The well known quote from unknown author says that “Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.” Even a small great idea can change life of millions of people if implemented correctly but it is very important for SMBs to protect them from competitors. Here I would like to discuss 15 important steps that I learned from entrepreneur around me.

• First and very important step is, DO NOT REVEAL your idea with anyone until you have some strong research and confidence in your ideal that can be implemented in reality.
• It is always advisable to put all your designs, notes, research work, drawings etc in INVESTOR’S JOURNAL. I found that many scientist, writers, or researchers doing same thing. You can also sign them by witnesses.
• If you have to disclose your idea with someone, better you use a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement.
• If your idea is very unique, filing a patent can help a lot to secure your hard work. The process of filing a patent varies from country to country. If you are from USA, you can find more information about filing a patent and trademark registrations details at their official website: http://www.uspto.gov/
• Check the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) list of unscrupulous firms and avoid such organizations or firms business partnership.

Have you ever faced this problem? What steps you took to protect your great idea till execution. Share in comments.

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Creating Infographic resumes is the latest style followed by job seekers. With the high rate of unemployment every job seeker strives hard to make their resume unique so that they stand out in an interview. It is well understood that your resume is the first guide that you give an employer to know more about you and your skill sets. Piles of papers with loads of details will most probably be boring to read and in today’s competitive world, it is more likely for an employer to reject your resume without even taking time to read it.One main reason for this is time, but you can overcome this by simply thinking out of the box. Creating infographic resumes is the simple solution.

Infographic resumes are nothing but brightly colored and quirky notes which have loads of important information that can be easily read. They should be presented ina simple and elegant manner making it pleasing to the eyes of the employer.Dare to be different and create your own infographic resume so that you can win in this competitive world. So, how to create a unique infographic resume?

Planning

Your hand written resume or printed resume might have plenty of information which is actually not needed. Take a deep look into it and pick the most

vital points which will never miss an employer’s eye. Plan before hand and decide on what you like to display on the resume. Keep the information simple and maintain the perfect balance between graphics and text.The trick here is to display all the important details in graphics and the not so important ones as texts. If you intend to fit all the details in to the infographic resume, I would say it is a bad idea. This kind of resume has to be concise, visually appealing and readable. You can highlight your achievements and make them bold making it clearly visible to the naked eyes.

Digital or Print Medium

If you decide to print your infographic resume, you can be unique and the design is left to your imagination. All you need to do is to plan if the resume will look good on paper. If you intend to go with digital there are several factors that needs to be focused

• The amount of space that your resume will occupy onscreen and how will your resume look onscreen
• The screen size of multiple devices

If you like to paste the resume on your own website you can make things work your way by adding a few fixed links to past employers, social media platforms, references and others.

Style and Color

You might be confused with plenty of style and design ideas that cross your mind every now and then. To stay away from this confusion select a particular design so that you can convey the message of your resume clearly. If you make it look stuffy, the infographic resume is sure to be a failure. Pick designs and styles that reflect your position and personality that you hold in your professional life. Since, this is a professional resume color combinations does not play an important role in infographic resumes. However, when you are designing for the first timecolor combinations might help you. Settle down for complimentary colors rather than vibrant colors.This adds the extra beauty to your resume.

There are some tools which help you to create infographic resumes. Tools like Vizualize.me, Brazen Careerist Facebook App, Visual.ly, ResumUp and other tools can be utilized. If you think about handing over the responsibility of creating an infographic resume to a designer, you are mistaken. You need to realize the fact that, this is your resume which requires your effort to exhibit the skills and talents. It might consume more time than the traditional resumes, but it is definitely worth spending.

There is no doubt that infographic resumes are highly popular but if you are not positive about its outcome, it is best suggested to stay away from it. Infographic resumes are documents which sell your skill sets to an employer. So design them perfectly and earn that job which you longed for a lifetime.

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As our society becomes a more mobile society, portability is an important issue for consumers of digital technology. The availability of Wi-Fi hotspots across the world and the development of thousands of useful and entertaining applications are two things that are helping to drive the success of tablets.When Apple launched its first iPad in 2010, Apple proclaimed the beginning of ‘Post PC era’; a time where desktops would not be the center of the computing world. In 2011, tablets accounted for 15 percent of the total PC market. By 2012, this percentage was rising, and the total number of tablets sold is expected to reach 95 million and this number continues to rise.

According to IDC, the Apple iPad is still the market leader, thanks to the launch of iPad 3, which helped inflate its tablet market share to 68.2 percent. Other competitors have jumped on to the tablet band wagon like Amazon, Asus and Acer, but Samsung is the only one expected to pose major challenges for the iPad. However, rumors across the internet foretell of Apple’s plans to launch iPad Mini, a development which will further snatch the market shares from tablets like Google Nexus and Dell Streak 7.

Why do tablet buyers prefer the Apple iPad?

In the beginning, Apple had the first mover advantage in the tablet sector, and capitalised on this. The huge pool of apps attracts tablet buyers as well. By March 2012, Apple was offering more than 200,000 apps for iPad, which is more than what is offered by any of its competitors. Products like iCloud, iPod, iPhone, and iMac provide supporting features and are compatible with iPad, which give consumers another reason to choose this tablet. The difference between functionality and response time between the iPad and competing products is not that great; however, the ease of use is a differentiating factor. It is plain to see that up until now buyers have been willing to pay the extra amount and go for the iPad.

