• Bar Food
    Travel

    A Traveler’s Guilty Pleasure: Bar Food!

    One of the more interesting aspects of traveling can be what types of food you try while you are out and about. And if you’re old enough, you can make it a point to try out every possible kind of bar food there is available. Depending on where you are in the world, you can find some fantastic possibilities. A few things that you might want to do to satisfy your guilty pleasure of having bar food as part of your traveling experience might include finding menus in advance, choosing your destination by budget, and reading highlights from other travelers. One thing to be aware of though is that bar…

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    Real Estate

    Apartment Hunting – Balancing Cost and Luxury

    Modern luxury apartments in Norman, Oklahoma are nothing less than epic. With features such as central air conditioning, hardwood floors, numerous bathrooms and granite countertops, it would be easy to mistake the apartment for a hotel. There are even apartment buildings that offer cycling services, community lounges and other extra amenities.

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    Travel

    How to Save Money on Food While Traveling

    Though flights and hotels can make up the bulk of your traveling costs, you’ll spend a sizable chunk of your holiday budget on food. Without actually letting yourself go hungry, there are a few ways you can reduce your travel expenses in the food department. Not only will you reduce your costs, some of these ideas will actually help you to enjoy your trip more by getting more immersed in the local scene. Pass on Tourist Spots Big chain restaurants that operate in hotel areas are going to be more expensive than smaller locally-run places to eat. While it can be comforting to have the same menu that you’re used…

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    Management

    Beauty and the Business: How to Compete and Thrive in the Salon Industry

    The beauty industry is one of the most competitive work forces in America. Many beauty professionals fail to learn the business management aspect of their salons – and this has led to the beauty industry yielding the second highest failure rate of any industry. To truly succeed in the beauty industry, there are four important tips that every salon owner needs to understand before they undertake such a big enterprise. 1. Never forget about social media Every small business owner knows that social media is pivotal to a fledgling company. But beauty businesses have even more to gain from social media. Since they offer an aesthetic, utilizing the visual aspect of online…

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    Business Tools,  Logistics,  Marketing

    Address Validation Tools Can Save Your Business Serious Cash

    You’ve captured the addresses of customers and prospects the same way for years, and you don’t really want to switch over to another system that requires re-training your employees. The learning curve and training time are nothing, however, compared to the costs your business incurs because of dirty data in your system. A whopping 94 percent of companies suspect their databases suffer from major inaccuracies, a QAS.com report on data quality notes. Even if you don’t think data cleaning is worth the time and effort, there are indirect and direct costs associated with data quality issues that all businesses need to be aware of. Direct Costs The postage you spend…