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5 Foolproof Ways to Tailor Your Cover Letter To a Job App

5 Foolproof Ways to Tailor Your Cover Letter To a Job App

fairygodboss.com — Fewer and fewer companies require cover letters nowadays, but that doesn't mean they're completely obsolete. While resumes function as a list of someone's qualifications, cover letters humanize candidates and paint a clearer picture of who they are. As a result, hiring managers still use them to glean insight on a candidate's personality and ability to communicate.

How to Republish Old Content

How to Republish Old Content

longtailpro.com — Whether you publish something once or three times a week, sometimes it's just hard to come up with new content for your blog. It's natural for your creative juices to get depleted, after all, not to mention other tasks that pile up and demand prioritizing. So what's a webmaster to do?

How Your Social Relationships Affect Your Health - A Sweat Life

How Your Social Relationships Affect Your Health - A Sweat Life

asweatlife.com — From childhood to adulthood, we've been routinely told that exercise and nutrition are the keys to long-term health. But what about our relationships? How do those affect our well-being? Maybe more than you think. Whether romantic, platonic, or familial, relationships matter to your health as much as your diet and exercise.

What Makes A Company High-Risk for Credit Card Processors?

What Makes A Company High-Risk for Credit Card Processors?

blog.apruve.com — Companies come with higher risks than other when it comes to being approved by a credit card processor and your financing rate. These rates can be based on your industry, return rate of sales, and your order volume. Check out a list of items that may make it tougher for your businesses to get a great financing rate.

Copywriting Do's and Don'ts for Native Advertising | Outbrain Blog

Copywriting Do's and Don'ts for Native Advertising | Outbrain Blog

outbrain.com — As native advertising continues to grow in popularity, gone are the days of traditional banner ads and pop-ups. Indeed, native advertising is projected to make up almost 60% of display spending this year. Perhaps it's no surprise - as paid content resembling the media format in which they appear, native advertising campaigns work more cohesively with their platform's original editorial content than traditional advertising formats.

How Millennials Consume Content (& How to Better Engage Them)

How Millennials Consume Content (& How to Better Engage Them)

searchenginepeople.com — With an annual spending power projected to hit $1.4 trillion by 2020, it's no wonder millennials are a hot topic for marketers all over. More than ever, businesses must tailor their content strategies to appeal to millennials-but how do you effectively market to and engage this group?

What I Learned From Tracking All Of My Spending For The Past 3 Months

What I Learned From Tracking All Of My Spending For The Past 3 Months

The Financial Diet — When I first became interested in personal finance, I wondered what the average cost of living was for a single person in the U.S., and where exactly their expenses went. Unfortunately, the answer is not so clear-cut. After all, the U.S. is far from monolithic; living in New York City is indisputably unlike living in ...