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		<title>Best cities and top employers to work in California</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2014/11/top-employers-to-work-california/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>California&#8217;s economy depends on the jobs in technology sector. California has one of the states that have the highest employment rate but a closer view reveals the job growth usually concentrated in the state&#8217;s metropolitan centers. In this article, we furnish a few best cities to work and live in along with the largest employers [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://shiftparadigm.ai/"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3680" src="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Shift-Paradigm-banner3-150x150.png" alt="Shift Paradigm Health, Inc." width="150" height="150" srcset="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Shift-Paradigm-banner3-150x150.png 150w, https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Shift-Paradigm-banner3.png 250w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>California&#8217;s economy depends on the jobs in technology sector. California has one of the states that have the highest employment rate but a closer view reveals the job growth usually concentrated in the state&#8217;s metropolitan centers. In this article, we furnish a few best cities to work and live in along with the largest employers in the state.</p>
<p><strong>Best cities to work in California:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Palo Alto:</strong> This city remains one of the best places to live in specially for those who are in to digital technology jobs.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Dark fiber ring around the city present provides ultra high speed Internet which is about 31 miles. The city Palo Alto has well educated, social minded and politically active population.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Berkeley:</strong> It was listed among the top ten foodie cities in the year 2013-2014.
<ul>
<li>The town region of the San Francisco bay is a wealth of cultural attraction and home to popular university of California.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Santa Clara:</strong> It is located in the heart of silicon valley where its economy is driven by Santa Clara university and the technology firms present.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>San Mateo:</strong> San Mateo is located within the high tech Silicon Valley and is known for restaurants and 800 stores.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Santa Barbara:</strong> The economy is made up with the tourism in Santa Barbara.
<ul>
<li>It is a vibrant place to live in with the beaches from pacific ocean to shopping centers, art venues and micro breweries in historical neighbor hoods.</li>
<li>Strong education system and good health care make it more attractive for new residents.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Pasadena:</strong> It is known for its lush gardens and beautiful architecture and being a home to California Institute of Technology supporting strong science and technology industry.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Ventura:</strong> The official city name of Ventura is “San Buenaventura” which was known by many of the California motorists for its Ventura free way serving as a community&#8217;s major road.
<ul>
<li>It has strong health care system and five college campuses that include Ventura college of law and Ventura college.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Sunny vale:</strong> Companies like Yahoo!, Fortinet and AMD have head quarters in this city.
<ul>
<li>This part of silicon valley allows energetic and creative thinkers thrive by offering an array of parks, highly trained public safety personnel and theaters.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Top employers in California:</strong></p>
<ul class="lm">
<li><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3680" src="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Shift-Paradigm-banner3-150x150.png" alt="Venu Valmeekam" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Shift-Paradigm-banner3-150x150.png 150w, https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Shift-Paradigm-banner3.png 250w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />Oracle</li>
<li>32nd Naval Station</li>
<li>Apple Inc.</li>
<li>Ucla health system</li>
<li>Nestle USA Inc.</li>
<li>Los Angeles County Sheriff Dole food Co</li>
<li>United Natural Foods</li>
<li>McAfee</li>
<li>Washington Hospital</li>
<li>Tesla Motors</li>
<li>Boston Scientific/Target Therapeutics</li>
</ul>
<p>Looking at the above information one can easily find out the best places to work and live in California and also the biggest employers with highest employment rate present in and around the city.<br />
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		<title>Planning a Budget for Your Company&#8217;s Event</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2014/08/planning-budget-companys-event/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Vanalstyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facility Management]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Budgeting is a part of event planning process. Budget planning helps us to avoid unnecessary costs and provides a frame work for company&#8217;s event. Before making a commitment to plan an event it is important to examine the financial elements involved in the event and then plan a budget for your company&#8217;s event. There are [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Budgeting is a part of event planning process. Budget planning helps us to avoid unnecessary costs and provides a frame work for company&#8217;s event. Before making a commitment to plan an event it is important to examine the financial elements involved in the event and then plan a budget for your company&#8217;s event.</p>
<p>There are following steps to plan a budget for your company&#8217;s event.</p>
<ul>
<li>Make a list of expenses</li>
<li>Categorize your list</li>
<li>Estimate the cost of organizing the event</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Make a list of expenses</strong><br />
For planning budget, first you should make a list of all the items included in the company&#8217;s event. This list should contain all the things that costs for the event like advertisements, venue, number of guests, etc.</p>
<p><strong>Categorize the list</strong><br />
After preparing a list of expenses, then categorize the cost according to each activity. It includes:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Venue cost:</strong> Venue is the important aspect in planning a budget for your company event.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Catering expenses:</strong> It includes the cost of food, beverages and catering staff.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Decor expenses:</strong> Most of the events are decorated with floral and other materials. These expenses should be included.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong> Promoting charges:</strong> Promoting charges includes advertising tools like banners, balloons costs, etc. Printing on banners and pamphlets should also be included in this category.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong> Transport charges:</strong> It includes cost of transporting equipment and hire of buses and cars.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong> Event documentary charges:</strong> It includes photographs and video recordings cost.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong> Awards/Gifts:</strong> Number of gifts and trophies required for guests and competitors and their costs included in this category.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong> Other expenses:</strong> It includes first-aid kit, ambulance and other expenses.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Estimating the cost of event</strong><br />
After categorize the list of items included in the event, estimate the cost and check is there are any unnecessary expenses included in the list. If there is any unnecessary expenses avoid them and estimate the cost of each category and plan your budget for your company&#8217;s event.</p>
<p>Planning a budget before organizing an event helps you to avoid unnecessary expenses and makes you to reach your events goal within your budget.<br />
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		<title>Relation Between Event Management and Event Marketing</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2014/06/event-management-and-marketing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2014 09:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Event marketing is a way of designing or developing a promotion for an organization, cause or product or service. It is a occasion, display, activity or exhibit. Business and types of events are promoted using this event marketing. This is also called as event creation. It mainly focuses on face to face interactions, live events, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Event marketing is a way of designing or developing a promotion for an organization, cause or product or service. It is a occasion, display, activity or exhibit. Business and types of events are promoted using this event marketing. This is also called as event creation.</p>
