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« Reply #45 on: March 25, 2019, 07:48:25 PM »
Small Business Guide To Instagram Stories

As a small business, it’s essential you pool your resources and find the best way to establish long term relationships with new and existing customers. Have you tried Instagram stories?

Like other social media outlets, Instagram can become a key part of your marketing arsenal when used in the right way. Either way, it’s crucial you build a cohesive business strategy created to boost your sales and establish relationships with your clients.

In fact, Instagram can be a great outlet to let people know what your brand is all about: whether that’s your ethical sourcing, your opinion on puppies, or your new product intake, your clients can understand you and your brand on a deeper level.

The first step to using Instagram as a business tool is using the right hashtags. In a sea of beautiful information, hashtags are the primary way prospective customers can find you. With hashtags, just like with any good SEO strategy, you need to strike a balance between general and specific: nothing too rare, but nothing so saturated that your post will get lost.

On the other hand, it’s also vital that your aesthetic reflects the values and target of your brand. Whether that means bright colors, sharp edges or vintage pics, make sure it stays cohesive!

Finally, take advantage of Instagram stories. This relatively new feature mimics Snapchat and lets users upload natural short videos that disappear after 24 hours. This takes the pressure off and enables you to connect more easily with your audience.



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« Reply #46 on: March 29, 2019, 09:51:09 PM »
This Is Why Your Drinking Water Tastes Funky (And How To Fix It)

Picture this: You turn on your faucet and fill a glass with cool water, eagerly awaiting its crisp taste. Instead, it smells like rotten eggs (or worse). What gives?


There are a number of reasons your water might be tasting funky instead of fresh. Tens of thousands of chemicals are used in our water filtration systems in the U.S., and there are still parts of the country without clean drinking water.

Here are some common water worries and solutions:

–– Your water smells like sulfur. This could be because of sulfur bacteria or hydrogen sulfide and is common in deep wells and plumbing systems. It’s also common when using hot water. This can be solved by having your water tested and also checking for proper ventilation.

–– Your water tastes like metal. This could be due to iron, manganese or zinc in your water, or it could be because of older, rusty pipes. Seepage can also be a culprit if your water source is well water. You can fix this by having your water tested and reporting it to a plumber.

–– Your water smells like sewage. So this is unpleasant but could be coming from your drain, not your water. If you have food and soap sitting in your drain, it can seem as if your water smells sour when it actually doesn’t. You can fix this by disinfecting the sink and pipes.



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« Reply #47 on: March 30, 2019, 08:59:07 AM »
How To Survive In The Wild: The Essential Modern Survival Kit

We’ve all been asked a question that started with “if you were stranded on an island…” It’s a silly question that provokes interesting responses, but sometimes I think, wait, what IF I were stranded on an island? I’d totally die, I don’t know the first thing about survival.

Now, as unlikely it is that you’ll find yourself stranded on an island, what about if you choose to leave the comfort of your home behind and venture out into the wilderness? And, perhaps most important of all, what would you pack?

Whether you’re an outdoor enthusiast or someone that likes to appreciate nature from time to time, the general items that you need to survive are important to know. The obvious ones are food, water, and first aid. But the items that I didn’t even think about were the sunglasses, pocket knife, and personal documents. These things don’t seem like necessities but when it comes down to it, they’re probably good to have.

If you ever to decide to escape into the wilderness to find your true self, I suggest you tell a friend or your parents and carefully read through this infographic so you know what to bring with you.



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« Reply #48 on: March 31, 2019, 11:20:46 AM »
Farewell, Fido. Hello, Trendy Dog Names!

Names like Fido and Rover may have been the most popular choice for your dog in years past, but that is changing! Just as names of people are ever-changing in popularity, so are those of our pups.

Some of the top 10 female dog names include Lola, Roxy, Bambi, Coco, and Willow, with Bella rounding out the competition at number one. For the male dogs, Bear takes the top spot, with names like Axel, Milo, Charlie, Biscuit, and Buddy not too far behind. For both female and male dogs, Bailey was a favored choice. The moniker reached number five on the female pup side and number six for the males.

In addition to name popularity, the infographic also digs into the positives that pups bring to a family as well as insight on some millennials’ relationships with their furry companions. If none of the popular dog names on this list get your hind leg happy, you may want to check out some of the TV and movie dog names as well as some “geeky” names also listed on the infographic.

Did you see your dog’s name on this list? I’m curious to see which names will be popular in a decade!



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« Reply #49 on: April 01, 2019, 09:17:40 PM »
What’s Changing With Travel Booking Trends in 2019

Travel is one of the activities that many look forward to the most, and that’s unlikely to change. However there are certain travel trends for the year that are changing.

