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We're starting to see trends with social platforms, such as Facebook and Google Ads, adding "Buy" buttons for quicker sale transactions. These features can be game-changers for small online businesses looking to quickly convert lookers into buyers. Following suit, testing is under way for a Twitter "Buy" button as well as for product and collection pages. Here's what online businesses need to know.
Small business shipping solution provider, Endicia, recently shared an article titled, What Online Businesses Should Know About Twitter's "Buy" Button and New Page Features. The article outlines Twitters plans for the new "Buy" button. It also mentions another new feature they are testing, product and collection pages, which are being designed to bring a visual element to the social platform.
If used correctly, these new features can really help catapult sales for small businesses in the online ecommerce space.
To find out more about the features and what every online business should know, visit the Endicia blog HERE.
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My accountant has had a paperless office from day one. All incoming documents are scanned into their computer. We review my taxes on a big computer screen and documents are digitally signed. Neat.
However, not all accountants are like this – I'd say in fact most are NOT like this. Many are buried in paper and pass this avalanche of paper on to their clients as well.
eFileCabinet has a document imaging solution and has teamed up with Sage to provide this solution to Sage accountants.
The press release reads, "The partnership will enable users of Sage Impact cloud-based platform to sign up for and use the eFileCabinet cloud document management solution from within the Sage Impact dashboard.
Sage Impact is the accountants' everyday business management platform and go-to for access to payroll, accounting, financial management, business intelligence, community, new business leads and more, all managed in one central hub. More than 150,000 users worldwide rely on eFileCabinet document management solutions to provide simple but effective document management solutions. eFileCabinet's document management solutions are designed to help organizations capture, manage and protect their data regardless of industry. "
One of my rules for thriving in today's Uber economy is to leverage technology. Those who do, will grow and succeed, those who don't will move slower, be inefficient and eventually be swallowed up by competitors.
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UPS is getting ready for the holiday shopping season, are you. The WSJ journal writes
UPS is already talking about pricing and the holidays with its customers, Chief Financial Officer Richard Peretz said in an interview, particularly with those who tend to flood the network with unexpected packages.
"It's about customers that surge, to make sure that we're appropriately looking at both the compensation that UPS receives against the resources they're using," Mr. Peretz said.
Some of those customers send between about 10% and 20% more packages on surge days, while others ship several times their normal average package number, he said. The company is talking with customers about how to better manage those spikes, he said.
What are some things you can do to get ready for the holiday shopping season now?
These are just a few things.
The post UPS Is Getting Ready for the Holidays. Is Your Business Ready? appeared first on SmallBizTechnology.
Google+ (Google Plus) is used by millions of people to stay connected. However, it's not used by enough people to make it a viable community for Google to continue to be investing in.
The Wall Street Journal writes that Google is backing down from requiring folks to have a Google Plus account to use many Google services or share content with others.
For those still wondering if you should build and mange a community on Google Plus, it looks like you shouldn't bother.
This does not mean you should ignore Google. Your rank in Google search is important. Your use of YouTube is still important. Using Google for advertising – still important.
Focus on Facebook for the best engagement and experience in building a community.
Wanna get your ranking HIGH in Google? Check out my friend Martin Shervington's Plus Your Business..
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Don't you hate it when you email 100 people on your list and only 20 open the email? Often times, assuming all of these individuals have opted into your list, they're busy and just need to be resent the email one or two times. Sometimes they might even miss the email in the deluge of emails they get every day.
Vertical Response is out to change that. Their press release reads:
"In today's 'information overload' world, it can be challenging to get the attention of your audience when sending a single email," explained David Shiba, VerticalResponse general manager. "This new feature allows our customers to schedule an automatic follow-up email at the same time they are creating their original campaign. This follow-up email will be sent three or more days later. Our internal statistics show that customers can generate up to 40 percent more opens by re-sending to this non-responder group."
This new feature allows small businesses to reach more of their audience, which in turn should generate a greater number of opens and clicks for the email campaign. Paying VerticalResponse customers who use this feature can view detailed reporting on the lift in results on the reports page
Marketing automation and repeat touches is important for successful marketing.
Some other options?
Email marketing systems like Vertical Response, Constant Contact, Mail Chimp, Aweber, Emma or Campaigner,.
CRM system such as Marketo, Hubspot or Infusionsoft.
The post Vertical Response Launches New Email Marketing Feature. Auto Follow Up. appeared first on SmallBizTechnology.
Windows 10 is here – some people (millions of insiders) are using it now , some regular people have it already and others will have it gradually downloaded to their computers over the next few weeks.
Although it's not a RADICAL upgrade to Windows 8, it is an improvement, with a few key areas you should know about.
New Browser
Windows 10 comes with a new browser, Edge, that lets you more easily annotate web pages and read online content how you want.
Custom Desktops
With Windows 10 you can customize your desktop experience, have up to four apps on the desktop or create virtual desktops to work on projects how you want.
Windows is slated to be more secure, with a new feature, Windows Hello, that recognizes you – no password typing is needed.
