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Top Document Management Software Solutions

There are numerous document management systems available in the market, and it calls for some sagacity in choosing which software to invest in. Today we give a detailed brief of some of the best document management systems that you can utilize to take your organization to the next level. RightSignature It is web a based software as a service (SaaS) program, marketed by RightSignature LLC. Its input could be PDF based or from a scanner. Manual keying in of information is also provided for. One also has the option of accessing documents remotely. Its search options are based on the data, content and the version and data can be accessed from anywhere across the globe. It uses various security protocols such as password protection, data encryption, web security. Also detailed security reporting is enabled. It also comes with an automatic update option. In addition, one is entitled to a free trial before deciding on whether to invest in the software. BreatheHR B...

Are You Prepared to Try Some Unusual Investments?

Bored with stocks and bonds? Try investing in a baseball card collection instead. More and more people are seeking to diversify their investment portfolios, sometimes resulting in quite unconventional choices. Unusual investments range from the quirky (vintage cars) to the bizarre (renting a cow!). Those who prefer the more conventional route can simply add an unconventional twist to their approach. How about hiring an astrologer to predict your stocks’ performance? According to Forbes Magazine, no investment is without risk – which holds even more truth for the unusual kind. However, if you plan properly and you don’t put your whole portfolio into a Star Wars figurine collection, you could make some serious returns. Here are three examples of unusual investments and how they might even outperform your stocks. 1. Comic books According to CNN.com, the first-ever printed edition of Superman was recently sold for $1.5 million! It had barely been touched by human hands, as it had be...

Top 5 - The Best Smartphone Games

In the last few years, the market for Smartphone Apps has completely taken off and become a highly lucrative business. Many of these Apps come in the form of games but, with so many to choose from, how do you pick the best of the bunch? Below are my own, personal favourite top five games from those currently available....  1) Angry Birds Space Everyone who is anyone has heard of Angry Birds and knows the basic concept. Essentially you catapult birds across the screen to destroy precariously built structures, hopefully crushing a few disgruntled pigs at the same time. But now the tension levels have been amped up with this new version of Angry Birds set in space! Though sometimes frustrating, this game remains highly addictive and the extra difficulty of navigating around planetoids and crates of floating TNT only serve to make this latest edition even more of a challenge! 2) Dead Space  Continuing the theme of deep space and with a story set between the two gam...

Fascinating Automobile Facts - A Journey Down The Years

The 1885 Benz Patent Motorwagen - the world's first practical car, was build by Karl Benz in the year 1885. With just 3 wheels, the Benz Patent Motorwagen was equipped with a single-cylinder 984cc engine and had a top speed of 8 Mph. In the year 1902, the world's first Disc Brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester. The drum brakes were introduced a year later in 1903. In 1912 Cadillac implemented the 'Electric Starter Motor' that eliminated the need to crank-start motors - a move that actually made cars popular with women. The electric starter debuted in the 1912 Cadillac Touring Edition. The Ford Model T - the world's first car to be mass produced on a moving assembly line - sold over 15 Lakh models between the year 1908 and 1927. Ford Model T was proclaimed as the most influential car of the 20th century in the International Car of the Century awards. Ford Model T. Source: Wikimedia Commons Introduced in the year 1924, the Bugatti Type...

How to Revive a Dying Blog

If your blog is dying an untimely death, it’s time to sit up and take action. The following action plan outlines some of the activities you can undertake to revive a dying blog and get the visitors flowing once again. 1. Focus Focus on a few related topics and stick to it. Doing so will enable you to build a steady readership based on interests – who will keep coming back for more. Diversify into too many topics and would find you are unable to satisfy any of your interest-based visitor groups over a considerable period of time – a sure sign they will start losing interest in your blog. The key to your success lies in selecting your target interest group and serving them well. 2. Content The best way of reviving a dying blog is to infuse a fresh flow of content – to ensure that your blog catches the eye of your target audience. To have the maximum impact, your content should be: Relevant to your target audience and be of value to them. Unique Well w...

5 Ways Brands Utilize Instagram to Increase Engagement

If you are a regular internet user, you must have come across or at least heard about the popular photo tool known as Instagram. It is a smartphone app that makes it possible for users to incorporate visual effects to their photographs, before sharing them with their friends and followers on the various social media websites. In recent times, Instagram has proven to be an effective tool for engaging and conducting business. This is because it has an incredible digital PR potential, which helps in giving your business the much needed exposure. The following are five of the most significant ways brands and other businesses in general can utilize the Instagram app to boost their engagements: Photo Contests One of the ways in which brands can make the best use of Instagram is by setting up photo contests, and encouraging users to participate in them. Since the app is very simple to use and millions of people across the globe have access to it, there is always a great chance that...

Top 5 Most Effective Social Media Optimisation Techniques

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus—these are just some of the networking platforms that have dominated the Internet. Unconvinced? Take a look at these numbers: 62% of all adults with access to computers have a registered account with social media sites.  42% of all mobile users share photos, videos, and posts via Facebook. Next in line is Google+ which is used by 10% of all mobile phone users.  65% of all major companies have active Twitter accounts, 23% have business blogs, and 58% have active Facebook pages.  55% of all small companies resort to social media promotion, while 88% of them believe that exposure in these platforms is “ the biggest benefit ”.  Each month, the overall population of Internet users together account for a staggering 4 million years online (in terms of total time spent) .  These impressive statistics not only prove that social media is a massive phenomenon but that it is an effective way to market and optimise your websi...

Why Too Many Guest Posts Can Be Bad For Your Blog

Guest blogging is in rage these days. Why? Because guest blogging is an effective search engine optimisation (SEO) technique by which a blogger is able to pick up quality back links pointing towards his or her blog or website. T he blogger accepting guest posts is also benefited as he receives articles for his publication free of cost. While guest blogging may seem to afford a win-win situation for everyone, it took comes with its own risks. It may be worth mentioning that by accepting too many guest posts, you could actually be doing more harm to your blog than good and this post tries to recognise why this might be so. 1. With too many guest posts your blog effectively loses its individuality and it literally becomes their's (guest author's) and not your blog. Only the passwords remain with you. 2. Accepting guest articles tend to make you lazy. You feel less inclined to write for your own blog – a tendency that could be damaging in the long run. 3. With a mul...