For starters, families will be taking more vacations in 2019, regardless of their children’s schedule. In fact, according to CNTraveller, by 2020 around half of the US and UK’s working population will be freelancers, and with a rise in homeschooling, some family trips can be done at any point of the year. This means families will be able to snatch bargains in the off-season.

Also it looks like CBD is here to stay, even in the travel and leisure industry. Spas are adding more treatments that include Cannabinoids (the kind that doesn’t have hallucinogenic effects, of course) in order to relax and de-stress their guests.

Finally, when it comes to travel bookings, cryptocurrency starting to make an appearance at checkout. Thus, many agencies and airlines are or will be accepting a diverse range of cryptocurrencies for booking. From Japan to the US, you will soon be able to book some of your travels with Bitcoin, Ethereum or any other coin on the rise.

If you want to know more about traveling trends, check out today’s infographic. It shows the results of Facebook’s data gathering throughout 2018 on the travel industry. Data from how people discover travel options to what makes them stay with a specific company can be interpreted through Facebook. Creepy but cool! Are you ready for your next trip?



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« Reply #50 on: April 02, 2019, 08:36:43 PM »
How Michelin Stars Work

Have you ever eaten at a Michelin restaurant? This prestigious award is reserved only for the best of the best in the industry. Do you know how it works?

Michelin stars are awarded by the same company that makes tires. Yep. In the early 1900s, the tire company saw a sales decrease in France. To fix this, they came up with a clever idea: to launch a guide to encourage road tripping. Shortly after that, the company started sending out anonymous restaurant reviewers to try new restaurants.

Nowadays, anonymous reviewers form the basis of Michelin stars awards. These people are passionate about good food and great memories: being anonymous prevents them from carrying a notebook, so the written report of the dining experience has to be done after the fact. That’s some great recall!

After the initial report, the reviewers get together and decide to give a restaurant one, two or three stars (or none). These stars are coveted mainly because most restaurants receive no stars. In fact, in all of New York, the Michelin guide awarded ratings to only 78 restaurants in 2018, just one more restaurant than in 2017.

Although prestigious, Michelin stars only take into account the food, not the customer service, the ambiance or parking availability. Michelin stars have been criticized as too French-biased, as well as preferring “snobby or formal dining style”. If you’ve never dined at a Michelin restaurant and are curious about it all, here’s everything you need to know about it!



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« Reply #51 on: April 04, 2019, 09:24:03 PM »
A Dive Into What’s Trending On Snapchat

Most people who use Snapchat probably don’t think of it as much more than a pleasant, amusing distraction- the puppy filter is a mood-booster, sure, but it might not strike you as a key commercial concept. But imagine, for a second, the endless waves of content and data swirling across Snapchat, and how valuable it must be. Helpfully, Snapchat themselves analyze and publish trends in that data- from the serious to the nonsensical- so we can all see what’s catching the public’s interest.


Snapchat has become a key marketing tool in recent years, and by releasing monthly trend reports, marketers can capitalize on their social media posts and make content that people will click on. For example, in January, global trending topics included ‘Happy Australia Day’ and ‘Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse’. Savvy marketers could tailor their content to similar holidays or astrological events to maximize engagement.

Similarly, trending entertainment included ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ in the U.S., and ‘The Ted Bundy Tapes’ and ‘Sex Education’ in the U.K, all programs and shows that came out recently and received viral attention. Meanwhile, the top trending slang in the U.S. was ‘big chungus’, meaning ‘anything too large or oversized’- doing nothing to dispel Snapchat’s reputation as a meme-filled playground for young millenials.



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« Reply #52 on: April 05, 2019, 10:31:35 PM »
Can One Infographic Teach You What Women Want?

Well, this isn’t clickbait, so I’ll go ahead and say it: no, an infographic cannot teach you what women want, because women aren’t a monolith with one standard set of opinions. But this tongue-in-cheek infographic still offers a fun look into what online dating searches can tell us about modern romance.


Collecting data from a set of searches (as this British dating website did) rather than surveys is an interesting technique, because it gives you real-time information about what people are searching for-rather than a rose-tinted view of what they think they might search for. And people are always searching for advice on online dating, so it’s interesting to see how the numbers play out.

A lot of the statistics here are pretty unsurprising, and would probably be true regardless of gender. 30% of women preferred light drinkers, while only 1% preferred heavy drinkers; 40% want non-smokers, with 2% wanting heavy smokers; and employed and self-employed (39% and 32%, respectively) handily beat out unemployed and student (2% and 6%).

