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Ideas are exactly that — just ideas. On their own, they’re not going to be worth very much and they’re not going to carry much weight. An idea needs to be put in motion and it needs to be pointed in the right direction. You need a plan.

More specifically, you need a comprehensive business plan, complete with strategies moving forward and sales pitches to attract the right customers. This can sound incredibly daunting to novice entrepreneurs, but that’s where BizGym.com can lend a huge helping hand. Described…

Writing is like speaking – everyone thinks they can do it, then does it without thinking, and then wishes they hadn’t. Modern technology means we all work with more words in a year than an ancient scholar would have seen in his entire life, even if he hadn’t died of cholera at age forty (some days that seems like the easier option). We don’t expect every eater in the world to know how to cook; how can we expect every reader to know how to write effectively?

Writing is a…

Working freelance is a great way to make money doing something you love. Nine-to-fivers are often jealous of the freelancer, thinking it must be great to work your own hours, not realizing that freelancers work all of them. When you’re in charge of everything from job applications to client communications to invoicing to maintenance to – if you have some time – the actual work itself, it’s important to make the absolute most of your time.

That’s why we’re looking at how to freelance effectively.

Setting up a good work…

They say the medium is the message, and with PowerPoint that medium is needed to reach the people who’ve died of boredom. The same simple mistakes have turned a handy tool for arranging information into weaponized monotony. PowerPoint now enjoys the same reputation as a pit of scorpions, which is a pity, because it’s (mis)used all over the world. At least the scorpions would wake people up instead of putting them to sleep.

When you make a powerpoint, you’re trying to make a case, not enemies. So, we’ve gathered some…

The new iPhone 4S is finally out, and if you didn’t know that, thank you for choosing us as the first website you read or thing you did after coming out from under the rock. We’re flattered. With every tech site posting the exact same iPhone 4S pictures and posting the exact same iPhone 4S specifications — under the egocentric delusion that they’re the only website their readers check (or that it matters who has it) — we’ve decided to look at what the iPhone 4S features really mean.

The…

Some say that the desktop computer is a dying breed as more people turn to their notebook PCs and smartphones to get their work done. That’s partly true, and while I don’t agree that the desktop computer is going the way of the dinosaur, there are quite a few web apps that can effectively replace the full blown software you have running on your table-bound desktop PC.

You may have heard the term “cloud computing,” but what exactly does that mean? It means that you access everything that you need…