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Make Yourself Employable Over 50

Even when the economy is booming, being aged over 50 and looking for work can be a challenging experience. Unfortunately, the state of the jobs market in the post financial crisis world has only exacerbated this situation. Surveys have found that this age group is one that is the most

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Using Technology to Grow Your Small Business

By Jeffrey Hernandez− As a small business owner, you tend to wear many hats, which can expend much of your energy and time. It can be difficult to grow your business, whether you work out of your home or have a small storefront or office. Whether you are selling goods

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How to Use Promotional Products to Boost Opinion of Your Brand

By Kelly Brook− Draw Their Attention There are certain marketing tools which will never ever be out-dated. Next to billboards, posters and fliers there will always be a place reserved for promoters with their promotional products and small gifts. Using promotional products in your marketing campaign is an incredibly powerful

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4 Ways You Can Use the Internet to Maintain Independence

It goes without saying that the Internet is an amazing resource. From providing us with dozens of news sources and ways to shop to helping us stay in touch with our families, it is really an incredible tool. If you are approaching your retirement years, the Internet can also be

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Freelance Writing After 50 – An Opportunity for a New Start?

Some people make the mistake of assuming that freelancing is more suitable for young people; freelance writing in particular is a field often associated, somewhat inaccurately, with youth. In fact, women over the age of 50 have a huge amount to offer and to gain, from becoming freelance writers. The benefits

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How Businesses are taking Advantage of Mobile Marketing Trends

By Jeffery Hernandez – It’s a mobile world these days. While the number of mobile devices continues to rise, savvy business owners are taking advantage of this and finding new and unique ways to reach out to customers. After all, it’s a matter of adapting our businesses to reach the

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4 Strategies for Boosting Your Social Security and Spousal Benefits

Submitted by John Strassman − Here are four strategies couples can use to help increase their combined Social Security income. These approaches were written into Social Security law to encourage retirees to delay taking benefits, reducing costs for the Social Security trust fund. To use them, you must both be at

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Budgeting for Retirement

By Katie Selph – We all look forward to retirement. No work and all play, right? Not necessarily. It’s important to be ready for retirement—not just ready to relax, but financially ready. Create a budget before you retire to ensure you can live comfortably on the money you have. To

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Make a Profit in Your Golden Years by Following Your Passion

By Keri Lunt Stevens – You’ve got time. You’ve got energy. Now you just need a money-making hobby to spend both on. As you enter the retirement world, it’s time to focus on what you’re passionate about. And not matter if it’s teaching or traveling, who says it can’t be

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Jane Heacock

Small Business Owners – Are You Wearing Too Many Hats?

By Jane Heacock – Business owners don’t have someone to pass responsibilities off to, especially during the startup phase. The success of your business depends on your ability to wear all the hats needed to keep everything moving along.  This also applies to the many hats you wear personally, meaning

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Hassle-Free Tips to Get Your Business Started on Social Media

By Kayla Matthews – Scratching your head when it comes to social media? It may seem overwhelming, but starting your social media campaign is just like riding a bike: you begin with training wheels, learn how it’s done, get comfortable and eventually explore trickier routes. Similarly, you’ll want to enter

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Ellen Dolgen

Boomers Take a Bow–Time for Your Encore Career

By Ellen Dolgen – Seems like when you’re raising kids or climbing the career ladder, it’s all about checking off ‘to do’ lists. Constant activity, travel, ballgames and baby-sitters can make your head spin. Suddenly, you’re done. The kids leave the nest; your career is winding down, leaving you to

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Unique Challenges Women Face in Being an Entrepreneur

By Christie Mary – The business world offers equal opportunities to all players regardless of gender. Both men and women can invest in different kinds of businesses and get to enjoy enormous profits. What is different though are the challenges women have to face in being an entrepreneur in US.

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10 Ways to Stay Professional on Social Media

By Kayla Matthews – I’m sure you’ve seen plenty of tweets and Facebook posts that flaunt a skimpy two-piece bathing suit on a Costa Rica vacation and a tray full of Mai Tais, or convey strong reactions to the immigration controversy, or not-so-subtle-criticisms about a new supervisor in a retail

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Who’s Coming With Me?

By Kathy Brunner – Have you had your Jerry Maguire moment?  I have! Often people think I have always had the job of my dreams or the career to die for. This is far from the truth. If you have ever been unhappy at your job and wished you could

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Patricia Stallworth

Is This A Good Time to Start a Business?

By Patricia Stallworth – One of the questions I’m often asked is that given the current economy is this a good time to start a business. The good news is that the answer is YES. The bad news is that you have to be more prepared than ever before or

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Beth Havey

That Job Is Totally Stressful–But the Best!

Can stress be a good thing? Can it heighten experience, help bring individual creativity to our work?  “Stress illuminates our values,” says Dr. Larina Kase psychologist and author. “If we didn’t care about something, we wouldn’t worry about it.” And Daniela Kaufer, doctor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley states: “You always think about

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Kathy Caprino

7 Ways Your Father Affected Your Career

By Kathy Caprino – My father passed away last May at 92, and his passing has spurred me to think even more deeply about our relationship and his impact on me. As one of two daughters and the youngest, I know that my relationship with him, and his expectations of

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Kathy Caprino

9 Core Behaviors Of People Who Positively Impact The World

Look around you and you’ll see three kinds of people – those who hate their work, and complain bitterly, those who just tolerate their work and see it as a paycheck and aren’t looking for more (or feel they can’t have more), and finally, those who love their work, and

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