These are a few updates in Windows 10. It's better than Windows 8, so definitely something to consider. But give it a few more weeks until you upgrade, giving a chance for any last minute bugs to be ironed out.
Read all about the upgrade here
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Ever get an email that refers to PayPal or your bank? You look closely at the email and realize that it's a phishing email from a hacker. It's not paypal.com but paypal.scammers.com or something a little more subtle.
Be careful of any email you receive asking you to click on something – or an email that instructs you to do something such as wire money or do some other financial or personally invasive action.
The Wall Street Journal writes, George Kurtz, chief executive of CrowdStrike Inc., an Irvine, Calif., cybersecurity firm that investigated the loss, said it appears that malicious software implanted on the broker's computer allowed the crooks to collect passwords that provided access to the broker's email system, and then to falsify wire-transfer instructions for a legitimate purchase. "Given that the money has been moved out several times, there is no hope of recovering it," said Mr. Kurtz.
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Often times we see the glamour of venture capital backed, billion dollar (to be) companies and wistfully wonder, if we should follow their routes. Some of the things they're doing are good – we can learn from them. But other things might not be so good.
The NY Times writes about Jet ,how it's prepared to lose money for 5 years and it's plan is to sell memberships and make it's money that way. I guess it COULD work, but it's not a model that small businesses should follow – losing money for years and making money NOT with the product you're selling. There's only ONE Amazon.com
Intense competition in the delivery space may be prompting such offers. According to one venture capitalist, "some of these companies are forced into making moves that they know don't make long-term economic sense, but they could make short-term economic sense if they end up winning the customer's loyalty."
Small business owner, remember, you're not a "dot-com". Make smart investments in your business. Follow the advice of Norm Brodsky in Inc Magazine, Joe Connolly of WCBS Radio and the writers in Smart Hustle Magazine. Make a product you can sell a make a profit from.
Even my distant mentor, Marcus Lemonis of CNBC's The Profit believes in making money from what you sell – making a PROFIT.
For those entrepreneurs, who have BIG ideas and need venture capital for seed or growth funding – GREAT. However, spend your money wisely and ensure the FOUNDATION of your business is built on simple and solid principles, not on "funny money".
The post Dear Small Biz Owner. VC Backed Startups Are Not Your Mentors. appeared first on SmallBizTechnology.
Facebook and Google dominate mobile advertising. If you want to succeed, today, with mobile advertising, these two companies are the two platforms to focus on. Their platforms are mature and evolving and they continue to reach the biggest market. Just about everyone is either "liking" some Facebook post or searching on the Google search engine.
The Wall Street Journal writes Market researcher eMarketer says that together, Facebook and Google will capture more than half of the $69 billion world-wide mobile-advertising market this year. Google leads, with 35% share, but Facebook is growing faster.
Remember, to succeed in mobile advertising, any advertising, don't focus on trying to advertise to ANYONE. Narrow your advertising and be very targeted. Your ad copy and message should be adjusted depending on who you are trying to reach.
The post Facebook and Google Dominate Mobile Advertising. Understand Their Platforms. appeared first on SmallBizTechnology.
I've used Elance for many years to find great talent to help me build SmallBizTechnology, Small Business Summit and Smart Hustle Magazine.
It's been a great platform to not only find talent, but also to manage talent and ensure your tax obligations are fully paid.
Elance writes about this in their blog here.
Elance and Odesk joined together and it looks like the result of that new company is Upwork.
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At one point in the history of digital content marketing – Flash was king. But that era was over YEARS ago and replaced with HTML 5 and other technologies. Guess what? Due to security flaws with Flash, Google and Mozilla are blocking older versions of Flash on their browsers.
The NY Times writes, "Long used to animate websites and play online videos, Flash has become equally known for security flaws and slowing down websites. Steve Jobs famously refused to allow Flash to be installed on iPhones and iPads, in part, because of security concerns. Over time, other animation tools have become widely used by many sites and browsers."
If you're using a DIY web site service like Wix or Squarespace – you're ok. But if your developer made your web site a long time ago and hasn't updated it recently – be sure there's no Flash.
The post Flash On Your Web Site? It's Old and Insecure and Browsers Are Blocking It. appeared first on SmallBizTechnology.
The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only organization comprised of the world's most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.
1. Project Bubble
We use Project Bubble to track all billable hours for certain projects. It allows all team members to add to the project and keeps everything organized. Everyone is always on the same page — then we simply export the billable hours for each project into our invoicing software. It couldn't be any easier.
– Jonathan Long, Market Domination Media
2. TSheets
TSheets is easy to set up, can handle complicated time tracking options and has mobile options. Process and single point of entry are the most important to a growing client; TSheets has allowed our customers to save hours with the direct integration to QuickBooks.
– Marjorie Adams, Fourlane
3. Paymo
It's simple, it's flexible and it's great for tracking employee hours without burdening the managers or others on the team. I highly recommend it. We've had many of our part time staff and consultants use Paymo in the past and it's always worked very well.
