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When a client's site cries out for help

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs When a client’s site cries out for help Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:39 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Web/Tech Like many small developers, I built a number of websites between 1998 and 2002 using the then standard approach of hand-coded HTML and, later, a web editing program.

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The Pay Gap Still Isn’t Closing 

Allwork

gender pay gap: women earned roughly 82 cents to every dollar men earned last year — a figure that has remained constant since 2002, according to the Pew Research Center. What’s going on: In the past two decades, not much progress has been made in the fight against the U.S.

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Premier Workspaces Celebrates 20 Years Of Business And Growth

Allwork

Founded in 2002, Premier started with the acquisition of 9 shared workspace locations from American Office Centers. . Since 2002, the real estate footprint of Premier Workspaces has continued to expand.

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Local SEO: Four Tips for Ranking High in Your City

Andrea Kalli

2010 153
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CBRE Invests $100 Million Into Industrious To Support International Growth

Allwork

It’s like selling cell phones in 2002,” said Hodari. CBRE will invest $100 million into Industrious, solidifying its commitment to a flexible future of work. .

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Elon Musk, The Entrepreneurial Hustle, And Some Tax Nuances

Brilliantly Better

There is a very popular short story about Elon Musk that goes (more or less) like this: Elon Musk made $180M when PayPal was acquired in 2002. He put $100M in SpaceX, $70M in Tesla, and $10M in Solar City. He borrowed money for rent.

2021 97
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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

Success

Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019.

Mentoring 270
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The Digitialization of Jobs

Small Business Labs

  As the report chart below shows (click to enlarge), the number of high digital jobs has grown from 5% of jobs in 2002 to 23% in 2016. Brookings recently released an interesting study on Digitalization and the American workforce.    The report: " presents a detailed analysis of changes in the digital content of 545 occupations covering 90 percent of the U.S. workforce in all industries since 2001. The analysis categorizes U.S.

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Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

Success

Kendra Scott had a passion for fashion and design as a child, and she ultimately followed this deep love to found two companies: The Hat Box, which closed in 1998, and her later venture in jewelry in 2002, which catapulted her career. SUCCESS magazine turns 126 years old this year.

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

Success

That led to an investigation in 2002 as to whether some environmental factor played a role. Hollywood loves a good story, and few have a better one than Michael J.

2023 261
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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

Success

He politely answered questions about his startup years and tough business decisions (in 2002, he moved production of his machines from Malmesbury, a small town in England, to Malaysia; more on this later). Have you ever been annoyed by an everyday household glitch?

2023 207
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7 Strategies To Attract And Retain Top Talent

Allwork

Google discovered this to its chagrin in 2002, when it launched an experiment by getting rid of all bosses. In uncertain economic times when many companies are making pre-emptive layoffs, it’s the perfect opportunity to invest into underpriced talent. .

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How Two Decades of Film Remakes Have Impacted Creativity in Cinema

Success

Alex Stevens, host of the weekly SUCCESS Movie Rewind podcast, points to Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man as a starting point. Take a look at the Top 100 grossing films of all time around the world, and you’ll find that almost every title is part of a franchise or inspired by comics.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

The very next year, she took to the pool at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and won not only two events for athletes with physical challenges, but also became the first amputee athlete to qualify for the final of a regular event when she swam the 800-meter freestyle. It was just back pain.

2022 262
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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

Success

Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002. Have you ever held back from making a change or taking a chance, afraid of what might happen if you did?

2022 306
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5 Best Cities for Starting a Business

Small Business CEO

But take it from a (once) small business owner, Michael Nemeroff, founder of RushOrderTees , “When we founded RushOrderTees in 2002, we were just serving our city. Starting a business can be both an exciting and nerve-racking endeavor.

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

Go Burrows

In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. Amazon was made up of less than 1000 employees in 2002, compared with today’s 1.3

2021 94
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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

My best friend and neighbor opened a boutique with me in 2002, and for most of the nine years we owned it, it was fabulous. Breaking up is never easy. Whether in romance or business, parting ways is nearly always a little messy, even when both parties agree it’s for the best.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

Not only did the PWD task force ensure compliance, they “established a worldwide accessibility project office” in 2002 to ensure all products and services were made accessible. In 1996 Anne Marie Scharer found herself seated behind a large screen, French horn in hand.

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Economic Uncertainty Hits Millennials; Only 1/3rd Feel They are Middle Class

Small Business Labs

in 2002 to 34.8% The Guardian's  US millennials feel more working class than any other generation  covers data from the General Social Survey showing that the number of millennials (born 1980 to 2000) who consider themselves middle class has fallen from 45.6% in 2014. This is part of a broader trend of fewer Americans in general seeing themselves as middle class.

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Is it Possible to be an Outgoing/Extraverted Introvert?

Stephanie LH Calahan

However, when I started my business back in 2002, I quickly learned that. Earlier this week, one of my readers commented on a post I wrote about ADHD.    Her comment was such a good question that it sparked this post.    She said: I love Janet's question!    Let's talk about that today. Over the years of attending networking functions and conferences I've learned that a good number of the people there consider themselves introverts. included. 

2012 226
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The hidden world of London’s Livery Halls

Practically Perfect PA

Haberdashers’ Hall is very different located at West Smithfield a five minute walk from St Paul’s Cathedral this is the 4 th Hall and was reopened in 2002 by the Queen of England having been re-designed by Sir Michael Hopkins.

