It’s Thursday so it’s time to Stump Markus today at noon eastern time! If it’s high noon on Thursday, it’s time for Stump Markus. Here’s how it works: During the first part of the broadcast, online copywriting “junkie” Ryan Healy and I offer 10-minute website makeover advice (subscribe above to see how to submit your website for review — it’s free)

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Free Website Makeover Tips

Though corporate green efforts have grown exponentially in the last decade, most initiatives fall woefully short of what’s necessary to meet the enormous sustainability challenges we face — from climate change to water shortages to poverty and social equity. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see one large company, Sony, set a goal of zero environmental footprint by 2050.

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Sony’s Goalsetting and the Value of Zero

One of the truly jarring dimensions of the Great Recession is the death sentence it has imposed on of hundreds of brands, even whole companies, that were once familiar parts of the business landscape — not just bankruptcies, but liquidations and flat-out disappearances. Once-proud automobile nameplates, including GM’s Oldsmobile and Pontiac, and Ford’s Mercury, have become history

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If Your Company Went Out of Business, Would Anybody Notice?

Anyone who has ever surfed the web, used a computer or even purchased a smart phone pretty much knows what an app is. They’re everywhere. Applications can be a game, simplify purchases or replace paper when you need to jot down a quick note.

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Connecting With Your Community Online

Pride ‘n Politix were one of many bands of the time that looked like they had potential but were very quickly to sink without a trace. With the requisite number of white/not white band members, some reasonable singer/songwriter talent and a knack for aping the soul/acid jazz sound that was big at the time, they seemed poised for success in the ‘States, but actually just released one single, one album and then broke up.

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Pride ‘n Politix – Hold On (1991)

As you know, the stage is set for the launch of Jeff Walker’s Product Launch Formula 3 – his “all new” version of the product launch course. I’m one of the lucky few who is truly immune to “shiny object syndrome”. I rarely tune into anything, buy anything, or even read about anything that isn’t directly related to my current task list or goals.

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Open Discussion on Jeff Walker, Product Launches & the State of Internet Marketing

CSR presents our very first ice cream recipe contest featuring local, seasonal, and heirloom produce from Colorado farmers’ markets. Do you think you have what it takes to churn the best local scoop? Then we suggest you enter Culinary School of the Rockies’ Splendid Scoops Ice Cream Contest today!  Keep reading for contest details: What You Need to Enter: Creativity and gusto for ice cream! One original recipe for ice cream that must use at least one seasonal Colorado Farmers’ Market ingredient(s)

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Business Opportunities Internet Marketing Home work The Internet has given us a great opportunity to support money online. Getting to know your products and.

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Internet Marketing Home Business Opportunity Work – Premiums real …

(Photo: Courtesy of Electronic Recyclers International) Fresno, California-based Electronic Recyclers International, Inc. (ERI) is the largest recycler in the U.S. of the growing tide of e-waste (electronic waste).

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1-800-recycling makes recycling a snap

According to Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine ’s editor-in-chief, atoms are the new bits — and because of this we are on the brink of the next industrial revolution.

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The Democracy Of Making (And Selling) Things

Last week, I decided it was high time to do something about the number of hours I work.  I found myself wanting to take a crack at some random guy’s noggin just because he was stumbling around in a store, admitting to the cardinal sin of “killing time”.  I guess that kind of weird jealous rage was what professionals in the world of nuttiness might call a “clear signal”. Luckily, the guy was spared from a beat down.  I was in a hurry and didn’t have enough time to work him over.  Okay, the fact that I wasn’t really that upset was part of the deal, too. In any case, my thick skull was finally penetrated by the indisputable fact that burning the candle on both ends is rotten and that my approach–tossing it directly into a steel smelter is even worse

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How You Made My Life Easier, Free Nachos and Other Delights (Part 1)

According to Bloomberg BusinessWeek , Global Cycle Solutions makes gadgets that let farmers in the developing world use bicycles to shell maize or charge mobile phones. Jodie Wu conceived the idea in 2008 while a student at MIT’s D-Lab, which incubates technologies for developing countries.

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Green Biz: Global Cycle Solutions

CTV News : The National Hockey League playoffs end this week, and 29-year-old entrepreneur Juha Mikkola hopes to continue making inroads in Canada’s hockey-mad culture by selling floorball as an off-ice activity that helps players improve their skills. NHL stars such as Henrik and Daniel Sedin grew up playing this European version of floor hockey, the second-ranked sport behind soccer in Sweden

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A Different Kind Of Hockey

Guest Post by Bryan Beckstead Operating an internet home business requires the proper set of business skills; you may be surprised what two skills I am referring too. I have recently been redoing one of my web sites and in the process I am receiving some “expert“ advice on what steps I should be taking to improve my site. The way in which I am receiving this advice highlights an area that the majority of people working and operating on the internet are neglecting, and the result is that they are simply far less effective and profitable as they may otherwise be.

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Two Crucial Ingredients For An Internet Home Business Owner

A Florida salesman is hoping the road to his success is paved in simple red bricks. Next week, Eric Polins will vie to become the “World’s Greatest Salesperson,” a contest put on by Ad giant OgilvyOne to see who can come up with the most convincing sales pitch for an arguably hum-drum product – a plain old red brick.

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World’s Greatest Salesperson?

In our last installment, we established that all mothers tend to judge each other from time to time. Okay, you’re right – you don’t, but the rest of us at least recognize that the thoughts cross our minds from time to time.

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The Ugly Thoughts of a WAHM Part 2 – The Nasty on Childcare for Working Parents

As leaders, the rich diversity of culture and thought around the world is one of our greatest resources — if we use it as such. Differences of ideas, methods, motivations, and competencies can be used to build great organizations. However, this wonderful resource can be a double-edge sword as cross-cultural exchanges present unlimited possibilities for misunderstandings and cultural blunders.

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Learn to Embrace the Tension of Diversity

(Editor’s note: This post forms part of the month-long HBR Debate, “Finance: The Way Forward.” It is the third post on this week’s topic: “Do we really need banks — and what might take their place?”) If there is one strong message to come out of the banking crisis, it is that we need banks but not banks like the ones we have got.

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Go Back to Basic Banking

Every start-up entrepreneur has an overwhelming amount to get done — the “to dos” are constantly outrunning the “dones.” It is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and endless hours, and you often forget that running really hard does not necessarily equate with running in the right direction.

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The Three Roles of Great Entrepreneurs

By Matthew Holt About a year ago GE started a campaign called Healthymagination. In the health care technology business GE had long been known for market leadership in big iron imaging like MRIs and CTs, as well as some diagnostics,…

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What exactly is Healthymagination?