Your Social Media Marketing Initiatives Must Start With Strategy Companies must create a plan for the strategic use of social media for the same reason they must have a business plan. The outcome that results from developing a strategy serves as a map for the organization’s methodology for using social media for the needs of companies and their customers. A company without a documented strategy for its social media marketing is like a catamaran without a rudder. No wind blows in favor of a ship without a destination. Strong gusts of wind that fill the sails are of no benefit to the vessel without charts or rudders. In my experience, the issue stems from the way members of the C-Suite are at odds about social media as a whole and their uncertainty regarding whether social media marketing delivers any value. they fret over their perception of risks associated with uncharted waters. Creating a Social Media Marketing Strategy Is Vital Social media marketing is not a magic potion. Social Media Marketing Strategies Must Be Aligned With Business Objectives
TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES WHILE USING PC During a recent visit to an optician, one of my friend was told of an exercise for the eyes by a specialist doctor that he termed as 20-20-20. It is apt for all of us, who spend long hours at our desks, looking at the computer screen. I Thought I’d share it with you. Step I :- After every 20 minutes of looking into the computer screen, turn your head and try to look at any object placed at least 20 feet away. Step II :- Try and blink your eyes for 20 times in succession, to moisten them. Step III :- Time permitting of course, one should walk 20 paces after every 20 minutes of sitting in one particular posture. Circulate among all if you care.
Arrivé à Lac-Mégantic, le grand patron de MMA se défend | Tragédie ferroviaire à Lac-Mégantic Oups! Une erreur est survenue nous empêchant d`afficher le contenu demandé. Cliquez ici pour obtenir la dernière version plugiciel Flash. Le reportage de Karine Bastien La première apparition d'Edward Burkhardt, le grand patron de la compagnie propriétaire du train qui a déraillé, provoquant l'explosion meurtrière de wagons-citernes au centre-ville de Lac-Mégantic, s'est faite sous haute tension, mercredi. Dès qu'il a été aperçu dans la rue, le président de Rail World, la maison-mère de la compagnie Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA), a été rapidement encerclé par des dizaines de journalistes. Pendant une trentaine de minutes, il a fait face à un barrage de questions, alors que des passants lui criaient des noms et que les agents de la Sûreté du Québec (SQ) étaient sur le qui-vive. Si Edward Burkhardt se dit « terriblement mal » et « dévasté » par la tragédie, il a offert des excuses du bout des lèvres. « Une série d'événements se sont déroulés. Il défend sa version Résidents en colère
Social Mediopolis | The Capitol of Social Media Web Sites - Six Reasons Your Website Will Fail Although the dawn of the Web was nearly two decades ago, many small and midsize businesses (SMBs) still have a limited, ineffective online presence. That wouldn't be much of an issue if the Internet hadn't long ago replaced hardcopy Yellow Pages as the go-to source for business information. vSplash's SMB DigitalScape data, based on an analysis of 1 million SMB websites worldwide last year, provides a clear demonstration of how poorly equipped SMB websites are for the digital age. Let's go through the most alarming findings and examine the top reasons SMBs are failing online. 1. Not Built Right (for Mobile Devices) 93.3% of SMB websites are not mobile-compatible and will not render successfully on mobile devices, including smartphones. The gap is widening between consumer adoption of digital platforms and deficiencies in SMBs' digital presence. 2. 80.5% of SMB websites have no social media links—Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, LinkedIn, foursquare, etc. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Blending Essential Oils For Beginners | Growing Up Herbal Have you ever wondered how to blend essential oils together? I know I did when I first started using them on myself and my kids. I’d buy a bunch of single oils as well as several synergy blends because I didn’t know how to make them myself. Synergy blends are combinations of oils that all work well together and promote something specific like relaxation, energy, keeping bugs away, etc. These blends of essential oils can be used for their aromatherapy purposes as well as their medicinal purposes. Over time, I’ve become more confident in blending essential oils myself as a result of learning how to do it and practicing. Now I can’t help you with the practicing, but I can help you with learning how to do it. Today I want to share the basics of blending essential oils with you so that you can walk away, get the oils you need, and start making your own synergy blends yourself! What Result Are You Looking For? Why do you want to blend oils together? How To Choose Quality Essential Oils Categories
Is Monsanto Trying To Kill Us With GMO Frankenfoods? Monsanto is the same company that manufactured DDT, Agent Orange, PCB, dioxin and aspartame. Cancer is being linked to PCB exposure. Thousands of U.S. soldiers as well as Vietnamese civilians have cancer because of being exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnamese war. My best friend’s husband was exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnamese war, and he is now 100 percent disabled with skin cancer on his arms. What Is GMO? Genetically modified organisms (GMO) are plants that have been created in laboratories of companies such as Monsanto, Dow, DuPont and others. Roundup®-Ready Crops When Roundup is sprayed on crops, they resist the herbicide; the weeds die, but the crops don’t. I am very health conscious, so my husband and I grow most of our own food on our ¼-acre organic farm. What Foods Are GMO? It’s all about money and lots of it. The ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ This is unbelievable, outrageous, immoral, unethical and downright disgusting. We Must Boycott GMOs Emergency Food Storage
Land Workers' Alliance - Sustainable Food Trust Editor's picks I received this statement in an email yesterday, circulated to the UK food-group as a statement of concern about the on-going, and largely unmentioned, progress of the EU-US Transatlantic Trade Agreement. Not only is it pertinent and well-written, it clearly succeeds in drawing attention to concerns that everyone should be paying attention to. The Transatlantic Trade Agreement threatens to undermine the food security of all of us, not to mention allowing US-approved products into our food-system, which contain chemicals or medicines that are currently banned in Europe. Please share this statement where possible, this is a vitally important issue that we should be hearing more about. Land Workers’ Alliance statement on Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership “We are a coalition of farmers, growers and land workers representing the interests of small-scale producers across England and Wales. Fourthly; we are farmers, growers and landworkers. Photograph by Helena Eriksson
Dimanche matin à Lac-Mégantic Dimanche matin, Lac-Mégantic retenait ses larmes, la petite ville faisait semblant que c’était un dimanche matin comme les autres. La piste cyclable de la Baie-des-Sables grouillait d’enfants et de mamans. Dans les quartiers évacués, escortés par des policiers, les gens allaient chercher des médicaments, nourrir le chat, ramasser du linge. Comme ce jeune couple, rue Dollar. Sur la galerie, le mari s’impatientait : Envoye, Sylvie, laisse faire les souliers, t’en auras pas besoin. Rue Baie-des-Sables encore, le D Daniel Brochu sort de chez des amis. Serait un dimanche comme les autres à Lac-Mégantic, si Lac-Mégantic existait encore. J’ai rencontré Frederick au cimetière. Frederick Gay était cuisinier au resto-bar Le Haricot, rue Frontenac, pas loin du Musi-Café, dans le quartier où tout a flambé. Frederick était chez lui quand ça a sauté. « J’ai couru avec mon chien le plus loin que j’ai pu – je ne savais pas que la serveuse avait décidé de fermer à minuit. Mais si, on sait. Sans corps.