On a more superficial note, brown hair (18%) beat black hair (17%) and grey hair (4%). Women were equally happy with an athletic (36%) or ‘average’ (36%) partner, and were not as drawn to slightly overweight (16%) or ‘large’ (3%) men. However, the most fascinating statistic of all has to be the 1% of women who intentionally searched for married men on the dating website. If this graphic proves anything, it’s that there really is someone for everyone.



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« Reply #53 on: April 10, 2019, 08:32:26 PM »
How Often Should You Really Wash Your Clothes?

I’ll be the first to admit that my clothes-washing schedule is haphazard. Things get thrown in the laundry bin when they start to smell, and that laundry bin gets dragged over to the washing machine in a panic when I notice the dress I was about to wear to an event is nowhere to be found. But it turns out there are much easier systems you can use to stay organized.


As this handy infographic points out, there are a few easy-to-remember accepted rules about how often clothes should be washed- and it naturally varies by item. Generally, the closer a piece of clothing is worn to your skin, the more often you’ll need to wash it. That means t-shirts, socks, underwear, tights (which should be hand-washed), workout clothes, and silks should be washed every single time you wear them.

Then there are the items of clothing that can give you a little more lee-way, depending on where you wear them to and, well, how sweaty you get. These include dress shirts, blouses, bras, shorts, dresses, and pajamas. Finally, some items really don’t need to be washed frequently, and will last longer if you don’t clean them too often: suits, skirts, sweatshirts, pants, and jeans. Of course, everyone’s lifestyle are different, so this is only a rough guide- if you only wear a pair of socks at home, you can probably wash them less often. But hopefully this guide can help you to organize your washing schedule and never run out of clean clothes.



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« Reply #54 on: April 11, 2019, 07:06:54 AM »
How Marketers Can Use IGTV

Instagram has slowly evolved to include not only its signature glamorous pics, but also short video format (stories) and as of June of 2018, longer videos, AKA, IGTV. Are you in on this new marketing outlet?

Instagram’s first move towards video format was Instagram Stories. These seemed in the beginning, a blatant copy of Snapchat’s very own Stories. To be fair, Facebook (Instagram’s owner) did try on several occasions to buy Snapchat. Nevertheless, they persevered and refused. So Facebook took tried a new business strategy. Tomato, tomato.

Either way, the strategy has worked. Instagram stories have been the best move for the company in the last years. According to Recode, Instagram stories have attracted 400+ million daily users and supercharged the way in which people share and consume things online. Although Snapchat keeps growing steadily, Instagram has simply blown through the roof with the addition of stories. More so, stories seem to be a key part of the longer time users are spending in the app: while in June 2017 people spent an average of 28 minutes per day in it, by June 2018 this had almost doubled to reach 53 minutes per day.

Cue the birth of IGTV. This is a new standalone app that features long videos of up to 10 minutes or up to 60 minutes if you are verified or popular enough. Because this is a new way of communicating with your community, and given it is integrated with the main Instagram app, IGTV offers a realm of possibility for marketers.



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« Reply #55 on: April 14, 2019, 08:47:50 PM »
The Ultimate Guide To Solo Travel

Traveling is always an amazing experience: living among different people and in foreign places, even if only for a few days, can be exhilarating and enriching.

Nevertheless, most of us have mainly traveled with others. Be that with family, friends or colleagues; it seems easier to navigate a completely different environment when you have at least one friendly face by your side. But what about solo travel?

Solo travel is, in fact, on the rise. Even more, almost half of all solo travelers are 50+ years old. Go wild, retirees! Whether you’re thinking about solo traveling or are a seasoned pro, here are some tips you should take into account:

Pack light: When there’s nobody around you can truly trust with your baggage, you need to haul it around with you all day every day. Especially when it comes to airport layovers and moving between one city and the next, it’s best to have only a carry-on or a backpack. If you want to go to the beach and there are no friends to watch your stuff, try tying your bag to any big thing like a tree or a chair. It will make it more difficult to steal your belongings while you swim.
Go with a map: To avoid making yourself a “tourist target,” try downloading Google Maps ahead of time, as well as a compass app. It will help you find your way among strange streets without making it evident you have no clue where you’re going.
Dining alone: This is usually a big concern when it comes to traveling alone. To avoid feeling awkward, you could bring something to do. Grab a book, a travel guide, and some postcards to write or even a travel journal. If you’d rather have something to look at, sit by the window or on the patio and engage in some people watching. You get the drill; you don’t need to feel weird because you’re enjoying your meal.
Now you know: traveling solo isn’t as complicated as it might seem. Here are some more tips tailored towards women especially.  Grab your bags and go!



