How to Reuse Content to Get More Traffic | Duct Tape Marketing

February 20, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

People don’t have enough time to continue to create the amount of content they need to attract visitors and convert them into leads. I get it. Creating content can be challenging and time-consuming, and coming up with new material regularly can seem impossible.

I’m here to tell you it’s doable, and you don’t even have to start from scratch. You can gain tremendous value just from reusing old content. Derek Halpern of Social Triggers said it well: “You don’t have to create content day in and day out. You just have to work on getting the content you already have in the hands of more people.” Here’s how.

Chick-fil-A serving beef | Business Insider

February 20, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Chick-fil-A is well known for its advertising touting chicken over beef.

But at a handful of restaurants, the chain has been quietly serving steak and hamburgers for decades.

The restaurants also serve a host of other exclusive dishes, such as fried okra and collard greens, that aren’t available at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide.

We visited one of the locations in Hapeville, Georgia to get a taste of the menu.

5 Lessons Learned the Hard Way for Building an Authority Website | Entrepreneur

February 17, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Eight years ago Jason Wachob was physically crippled from a business venture that went bust.

“I flew 150,000 miles coach in a single year for my last start up company,” Jason said in a recent interview. “When you’re 6’7”, that’s torture.”

By the end of 2006, the former Columbia basketball standout’s business had tanked. He had nothing to show for it but two bulging disks in his lower back.

Kraft confirms Unilever merger approach | Business Insider

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LONDON — Unilever, the monolithic company behind the likes of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Dove, has rejected a takeover bid from fellow consumer goods giant firm Kraft Heinz, both companies confirmed on Friday.

On Friday afternoon, Kraft, which is backed by legendary investor Warren Buffett, confirmed that it had an approach to take over Unilever rejected, following a story from the Financial Times Alphaville blog earlier in the day.

4 Eating Habits That Help You Relieve Annoying Migraines | LifeHack

February 16, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Migraine suffers know what real agony is. Besides the excruciating, pounding headaches, victims must endure the nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound that most often accompany these headaches. All productivity ceases. To make matters worse, a new study discovered that migraines—specifically ones with aura—can permanently alter the structure of your brain.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark found that those who had migraines with aura showed a 68% increased risk of white matter brain lesions, compared with those who did not have migraines. This terrifying figure prompts us to face the problem of migraine squarely.

Why America’s Aging Casual-Dining Chains Are Quietly Building Fast-Casual Restaurants – Adweek

February 16, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Late in 2015, a new restaurant opened in Winter Park, Fla., a northern suburb of Orlando. It’s a big room with exposed ductwork, an open kitchen along one wall and a long bar skirting the other. The cooks there cut and smoke all the meats in house, and many of the ingredients are locally sourced. The patrons, not surprisingly, skew young, which also probably explains menu items like chicken waffles, Wonuts (a hybrid of waffles and donuts) and a pretzel braid appetizer that comes with a Samuel Adams cheese fondue. Out on the patio, you’ll find “Yappy Hour,” a happy hour with dogs invited, though you’ll probably have to wait for a table—weekends often see lines out the door.

In the Relentless 24/7 Battle to Grab Eyeballs, Old-School News Organizations like The New York Times Remain Dominant—for Now | WIRED

February 16, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

THERE IS A term for news organizations that predate the internet—legacy media—and you may have heard they’re dying. But in researching who was watching and reading what at the end of 2016, one thing became clear: Some of the oldest voices in the news are still the biggest. Just the print issue of The New York Times reaches more people every day than the Huffington Post does, and the nightly news shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC each have many millions more viewers than even the highest-trafficked news site. At least for now.

The Basic Things You Need To Know About Setting Up An Online Commerce Website | CoolBusinessIdeas.com

February 15, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

If you are a budding entrepreneur, it is pretty normal to want to start somewhere where the playing field is evened out: the Internet. Now, you could go old school and set up a physical store, go through the usual stuff like doing a titles search to sift through properties, get the permits for construction, and so on. But if you do not have a lot of capital to begin with, that is going to hurt you more than it will help you.

This is why online stores are becoming more of a trend. It allows all business owners, from small start-ups to big companies, to share their products online. Everyone has the same chance to get noticed, so it is a matter of applying a bit more elbow grease to your online strategies. There are lots of places where you can have your products available for purchase like Amazon, Shopify, eBay, and so on. But you know, nothing beats having your own site exclusively hosting your products.

Here we will round-up a list of things you will need to start your very own eCommerce website.

Why Are There 9 Supreme Court Justices? | Live Science

February 15, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

Ever since Justice Antonin Scalia passed away in February 2016, the Supreme Court has had just eight justices. While the number of justices has fluctuated over the years, there may soon be nine now that President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the court.

The original U.S. Constitution did not set the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Therefore, it was up to Congress to decide, and in 1801, it set the number at five. But things didn’t stay that way for long.

‘Pokémon GO’ Is Finally Evolving With 80 New Gen 2 Pokémon Arriving This Week | Forbes

February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 ~ knjohn ~ Leave a comment

It’s been something of an open secret that Generation 2 Pokémon from the games Gold and Silver installments were coming to Pokémon GO at some point. But at this point, with so little official information, it seemed as if their arrival was still months away.

Try days away.

This morning, Niantic has announced that Gen 2 is rolling out (almost) all at once with 80 new Gen 2 Pokémon appearing in the game by the end of this week. These are all “Johto” region Pokémon, and while the game has gotten a few Gen 2 “babies” in an earlier event, this is Pokémon GO’s biggest update since launch, one that should result in a huge resurgence in interest, even if the game has fallen out of favor with many.