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The demand for developers is high; employment of software engineers is projected to grow 22 percent from 2012 to 2022, much faster than the average for all occupations. But this high demand shouldn’t allow for low expectation in the quality of hires. Don’t get me wrong, as someone who can’t code, to me developers are sort of magicians. But like in any profession, sometimes you need to make sure that your skills are polished and that you are offering the best service to a company....

Finding the right bulk SMS messaging tool, however, is the trickiest part. Fortunately, there are a number of great solutions for you to choose from. Here are some of the best SMS tools that are fully compliant with the CAN-SPAM Act. Atomic SMS Sender Atomic SMS Sender is a Windows SMS messaging application. It can do so much for your SMS marketing plan including the ability to create different categories of recipients, setup AtomicSMS very quickly, and easily customize your messages....

If you as a founder don’t think that appealing to women should be a part of your marketing strategy, you are wrong, and will lose. If you’re needing some tips to jumpstart your strategy and attract female consumers, take this advice from these female startups founders. The Emotional Sell Purchasing products from a brand you trust can be more of an emotional buy, and trust is one of the key factors to attracting the female shopper....

Despite the travel perks I’ve purchased, my road warrior life was seriously wearing on my nerves. Since my job requires me to travel, and there is simply no way around that, I decided to take control of my vexing vagabond life and keep myself from becoming unhinged by the cumulative effect of chronic jet setting. These basic rules I’ve set for myself are so simple, you wouldn’t think they would make a dent in my itinerant life, but they do!...

If you’re looking to take the financial markets with you everywhere you go, consider these five slick trading apps. TD Ameritrade Mobile TD Ameritrade Mobile is a mobile application suited for both new and experienced traders. The Mobile trader gives you access to equities, options, futures and forex. Integrated media streams provide direct access to financial news 24 hours a day. The app also provides research material from one of America’s leading online financial brokers....

Comments Sections One of the best places to find interesting blog topics is in the comments section of your other blog posts. People are always leaving comments about different things that they would love to see on your blog or suggestions of things to write about. This is great because not only are you getting good ideas for topics, but they are also topics that your audience wants to see more of....

According to a recent survey, 83 percent of internet users expect websites they visit to load in three seconds or less. If your website takes much longer than that, your site will suffer significantly. KissMetrics points out that this is a common mistake that you must avoid at all costs. If you still don’t believe that faster load times is important, here are some reasons slow load times can destroy your online brand and hurt your business....

The Redirect Risk URL shortening companies use 301 redirects, which send your customers through their platform to eventually land on your content. While there has been a concern that using URL shorteners may cause PageRank dilution, Google Webmasters said that “if we see that 301, that will pass PageRank along to the final destination… as they relate to SEO… the vast majority of well-behaved URL shorteners have good uptime and also pass PageRank and anchor text because they use a 301 redirect....

Accelerators are the ones that support and nurture startups from an early-stage. In addition to providing funding, they often house these startups in beautiful buildings with enough networking opportunities and mentoring experience to fuel their success in the long run. With all the trends for 2017 getting set in stone, it’s important to know which accelerators are on the way up in the new year. Take a look at a few accelerators that are poised to make some noise in 2017:...

Why do you need a CRM? Will this be used as a platform for all stakeholder data management or for a single segment, like donors? Establish the current state and the desired state of your needs. Remember to keep in mind your overall strategic plan.Don’t get stuck with what you need right now. Think about what the CRM will need to do and look like in the future.Establish the team needed for the project....

Here are six ways you can build your confidence and find inspiration: Work With a Mentor Like a coach who works with an athlete, a mentor is there to be a cheerleader, advocate, voice of reason and one-person confidence booster. My mentor has helped me visualize what I want to achieve and provided direction that has led to my achievement of different goals. She saw things I couldn’t see and provided the pathway and steps....

It Gets More Leads The more leads you receive, the more likely you are to make a sale. The best part of online content is that you’ll be able to obtain new leads even when you’re not working. Older blog posts can provide a lot of traction and visitors if they offer useful information and receive organic traffic. Blogging helps customers find your business and learn more about your services....

Connecting with the customers Social networking profiles specifically created for your business are more appropriate for reaching customers. They are like a venue where customers can direct their questions and concerns to you, especially about products and services. Encouraging feedback Some social media platforms have useful tools and features (i.e., star ratings, quizzes, polls, etc.) for giving feedback about the company, employees, and offerings. Once you know the needs and wants of your customers, you can then act on that feedback to improve satisfaction....

The 13 tech Halloween costumes featured in this article mainly serve to inspire you – in no way do you have to execute according to each of the pics. Alongside each costume idea is a recommended plan for execution – again, you don’t have to follow it, but definitely consider them. For many of these tech Halloween costumes, you should already have some items or craft items laying around, but if you don’t you can simply swing by a craft store, home improvement store, or even your local CVS/Walgreens/Duane Reade/etc....

Over the last few years though, we’ve seen tech platforms like Zillow and PadMapper (which are awesome), but then again I have the benefit of living in a big city. According to the team at ABODO, I’m lucky. I was approached by the team of entrepreneurs from Madison, Wisconsin because they want to set the record straight for these smaller markets. According to them, there are thousands of smaller cities and college towns throughout the US that are seriously under-served....

Here’s Acceleprise’s fifth class: Bonsai AI: Offers artificial intelligence technologies that are readily available for enterprises. Some of its current tools are being implemented to create interactive spoken user interfaces for cars.BreadCrumbTracking.com: Mobile workforce management software that allows companies to track and monitor the location of a field employee and the duration of time spent per location.Capitol Bells: An app that provides members of Congress, their staff, and the public with real-time vote updates from both chambers....

The star of the show for Acer has to be the attention grabbing ConceptD Ezel range, with its eye-catching white chassis and highly manoeuvrable display. And that’s before you even get to the impressive specs. Then there’s new laptops for the Spin and TravelMate series, which aren’t quite as out there, but still improve on previous iterations and offer the latest specs. We take a look at the newly announced line-up....

When I heard about AIO Robotics and their ZEUS machine, I just flat-out lost it. This machine was designed specifically to enhance the 3D printing experience by adding in 3D scanning, copying, and faxing. To save time, Windau and the rest of the team thought: why not integrate a 3D scanner into the 3D printer and make it a copy machine for 3D objects? Thus, they were able to clay-model sensor adapters by hand and simply copy them, effectively saving hours of CAD work....

The wise old Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizandry, somehow has all the right words to say. On Being a Leader Perseverance “It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” “It is a curious thing but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it.” “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided....

Here’s an overview of the most exciting updates coming from iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and macOS Big Sur. App Library A new App Library has a single screen that can offer shortcuts to every single one of your apps, which are automatically collected into intuitive folders with labels like “Arcade” or “Social.” It’ll appear at the right of an iPhone’s pages of apps, at the very end. Now, you can “hide” any of your many app pages ⁠— you can go into ‘jiggle mode’ to zoom out and highlight which pages to hide....