New and Exciting Ways to Organize Your WordPress Powered Website

This article is all about how to achieve better organization in WordPress. Whether you consider yourself a blogger or a website administrator, a beginner or a super-guru, there are a few rather easy things that you can do to help your visitors find the information that they are looking for. I have tried my best to make this topic digestible by every level of WordPress user therefore there are no code examples to speak of. Every customization can be made via free and open-source plugins. Let’s get things started by looking at the ways that WordPress allows us to organize our posts…

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Ask LEVEL: Q and A on App Trends, Part Two

We continue to explore the impact of mobile applications that go beyond the owners of the app stores. Part II of Q&A on App Trends with Matt Carinio, Sr. Business Analyst at LEVEL Studios, explores how searching and accessing content from mobile applications will affect all business that manage online experiences at a broader level. Feel free to comment, and ask a few of your own questions!

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Economic Stimulus Payment

Sometime this year,  we taxpayers will again receive another 'Economic Stimulus' payment.

This is indeed a very exciting program, and I'll explain it by using a Q & A format:

Q. What is an 'Economic Stimulus' payment ?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

Q. Where will the government get this money ?
A. From taxpayers.

Q. So the government is giving me back my own money ?
A. Only a smidgen of it.

Q. What is the purpose of this payment ?
A. The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a High-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.

Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the U.S. Economy by Spending your stimulus check wisely:

* If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart, the money will Go to China or Sri Lanka .
* If you spend it on gasoline, your money will go to the Arabs.
* If you purchase a computer, it will go to India , Taiwan or China.
* If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
* If you buy an efficient car, it will go to Japan or Korea.
* If you purchase useless stuff, it will go to Taiwan.
* If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.

Instead, keep the money in America by:

  1. Spending it at yard sales, or
  2. Going to ball games, or
  3. Spending it on prostitutes, or
  4. Beer, or
  5. Tattoos

(These are the only American businesses still operating in the U.S...)

Conclusion:
Go to a ball game with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a yard Sale and drink beer all day!

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Quiksilver Exchanges $140 Million of Debt for Equity

Quiksilver stockholders overwhelmingly approve de-leveraging option Exchange reduces debt by $140 million Debt-for-equity exchange accretive to earnings

Huntington Beach, California, August 9, 2010 – Quiksilver, Inc. (NYSE:ZQK) today announced that it has completed a transaction with Rhône to exchange $140 million of the outstanding principal amount of Quiksilver’s senior secured term loans for an aggregate of approximately 31.1 million shares of its common stock at an exchange price of $4.50 per share. Continue reading

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Why Use the Yahoo Business Directory?

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All business owners know the importance of location, location, location. But how do you establish your location if you are on the internet? If you have a business, and you are looking to get exposure, one of the best things that you can do is submit your company to the Yahoo Business Directory.

Submitting your company to the Yahoo Business Directory is going to do a few things for you. Here are some of the benefits that you will experience once you are a part of this community.

The first, and most obvious benefit, is exposure. Your company is going to be able to be found by online customers when they use the search engine. This could bring you a lot more potential customers.

The second thing this will do for you, is that it will bring you instant credibility. There is always a skeptic inclination when dealing with internet companies. A lot of people do not feel comfortable giving their credit card information over the internet. They will only do so if they trust the company. Getting listed in a directory like the Yahoo Business Directory is going to automatically give you some credibility.

You will also be able to check out the competition. When you have an online business, you have to realize that you are now competing against the entire world. You have to worry about all businesses, and not just your neighboring stores. You can use these directories to find out what other companies offer the same products that you do. This can help you establish an effective business plan to attack the online market.

The final benefit from using a directory like this, is that it is inexpensive. Compared to running newspaper ads, radio ads, or TV ads, joining an online directory is much more inexpensive.

For more information and other useful tips...or even a FREE evaluation of your website of current rankings, what's missing, what's needed and more contact Mike Story today.

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