Setting a foundation

For anything to thrive, it needs a strong foundation. Does your relationship have a strong foundation? Is the bond with your kids built on a strong foundation? Does your business have a strong foundation? That’s what I’m going to talk about today…business.
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Online pricing: should the rich pay more?

Do people who make more pay more for goods and services? Of course they do. In some situations, this works and is the only way for companies to sustain themselves. Online companies usually do not have this excuse. Rarely do online companies have overhead that need to be increased based on income and rarely does the company owner have the knowledge of how much the consumer makes to accurately determine if their audience receives higher incomes. Scaling prices based on income can backfire if not handled properly.
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An honest look at personal brands and social media

Social networking tools are being used more and more every day. Unfortunately, what people do not realize is that by using these tools, they are creating a personal brand. A personal brand is simply what people think of you when your name is mentioned. For those that do not realize they are creating a personal brand or worse, think that it does not matter, they are similar to the people who got themselves in debt when credit ratings first came out. The penalties of not listening I suppose. Anyway, let’s talk about it what is really going on with social media.
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Part 2: You screwed up. How do you recover?

In the last article I spoke making mistakes and moving past those mistakes. In this article, I go into more detail explaining why people usually fail when trying to recover from their mistakes and the key to truly overcoming bad times due to bad decisions being made.
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You screwed up. How do you recover?

Success is a beautiful thing but sometimes, it comes before the person receiving the success is ready to handle it. That is what happened, in my opinion, to Daniel Brusilovsky. Allegedly Daniel, a 17-year-old technology writer, tried to receive a Macbook Air as compensation in exchange for writing an article for TechCrunch. When the owners of TechCrunch found out what happened, they investigated, found the tip correct, fired Daniel and removed all of his content from the site. Everyone makes mistakes, some bigger than others. How does one recover?
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Pre-ordering a game is supposed to be convenient. Not.

Pre-ordering used to be a convenient way to ensure that consumers received their favorite games on launch day. It used to be easy, one could go in the store and pick it up or have it delivered. Things have changed. Store owners want you to come into the store and purchase your game, and game publishers are backing their plays.
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