On February 22, 2010

Best Posts of the Week (Feb. 22, 2010)

Here's the best of what you missed while glued to your TV watching the Olympics.

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On February 22, 2010

Whole Foods Turns the Corner on Recession

Whole Foods (WFMI) launched its recession strategy in early 2009--and the results are beginning to show. Lower prices, smaller stores and more emphasis on healthy eating have all helped the retailer post some nice numbers in the most recent quarter.

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On February 22, 2010

What’s In It For You?

Do your team goals reflect the impact you have on the company as a whole, as well as the team personally? Goals should be far reaching and if they’re not, your results may be less than stellar.

In highly productive…

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On February 22, 2010

Abercrombie & Fitch Finally Ready To Try Discounting

Abercrombie & Fitch finally realizes that it needs to start promotional activity on its closing. It's too bad management didn't figure that out before its competitors.

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On February 22, 2010

FDA Takes a Stand Against Ear Candling — 6 Years Too Late

The FDA has finally come out against ... "ear candling." This is good news -- but it's at least six years too late. Sensible people have known that ear candles are at best ineffective and at worst a danger to

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On February 22, 2010

Why I Hate Micropayments

With the New York Times announcing that it will charge for some content, the Wall Street Journal having resisted the move towards 'free' all along, and other journals experimenting with various forms of payment for their content, will…

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On February 22, 2010

How Smart Freelance Writers Handle Their #1 Hassle

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The life of a freelance writer is pretty sweet.

It’s interesting, challenging work. You meet great people. You have a lot of freedom to organize your work life the way you want it. The pay can be excellent, and…

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On February 22, 2010

Does Anybody Believe in So-Called Special Offers?

I can answer my own question (in the title here): yes, they do. It’s annoying, really, but they do.

It turns out that promoting something with “special offer” language still works for some people. You don’t get me, I’m afraid.…

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On February 22, 2010

Scribe SEO Introductory Offer Extended

Just a quick note to let you know we’ve extended the Scribe introductory offer – where you get the Advanced Plan for the Starter price – until this coming Friday, February 26. So you still have time to <a…