How Buying Pizza For a Stranger Changed My Life. National Punctuation Day. How Can I Earn Some Pocket Money Online? Dear Lifehacker,I usually spend a decent amount of hours sitting in front of my PC when I have time off, doing pointless, non-productive things. Then it hit me: I could be using this time to earn a little extra spending money. Got any suggestions? [jump] Thanks,Bored and Looking to Make a Few More Bucks Dear Bored,Many of us have more free time than we have money, so why not turn that extra, wasted time into cash?
For Occasional Cash Boosts: Easy Online Tasks Everyone Can Do We’ve previously mentioned several types of simple online tasks you can do—and the services that pay you to do them—to earn some pocket money. For most of these tasks, you have to wait for the right opportunity to arise and fit specific criteria. Mobile Gigs and Online Rewards Programs You can also earn some beer money with your mobile phone by doing simple gigs while you’re out and about. Microjobs The “microjobs” marketplace—for short, one-off tasks—is booming now. Freelance from Home What are your marketable skills? Make Money in Your Spare Time Doing Simple Online Tasks. How to Email Busy People (and Not Be Annoying)
If you want to get in touch with influential people (aka: BUSY people), you need to know how to email them. Despite the buzz around social media, far more people use email to communicate than any other online medium1, and business today still gets done over email, not through tweets. Today, I’m going to show you the elements of the PERFECT outreach email, and how you email busy people the right way in order to make things happen. You’ll also get exact scripts and email screenshots to journalists that landed me big features (worth 200,000+ hits).
That said, let’s dig in! Why This is Important to Know Knowing how to write outreach emails might seem like a “no-brainer” or maybe even an unnecessary skill to have, but I can assure you the opposite, on both accounts. If you’re serious about networking and building your platform/personal brand, you MUST know how to email important people, and important people are busy people. Avoiding the Dreaded Trash Bin (“Bin-bound” Outreach) 1.) 2.) 3.) 1.) A.) The Interview Question That's Always Asked (and How to Nail It) "Do you have any questions for us? " As someone who regularly conducts interviews, I find it staggering how many interviewees are not prepared for the one question that you can be absolutely certain will be asked. In some ways, it is the most important question of the entire interview. The interviewer will look at the questions that you ask as representative of your top priorities.
If you just respond with, "No, I have already heard what I need to know," it makes you seem disinterested and complacent. Even worse, if you ask the wrong questions, you could immediately invalidate the rest of the interview. This is exactly what happened to the interviewee from yesterday. The two questions that he chose to ask us were: "How often are you allowed to work from home?
" The Right Way The contrary side to all of this is that the question is actually a huge opportunity for you. Questions You Can Ask What is the immediate need on your team that you are hoping to fill with this position? Photo by bpsusf. 5 Best Practices for Financial Institutions on Facebook. Banks, often held back by industry regulations, are rarely considered innovative when it comes to social media. But Facebook is the perfect place for financial institutions to loosen their neckties, roll up their sleeves and show some personality.
The Facebook community wants to connect on a personal level, rather than learn about policy updates. This may sound like a challenging feat for those accustomed to banks' traditional platforms of communication. To explain the transition, we've put together five dynamic ways for financial institutions to engage with the Facebook community. If you're involved in a financial institution's marketing plan and unsure of what your Facebook presence should like — or even if you should have a Facebook presence at all — take a look at these best practices. 1. Facebook — and social media in general — is all about connecting with people. "Banks aren't really the most trusted institutions right now," says Frank Eliason, Citi's SVP of social media. 2. 3. 4.