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So Slang: dictionary of street terms

Sherrilynne Starkie

With more than 6 million definitions, So Slang claims to be the biggest hub for street definitions. Some examples: Bazinga! Image via Wikipedia. It’s contributed to and edited by thousands of people online who add their own meanings to millions of words. A catchy phrase to accompany your clever pranks.

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What is Negative Gearing and Why you Should Avoid It

Your Escape From 9 to 5

Negative gearing is a form of leveraged investment in which an investor borrows money to buy an asset, but the income generated by that asset does not initially cover the interest on the loan (interest > income) – as defined on Wikipedia. So we Aussies are definitely at the wrong end of the stick. Does this make sense to you?

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How Rich Answers Provide a New Approach to SEO

Convince & Convert

Let me start by showing you an example. This is an example of a result where Google provides the answer directly. Some include images, such as the example shown above, and others don’t. For further reference, here is an interesting example of a chart in response to the query, “What is the population of Russia?

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This week’s #Socialmedia Tweetchat Topic: Social and the New Model For Market Segmentation #sm48

Direct Marketing Observations

Market segmentation is defined by Wikipedia as: “A market segment is a sub-set of a market made up of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to demand similar product and/or services based on qualities of those products such as price or function.”.

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Credit Cards and Social Media: Failures

Ari Herzog

Kohl’s definitely gets an A+ for their astonishing 6 million Likes and having an active wall. The 2nd slot goes to an informational page about the company that is derived from Wikipedia (Bank of America doesn’t operate the page). Conclusion? With my cookies blocked in my browser (a.k.a. Secondly, when I looked it wasn’t very organized.

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Do Brands Have Rights When Their Own Data Is Used Against Them?

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Here''s the deal: A direct flight from New York to San Francisco is $1000 (as an example). This is an interesting one, isn''t it? However, if you want to fly from New York to San Diego during the same time, the flight is $750 with a stopover in San Francisco. Oh hello, Barbara Streisand. aktarer zaman. barbara streisand. business travel.

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Lawyers & Law Firms, Are You Paying Attention To Your Brand?

Myrland Marketing

A Guernsey Cow (Photo credit: Wikipedia). ” MY DEFINITION OF BRANDING. My definition hasn’t changed since I wrote that post. Give constant spoken, unspoken, written, unwritten and many other examples of what you are like to do business with. SUSPEND YOUR SKEPTICISM. It tells people what your personality is.

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