<p>It mainly focuses on face to face interactions, live events, corporate meetings, trade shows, etc.</p>
<p><strong>Relation between event marketing and event management:</strong><br />
Event management needs event marketing in every step to promote the event. There are some events which are designed to convey brand benefits to the audience. Events are created using trade shows and exhibitions to achieve a cost effective communication with all the members of the trade. Some of the sponsored events were also conducted to extend the brand value through may instances and to make them communicate with the audience. Developing of promotional events are also necessary for the event management.</p>
<p><strong>Promotion of business in market:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>To promote the companies services or products, businesses participate in the trade shows and professional shows and other events through a forum.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Some of the events conducted by them helps in maintaining contact with the trade.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>These trade shows have a major impact on the business and helps them to know the buying process in one location.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Through trade shows there is chance of enhancing existing customer relationship, can create awareness regarding new prospects, chance of establishing relationship between vendors and prospects which help them to sale their product on the spot.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>These trade shows influence the buying process in the industry and this must be pre-promoted.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Sponsorship is the other area were you must concentrate which is a part of promoting sales. It is defined as the practice of promoting the company&#8217;s brand through events.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>This method is popular for the medium scale companies which has the corporate communication especially the companies operating based on the consumer markets.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>It is the variable method of communication and first and foremost commercial activity. This can be used to achieve a variety of objectives.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Through promotional events you can promote your business in variety of ways. These events make your business spread effectively among the consumer audience.</li>
</ul>
<p>The main objective of the trade shows, sponsorships and promotional events is to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Introduce new products in to market</li>
<li>Make additional sales</li>
<li>Enhance the relationships with existing customers</li>
<li>Enhance corporate image of a business</li>
<li>Brand awareness</li>
<li>Leveraging corporate goodwill, etc</li>
</ul>
<p>This is the way event marketing and event management are related. Through event marketing, event management gets a promotion in the market.<br />
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		<title>Impact of Internet on Business</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2014/03/internet-impact-on-business/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nearly a decade ago, people thought the Internet to be a fad. Those days are unquestionably gone. Since the mid of 1990s, Internet and its countless applications, technologies and tools have been adopted quickly by most of the businesses. Internet has affected communication paradigms, workforce mobility, information access and dissemination, advertising methods, business practices and [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nearly a decade ago, people thought the Internet to be a fad. Those days are unquestionably gone. Since the mid of 1990s, Internet and its countless applications, technologies and tools have been adopted quickly by most of the businesses. Internet has affected communication paradigms, workforce mobility, information access and dissemination, advertising methods, business practices and operational methods of businesses across sectors and domains.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.adspeed.com/Blog/ad-serving-1962.html"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-3035 size-thumbnail" src="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1-150x150.png" alt="Ad serving" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1-150x150.png 150w, https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1.png 154w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Internet is a gift for most businesses and allows to automate processes and operations of information faster. To survive the businesses are no longer dependent on its local customer base, it is now worldwide audience for its services and goods. It also changed the communication processes with employees, and manages and finds the competition. Now we will see some other Internet impacts on businesses.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Local to global:</strong> Proper maintenance of a business website can lead to getting customers worldwide. This has been proved even by many small businesses are. There are so many other ways to market through Internet like emails, social networking, website, etc. These allow businesses to communicate with the customers worldwide from their offices.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Workforce mobility:</strong> Wireless Internet options in smartphones, notebooks and other mobile devices let off site employees, busy executives and frequent travelers work anywhere and at any time without being bound to a traditional office environment. It enables employees to collaborate on projects across locations and geographical boundaries. Businesses rely on services such as emails, Webinars, etc. to make presentations, to conduct their business, or have meetings. It is saving much time for the people and to the business.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong> Marketing and advertising:</strong> Every business now have the competition all over the world. It has a vital importance that a business owner knows what their customers want and deliver it. Comments on a website, feedback forms, questionnaires and surveys can be used to monitor a business customer&#8217;s needs. Advertising on the Internet extends the business ability to attract the customers from every corner of the globe. Search engine optimization (also referred to as SEO) banner placement and websites, allow the business to reach millions of potential customers and to have a presence on the Internet.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Research:</strong> Businesses use the Internet to research pricing information, methods of creating new products and new product ideas. You can research the competition by knowing what products and services are offered and their unique features. If a company is planning to expand into a particular location, the company can research on what products and services would sell best in those areas according to population and its needs.</li>
</ul>
<p>Internet provides endless opportunities to the businesses. As Internet is accessible worldwide, companies can target the potential customers across the globe and can transform the business according to them. Most companies are trying to educate about their products and service in the public through the content in their websites and blogs, which helps know more about he company, its products and services, and the features.<br />
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		<title>Challenges in Recruiting Process</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2013/10/challenges-recruiting-process/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesus Dosreis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Attracting and hiring top talent is the essential part of recruitment process for a business. For this, the professionals play an important role in the organization. Formulating strategies for recruitment is one of the responsibilities of h r professionals. Despite many technological advances and changing trends, human resource professionals face some challenges. In this article, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Attracting and hiring top talent is the essential part of recruitment process for a business. For this, the professionals play an important role in the organization. Formulating strategies for recruitment is one of the responsibilities of h r professionals. Despite many technological advances and changing trends, human resource professionals face some challenges. In this article, we will discuss the challenges that organizations encounter in recruitment process.</p>
