describe in detail all of your relevant, past work experience including promotions and notable mentions, as well as your education, awards, certifications, and anything else you feel is worth sharing. Make your profile look even more professional by accepting and initiating connections with people you know so you’re more likely to receive endorsements for your skills, experiences, and traits.

Recruiters, hiring managers, and employers who find you on LinkedIn will see you as a competent, impressive, and qualified candidate who’s taking the hiring process seriously.

Learn how to use LinkedIn for professional networking, business, and marketing.

10. Prepare your resume.

You must prepare your resume at the beginning of your job search for the same reason you need to update your LinkedIn profile — to ensure all of your latest and most relevant experience is available to recruiters and hiring managers so they can determine whether or not you’d be a good fit for the role you’re applying for.

Without a strong and updated resume, the companies you apply to won’t have any reason to take you seriously. Pay attention to the small details, such as your resume font and the skill set you choose to share. After all, this is how you’re going to make an impactful first impression.

(When in doubt, you can always update your resume using a template to ensure a professional look and feel that will blow hiring managers away.)

How to Find and Apply For Your New Job

Now that we’ve reviewed which steps to take in the first stages of your job search, you might be wondering how to find a job you want to apply for and make yourself stand out as a candidate. We’ve created this collection of tips and tricks involving job search sites, cover letters, and interview prep to help you do just that.

Job Search Sites

Today, job search sites — also known as job search engines —are one of the most common ways to find a new job. These sites provide you with valuable information on companies, location, industry, salary, qualifications, company reviews, and more.

Other benefits to using a job search site are the ability to upload your resume and cover letter for quick and easy application submission and the option to be alerted when a new job listing is posted based on criteria you provide. 

There are a number of popular job search sites that are used by millions of people around the world — so which ones should you use? Below we list six of the most common options.

Indeed provides you with access to new job listings, company reviews, and accurate salary information. The site also allows you to post your resume so recruiters and employers can easily reach out you.

CareerBuilder gives you the opportunity to search for a new job based on specific criteria, including your experience, location, or skill set. You upload your resume so employers can recruit you and the site will also review your profile and recommend jobs to help you find the right match.

Monster allows you to upload your resume for a free assessment to ensure everything looks perfect. The site has a variety of other resources like opportunities to receive professional advice and interview tips, as well as to access to the latest (and most popular) job listings, salary information, and company reviews.

LinkedIn isn’t just a networking site — it’s also a job search site. The site will take you through a series of steps to help you begin your job hunt. You can then view position openings and employers can read your resume (as well as easily view your LinkedIn profile). LinkedIn also allows you to search for jobs according to your specific career interests to narrow down your options.

Craigslist is a very straightforward and simplistic job search site. Employers post their latest job listings and you can search through them by location and/or one of the site’s 20+ industry types.

Glassdoor gives you access to the latest job listings, employee reviews, interview tips, and salary information. You can post your resume for hiring managers to contact you and the site also has a feature to view the types of interview questions specific companies tend to ask so you can prepare to the best of your ability.

Once you’ve determined which job search sites you want to use, it’s time to begin preparing your cover letters to send along with your resume to your prospective employers.

Unique Cover Letters

In a job application, your cover letter accompanies your resume and persuades an employer to interview you. It should describe the reasons why you’d be a great fit for the position you’re applying for — and when paired with your resume, the employer should clearly understand what makes you qualified for the opening.

Save time and use templates to create the perfect cover letter.

Not all companies require cover letters. Some make cover letters optional and some choose not to accept them at all. If cover letters are optional for the positions you’re applying for, sending one in is really up to your discretion as there are a range of opinions about their importance. However, if you’re required or choose to include a cover letter, you’ll want to make sure it’s concise, well-written, and stands out against those of your competition. 

Discover everything you need to know about crafting the perfect cover letter.

Interview Preparation

Needless to say, nailing your interview is critical if you want to receive a job offer. Although interviews are often high-pressure experiences for job-seekers, thoroughly preparing for them is a great way to relieve some of the stress.

Here are some commonly asked interview questions you can review and think about in preparation for your next interview. You can click the links to learn how to answer these common questions.

Tell me about yourself.

What are the reasons for leaving your last job?

Where do you see yourself in five years?

What motivates you?

What makes you unique?

What is your greatest weakness?

You can also use other resources for prep like Glassdoor’s past-interview-question feature, blogs about the job search process in your industry of interest — like this guide about marketing jobs — or ask the people you network with about their past interview experiences.

Accept A Job Offer

The last aspect of the job search process is the most exciting — accepting an offer!

Once you receive a job offer, be sure to get all of the important position details regarding salary, benefits, expected start date, and anything else you’re looking for clarity on. Remember, it’s normal — and expected — to ask for some time to think about the offer so you can review it before officially accepting. The hiring manager may give you a day, two days, or even a full work week to do this if you ask.

Don’t be afraid to decline the offer if the job isn’t the right fit for you. Other offers will come around — be patient and wait for the one that makes you excited. Also, you may choose to negotiate the salary upon receiving your offer. There are professional and realistic ways to negotiate a salary you’ll want to follow to ensure this process goes smoothly.

Lastly, you’ll need to give your current employer your two weeks’ notice to let them know you’ll be leaving the company so they can begin preparing to find a replacement or make any other necessary adjustments to your team and/ or department.

Learn about how you can prepare for your new job once you’ve accepted an offer.

Start Your Search

Beginning the job search process can be an overwhelming one. But following this guide and thoughtfully determining the exact type of role and company you’re looking for is a great way to make it less daunting. Remember to use job search sites to your advantage and prepare for your interviews so you’re ready to impress anyone you meet — get started searching for your next position today.