– Mitch Gordon, Go Overseas
4. Mavenlink
Mavenlink is the most user-friendly and efficient time tracking software that we have come across thus far. It provides instant reports and the ability to plan future projects based on information from past ones. Its mobile website is available through all devices, and most importantly, it is easily navigated by our entire team — which leaves out any confusion or frustration.
– Miles Jennings, Recruiter.com
5. Desktime
We use DeskTime. In addition to tracking billable hours, it also records time as productive/neutral or unproductive based on the users' active applications or websites visited. Over time, it learns what's productive and what's not. It also generates comprehensive reports showing productive time and efficiency KPI for every team member.
– Andrew Kucheriavy, Intechnic
6. Time Doctor
There are many solutions for this, but right now I really like Time Doctor. This is a web-based platform that does everything I need, such as monitoring hours worked, recording screenshots, creating invoices and a lot more. This is very useful, whether people are working in one place or remotely. It definitely encourages productivity when everything is so easy to track.
– Shawn Porat, Fortune Cookie Advertising
7. Harvest + Asana
We integrate Harvest (which has great time tracking and reporting) with Asana, where our team's tasks are stored. We can then log time directly from within Asana against a particular task (for instance, a software feature within a larger project). This provides transparency to our clients as to where our time is going at the feature level, and they can compare them against our original estimates.
– Inderpal Singh, Northshore Partners
8. HoursTracker Pro
We use HoursTracker Pro to track hours worked, expenses, etc. We love the GPS integration features, and the ability to group entries by different views. The pay periods are automatically set, and additionally have different types of export. All in all, it's super useful and user friendly.
– Marcela DeVivo, National Debt Relief
9. Tenrox Timesheet
This cloud-based time management tool tracks everything from employee hours, expense, project budgeting and other trackable billings. It's provides us with a real-time graphical workflow engine, which is a major contributor to the time and productivity factor that keeps my company's momentum going. Tenrox Timesheets gives me a reason to look forward to the end of the month.
– Reuben Yonatan, GetVoIP
10. Screenshot Monitor
Our company works with a lot of freelancers and we use Screenshot Monitor every day to track their hours. It's similar to other popular time tracking software out there, but differs in one important way — it periodically takes screenshots. Since this software will randomly take a screenshot of a person's screen, we don't have to worry about them charging us for time and not doing work.
– Andrew Saladino, Kitchen Cabinet Kings
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It's a terrible day when the truth becomes trite and that's what has happened with one of the most important truths in marketing: Know your customer.
Ask a marketing guru what's the most important thing, and the person will say that it's to "know your customer." We have heard this so many times that we have stopped "hearing" it.
I want to bring this truth back among the living and I think the way to do that is by example. I want to use an example that puts the need to "know your customer" into perhaps its sharpest focus.
If you're at all familiar with the culinary world, you may know that some chefs, when auditioning new chefs, will ask them to fry an egg. Frying an egg reduces the craft of cooking to its most essential and basic skills. Any chef who can produce a perfectly fried egg on demand is a worthy hire.
In the world of digital marketing, I think producing the perfect landing page is the equivalent of serving the perfectly fried egg, so we will look at landing page essentials and relate them back to the concept of "knowing your customer." I've written before on these pages about some of the layout basics of landing pages. Here I want to focus more on psychology.
I think you will see how critical it is to be able to get into the mind of your customer when you face head on the challenges of producing the perfectly fried landing page. A great formula for a landing page is to combine four elements: A value proposition, an incentive, a deadline and a call to action.
Gene Schwartz was one of the best direct mail copywriters of all time. He wrote headlines like:
Look at each of these headlines and try to picture the consumer to which they would appeal. Next, work back from that image and identify where that consumer would find the "value."
In the first headline, I picture someone who is overweight and – to put it politely – a person who has never enjoyed breaking a sweat. Being able to understand what makes that person tick gave Schwartz the clues he needed to appeal on an emotional or psychological level.
To sum it up: Understand the area in your customer's psyche where the benefits of your product or service overlap and find emotional language to express or imply the value.
Every machine operates best when a little oil is applied. Adding an incentive to your landing page is the oil. Your job is to understand what kind of incentive will strike a chord with your customer.
Sometimes you can toss in a little something extra. There was a time when banks gave away toasters, gas stations gave away free glasses and hamburger restaurants gave away toys with children's meals – okay, the burger joints still do this; the other premiums are long gone.
However, if your customers are somewhat risk adverse – perhaps you're the new kid on the block and you need to establish credibility – an unconditional money-back guarantee might be the answer. These virtually always prove to be cost effective ways of drumming up new business.
In Popeye cartoons, Wimpy's famous line was, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." The gag was funny because Wimpy said it all the time and everyone knew that "Tuesday" was no real deadline for payment.
Again, some understanding of how your customers think and relate to your product will help you set the right deadline. The deadline can be a point in time, like "today," or when some event occurs, such as "The first 15 companies who contact us…" or "Extremely Limited Supply."
