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The Importance of the Review: Kidneys to Capitalism

December 2, 2014 By Dan

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Shoppers of all kinds, we live in an age where we can voice our opinions anytime we are mistreated by a business.

And actually be heard.

Online review sites arm us with an incredibly loud and far-reaching megaphone to voice our displeasure when we feel wronged. Whether a company intentionally takes advantage of someone or simply wasn’t on their “A-Game” on a particular day, the prominence of review websites like Trip Advisor, Yelp!, and Angie’s List make it open season on companies good and bad. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Business, Customer service, Reviews

Top 10 Words You Mispronounce That Make You Sound Like an Idiot at Work

October 21, 2014 By Dan

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We all do it. We hear a word spoken improperly at a young age by an authority figure and it becomes engrained in us. Even into adulthood, we hear respectable, intelligent people mispronounce a word, and it sticks.

Like little contagions in the conversational ether, they strike when we least expect it, reprogramming our brains for a lifetime of mispronounced words. Nowhere is safe. Even movies, advertisements, and talking heads on TV often (more on this word later) get some of the most commonly spoken words wrong. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: English, Pronounce, Top 10

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