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« Reply #56 on: April 16, 2019, 07:02:44 AM »
Funny Facts About Your Digital Life

Are you always online? If so, then you join millions of people who have a digital life. The internet has become so ubiquitous that we take it for granted.

In fact, in 2010, Finland became the first country in the world to make Internet access a legal right. Following that lead, all prisoners in Norway were given internet in their cells. Come on! Here are some interesting facts about the internet, I bet you didn’t know half of these!

Internet users: 35.6% of internet users are Asian with Singapore having the fastest average internet speeds, The US comes in 20th place. Currently, over 1 million babies have been born from people who met through online dating. In the world, there are more devices connected to the Web than human beings. Humans make up only 49% of the entire traffic; various bots and spamming software trigger the rest. No doubt, we would have faster connectivity if they weren’t leeching on bandwidth. China has treatment camps for Internet addicts. Sign me up!

Internet by the numbers: It took only 4 years for the internet to reach a market audience of 50 million users, to be 5 times faster than Radio and 15 times faster than TV. Over 30,000 websites are hacked every day. Over 100,000 .com domains are registered every day. Over 70% of all the emails sent are spam. Up to 15%-20% of the searches Google gets each day have never been Googled before.

Nonsense on the internet: 51% of all internet’s traffic is fake and done through bots. The “Fi” in “WiFi” doesn’t stand for anything. The “@” symbol used to mean that the message was sent to a person and not a machine.

Because the internet is more and more common, fun situations ensue every day. Have you encountered any of today’s funny internet encounters?



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« Reply #57 on: April 17, 2019, 06:39:06 AM »
Hangover Tricks That Actually Work

One of the most painful and cruel signs of aging is noticing your hangovers getting worse. It seems like it would be more fair the other way round, no? As a carefree student, I had time to sleep in after a big party, and yet I’d be up and full of energy. Now, as a stressed-out young professional, every drinking occasion mandates a full day (or two) of fetal-position recovery. Life’s just not fair. Luckily, if you’re old and fatigued like me, there are a few hangover tricks that can ease your misery.


There are lots of hangover hacks on the internet, but not all are created equal. This infographic tallies up cures from around the world, from Bolivian fricase (a spicy pork stew) to Japanese shijimi soup (with raw egg, miso, and pickled plums). And if you’re feeling too delicate for food, the Russian tradition of drinking straight pickle juice might appeal (or send you over the edge).

In general, prevention is the best cure, which means eating a full meal before you go out, drinking a pint of water or juice before bed, and drinking water between alcoholic drinks to hydrate and pace yourself. There’s no magic cure for hangovers, but they don’t always have to be nightmarish.



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« Reply #58 on: April 18, 2019, 08:27:20 PM »
7 Shameful Ways People Harass Others On The Internet

Online harassment has become so common that 41 percent of Americans have dealt with some form of Internet bullying.

Some types of online harassment is any fix through a social media block, but other forms of Internet bullying are highly disturbing, and can even be criminal.

For example, cyberstalking is a federal offense. In these situations, the victim feels threatened or intimidated on a regular basis by the same person or group, and it can be done on social media, email, or in chat rooms.

“Revenge porn” is another serious offense, in which nude pictures of the victim are exposed without permission, resulting in humiliation. Not only is this illegal, both criminally and civilly, but if it involves photos of minors, it becomes a sex crime.

On the low end of the harassment scale is the everyday troll who says negative things in order to get an emotional response. It is best to ignore trolling because it will probably stop if you do.

Protect yourself by maintaining private social media accounts and only inviting your real friends and family to join your online circles. If you have children, regular discussions with them are important to make sure they are not being harassed online and to prevent them from cyberbullying someone else.



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« Reply #59 on: April 20, 2019, 08:31:16 PM »
The World’s Internet Activity For One Minute

As you are reading this, there are roughly 3.2 billion people that have access to the internet.  Although some are probably sleeping, others are very much awake and operating. So what exactly will everyone be doing within the next 60 seconds?

For one, social media will be buzzing.  Facebook will see about 1 million users log in to check their feeds.  Instagram on the other hand, will be expecting close to 350 thousand users who are more into purely visual content.  Looking to express your opinion on the latest developments? Join the 87 thousand others on twitter that will be airing out their thoughts.

If you’re just looking for love, Tinder is expecting you and the rest of its users to make 1.4 million swipes in the next minute.  Already found a match?  Then you’re now probably just using texts or Facebook messenger to communicate. You and roughly 60 million others, that is.

Seems like a lot of things are happening on the internet for one minute.  It’s quite understandable that some people experience a fear of missing out.  Maybe it’s time to try and save your sanity by deleting yourself from the internet.  Or maybe, it’s just time to go read a book.



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