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07SepMany executives incorrectly believe that social media isn't applicable for their B2B company, but they're wrong. Many of the same social media principles we preach for B2C companies can be adjusted to also apply to B2B. ...
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07Sep
How many books would you expect to see in a New England prep school library? Until recently, the correct answer in the case of Cushing Academy was 20,000. But soon the answer will be zero.The school has decided to replace its stock of physical books (pictured) with a collection of internet-enabled screens and electronic reading devices. According to the Boston Globe, the academy’s headmaster says “When I look at books, I see an outdated technology, like scrolls before books.”
It appears the days of checking out a book could be over for most students as the project will only involve buying 18 Amazon Kindles and Sony Readers for use beyond the library walls. The main purpose of the library (or learning center as it may be retitled) will be as a quiet place for working on laptops.
The academy says the $500,000 revamp will mean replacing 20,000 books with access to “millions of titles”. And it insists the idea of students taking books away from the library is already outdated. It says that on average only 48 books are checked out at any time, 30 of them children’s titles.
It does have to be said that the academy isn’t helping its case by announcing that while it’s spending only $10,000 on the electronic readers, it’s shelling out $12,000 on a cappuccino machine where the reference desk used to be. While many college students may find caffeine as valuable a study aid as the printed page, that’s an odd message to send to schoolchildren.
For a project involving so much language, it’s a shame staff have chosen to use some particularly ugly phrases to describe the changes. The library will apparently become a “center for collaboration, communication, and experiential learning” full of “community-building areas.”
And those flat-screens with access to the internet (and possibly other electronic databases)?
Why, naturally they are “Portals of Civilization.”
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07Sep
How many books would you expect to see in a New England prep school library? Until recently, the correct answer in the case of Cushing Academy was 20,000. But soon the answer will be zero.The school has decided to replace its stock of physical books (pictured) with a collection of internet-enabled screens and electronic reading devices. According to the Boston Globe, the academy’s headmaster says “When I look at books, I see an outdated technology, like scrolls before books.”
It appears the days of checking out a book could be over for most students as the project will only involve buying 18 Amazon Kindles and Sony Readers for use beyond the library walls. The main purpose of the library (or learning center as it may be retitled) will be as a quiet place for working on laptops.
The academy says the $500,000 revamp will mean replacing 20,000 books with access to “millions of titles”. And it insists the idea of students taking books away from the library is already outdated. It says that on average only 48 books are checked out at any time, 30 of them children’s titles.
It does have to be said that the academy isn’t helping its case by announcing that while it’s spending only $10,000 on the electronic readers, it’s shelling out $12,000 on a cappuccino machine where the reference desk used to be. While many college students may find caffeine as valuable a study aid as the printed page, that’s an odd message to send to schoolchildren.
For a project involving so much language, it’s a shame staff have chosen to use some particularly ugly phrases to describe the changes. The library will apparently become a “center for collaboration, communication, and experiential learning” full of “community-building areas.”
And those flat-screens with access to the internet (and possibly other electronic databases)?
Why, naturally they are “Portals of Civilization.”
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07Sep
Isn’t that one of the most awesome thing you’ve ever seen? If anyone understands the science behind what’s happening in the video, feel free to leave a brief explanation in the comments section below!
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07Sep
In the following video, Kris Madden will teach you a technique that should help you read faster, and I can attest that this works as explained. Those of you who had to go through huge amount of documentation for their studies at one point or another probably already know all about this, even though no one ever taught you directly. Check it out:
As Madden explains in the video, the secret is to teach yourself to stop vocalizing words with your larynx while reading. The data that enters through your eyes must go directly to your brain… but as simple as this may sound, it’s not. Try it for yourself, you’ll see.
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07Sep
The web knows something, but it's not telling us, at least not yet.
The web knows how many followers you have on Twitter, how many friends you have on Facebook, how many people read your blog.
It also knows how often those people retweet, amplify and spread your ideas.
It also knows how many followers your followers have...
So, what if, Google-style, someone took all this data and figured out who has clout. Which of your readers is the one capable of making an idea break through the noise and spread? Bloggers don't have impact because they have a lot of readers, they have a lot of impact because of who their readers are (my readers, of course, are the most sophisticated and cloutful on the entire web).
If you knew which of your followers had clout, you could invest more time and energy in personal attention. If we knew where big ideas were starting, that would be neat, and even more useful would be understanding who the key people were in bringing those new ideas to the rest of the world.
Back in the old days, we had no idea, so we defaulted to big newspapers, or magazines or the TV networks. But now we know. We just need to surface the data in a way that is useful.
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07Sep
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07Sep2Checkout, E-Commerce, Extras, Google Checkout, Other License, PayPal, Reviews & Giveaways No Comments
BigCommerce is an easy-to-use hosted e-commerce software which makes your store up & running so quickly.It can be totally customized as you have full access to HTML/CSS via FTP & there are 50+ ready-to-use store designs that can be applied with few clicks.
BigCommerce is integrated with almost every payment, shipping & accounting system you can think of. Optionally, it offers its own merchant account system with under-the-market rates.
The software is fully optimized for SEO from valid W3C templates to automatically generated sitemap XML file & SEO-firendly links.
Besides the products, it is possible to create & share any content (like return policies, promotion details) with its CMS functionality.
The software offers a quality usability experience to customers with features like:
- one-click adding to cart
- ability to compare products
- tracking orders
- wishlists (public & private)
- single page & guest checkout
- powerful search system (suggestions, filtering by price/availability, etc.)
- & many more
It has everything to market the products easily like
- trackable coupon codes
- bulk discounts per product
- ability to create custom discount rules
- free shipping for purchases over $x
- affiliate system
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As BigCommerce is a hosted software, it comes with an included premium hosting with daily offsite backups, unlimited e-mails & top-notch security.
To sum up, the software offers more than anything a store owner can expect. It is a great choice for anyone who wants to run their stores without any technical hassle & get official support.
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