There are two elements in the typical digital call to action today, the graphic and the wording. Graphically, it's critical to make your CTA standout and be obvious that it's something to be clicked on.
Your CTA button will have a word or short phrase on it and here's where you need to understand how your customer is thinking. You can come up with some very good wording for your button by completing this phrase "I want to ____________."
For example if you're selling a weight loss program, the phrase "lose weight easily" might work on your button. Give some thought to this. Avoid tired phrases like "Click Here."
I hope that by discussing these four landing page fundamentals, you begin to have a new, and more focused appreciation for the need to "know your customers" and an improved ability to apply that knowledge.
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Many of us have used Dropbox for years. It works well and is one of the popular ways to share files.
In addition to making it easy to share files, Dropbox is adding some new features that make it much better. These features include:
File requests – With file requests, you can request and receive files from anyone, and they'll go right into the Dropbox folder you specify. Here's how it works:
The Dropbox badge – The next time you open a Dropbox file in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word on your computer, the Dropbox badge will be waiting for you. It's a handy tool designed to help you move your project forward, right from inside the file you're working on. You can:
With these features Dropbox is becoming much more than a file sharing tool, it's being a collaboration and communication platform.
What platforms do you use? Google Drive? Office 365? Yousend It?
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Square has flied to go public reports the New York Times. Square is best known for it's "credit card swipe" dongles that attach to smart phones and tables making it easy to accept credit card payments. If you didn't know it yet, that's just the beginning. Square needs to make more money and GROW.
What's Square's big play? To offer financing options to growing businesses. If you need $10,000 , $50,000 etc, you can get it from Square. Square is competing with PayPal, OnDeck, Fundera and many other companies offering these solutions – include your bank and credit card companies.
Looking for financing? You have lots of ways to get money – make your decisions smart.
The post Square Is Going Public. Here's Why It Matters To Growing Businesses appeared first on SmallBizTechnology.
Technology can be used in the most amazing ways. I just watched a video which shows how a NY area shipping company uses AT&T's Cargo View and Flight Safe service to monitor its fine art shipments. No matter what business you are in, there's always technology you can find which can help you do it better and more efficiently.
Watch the video below or here.
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We business owners are drowning in data – from our financial software, to marketing, to our HR software and more. Seeing and measuring our key performance indicators is not always easy – but it's an important part of growing and managing our businesses.
Microsoft has recently release a new tool, "Power BI" to give small business owners a fresh way to visualize their data and make better decisions.
According to a Microsoft at Work blog post:
At its core, Power BI is a centralized hub that allows users to easily pull in, visualize and interpret the vast amount of data that their business generates on a daily basis. SMBs use a wide range of tools and services to run the different aspects of their business. By generating unified charts, graphs, maps and statistics, Power BI allows users to spot trends that would be difficult or impossible to identify by looking at an unorganized assortment of different spreadsheets and dashboards.
Check out more details on Microsoft's blog here.
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While Apple leads in consumer mobile design, Intuit leads in small business accounting software and other solutions.
Like many large companies who've been many years in business, there are many former Intuit executives leading other companies. One of these executives, Terry Hicks, has joined small business sales and marketing software company Infusionsoft.
According to Infusionsoft's press release, Hicks brings deep insight, knowledge, and understanding of small businesses and how to meet their rapidly evolving technology needs.
During his 15 years at Intuit, Hicks served in a variety of general management and product leadership roles in the Small Business Group and Global Business Division. He established from the ground up to the now $600 million payments business, and most recently, prior to joining Infusionsoft, focused on accelerating worldwide customer growth as the vice president and general manager of QuickBooks Online.
Terry's role at Infusionsoft is pretty big, to lead their global product strategy, including product management, payments and business development and more.
Intuit's pedigree of being able to adapt, such as their evolution from Quickbooks for the desktop computer to one more focused on Quickbooks Online and creating a variety of "apps" to help small businesses is amazing. It's not easy to innovate, but Intuit has continued to do so and create great products.
Terry has a big job ahead of him, to accelerate and continue Infusionsofts growth in providing solutions to small businesses.
While Infusionsoft is the leader in small business sales and marketing software, the market is crowded and will continue to get more crowded as more and more established companies and upstarts seek to offer varying degrees of CRM solutions to small businesses.
There's three things Terry needs to do, to continue to help Infusionsoft succeed, taking a play book from Intuit:
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If there is one area we commonly hear small business wanting to improve, it's office productivity. They know they may be missing big opportunities to save time and money, but staying ahead of new technologies and processes can be tough. That's why the team at HP has teamed up with Ramon Ray, Smart Hustle Magazine and Smallbiztechnology and Anita Campbell, Small Business Trends, for an hour long Twitter chat – #HPProductivity – on how to improve office productivity.
The Twitter chat, which takes place on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 1pm ET, will teach small business owners how to enable and improve efficiency in their office. Whether it's optimizing mobile technologies, taking advantage of the cloud or finding new ways to communicate with team members, they'll be sharing tons of tips and strategies that will help you save time and money.
