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A Simple Productivity Secret: How to Form Good Habits
by Rachel AdnyanaMar 14, 20140 CommentEveryone knows how difficult it can be to break bad habits. Quitting smoking, snacking and nail-biting are all notoriously difficult purely because they have become regular habits. Basically, your brain has become so used to performing these actions that you barely notice yourself putting a cigarette in your mouth or reaching for another handful of peanuts.
Just as bad habits can be hard to break, so can good habits, if you make a conscious effort to form them. Good habits will help you to live a happier, more productive life with little effort after an initial investment.
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How to Become a Social Media Superstar and Grow Your Blog Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
by Rachel AdnyanaMar 6, 2014When it comes to traffic generation, bloggers generally tend to side with one of two camps:
- The SEO bloggers, who optimize their blog content for search engines, tweak the structure of their site with SEO plugins and build links to their site wherever they can.
- The social media bloggers who build their audience mainly by engaging with readers through sites like Facebook and Twitter, encouraging people to share their posts and creating content strategically in the hopes it goes viral.
Of course the best overall strategy is to combine these two methods, but today we’re going to cover the basics of social media marketing.
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Do Billable Hours Sap Productivity?
by SebFeb 27, 2014At a time when freelancing and contracting is becoming an accepted way of life for many knowledge workers, it is often difficult to know how to put a value on the work that they do. For decades billable hours have been a neat and convenient way to turn our time into a commodity that can be recorded and paid for, especially in sectors such as law and accountancy. But are billable hours the best way to fulfil our professional potential? Or do they actually sap productivity?
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How to Grow Your Blog from 0 to 1,000 Subscribers in 30 Days
by Rachel AdnyanaFeb 18, 2014Want to know how big-name bloggers grow their blog subscribers so quickly? In this article we reveal the secrets to success of five hugely successful bloggers and map out a blueprint that you can follow to build your own blogging empire. Interested? Then read on!
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Mozart or Metallica? How Music Affects Your Productivity
by Rachel AdnyanaFeb 11, 2014There seem to be two main categories of people when it comes to the topic of music and productivity: those who need silence to concentrate and those who need music or some kind of background noise in order to achieve maximum productivity.