<p>Following are the challenges met in the process of recruitment.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>To find top talent:</strong> Hiring the right people for the job is essential when running a business. Finding top talent is a major challenge for any company. It is futile and involves wasting time in interviewing a large number of candidates who are not fit for the job. Targeting the candidates with right educational qualifications, skills and experience, attitude to work in your organization efficiently is important.</li>
<li><strong>To create opportunities:</strong> In old days, when a senior retired, other employee took over the position. But due to some recession and final crisis, many are postponing their retirement, which led to slower business expansion and few opportunities. Thus, human resource department faces challenges in creating opportunities for their valuable employees.</li>
<li><strong>New technology:</strong> Two types of new technologies pose challenges to recruitment process:
<ul>
<li><strong>Applicant tracking system:</strong> This has become main solution for all types of recruitment and tracking needs such as compliance tracking, talent networks, candidate relationship management, etc. Before the coming of technology, the process of recruitment was different. It involved many technologies.</li>
<li><strong>Recruitment marketing platform:</strong> This is to reach potential candidates and the use of analytics to determine what actually attracts people and what not. Recruitment process has become a marketing aspect that utilizes tools like SEO, social media, email etc. for marketing open positions as an employer.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>To market the position:</strong> When attracting talented and skilled candidates, human resource professionals should sell the benefits of the company to their potential workers. Human resource professionals must have knowledge about the advance opportunities, working conditions and benefits in the company for marketing employment with the company to potential workers.</li>
<li><strong>Legal challenges:</strong> When hiring candidates, human resource professionals should make sure to know about hiring laws and other government guidelines for making the company in compliance with all regulations and laws.</li>
</ul>
<p>These challenges might make recruitment process hard unless you have enough resources to bear the expenses that might accrue to you. Having plan for the purpose helps you by streamlining the entire process in a definite sequence.<span id="more-2197"></span></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2013/10/challenges-recruiting-process/">Challenges in Recruiting Process</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Using POS Barcode Scanners to Improve the Business Efficiency</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2010/11/pos-barcode-scanners-business/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barcode scanners]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Barcode scanner is used to read the information from the barcodes. There are many types of barcode readers. According to convenience and necessary, different types of the barcode scanners in different companies like Symbol barcode scanner are used by individuals. If you want to speed up the waiting time of your customers when they are [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Barcode scanner is used to read the information from the barcodes. There are many types of barcode readers. According to convenience and necessary, different types of the barcode scanners in different companies like Symbol barcode scanner are used by individuals.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If you want to speed up the waiting time of your customers when they are at cashier, then you can use POS barcode scanners as a retail business owner. Cashier can scan the product and important information like product category, product code, pricing etc. and all this information is recorded by using Point Of Sale barcode scanner. Also, it is easy to learn how to use this system.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is easy to retrieve all recorded information, so it can be other advantage of POS barcode scanners. It easy to generate accounting data, ledgers etc by this advantage of POS barcode scanners. Inventory levels in store can be identified easily. These scanners are also useful in clinics, libraries, and any other business or organizations where the items are transferred daily.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can find two types of POS barcode scanners such as CCD based and laser based scanners. Commonly used scanners and CCD based POS scanners and they are inexpensive too. There is a disadvantage, that is they can not read the rounded surfaces. It is better to use the lase based scanners, if you have the items or products with smooth curved surface.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Barcodes can be read by laser-based barcode scanners on any surface and from a grater distance.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You can find a wide range of companies of POS barcode scanners like Symbol scanner in different configurations in the market to purchase for your business.</p>
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		<title>Competitive Price Key Factor in Buying Business Insurance: UK SMEs</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2010/10/business-insurance-uk-smes/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesus Dosreis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>According to QBE survey, the low premium rate is the major key for buying insurance as the insurer and broker advice is undervalued. According to QBEs third survey of small and medium sized enterprises, 75 percent of UK SMEs see a competitive price is the most vital factor for buying insurance. It is felt that [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/10/business-insurance-uk-smes/">Competitive Price Key Factor in Buying Business Insurance: UK SMEs</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">According to QBE survey, the low premium rate is the major key for buying insurance as the insurer and broker advice is undervalued.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">According to QBEs third survey of small and medium sized enterprises, 75 percent of UK SMEs see a competitive price is the most vital factor for buying insurance. It is felt that UK business decision making is being impacted by recession-related cost constraints. This was shown by the survey&#8217;s findings that 71 percent of SMEs in the United Kingdom trust that they would face difficulty if the current economic conditions do not persist.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As per 75 percent of SMEs in UK feel that the competitive price is the key factor for buying business insurance. Except Midlands and Wales, other UK regions including London, 68 percent felt that insurer was the second most important factor after competitive price.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As per the survey, just 16 percent of UK SMEs are tending to have an advice from the insurance industry in 2010. About 11 percent are looking for insurance brokers and only 5 percent are trying to find insurers.</p>
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		<title>Growth in Online Revenue: Blackbaud Index of Online Giving</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2010/09/blackbaud-index-growth/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesus Dosreis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>According to a survey of The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, which is a online fund raising index showed the revenue trends of around 1,787 non-profit organizations that represents $399 million in 12 month online revenue on a monthly basis. This index is real revenue which is based on statistics from non-profit organizations which use [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">According to a survey of The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, which is a online fund raising index showed the revenue trends of around 1,787 non-profit organizations that represents $399 million in 12 month online revenue on a monthly basis. This index is real revenue which is based on statistics from non-profit organizations which use a variety of fund raising systems. It comprises of all sizes from art, humanities and culture, education, environment, animals, healthcare, international affaris and public and society benefit.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Index also showed increase of 13.1 percent in May in online revenue for small organizations. The revenue at medium organizations had an increase of 21.3 percent.<br />
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Statistics of revenue growth</strong></p>
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<li> As per the Blackbaud Index report, there was overall 6.2 percent growth in fund raising in 3 months till May 2010 when compared to the same period in 2009.</li>
<li> The index also found that there was an increase of 8.6 percent in May in 3 month overall revenue for small organizations.</li>
<li> The Index also revealed increase of 8.7 percent in large organizations.</li>
