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If you sell for a living – you understand that the quality of your prospecting determines your level of sales success. But prospecting can be very time consuming and tedious, so consequently few salespeople do enough of it. By default, the untrained seller ends up aimlessly reaching out to businesses, experiencing repeat rejection. Here are [...] Read More

In his letter to Apple customers, Tim Cook apologized for the new challenges that face iOS6 users who are trying to locate local businesses with the new, sans-Google Apple Maps app. To his credit, since the initial launch, Apple has covered a lot of ground adding and correcting business listings in the new app. Still, [...] Read More

Occupy your state? Wondering how your area ranks for income inequality? One way to objectively measure it is the Gini coefficient, named after Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini. The Gini coefficient is a statistical tool to measure income disparity in a geographic area. The American Community Survey calculates the coefficient yearly. How does it [...] Read More

What is open source software? It is a movement to provide end-users with complicated software free of charge. Even more interesting, most open source software programs have vibrant communities of developers that freely contribute to the software, adding to its value, by improving stability and extending functionality. Whether you knew it or not- you already [...] Read More

Domestic and international financial markets are are in uproar, causing selloffs and deep concern among investors. The US lost its top-level credit rating, equating its creditworthiness with Belgium and New Zealand, but below 13 other countries: the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Hong Kong, Germany, France, Canada, Britain, Denmark, Austria, and Australia. Many Americans are [...] Read More