They'll also be looking for participants to share their thoughts and opinions on questions like:
It's going to be an interactive hour jam-packed with great tips, tools and techniques to help you start saving time and money…RIGHT AWAY!
Here are the details again so you don't miss joining this event:
Who: @HP_SmallBiz, Ramon Ray @RamonRay, Anita Campbell @smallbiztrends
What: Enabling Small Business Efficiencies: How to Improve Your Office Productivity
When: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 – 1 p.m. EDT
Where: On Twitter under the hashtag #HPProductivity
We hope to "see" you on the 21st! Get your questions ready!!
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Images are a quick and easy way to add color, life and personality to your business, whether being used for your website, new products, marketing materials or in presentations. However, simply copying and pasting from Google Images or from other sources online could result in lengthy and expensive legal battles over correct image usage. Despite a wealth of stock image providers hosting millions of images, companies of all sizes are regularly facing legal issues for failing to question whether they are legally entitled to use images for their own purposes.
In January this year, the Court of Appeal upheld a ban on Topshop selling a T-shirt featuring an image of pop star Rhianna. Taken during a video shoot in 2011, the image was obtained without her permission. It was the first successful celebrity case of its kind and Topshop's parent company was sued for £3.3 million.
Without the appropriate release in place, the organization left itself vulnerable to this expensive and embarrassing lawsuit, showing that even huge corporations can suffer from a lack of consideration of image usage laws.
In another example, Nestle was forced to award $15.6 million in 2005 to a model whose image was used on Taster's Choice coffee product labels without correct permission. Following the original photo shoot in 1986, the model had signed a contract stating he would be paid $2,000 if the image was used in Nestle's marketing. Although the image wasn't used until 2002, ignoring the conditions of the release was a costly mistake for this international brand.
What Is A Release?
A release is a signed document which ensures that the people or property (works of art, trademarks, brands or buildings) included in an image or clip are safe to feature. While most stock image collections clearly identify where a release has been signed, further limitations may be in place so it pays to always double check. At Alamy, we make it clear as to which images have had releases signed, we've also developed an infographic to help ensure you don't find yourself in trouble. You can view or download this here.
Key Facts About Image Copyright
There are some commonly held misconceptions around image use – we're hoping to set some of these straight for you below:
Using Stock Images Effectively
We've put together some tips to help you get the best out of your stock images:
Copyright and IP law is complex and you don't want to find yourself in hot water after you've spent money and time building up your business. It's easy to get carried away when you've found the perfect image but getting the basics right is important to make sure your SMB is a success!
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stealth× 75
The ability to remain undetected by other creatures, either by skill or special effect.
world-building× 74
The process of creating a complete, coherent and convincing world to use as a setting for RPG adventures.
attack× 74
An action to cause damage or some other debilitation.
races× 73
delineate creatures encountered in a game world, often but not always sentient. Examples: Humans, orcs, green dragons, kzinti, griffins.
crafting× 70
The process of creating items within the game fiction or mechanics. May includes various types of smithing, alchemy, magic item creation, and other durable or consumable goods, depending on the game.
vampire-the-masquerade× 70
Vampire: The Masquerade, White Wolf's breakthrough gothic urban fantasy RPG. The game concerns the secret society of vampires who live among the people of the World of Darkness.
product-identification× 69
I remember something about a gaming product but not its name... What is it?
fighter× 66
A playable class that excels in martial combat. They are highly skilled with armour and weapons.
fantasy× 65
A game genre characterized by the presence of magic or magical aspects. Typically the genre also means a pseudo-historical theme, and only rarely includes modern or futuristic themes.
actions× 65
This question involves the rules that apply to taking a certain action in a specified system.
rogue-trader× 65
Set in the universe of Warhammer 40K, players take on the role of a ships captain and crew.
paladin× 65
frequently viewed as a combination of the cleric and the fighter.
terminology× 65
Explanations of RPG-specific terminology and jargon.
ranger× 64
Class with martial prowess and skills in the wilderness. May have an animal companion depending on the game system.
armor× 63
worn on the body with the specific purpose of deflecting or absorbing damage.
touch-attacks× 62
used for actions that require merely touching a target, often ignoring the target's armor.
wh40k× 62
Warhammer 40,000 (40k), by Games Workshop, is a line of far future tabletop games, and their associated setting.
healing× 61
The act of restoring life/health to a character.
forgotten-realms× 58
Questions related to the Forgotten Realms campaign settings of Dungeons & Dragons.
character-advancement× 57
The process by which a character gains competence upward or laterally.
grapple× 56
to wrestle — engaging in unarmed, nonlethal combat where the goal is often to incapacitate, restrain, or pin rather than kill one's opponent.
saving-throw× 56
A set of defensive traits based on a characters own ability to avoid the brunt of damage, resist control, and endure through some force.
story× 55
The sequence of events that take place in the fictional environment of a roleplaying game.