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		<title>US small Business Borrowings Edges Up in the month of June: Pay Net Index</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2010/09/us-small-business-borrowings-edges/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Vanalstyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There was an increase in borrowing by small U.S. businesses in June, as per the data released by PayNet Inc. The overall volume of financing to U.S. small businesses is measured by Thomson Reuters/Paynet Small Business Lending Index. As per PayNet, there was an increase of 4% in June. From the data released by economists [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">There was an increase in borrowing by small U.S. businesses in June, as per the data released by PayNet Inc. The overall volume of financing to U.S. small businesses is measured by Thomson Reuters/Paynet Small Business Lending Index. As per PayNet, there was an increase of 4% in June.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From the data released by economists of US government, the unemployment rate has increased by 9.6% in July. As per the data released by PayNet, companies are avoiding new loans.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Index statistics</strong></p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li> As per the data of PayNet, moderate delinquent accounts or which are behind 30 days, there was a drop in June to 2.96 percent from 3.29 percent in May. This was the lowest rate since November of 2007 i.e., before the start of recession.</li>
<li> The severe delinquent accounts which are more behind than 90 days, drop of 0.99 percent in June from 1.12 percent in May.</li>
<li> The accounts which are behind 180 days or more or which are in default and not expected to be paid ever fell to 0.88 percent in June from 0.92 percent in May.</li>
</ul><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/09/us-small-business-borrowings-edges/">US small Business Borrowings Edges Up in the month of June: Pay Net Index</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>What are the Cost Savings Which Occur Due to Deploying Unified Communications</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[admin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As the needs of companies are increasing, the technologies are being increased. If we see the communications field, the companies are planning to use the best, but with the reduced cost of communications. Then selecting the Unified Communications is the better idea in reducing the costs. As the integration of all the services will be [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">As the needs of companies are increasing, the technologies are being increased. If we see the communications field, the companies are planning to use the best, but with the reduced cost of communications. Then selecting the Unified Communications is the better idea in reducing the costs.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As the integration of all the services will be done by a single entity, many costs are saved and that factor is making most of the businesses to use Unified Communication. Some of the areas where the costs are being reduced using the Unified Communications are:</p>
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<li> <strong>Conference Service Charges: </strong>The audio, video or web services costs are reduced using UC. The in-house conferencing system is used and which is cutting down the costs by carrying a premium cost per minute.</li>
<li><strong> Travel expenses: </strong>As the employee travel is limited using the Unified communication. The employee need not travel to the other country instead the audio, video and web conferencing can be used for meeting the need, despite of traveling from one place to another place. So by the use of UC, travel expenses can be reduced.</li>
<li><strong> Cell phone charges and the telephone tolls:</strong> long distance telephone and cellular carriers costs are reduced by deploying UC. As the waste calls are avoided by the indication and instant messaging can be used instead of calls.</li>
<li><strong> Facilities Cost:</strong> Facilities costs are also reduced by deploying the UC. Both the operational and the lease payments are reduced.</li>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">These are the different cost savings which are making the businesses to use this Unified Communications.</p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/07/unified-communications-savings/">What are the Cost Savings Which Occur Due to Deploying Unified Communications</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Obama Fixes Small Business Export Target</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Vanalstyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The President Barack Obama recently expressed his plans to double U.S. exports within the next five years. He said this would be a boon for small businesses. He also said that this initiative would help would jump-start the economy. The president said this bill helps small businesses to expand, adding two million jobs and employing [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The President Barack Obama recently expressed his plans to double U.S. exports within the next five years. He said this would be a boon for small businesses. He also said that this initiative would help would jump-start the economy. The president said this bill helps small businesses to expand, adding two million jobs and employing more people.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In his speech, he said that small firms handle the export business merely as a sideline and only 4 percent of the small business sector exports. He also mentioned that Fortune 500 companies which constitute a small percent of businesses in the country are major contributors to exports. Many of the small businesses think that their goods and services are not worth selling in foreign markets.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A recent NSBA (National Small Business Association) study stated that 40 percent of small businesses that are not exporting. These small businesses would consider exporting if they are sure that they had available credit and that foreign buyers would pay for their goods or services.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another major factor is that if they have more knowledge of foreign markets, they would be more confident about exporting goods and services. Obama&#8217;s export initiative is more specific to make the export sector more appealing to smaller firms. He vowed to raise credit for entrepreneurs by $2 billion through the Export-Import Bank. He focused on Big Markets like China,India, Brazil.</p>
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		<title>Online – Ad Spending Statistics In UK</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesus Dosreis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Online ad is an emerging trend of advertisement and it is getting popular year by year. During the recession it slowed down but now it is recovering from that impact. Among all nations U.K shows better surge in spending statistic in current year. According to IAB U.K&#8217;s biannual advertising expenditure report, U.K spending on online [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Online ad is an emerging trend of advertisement and it is getting popular year by year. During the recession it slowed down but now it is recovering from that impact. Among all nations U.K shows better surge in spending statistic in current year.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.adspeed.com/Blog/ad-serving-1962.html"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-3035 size-thumbnail" src="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1-150x150.png" alt="Ad serving" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1-150x150.png 150w, https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1.png 154w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>According to IAB U.K&#8217;s biannual advertising expenditure report, U.K spending on online advertising has grown up to 4.2 percent and this is the first nation who shows the positive result after the adverse economic conditions. This research estimates that total spending on ad reaches to £3.5 billion ($5.2 billion) in 2009 whereas only £3.5 billion ($5.1 billion) reaches in 2008.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Among all paid search was one of the biggest growth drivers and according to IAB estimates they grew 9.5 percent year-over-year. Within this category, video ad witnessed striking spending in ad industry and spending of 140 percent is noticed in 2009 which is much higher than 2008.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Retail and consumer packaged goods advertisers made high drive growth and shifting spend from traditional channels. According to the report consumer goods advertisers made 10.1 percent of display ad spending in 2009, where as retail accounted for 11.9 percent of total spend during the second half of the year.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Hence, there is a growth in on-line spending statistics and it is increasing at very fast pace. As time goes by it will be as it was earlier.</p>
