How Did Myspace Start?
Myspace is actually fairly young as it was started back in 2003 as a place to network socially. The website made having a web presence something everyone could do and everyone began doing it. In fact, the popularity of the site took off rapidly. People were able to upload photos, text, and even music clips to share with other members. Then, musicians found an outlet in Myspace and began using those uploadable music clips to advertise their music, new songs, and the like.Besides this, kids of the Internet generation were finding out how cool it was to have their own “space” on the web that they could update, change, and design as they so chose. In addition, it was so easy to keep up with friends at other schools as well

Are You Wearing The Right CAP At Work For Success?
Imagine just for a moment enjoying the work you do more than ever before; so much so that you don't count the days to Friday or to your next long awaited vacation. Does that sound like something that's too good to be true? Well, it isn't if you are wearing the right cap at work.There are five specific caps a person can wear at work. Each cap identifies where you are most likely to have the greatest success in the workplace. These caps are based on what I call your primary area gift stream©, or PAGS©. Your PAGS© is the stream where you naturally flow and express who you really are. The hundreds of people I have given the PAGS Assessment(c) and follow up materials and services to shape their li

Less is More: Editing Your Business Writing
This is a business case for something we all do every day. Editing. Everyone edits. Everyone. All the time.Editing is a second look. Editing is as simple as reading email before you send it, to make sure that you included everything you want to say, and as complex as overhauling a book manuscript.If you don’t consider email vital communication, and you’re not writing a novel, do you need to think about editing? If you use written communication in any aspect of your business, yes. You do.As I wrote in my April 2005 Onwords column, Written communication is often the first impression you make on potential customers, business partners or employers. Misspelled words, grammatica

High Expectations Lead to Great Results
The expectations we create for others often become reality. This can have interesting effects when applied out in the real world. Expectations have changed the lives and persuaded the behavior of other individuals.Under the umbrella of expectations, teachers can be the greatest asset or the greatest negative influence in a child's life. We know what happens when a teacher labels a student a "troublemaker" because it creates certain expectations for the student's actions. We have seen the labels "slow learner," "stupid," and "ADD" become projections for a student's future academic success. There is the story of the substitute teacher who came to class and found a note from the regular teacher labeling one of her students

The Top 10 Ways Mentors Can Help
Internet marketing can definitely be more than one has bargained for! Have you found yourself spending countless hours searching, researching, and/or perhaps investigating, surfing, downloading, or joining affiliate programs, and promoting .... Yet, have made little or no online profit? Has it become a tedious and thankless task? Are you disenchanted?The internet is an information highway that has probably taken you on an endless journey uphill and downhill and around the bend. Throwing curves this way and that. Have you been hoodwinked and/or simply sidetracked while taking detour after detour only to find you've gone in circles -- and ended up where you were yesterday, last week, last month or maybe even last year?alysis tools can provide, the following major pitfalls should be avoided:

1) Business objectives not set for individual sections of the site:

At most organizations, business owners responsible for a sub part of the corporate Web site have not defined their specific business objectives of their sub parts. For example, a sub part of a Web site could be customer support, w

ss owners responsible for a sub part of the corporate Web site have not defined their specific business objectives of their sub parts. For example, a sub part of a Web site could be customer support, which can be further broken down into self-service tools (e.g. frequently asked questions, download of drivers, etc.), support contact information, warranties, user manuals, etc. Measuring the performance of a site or a sub part of the site is only valuable, if the measured performance can be compared against the targeted objectives. If business owners do not set business objectives, the analysis cannot determine the site’s performance. eBusiness managers or Web operation managers that are in charge of deploying Web site analysis tools need to help business owners defining the detailed business objectives of their Web site’s sub parts (read also, "Who Should Set Business Objectives”, Steve Telleen).

2) Site owners or site section owners are not trained to understand the analysis rep