shadowrun× 55
a near-future game (Set in 2050-2075) in the cyberpunk genre, but with magic and fantasy races.
statistics× 54
Statistics deals with the mathematics of probability-based games.
tool-recommendation× 54
for questions where you wish others would point you a good tool to solve your problem, be it a software program or a simple set of rules allowing to do just what you wanted.
character-death× 54
Issues related to the in-game death, or threat/fear of death, of a player's character in an RPG.
character× 54
A being controlled in the game either by a player (player character) or the gamemaster (non-player character).
conversion× 53
Translating characters and concepts from one edition of a game to another, or to a different game entirely.
adventure-writing× 53
Designing and writing adventures, for personal use or publication.
publishing× 52
Relating to the creation and distribution of gaming-related materials, whether digitally or in print.
online-roleplaying× 51
Questions regarding role-playing via play-by-post or play-by-chat protocols, or realtime through internet-based tools like Roll20, Skype, or OpenRPG.
treasure× 51
Valuable items, particularly coin, gems, jewelry, and rare objects.
wild-shape× 51
The ability of Druids to turn themselves into a variety of animals: a shapeshifting effect to allow Druids to become more in tune with nature, allow them to do things they normally could not or to bec…
religions-and-deities× 50
Many RPG settings have custom faiths and pantheons; use this tag when your question is about them.
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DUBLIN, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/49jrsh/dairy_products) has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the Dairy Products Market in China" report to their offering.
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The analysts forecast the Dairy Products market in China to grow at a CAGR of 11.87 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the changing population dynamics. The Dairy Products market in China has also been witnessing an increase in imports of dairy products. However, shortage in the supply of dairy products could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
The report, Concise Analysis of the Dairy Products Market in China, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the landscape of the Dairy Products market in China and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Due to increasing demand for milk and dairy products in China, the domestic production is falling short. Hence the supply does not meet the demand in China, hence there has been an increase in imports of dairy products by China from other countries. The imports have almost doubled since 2005 reaching almost US$2 billion in 2010.
The country imports dairy products, ingredients used in products, and breeding cattle from other countries such as Australia, US, Canada, and New Zealand. This trend is pushing up the growth of the Dairy Products market in China. However, the rising prices due to imports may challenge the growth of the market. Hence, the trend will have positive as well as negative influences on the market during the forecast period.
According to the report, one of the main drivers in this market is the changing population dynamics in the country. China is the most populated country in the world and will continue to grow in the foreseeable future. Coupled with the rise in income levels of consumers, this will lead to growing demand for dairy products during the forecast period.
Further, the report states that one of the main challenges in this market is the shortage in supply of dairy products in China, as companies are not able to meet the demand of consumers and supply is falling short of demand.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Executive Summary
2. Scope of the Report
3. Market Research Methodology
4. List of Abbreviations
5. Introduction
6. Leading Milk Production Countries
7. Market Landscape
8. Market Segmentation by Product
9. Market Segmentation by Distribution
10. Buying Criteria
11. Market Growth Drivers
12. Drivers and their Impact
13. Market Challenges
14. Impact of Drivers and Challenges
15. Market Trends
16. Trends and their Impact
17. Vendor Landscape
18. Key Vendor Analysis
19. Other Reports in this Series
Companies Mentioned:
- Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co. Ltd.
- Bright Food (Group) Co. Ltd.
- China Dairy Group Ltd.
- China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.
- Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co. Ltd.
- Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd.
- Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.
- Nestlé SA.
- Want Want China Holdings Ltd.
- Wonder Dairy Industry Ltd. Co.
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/49jrsh/dairy_products
Media Contact: Laura Wood, +353-1-481-1716, [email protected]
SOURCE Research and Markets
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Rapid innovation, changing business landscapes, and new IT demands force businesses to make changes quickly. The DevOps approach is a way to increase business agility through collaboration, communication, and integration across different teams in the IT organization. In his session at DevOps Summit, Chris Van Tuin, Chief Technologist for the Western US at Red Hat, will discuss: The acceleration of application delivery for the business with DevOps
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The speed of software changes in growing and large scale rapid-paced DevOps environments presents a challenge for continuous testing. Many organizations struggle to get this right. Practices that work for small scale continuous testing may not be sufficient as the requirements grow. In his session at DevOps Summit, Marc Hornbeek, Sr. Solutions Architect of DevOps continuous test solutions at Spirent Communications, explained the best practices of continuous testing at high scale, which is rele...
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Friday, July 31, 2015
Chamber Business Hour on KAFF AM 930/Flagstaff Country 93.5 FM, July 25, 2015 – Dr. Lisa Campos, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics, Northern Arizona University
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Arizona Snowbowl to Add First New Chairlift in 30 Years
Arizona Snowbowl to Add First New Chairlift in 30 Years
Resort Officials Unveil Plan for Additional Lifts in the Future
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Resort officials announced today that Arizona's most popular ski resort, Arizona Snowbowl, will build the ski area's first new chairlift in 30 years this summer. Part of a massive $10 million multi-resort capital campaign and slated to open for Christmas 2015, the new lift will provide direct access to some of the mountain's newest and best terrain.