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		<title>Facilities Of Internet Banking</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Gonzalez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nowadays most of the people are using online banking because it was convenient way to check their account balance, paying bills, verifying deposits and viewing copies of cancelled checks. Still few are kept away from online banking due to security reasons. The best way to verify that you are on a genuine internet banking website [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Nowadays most of the people are using online banking because it was convenient way to check their account balance, paying bills, verifying deposits and viewing copies of cancelled checks. Still few are kept away from online banking due to security reasons. The best way to verify that you are on a genuine internet banking website is to manually type the website address into your browser. The main facility of online banking is the ability to access your account 24 hours a day and 7 days a week even the was closed or weekend. Most of the facilities what they are offering is at free of cost. If you have a regular bank account and would like to know if your branch offers internet banking, simply ask one of the tellers. If this service is available, he/she will direct you with someone who can help to set up a username and password so that you may access your internet banking account online. Different banks take different time; most of the banks take 24 to 48 hours.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Once you are assigned a username and password, make sure that you keep it stored in a secure place for reference. In many cases, if you not succeed to correctly enter your password on three occasions while trying to log in to the internet banking system, your admission may be locked. The reason that most banks do this is to protect your account from illegal access. Another significant benefit to internet banking is the capability to pay bills quickly and easily. Though some are still weary of paying their bills online, those who are well-known with the process already know the pleasure of having their payments get there on time and without having to spend the extra money on postage stamps. One of the most conveniences of paying bills online is their instant delivery to the companies that you need to pay. When you mail a bill, there is always the opportunity of it getting lost or delayed. When you pay bills online, most transfers are done right away and there is always proof of the date and time at which your payment was made.</p>
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<strong>Also read:</strong><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/12/advertising-online-is-essential-for-website-promotion/">Advertising Online Is Essential For Website Promotion</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/03/how-to-identify-hot-keywords/">How to Identify Hot Keywords</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/08/tips-to-increase-your-ppc-revenue/">Tips To Increase Your PPC Revenue</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/">Business Idea – Before You Begin</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/essential-questions-for-hiring-a-pr-agency/">Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/the-growing-requirement-for-language-translation/">The Growing Requirement For Language Translation</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/">Facilities Of Internet Banking</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Top 10 Ways to Save Your Money</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2010/02/top-10-ways-to-save-your-money/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale Harris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Most of my friends are asking my advice of how to save their money. I always use 10 easy tips to save my money. Here simple 10 tips to save your money. Try to use public transportation because the public transportation not only saves money, but reduces stress. But it will take some extra time [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: justify;">Most of my friends are asking my advice of how to save their money. I always use 10 easy tips to save my money.<span> </span>Here simple 10 tips to save your money.</p>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Try to use public transportation because the public transportation not only saves money, but reduces stress. But it will take some extra time so try to utilize that time like reading, balancing your checkbook, studying, etc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Try to turn down your thermostat 2 degrees in the winter and up 2 degrees in the summer. Because slight change won&#8217;t really be felt by you, but you&#8217;ll notice the change in your electric bill.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Run clothes in your dryer for only 5 minutes, then remove the clothing, hang it up on plastic hangers to avoid rust and then allow to air dry. So you save electricity, and also your clothing will be less wrinkled.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Drop your gym membership and replace it with exercise DVDs. This is not advisable for those who find that they thrive in a more social setting, but if you go to the gym for nothing more than exercise, you may find exercising at home to be just as enjoyable and profitable.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Have a regular errand day. Grouping your weekly errands saves gas, and time. Plus, if you include a library run in your weekly errand day, you&#8217;ll be less likely to incur late fees.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Try to use the bartering skill, look for ways to exchange your resources with the resources of friends and relatives.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Cook in bulk and freeze meals in advance. Bulk cooking often costs less and you&#8217;ll definitely spend less on eating out if you have males you can prepare in a snap at home.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Try to meet friends for coffee rather than for a meal.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Plant a garden. Fresh produce not only tastes better and is often more nutritious, a small garden will provide more than enough vegetables for the average family.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">Develop a monthly or year budget and stick with it may be budgets feel restrictive but in the long run, they&#8217;ll help you to have more financial freedom. They also help you to avoid unconsciously spending money on things that have little lasting value.</span></li>
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		<title>Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Currently, every using the Public Relations firms helps because a Pr firm is increase your company’s visibility through a stream of publicity over time to give you reliability as an expert in your field, and to get your company name out in front of the community and, maybe, the nation. But you need to take [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Currently, every using the Public Relations firms helps because a Pr firm is increase your company’s visibility through a stream of publicity over time to give you reliability as an expert in your field, and to get your company name out in front of the community and, maybe, the nation. But you need to take some tips before select a PR firm. Here are some key questions to guide your search.</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li> First ask the PR firm specialize in any particular areas? Because in any industry, you will get better results from a PR firm familiar with your field and with editorial contacts at your key publications.</li>
<li> Check the firm’s writing and editing skills because writing is basic to the PR profession because it affects both the acceptance and impact of your company’s stories. Be confident to review a portfolio of writing samples before hiring a PR firm.</li>
<li> Ask the firms other client’s details and ask for references from both past and current clients. When you talk to them, ask about the PR firm’s strengths and weaknesses.</li>
<li> Let you know who will working on your account because some large size PR firms, the President of the agency may sell you the account, then turn the day-to-day operations over to an account executive. A smaller firm is more likely to provide the personal attention of an experienced PR pro.</li>
<li> Try to interact with your PR person because PR is a mutual activity, and the best ideas are often generated during brainstorming sessions. Your PR person should enjoy talking to you and vice versa.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So whenever you are going to select the PR firm you should clarify these essential Questions.</p>
