There’s a reason why WordPress is so popular (well over 1 million installations, according to WordPress.org), and aside from the fact that it’s user-friendly, it is also set up to help you optimize for the search engines easily and effectively. Adam McFarland gives you some great tips in this article -- a real taste for why WordPress has beco

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You know that metal curtain that stores in shopping malls have right by the entrance to the store? [see picture to the left] The one that comes down when the store is closed? When you see that slowly coming down, you can tell that the store is closing, right? Apparently it’s not that obvious to some people…

I was closing shop this past Sat

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Well, isn’t that just peachy… I know there’s a bird in the store, kinda hard to miss a bird freaking out, trying to find a way outside. You don’t have to remind me about it, thank you very much.

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Here’s my rant of the week, of an event at work yesterday.

Most of the time, it’s the clerk who must either wait for the customer to get out of the way, or go around them. There are though a few cases when the customer should move for the good of clerk-kind, and will move if they have any common sense. (Common sense being the fir

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There's a lot a cashier at a supermarket has to deal with from customers. But is is really necessary for cashiers to have to deal with religion being imposed upon them while they're at work?

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The ten most popular items in The Consumer Etiquette Guide (November 2007):

# Why Does The Christmas Season Start So Early Every Year?
# How To: Purchasing Alcohol When Slightly Intoxicated
# The Business of Catalogues: Fact vs Fiction
# Photos: KKK-Supermarket (I’m Not Making This Up…)
# Jesus Loves You! (Everyone Else Thinks You’re A

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Here are some general things that make the employees at supermarkets and such suspicious of you being a potential shoplifter. No one wants to be falsily accused of being a shoplifter, so if you avoid these tell-tale behaviorisms, you won’t be suspected without due cause.

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Picture this: you're at the supermarket cash register and suddenly in the middle of your transaction your phone starts ringing. What do you do, what do you do...? Here's what you should and shouldn't do.

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Even your darling little angel will grow up to become a consumer one day, so how's about teaching them a few pointers about shopping? And while we're on the subject, many of you parents can re-educate yourselves whilst teaching your kid. Here are some etiquette tips for you and your child to remember while shopping...

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A surprisingly large proportion of customers seem to be under the false impression that if you work somewhere, you know everything. Nevermind the fact that it might be the clerk’s first day…
I’ve compliled a short list of tips and hints for the consumer to help them make their shopping experience go a little smoother when faced with a traine

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You know I have been working on line for quite a few years now and have had some clients for a long time that I have never met in person. I bet there are tons of people with a business on the web that are the same way. I have to tell you it is great if that is working for you but every once in a while you really need to get out and connect wi

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Every so often a catalogue of varying thickness drops into your mailbox from a particular store.
Most people glance at it and throw it away.
Some scour through it for those (relatively useless) coupons.
Some make up their shopping lists from those catalogues.
Some treat them as their shopping bible.
Some just thr

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For this one I’ll have to skip the American readers for a bit, as they’re not used to the practice I’ll be outlining in today’s post. (That doesn’t mean you can’t read this post though. Please, go ahead. You might learn a little bit about other countries.)

We’re talking shopping bags today. You know, those plastic (or paper) things you get

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An irresistible offer that’s fast, easy and highly profitable! Firstly, as a writer and internet user, I have to ask myself whether I want to add more value or more hyped-up garbage.

You can be the judge because the marketing methods of the past are losing effectiveness as consumers are getting smarter and have less time. What is needed is

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WordPress 2.5 is coming soon, and this Round-up gives you a sneak preview of both the dashboard, and the new Widget Management area, plus an overview of handy new plugins, and a review of some interesting and unique themes. Written by BlogMaster, Scott Frangos (Managing Editor for WebHelperMagazine.com), the article also gives

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This is another article from our SEO Matters series, where we’ll consider setting Goals using Google Analytics and how that can really take your game up a notch. Note carefully that setting goals not only helps you increase “conversions” (get visitors to take a certain action at your site), but also helps you learn and adjust y

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