Named after Humphreys Peak, the highest summit in Arizona and part of the San Francisco Peaks above Snowbowl, Humphreys Peak Lift is the resort's first quad, a chairlift that accommodates four guests per chair. It will span over a half-mile with a vertical rise of 775 feet and serve popular intermediate trails built in 2011, including Route 66, Pluto and Dutchman.
As part of today's announcement, general partner Eric Borowsky said that James Coleman, managing partner of Purgatory Resort of Durango, Colorado; Pajarito Mountain of Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort near Taos, New Mexico; has become a partner in the existing Snowbowl partnership.
"Together, with James Coleman and Snowbowl general manager J.R. Murray, our team has already been hard at work to expand and build upon the tremendous success at Arizona Snowbowl, and today's announcement only accelerates our plans for the future of this resort," Borowsky said.
Coleman said Snowbowl's new lift and the snowmaking projects will account for around $2 million of this summer's $10 million capital campaign, which will add significant mountain improvements across the four southwest resorts. Snowbowl and Sipapu are building new quad chairlifts and Purgatory will replace the Legend's Lift with a high-speed detachable quad. All four ski areas are adding new trails and improving snowmaking infrastructure.
"Eric Borowsky pioneered one of the most progressive and innovative snowmaking systems in the country to secure the future of the Snowbowl," Coleman said. "As we look to the upcoming winter and beyond, we are focusing on creating an even better mountain experience for our guests with the installation of the new Humphreys Peak Lift and future high-speed lifts."
The Humphreys Peak Lift is the first of several new chairlifts planned at Snowbowl. The next lift on the docket is the Grand Canyon Express, Snowbowl's first high-speed lift. Engineering and planning for the approved Grand Canyon Express, which will serve 90% of the terrain currently served by the popular Agassiz lift, is currently underway, and mountain crews are adding snowmaking infrastructure to support the future lift. An opening date for the new Grand Canyons lift has not been announced.
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Friday, July 24, 2015
Colorado River Day this Saturday
A Celebration of a Most Precious Resource
Saturday, July 25th is Colorado River Day marking the 94th anniversary of the Grand River being officially renamed the Colorado River in 1921. The Colorado River stretches for 1,450 miles from the central Rocky Mountains in the U.S. in a southwesterly direction across the Colorado Plateau to Lake Mead, before turning south into Mexico, emptying into the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora. Known for its dramatic canyons and whitewater rapids, the Colorado River is a vital source of water for agricultural and urban areas in seven U.S. and two Mexican states. The Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce continues to work with corporate executives, water strategists and political leaders to share innovations, best practices and challenges on water conservation and sustainability to preserve the river.
A large portion of Flagstaff's economy revolves around the direct and indirect positive benefits our community receives from the Colorado River. People travel from all over the world to take their first or tenth trip down the Colorado and use Flagstaff as their base of operations. We have fifteen non-consumptive river running operators that generate $37.5 million annually into our local economy. Flagstaff outfitters pay $2.4 million a year in franchise fees to the National Park Service. The indirect positive economic value is realized in full hotels and restaurants as well as grocery, fuel and other outdoor recreation supply companies which are valued business members of the Greater Flagstaff Chamber.
According to one of our partner organizations Protect the Flows, (www.ProtectFlows.com) the Colorado River would be the 19th largest employer on the Fortune 500 and creates $10.4 Billion in annual earnings, salaries, and wages while supporting 234,000 jobs across Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. A 2014 study from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University estimated impact of Colorado River water loss for the entire Basin Region Economy to be at $1.4 Trillion.
This is a stark reminder of the importance of working together to find sustainable solutions in order to deal with the decade long drought while Lake Mead is at historic low levels. The enormous positives require us to be responsible stewards of this most precious resource.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
2015 Suddenlink Teacher Supply Drive
On its fourth year, the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce and Suddenlink strengthen their partnership to host the community-wide drive to provide much-needed classroom supplies to Flagstaff K-12 teachers at the beginning of school year.
The Chamber also invigorates the Business Donor Program in which businesses and organizations have the opportunity to conduct drive in their offices/ businesses, donate specific branded items, or match cash donations. So far 21 businesses/organizations support the Teacher Supply Drive by gathering supplies for teachers in their respective businesses, Business Donor Program. Boxes are available for pick up at the Chamber. Donated items can be dropped off at either Walmart stores or Sam's Club during the drive on August 5-8.
Teacher Supply Drive partners include Suddenlink, Coca-Cola, Primetime Athletics, and Grenax Broadcasting. The drive on August 5-8 is taking place at Sam's Club and the two Walmart stores.