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<strong>Also read:</strong><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/12/advertising-online-is-essential-for-website-promotion/">Advertising Online Is Essential For Website Promotion</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/03/how-to-identify-hot-keywords/">How to Identify Hot Keywords</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/08/tips-to-increase-your-ppc-revenue/">Tips To Increase Your PPC Revenue</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/">Facilities Of Internet Banking</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/">Business Idea – Before You Begin</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/the-growing-requirement-for-language-translation/">The Growing Requirement For Language Translation</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/essential-questions-for-hiring-a-pr-agency/">Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Business Idea &#8211; Before You Begin</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Gonzalez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What makes your company different? How will it develop? And what factors will draw it to profitable business? There is a need to make strategies and objectives clear to. Because you are to start working on a dot-com business plan, it’s important to include your site name in this plan. That is because an easily [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">What makes your company different? How will it develop? And what factors will draw it to profitable business? There is a need to make strategies and objectives clear to. Because you are to start working on a dot-com business plan, it’s important to include your site name in this plan. That is because an easily remembered and instantly recognizable name makes you, literally, the master of your domain. Include the description company’s structure, history, staff and management, and products and services in brief. And show what will make your site special, one to which consumers will return. You’ll want to focus on the ‘’stickiness” factor of your site, as noted above. Don’t assume that you need to come up with an instantly recognizable domain name. If the company had a killer domain, it would help. An average domain isn’t a deal breaker. Consider domain names such as Google and Oxygen. Neither popular site name instantly tells you what it offers, but both are growing in terms of their business strength and number of visitors. So, don’t get disheartened if you don’t get an appropriate domain name. Keep it unique and easily memorable to let visitors on your site have its impression in their brains and a fair idea about your services.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Imagine yourself that you’re an investor, with little time and patience for lengthy documents! Focus on the first sentence only of your description. Does it portray the nature of your e-biz and what makes it unique? After you have polished that statement, make sure that you have included relevant information that, while succinct, illustrates the key strengths of your company. You may also want to include the size and any company history, staff and management experience, a brief overview of your products and/or services, your target market, and any positive statistics, selling and marketing plans, and unique qualities. Finalize your business philosophy and concept with these criteria in mind.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/12/advertising-online-is-essential-for-website-promotion/">Advertising Online Is Essential For Website Promotion</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/03/how-to-identify-hot-keywords/">How to Identify Hot Keywords</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/08/tips-to-increase-your-ppc-revenue/">Tips To Increase Your PPC Revenue</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/">Facilities Of Internet Banking</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/essential-questions-for-hiring-a-pr-agency/">Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/the-growing-requirement-for-language-translation/">The Growing Requirement For Language Translation</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/">Business Idea – Before You Begin</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>The Growing Requirement For Language Translation</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2009/08/the-growing-requirement-for-language-translation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dale Harris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Since the world is becoming shorter day by day with advanced communication and transportation facilities, the requirement to eliminate rest of the barriers is essential for more progress. One of those barriers is obviously the language itself. Since we don’t have a universal language till now, and is not possible to create one at least [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Since the world is becoming shorter day by day with advanced communication and transportation facilities, the requirement to eliminate rest of the barriers is essential for more progress. One of those barriers is obviously the language itself.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Since we don’t have a universal language till now, and is not possible to create one at least for some more years in the future, translation and interpretation can efficiently aid people till then.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The present translation industry in US, outsourced, is estimated to be around $5.7 billion. There are around 176 distinct languages spoken in US itself. And 75 percent of those limited English speakers prefer to speak in their native language. Since people have no problem for money here, they are willing to hire a translator if required, in order to be comfortable with their language and communication.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thus, you can know how the requirement for language translation is growing.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/12/advertising-online-is-essential-for-website-promotion/">Advertising Online Is Essential For Website Promotion</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/03/how-to-identify-hot-keywords/">How to Identify Hot Keywords</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/08/tips-to-increase-your-ppc-revenue/">Tips To Increase Your PPC Revenue</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/">Facilities Of Internet Banking</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/">Business Idea – Before You Begin</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/essential-questions-for-hiring-a-pr-agency/">Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/the-growing-requirement-for-language-translation/">The Growing Requirement For Language Translation</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Know About Jewelry Market Structure In US: 2008</title>
		<link>https://big-topics.com/2009/05/jewelry-market-structure-us-2008/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Jewelry sales have increased broadly equivalent to personal consumption expenditure during long term. Jewelry sales are seasonal, because the main reasons to purchase jewelry and watches are for bridal associated occasions and gift giving events like Christmas, birthdays, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Jewelery sometimes is also purchased for self reward and for a fashion [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Jewelry sales have increased broadly equivalent to personal consumption expenditure during long term. Jewelry sales are seasonal, because the main reasons to purchase jewelry and watches are for bridal associated occasions and gift giving events like Christmas, birthdays, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Jewelery sometimes is also purchased for self reward and for a fashion accessory. The rate of growth increases and slows typically in line with primary non-food retail categories. This is because most of jewelry sales are purchased in the middle mass market. Jewelry sales exceeded other comparable sectors in the more resilient late 1990’s, underperformed in 2001, and performed equal with selected other non-food retail categories between 2002 and 2008.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The long-term forecast for jewelry sales is restoring due to the expected growth in excessive income and more number of women in the work force. But, it is observed that in 2008 jewelry sales are uncertain due to fluctuations in the general level of retail sales.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The US retail jewelry industry is extremely fragmented, specialty jeweler&#8217;s share has been steady at nearly 48% of total jewelry sales. General retailers, like department stores, discount outlets, television home shopping, general merchandisers, apparel retailers and accessory stores, had a  market share of 44.9% in 2008. Internet jewelery sales, consisting of both specialty and general retail websites had a share of 7.4% in 2008.