The Easiest Extra Income You’ll Ever Make
So it’s Sunday. The roast is in the oven and it’s going to take a few hours.
You set the timer, pop into town, and drop into your local charity shop. That’s a thrift shop to you U.S. readers — but either way, I like to call them “surrogate stockrooms.” You’ll see why.
READ MOREYour Next Cruise — Free
“That’s impossible. No one can cruise to those places for free!”
My friend was astonished when I showed her several ways to get luxury cruises to Bermuda, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, or the Mediterranean absolutely free.
READ MOREAccessing Your Inner Guidance
You’ve heard of Murphy’s Law: Whatever can go wrong will go wrong. Well, there’s a similar law. This one states that, left to themselves, things have a tendency to go from bad to worse. When something is making you unhappy, for example — for any reason — the situation will tend to get worse rather than better.
READ MOREA Checklist for Breakthrough Sales Copy
I have always seen myself as a kindly, helpful soul — but clearly my memory fails me.
Back in my Ogilvy & Mather Direct days, people quickly turned their computer screens blank whenever I materialized in the creative department. Seems I had the nasty habit of reading the sales copy they were writing out loud and making derisive comments.
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: Eschew Ambiguity
Here are four passages I encountered in newspapers. Observe how, in each case, poor wording creates an ambiguity that can lead the reader astray.
READ MOREWho Is Celebrating the Euro’s Fall?
Up, Down, or Sideways By Jason Holland There is a certain type of investment that will thrive whether the market is going up, down, or sideways. In today’s essay, Andrew Gordon, Research Director of our sister publication, Investor’s Daily Edge, tells you what it is. And he introduces you to…
READ MOREThe Only Business Start-Up Strategy I Recommend
When Mary Kay Ash retired from her job in 1963, she took her life savings, $5,000, and opened her own business. Boy, did it pay off! Mary Kay Cosmetics is now a billion-dollar company.
READ MOREAre You Losing Your Soul?
I recently bumped into an old acquaintance I hadn’t seen in years. “Are you still managing money?” he asked.
“No, I write investment advice now,” I said.
READ MOREThe Instant Business in WordPress
If you can write a letter in Microsoft Word, you can build your very own website.
With the WordPress publishing platform, there’s no need to hire an overpriced Web designer or graphics expert.
READ MORENot all Carbs are Created Equal
Not all carbs are created equal.
“There are good carbs, and there are bad carbs,” he told me. “And the difference between the good and the bad depends on how much starch they contain and how that starch affects your insulin production.”
READ MOREHow to Effectively Close Any Speech or Presentation
Effective public speaking isn’t only about grabbing your audience at the beginning. The way you finish is crucial to the overall success of your speech.
For one thing,your final words are likely to be the ones your audience will remember for the longest time.
READ MOREThe Language Perfectionist: Ultimately, Don’t Misuse This Word
What’s wrong with the following sentence (found in a pop music review)?
“If you affiliate in any way with the underground scene, you’d be remiss in not going to Lipgloss. It’s the penultimate hipster haven in Denver….”
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