As in previous years, the tremendous success of the drive is also attributed to the support of over 100 volunteers who help in many ways during the drive and distribution. The supply drive last year gathered over $40,000 in supplies and distributed to Flagstaff K-12teachers. Be a part of this community-wide drive by volunteering. Online Volunteer Sign up is at http://ift.tt/1CXVicH
Share the Facebook event page on Teacher Supply Drive via the Chamber's page http://ift.tt/1CXVkBo
To participate in the Business Donor Program, sign up to volunteer and more info, please contact email@example.com
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Messages & more earns 11th consecutive ATSI Award of Excellence
Outstanding Service Earns Award of Excellence – eleven time award winner Messages & more, Inc. wins coveted ATSI Award of Excellence
Messages & more, Inc. has been honored with the exclusive ATSI 2015 Award of Excellence for the 11th consecutive year. This award is presented annually by the Association of TeleServices International (ATSI), the industry's Trade Association for providers of telecommunications and call center services including telephone answering and message de-livery across North America and the UK. Messages & more was presented with the award at ATSI's 2015 Annual Convention held at Hilton Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA.
"This honor speaks to the quality of our team AND the overall consistency of our team – we have achieved this distinction without ever having the exact same team any two years" – Eric Speirs, President/GM
Independent judges are contracted by ATSI to evaluate message services over a six month period. The scoring criteria includes:
- Response Time
- Courteousness of Rep
- Accuracy of Call
- Knowledge of Account
- Overall Impression of Call
"The ATSI Award of Excellence is the most prestigious recognition of exemplary customer service in our industry. Award recipients demonstrated the highest level of service throughout every as-pect of a caller's experience – exceeding the award's rigorous criteria and customer service stand-ards. It's quite an honor," says ATSI President Jeffrey W. Zindel.
The award started 19 years ago as a means to improve the overall quality of the call centre indus-try by setting expectations and measurements to ensure a successful call handling experience.
Now an eleven-time winner Messages & more earned the Diamond Plus Award for eleven con-secutive years. ATSI extends its congratulations to the staff of Messages & more on their proven quality service to their customers.
About ATSI
The Association of TeleServices International was founded in 1942 as a national Trade Association representing live answering services. ATSI now encompasses companies across North America and the UK offering specialized and enhanced operator based services including: call centers, contact centers, inbound telemarketing (order entry), paging, voice messaging, emergency dispatch, fax, and internet services among others.
About Messages & More – visit http://ift.tt/1SD3Uap
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Meet the Tesla Model S in Flagstaff
Tesla's award winning Model S, now with Autopilot features, is an evolution in automobile engineering. Our advanced electric drivetrain will propel you from 0 to 60 mph in as little as 3.1 seconds, without hesitation and without a drop of gasoline. With the highest safety rating in America and up to 270 miles range, Model S redefines performance driving.
Drive demonstration appointments are available to experience the award winning Model S.
- Your drive demonstration will be 15 minutes long over a predetermined route designed to highlight the capabilities of Model S.
- A Tesla Product Specialist will accompany all drives to ensure you optimize your time in Model S.
- You may bring up to three guests to ride in the back seat during your drive.
- Appointments will be confirmed by a Tesla representative from our California headquarters.
This Drive Demonstration is coordinated, sponsored and run by Tesla Motors, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
Tesla Motors Inc. | 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 | (650) 681-5000
This event will take place at the following location:
Courtyard Marriott Flagstaff
2650 South Beulah Blvd
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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Friday, July 17, 2015
Peace Surplus raises $1,300 for Grand Canyon Youth
"Pint Night" at Peace Surplus raises $1,300 for Grand Canyon Youth
Local outdoor retailer Peace Surplus, in conjunction with outdoor travel website RootsRated.com, held its first annual "Pint Night" event raising $1,300 for local non-profit Grand Canyon Youth on Thursday, July 9.
An estimated crowd of over 150 guests packed the downtown outdoor retailer to enjoy pints of craft beer provided by local breweries Flagstaff Brewing Company and Wanderlust Brewing Company. Outdoor enthusiasts, guides, local business people and travelers passing through Flagstaff on vacation were able to purchase Klean Kanteen stainless steel pint glasses provided by RootsRated and filled with their choice of beer for $5.
Live acoustic music was performed by Ry Glover, Associate Editor of RootsRated, for all to enjoy while wetting their whistles. Outdoor apparel and camping gear were given away to random winners throughout the evening, compliments of Peace Surplus.
All of the cash proceeds from the tastings were presented to Emma Wharton, Executive Director of Grand Canyon Youth, on July 10. GCY provides youth (ages 11–19) an experiential education along the rivers and canyons of the Southwest in an effort to promote personal growth, environmental awareness, community involvement, and teamwork among people of diverse backgrounds.
See more images of the Pint Night 2015 on Facebook
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Israel's Teva paradox: Israelis are cheering the victory their home team won in the M&A wars, but they don't realize the drug company has grown too big for the country that nurtured it.03:09 30.07.15 | 0 comments
You are really funny today. Sure - offer Jews Pal citizenship - then execute anyone that sells or rents them housing. That's non-racist Palestine at its best.