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Are We Becoming a Part-Time Nation?

Small Business Labs

In 2002, roughly 18% of all part-timers were teens aged 16 to 19. The U.S. has always had a lot of part-time employment.  In 2007, a year when the economy was strong and unemployment low, a bit over 22 million Americans worked part-time. This was about 16% of U.S. non-farm employment.    The vast majority of these folks - 88% - chose to work part-time.  Only 12% would have preferred a full-time job.

2012 232
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Infographic: US Women Business Owners

The Small Business Blog

Female business ownership in the US increased more than 20% between 2002 and 2007. An interesting trend in the US recovery is how much of it has been driven by women. This meant they were an important source of employment for many as the recession began in 2008. The infographic below has a whole load… Read the full article here: Infographic: US Women Business Owners on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG. Business Infographics Woman in Business Women Entrepreneurs infographic women

2013 195
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Navigating the IRS’ Interactive Tax Assistant

BMT Office Administration

A weird thing: I entered two hypothetical children—a daughter who was born in 2002 and a son born in 2007. Tax lawyers should be able to do their own taxes, don’t you think? With minimal help, of course. So I was confident last weekend as I set about preparing our taxes.

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5 Things Every Office Should be Replacing with Online Technology

Tips From T. Marie

Is your computer a relic from 2002? We’re well into the 21 st century, so why is it that so many business offices are still using outdated office machines and systems? It’s like they are clinging onto old business machines like a two-year-old clings to Mommy’s leg when she appears to be leaving them. It reminds me of how long it took businesses to replace typewriters with computers. When they finally gave in and bought computers suddenly they wondered why it took them so long.

2016 100
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The Panama Papers Breach: Don’t Blame WordPress

Tips From T. Marie

So much so that I’m no longer shocked to find a paralegal asking me to send a.doc formatted document because they are still running Word 2002 or to find out the operating system they are on is Windows 98. Last Thursday, WordFence revealed on their blog that the Mossack Fonseca data breach that resulted in the Panama Papers was possibly initiated via an outdated WordPress slider plugin. They have since done an update regarding the breach as it relates to WordPress.

2016 100
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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

Success

in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. “Tell me about your mother.”. Anyone who has been in therapy at any point during the past century has likely heard that request, now a go-to punch line for an entire industry of mental health.

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What is Your Business Website Saying?

Tips From T. Marie

A Stanford Web Credibility study proved it back in 2002. Did you know that 75% of web users admit that they judge a business based on the design of their website? If it were true 10 years ago, imagine how true it is in today’s ‘connected’ society! I guarantee that number is higher today, probably somewhere closer to 95%!!

2012 135
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Product/Program Promotion Problems and Profits -- Launching Lessons Learned Expert Interview

Stephanie LH Calahan

From 2002 - 2006 she co-owned and built the largest Long Island, NY. Anyone that has ever launched a program or product knows that the entire process is kind of like running a race. You have a strategy and training and you've done all of your warm ups.    You are ready to get your promotion "out there." " You are running smoothly, when all of the sudden, someone decides to put a hurdle right in the middle of the track!

2012 221
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How Eco-Friendly is your Furniture?

Eco-Office Gals

For example,e between 2002 and 2011, the organic food segment grew 238%, whereas the overall food ,market grew 33%; similarly, the use of renewable energy grew 456%, while the use of non-renewable fuels actually fell by 3.2%. This probably isn’t a question that you ask yourself often, but: just how eco-friendly is your furniture? As a matter of fact, what is eco-friendly furniture anyway?

2016 113
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Green Gift Giving: Soda Stream Review & Giveaway!

Eco-Office Gals

The energy required to make water bottles in the US only, is equivalent to 17 million barrels of oil (Container Recycling Institute, 2002). The Sodastream products had struck my fancy for a few holiday seasons. Several blogs had been giving them away and unfortunately, I hadn’t won one yet. So, I was excited when the company agreed to be part of my Green Gift Giving series this season!

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Is Anyone NOT looking for work these days?

On The Job

That's up from 69 percent in 2002. Let's start this Tidbit Tuesday with a quote: "I have never liked working. To me a job is an invasion of privacy." -- Danny McGoorty (1901-1970) As for other matters: He says, she says: Seth Godin is wrong. Or so says Heather Leigh , who says you do need a resume. He says you don't.

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Learn How to Post A Job On LinkedIn Like A Pro Recruiter

Recruit CRM

LinkedIn has officially passed around half a billion mark, ever since it has started in 2002 and has been growing rapidly since then. LinkedIn has actually been around you for longer than Facebook or Twitter and with over 600 million professional users.

2020 91
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Do You Want a Balanced Life? He Was Not So Sure. Weigh in Your Thoughts!

Stephanie LH Calahan

  By 2002 I had started Calahan Solutions, Inc. The post to my Facebook page was this: Everyone can have a balanced life. You just need to want it … and act to achieve it. Mary Ellen Tribby. Often, when I post this particular inspirational quote, I receive a lot of "likes" on Facebook but few ever comment.    Today was a bit different and it inspired this post.    You can see to the right, Joe had a different perspective on balance. 

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