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Consumer surveys conducted by Signet show that an important factor in the purchase of jewelry is the customer’s confidence in the sales associate. Other key competitive factors of distinction are merchandise selection and the reputation of the retail brand name. In the specialty sector, price is very  important factor to the customer.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/05/factors-jewelry-market-competition/">Factors Influencing Jewelry Market Competition</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/05/jewelry-wholesale-industry/">Growth of Jewelry Wholesale Industry</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/08/types-of-jewelry/">Know About Different Types of Jewelry</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/05/jewelry-market-structure-us-2008/">Know About Jewelry Market Structure In US: 2008</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Decline In Global Hotel Prices</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesus Dosreis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Many people like buying things at cheaper prices than they actually are. It is the reason why most people like discounts and reduced prices. Our global hotel industry presently is not in a situation to afford or offer discounts. Without complete decline in hotel prices, it is not feasible for them to withstand the plunged [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Many people like buying things at cheaper prices than they actually are. It is the reason why most people like discounts and reduced prices.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Our global hotel industry presently is not in a situation to afford or offer discounts. Without complete decline in hotel prices, it is not feasible for them to withstand the plunged demands and plummeted business. The reason is obviously the economic downturn.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">According to a recent report from hotels.com, the average price of a hotel room has declined by 12 percent all over the world. The situation is same with hotels in all the continents but with a little variance.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The hotel room prices in North America for Q4 of 2008, fell by 12 percent. Europe was a little better than North America. The hotel prices in Europe fell by 10 percent. The Caribbean and Latin America saw a 7 percent decline in their hotel prices.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Asia fared a little better than all these continents with a 2 percent decline in its hotel prices.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/home-rental-vacancies-to-a-rise/">Home Rental Vacancies To A Rise</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/when-moving-out-from-the-apartment/">When Moving Out from the Apartment</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/01/credit-card-crisis-ahead-for-consumers/">Credit Card Crisis Ahead For Consumers</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/11/warning-for-surging-yen/">Warning for Surging Yen</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/04/improving-employment-rate/">Measures Taken By US Government To Improve Employment Rate</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/travel-spending-declines-in-us/">Travel Spending Declines In US</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/decline-in-global-hotel-prices/">Decline In Global Hotel Prices</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Home Rental Vacancies To A Rise</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Gonzalez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>According to Colorado Division of Housing, vacancies of single-family home rentals surged to a three-year high in the last quarter of 2008. Denver’s vacancy rate rose to 4.9 percent for the in the last quarter of 2008 from 3.3 percent in the same quarter of 2007. The situation was better than that of 2006’s. The [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">According to Colorado Division of Housing, vacancies of single-family home rentals surged to a three-year high in the last quarter of 2008.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Denver’s vacancy rate rose to 4.9 percent for the in the last quarter of 2008 from 3.3 percent in the same quarter of 2007. The situation was better than that of 2006’s. The vacancy rates of home rentals in the last quarter of 2006 were 5.5 percent. The situation seemed to be well in the third quarter of 2008, with 3.4 percent vacancy rates.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The real estate market was down due to economy downturn. It resulted in fall of home prices. Owners were reluctant to sell their properties at such low prices and thought of renting them. This led to increase in availability of homes for rentals. I don’t think there is a significant increase in people who used to stay in rented homes. I know that the economy is bad, but would they stop living in houses for that? Thus, the increase in rental houses is the main reason for this.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/when-moving-out-from-the-apartment/">When Moving Out from the Apartment</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/01/credit-card-crisis-ahead-for-consumers/">Credit Card Crisis Ahead For Consumers</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/decline-in-global-hotel-prices/">Decline In Global Hotel Prices</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/11/warning-for-surging-yen/">Warning for Surging Yen</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/04/improving-employment-rate/">Measures Taken By US Government To Improve Employment Rate</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/travel-spending-declines-in-us/">Travel Spending Declines In US</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/home-rental-vacancies-to-a-rise/">Home Rental Vacancies To A Rise</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Companies advertise their websites to increase sales. Advertising involves a large amount of money and is always a big risk because it either makes or breaks your business. To lessen that risk, the website owners should consider well the form of advertising that will be most effective. Before the companies used to advertise their product [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Companies advertise their websites to increase sales. Advertising involves a large amount of money and is always a big risk because it either makes or breaks your business. To lessen that risk, the website owners should consider well the form of advertising that will be most effective. Before the companies used to advertise their product through magazines, newspaper etc and now with the improvement and advancement in technology every forms of advertisements are being done online. Especially for a website to be promoted, Internet advertising agency is one of the source of advertisements, where in all the promotional activities are done by different company for you.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.adspeed.com/Blog/ad-serving-1962.html"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3035" src="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1-150x150.png" alt="Ad serving" width="150" height="150" srcset="https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1-150x150.png 150w, https://big-topics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/adspeed3-150x150px1.png 154w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Advertising online is essential. This is because target markets-the young or old and male or female are spending more time online compared to watching TV, reading magazines and listening to the radio. Furthermore, recent studies show that there has been a 9 percent decline in print advertising in newspaper while online advertising rose to 21 percent. This has even led four major newspaper publishers to diversify to online advertising.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Moreover, online advertising is effective because it allows direct response that is beneficial to both the consumer and seller. The consumer can just click to learn more about the product and even allow buying the product online.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To advertise online, there must be a website/page with an effective copy. The copy must not only have an attentive headline but listed under a captivating title for it to be picked up in the listings on search engines. Doing this will help a websites search engine placement, increase visitors, site traffic and Increase search engine ranking. However, precaution must be taken because online advertising can be risky if you do not know much about the Internet market. To help you, there are many websites that provides useful information on Internet advertising. Look up Internet Advertising and you&#8217;ll be provided with a list of websites of search engine advertising specialists, copywriters and web developers. So, be on the know-how. Start advertising online and boost your sales promotion for your website.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/08/tips-to-increase-your-ppc-revenue/">Tips To Increase Your PPC Revenue</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/">Facilities Of Internet Banking</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/">Business Idea – Before You Begin</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/essential-questions-for-hiring-a-pr-agency/">Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</a><br />
