Optimizing your site for conversions is one thing when you’re a web designer or developer, but it’s another thing entirely for the rest of us. While you could certainly learn some basic code to up your game, it’s best to save the landing page design for the designers, and focus on the marketing strategies you can do on your own. Here are five things you can’t afford not to consider....

Take the first post, entitled: To Succeed, First Forget About Leadership Technique. In it, I argued that belief that success—in just about any business or leadership —comes from one simple source (applying the correct “leadership technique), is both self-serving and erroneous. It is self-serving because it is mostly spread by those who sell training in such techniques, or write about them; and erroneous because it is usually based on a false understanding of causality....

Here are some common foods to avoid while pregnant. Lunch meats and unpasteurized dairy items are foods to avoid while pregnant Hot dogs, deli meats, or unpasteurized milk all are prone to be a breeding ground for the bacteria listeria monocytogenes, which can cause listeriosis. Miscarriages, stillbirths, and other serious problems that can be the result of listeriosis. The risk of this bacteria has been the topic of debate. A big question is if this bacteria is high enough to really be a concern, or is it better to be on the safe side and substitute a non-meat alternative from your local grocery store’s health food section when a craving hits....

1. Sneaky Spaghetti Photo Credit: Joshued/Pixabay Most kids love pasta, so why not take the opportunity to squeeze a few vegetables into a basic sauce? Cook 2 onions and 4 cloves of garlic in olive oil until they are soft. Add in 1 can of whole tomatoes, a pinch of oregano and a few finely-chopped carrots, zucchini and bell pepper. Season with salt and pepper, stirring in a couple of handfuls of spinach toward the end before serving with wholewheat spaghetti....

But I’m here to tell you that, as a fan of life hacks, I believe anyone can become a great writer with the right knowledge. Making the transition from engineer to writer over the past 10 years, I’ve come across many of the common issues people encounter when they write and discovered the writing tips to allow them to write 10 times better. We Aren’t Really Taught How to Write Well in School Don’t feel disheartened if writing doesn’t come naturally to you....

Are you ready for the summer heat? No one likes getting sunburned. It hurts, looks bad and can lead to cancer. Sunscreen is our primary defense against the sun’s harmful rays. That’s why it’s important to know as much as possible about the application of the helpful lotion. The stats behind sun-related diseases are staggering, with over 50% of diagnosis being related to skin cancer. Furthermore, many only start using sunscreen the moment they start seeing spots or discoloration on their skin....

It’s not what these things cost you when you bought them that determines their value. But if you start looking around your home (or your business for that matter), you’ll find that there are things that linger in your home that cost you something else: ease of use of your home, extra expense (for instance, if you have to rent a storage space because your house is so cluttered), upkeep time when doing housework....

Rise Awards The Roots in Science and Engineering (RISE) Awards from Google are given to nonprofit organizations aimed at the education of students from elementary school to university levels in technology, science, math, and engineering. After the organizations receive the money, they are obligated to reinvest it into their communities. Nonprofits from all over the world have already entered with awards ranging from €1,000 to €25,000. In the past three years, over 75 nonprofits have already won....

One of his major precepts stated that nonconformity in choice of clothing was an outward expression of nonconformity in the thought and political outlook of the individual. So, what? Summer is here and a whole new mass of job seekers are entering the market. People are made and broken by their appearances. You have just about 20 seconds to make an impression. And, if you know this you can turn it to your advantage....

Little fulfilment at work Long working hours Conflicting demands on your time and loyalty Little balance between personal life and work commitments Tight deadlines Time management pressures Strained relationships with the important people in your life Tight personal finances Lack of any say at work Internal politics and a rigid company structure Bullying within the workplace Few promotional opportunities You are therefore faced with a number of dilemmas in your workplace....

I went next door and knocked on the door around 10am and a woman who was 68 answered and I introduced myself and she asked if I had come over to complain about the noise, which I said yes. She explained that both her and her husband are going deaf and they need to speak loudly to each other in order to hear each other. She invited me in and offered me a Pepsi and we just started talking about anything and everything about each other and after about 30 minutes or so we heard a loud bang in the kitchen area of the apartment so we went to investigate and her husband had collapsed and was not breathing....

Cooking For Yourself I know what many of you are thinking. You are thinking that you don’t have time with such a busy schedule to cook for yourself. Well, what I would say to that is the internet has made it easy with cheat sheets for cooking. They can turn cooking into a stress-free, enjoyable experience for individuals who don’t think they have the time or those who could use a little help in the kitchen....

Step 1: Check the weather and your itinerary. Will it be cold and rainy? Hot? Are you going to be relaxing, or going to conferences and work dinners? Make sure you’re prepared for whatever you’ll have going on. Step 2: Lay out what you want to take. Now put half of it back. You’re not going to need ten outfits for a long weekend getaway. You’ll hardly need four, if you pack right!...

What Questions Does History Attempt to Answer? Studying for a masters of history online can be a great way to learn about the past and how it impacts the present. Historians can provide a context for past events and show how the past unfolded. Every historian has a perspective, and these professionals ask questions of the past. The who, what, and when of history is generally known with quite a bit of certainty, especially for more recent events....

But this story is a bit different. This story is about a homeless dog who goes out of the way, joins a race and finds her perfect human companion. Meet Gobi And Her Pet Human For extreme marathon runner Dion Leonard it was just another race day in the 4 Deserts Gobi March 2016, a 6-day foot racing event held this summer, competing against 101 other human participants. He was thus pleasantly surprised when he spotted the stray dog, enthusiastically sprinting with all the other runners....

But there’s hope! To make money when you don’t have any, you have to do two things. 1. Scale Down Number one is scaling down. When you don’t have enough money, you need to have a certain mindset that can take you from location A to location B. This mindset is made up of acceptance and compromise. Accepting the fact that you can’t go out and spend thousands on advertising, then compromising to find a scaled down version of what you originally wanted to do....

Many define career success through wealth symbols likened to those glossy images of The Robb Report containing pages of plush houses, luxury cars and superyachts. Others such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffett seek other measures of career success, now giving significant amounts of their wealth away to charity. The Chronicle of Philanthropy documented in 2017 that since the year 2000, Gates and Buffett donated $18 billion and $65.5 billion respectively....

In Stephen Covey’s book First Things First he describes these needs by the phrase, “To live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy.” “To live” addresses our physical needs such as food, shelter, and health. “To love” falls into our social need to belong, give and receive love, and relate to others. “To learn” includes our mental need to develop, grow, and become the best version of ourselves. The desire “to leave a legacy” is our spiritual need to make a contribution to this planet and have meaning and purpose to our lives....

What is even more surprising is that, according to new research, a person’s emotions can be negatively impacted by even missing just one night’s sleep. Sleep deprivation led people to lose their neutrality, the ability of the brain to separate the important from the unimportant This new research was coming out of Tel Aviv University in Israel, where researchers were able to gain a better understanding of the specific effects that sleep deprivation has upon the brain....

We now live in the world of the developed texting style, emojis, instant photographs, and hashtags. It is a world of video messages, and clips of voice messages sent as text messages. It is spelling faux pas, ‘text-hand type’, and sexting. People break up and break down via text message! Everybody develops their own style within this world, as it is now considered the norm to own a mobile phone....