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wilson Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On Monday, October 27, 2008 group of seven nations warned the surging yen posed a threat to financial and economic stability. The latest coordinated effort made by the world’s richest nations for controlling the worst financial crisis in 80 years. Spread of signs the crisis were continuing clearly across the world with South Korea gashing [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">On Monday, October 27, 2008 group of seven nations warned the surging yen posed a threat to financial and economic stability. The latest coordinated effort made by the world’s richest nations for controlling the worst financial crisis in 80 years.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Spread of signs the crisis were continuing clearly across the world with South Korea gashing interest rates, Australia was intervening in the currency market, Gulf Arab oil producers urging quicker monetary union and International Monetary Fund bailing out in Hungary and Ukraine. In last week, slash of interest rates to almost certain level along with Federal Reserve and central bank action may be more widespread.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Inflation will come down in next few months and this gives scope to all monetary authorities including Bank of England, round the world to make a decision about the interest rates. More than 3 percent down in MSCI’s main stock index and is closing in on a 50 percent loss for the year. Its emerging markets counterpart is touching four-year low with 4 percent down.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With combination of financial crisis and global recession, financial markets are continued to react sharply.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/when-moving-out-from-the-apartment/">When Moving Out from the Apartment</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/01/credit-card-crisis-ahead-for-consumers/">Credit Card Crisis Ahead For Consumers</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/decline-in-global-hotel-prices/">Decline In Global Hotel Prices</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/04/improving-employment-rate/">Measures Taken By US Government To Improve Employment Rate</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/03/travel-spending-declines-in-us/">Travel Spending Declines In US</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/11/warning-for-surging-yen/">Warning for Surging Yen</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<link>https://big-topics.com/2008/08/tips-to-increase-your-ppc-revenue/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Vanalstyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Let me share few online shopping trends, and tips that can help you maximize revenue. Timing is pertinent to the success of your marketing campaigns. Find the peak online shopping day tends like the second Monday before Christmas. Monday’s and Tuesday’s are typically the busiest days during the week for online shopping. Consumers are shopping [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Let me share few online shopping trends, and tips that can help you maximize revenue. Timing is pertinent to the success of your marketing campaigns. Find the peak online shopping day tends like the second Monday before Christmas. Monday’s and Tuesday’s are typically the busiest days during the week for online shopping. Consumers are shopping online more between the hours of noon and 4pm.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My advice to take advantage of the busy online shopping days and times is to increase your bids on specific keyword terms or long tail keywords during those days and times listed above. The thought behind this is that people might already thought about what they want to get their friends and family, now they want to find the best deal and purchase the items in advance and allow plenty of time for shipping. You can also use ad scheduling within PPC management, which allows you to automatically adjust your bids during certain days of the week and times during the day. Increasing your daily spending limits on these days only. If more people are online shopping the last thing you want is for your ads to be shut off early in the day.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A lot of retailers are offering free shipping, sales and discounted pricing during the holiday rush. Of course putting these promotional offerings into your ad text is a best practice, but what about the prices themselves? If you’re confident that you have cheaper prices than your competitors, displaying the price in your ad text could qualify customers who click your ad. If someone doesn’t want to pay a particular price, they won’t click on your ad at all; therefore you won’t be spending money on non-qualified clicks. But if they’re comfortable with your prices or have already shopped around, they’re more inclined to click on your ad and buy.</p>
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<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/03/how-to-identify-hot-keywords/">How to Identify Hot Keywords</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/">Facilities Of Internet Banking</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/">Business Idea – Before You Begin</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/essential-questions-for-hiring-a-pr-agency/">Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</a><br />
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesus Dosreis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Take a look at the Questions like: How to use keywords to find a viable niche market? What makes a good keyword? How to make sure that the found keywords are viable? Is there any way to test them? Where&#8217;s the best place to put those keywords? Keyword research is a fundamental skill that can [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take a look at the Questions like:</p>
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<li> How to use keywords to find a viable niche market?</li>
<li> What makes a good keyword?</li>
<li> How to make sure that the found keywords are viable? Is there any way to test them?</li>
<li> Where&#8217;s the best place to put those keywords?</li>
</ul>
<p>Keyword research is a fundamental skill that can be used in every aspect of building a wildly profitable online business. If you&#8217;re just starting out and you want to find a viable niche market online, you need keyword research. If you&#8217;re already established, and you want to increase your traffic numbers, you need keyword research. If you&#8217;re looking for complementary products to sell on the back end, you need keyword research.<br />
You need it when you&#8217;re planning for PPC ad-campaign and when you want to reach out to find new markets for your products. And if you&#8217;re trying to rank higher in the search engines, you can&#8217;t do without it.<br />
It&#8217;s no wonder there are so many questions on the subject! Let&#8217;s take brief look at how to identify hot keywords using the best Internet marketing research tool available. The whole process can be broken down into five easy steps:</p>
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<li> Build a list of keywords you think people are using to search for products in your area of interest.</li>
<li> Refine your keyword research.</li>
<li> Check out the competition.</li>
<li> Test your keywords using PPC ads.</li>
<li> Spread your keywords throughout your website copy, opt-ins, and distributed content.</li>
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<strong>Also read:</strong><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/12/advertising-online-is-essential-for-website-promotion/">Advertising Online Is Essential For Website Promotion</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/08/tips-to-increase-your-ppc-revenue/">Tips To Increase Your PPC Revenue</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2010/02/facilities-of-internet-banking/">Facilities Of Internet Banking</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/business-idea-before-you-begin/">Business Idea – Before You Begin</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/10/essential-questions-for-hiring-a-pr-agency/">Essential Questions For Hiring A PR Agency</a><br />
<a href="https://big-topics.com/2009/08/the-growing-requirement-for-language-translation/">The Growing Requirement For Language Translation</a></p><p>The post <a href="https://big-topics.com/2008/03/how-to-identify-hot-keywords/">How to Identify Hot Keywords</a> first appeared on <a href="https://big-topics.com">BIG-TOPICS.COM</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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