New Developments

The dynamics of the market are set to change in the long-term future. The Indian government is heavily involved in the launch of its own tablet PC: Aakash. This tablet costs around $50, making it the world’s cheapest tablet. Malaysia, the largest tablet market in South East Asia, recently saw the release of the 1Malaysia Pad, running Android Gingerbread. 1Malaysia Pad aims to target medium to large enterprises and offer customized solutions at a cheaper price. Producers in India and Malaysia are set to improve existing technology and compete directly with Apple, RIM and Samsung in the future.

Bottom Line

It is seen that Android Tablets are targeting both medium to higher end customers while iPad goes for the higher end only. As the tablet industry has still not matured there is greater chance for rivals to overthrow incumbent market leaders. GigaOm Pro, a technology research firm, predicts that the tablet market will constitute around 377 million units in 2016 (almost four times of what it is at present)with Android-based phones leading the market.

About author:

Joanna Stevenson studied mechanical engineering in London, and currently works for an energy research and consulting firm. She enjoys writing tech and business articles in her free time. She aspires to be an intrepid tech and gaming enthusiast with the exploratory spirit and witty prose of her favorite author of Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Google merchant center is working hard to improve their shopping search experience since last couple of months. Recently they announced changes in Google product ads and now they have announced new destination called Shopping that replaces Product advertisement and product search for the feeds targeting the US.

The Shopping destination targets your items to both Product Ads on Google.com and Google.com/shopping (the Google Shopping property). Find detailed information about Google Shopping destination at their official Google merchant blog.

Google merchant is one of the best places to sell your product online with free & paid product listing. By promoting your product at Google merchant, you are reaching most targeted audience who suppose to buy your product from Google Shopping.

I strongly recommend promoting your product by optimizing your Google merchant feed that can really help you to improve your overall ROI. We would like to know your personal experience with Google merchant. You can share them in comments!!

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Although more and more people are beginning to use mobile devices for sharing pictures and other files, there is still a need for printers in various industries, educational institutions, as well as for personal use. But of course, using a printer means having to constantly replace its ink cartridges. The same is true whether it’s for inkjet printers that use traditional inks or for laser printers, which use powdered inks called “toners”.

What You Need to Know about Purchasing an Ink Cartridge

Purchasing replacement ink cartridges can be as simple as going to an office supplies store or ordering from online shops. Typically, the best that you can buy are the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) cartridges, which are basically the same as those that first came with the printer you bought. Unfortunately, these are very expensive, and buying a year’s supply can even amount to the expense of actually buying a brand new printer.

Here are more things you need to know about getting ink cartridge replacements:

• Most cartridges have the cases for their three colors (cyan, magenta and yellow) physically connected. Thus, once one of the three inks has run out, you cannot just have that one empty case replaced. You have to buy a whole new cartridge if you need that certain color or all the shades that need it, whether the rest of the cases still have ink or not.
• That an ink cartridge has the same brand as your printer does not mean that it is compatible with it. You have to take note of your printer’s model when shopping for replacement cartridges. This is so you don’t end up wasting money on something that won’t even fit exactly to the cartridge slot. Some stores have strict “no return” policies when the package has already been opened.

Fortunately, there are cheaper alternatives to buying specific and expensive OEM cartridges. There are third-party manufacturers that produce ink cartridges that are not only more affordable, but can also be compatible with a wide range of model printers.While these will generally be of lower quality than the branded ones (mainly because of the specific formulas that printer manufacturers create for their own units), they could still be a good deal.

How to Check for Ink Quality

There are ways to check for ink quality based on certain properties. Good inks display the following: bleed resistance, fade resistance and stability.

1. Bleed Resistance
   
   The ability of inks to resist from bleeding (or having excess ink on areas where they shouldn’t be shows that the printer’s ink will dry separately. Nobody wants printers that produce messy prints. Also, you wouldn’t want inks that blend, making a mess of colors when an image is printed.

   To test for bleed resistance, get a small container and squeeze a few drops of the colored ink onto it. Next, squeeze one drop of the black ink onto the same container. After 30 minutes, check to see if the black ink is beginning to mix with the colored ink. If it holds together, then it is bleed resistant.

2. Fade Resistance

   Prints exposed to light, humidity and heat will inevitably fade, but poor inks fade much faster. An easy way to test if an ink is fade resistant or not is to print two pictures with different inks.Place both pictures under direct sunlight, covering half of both from exposure. Compare them and see which ink has better inks depending on how much the exposed parts of both have faded.

3. Stability

   Quality inks do not smudge easily because of their stable compositions that have them lasting a long while even if they are not used. To see if an ink is stable or not, you will have to get a thin layer chromatography (TLC) plate. This is something chemistry students use to separate mixtures, so you’d need to look up stores that sell lab equipment.Just squeeze a drop of the ink onto the TLC plate, and put the plate in a container with just enough water without submerging the ink. Check the plate every five minutes for half an hour. Poor quality black inks will have a more obvious separation effect, showing other colors like red, blue and yellow.It will also be apparent in poor quality color inks as well. Good inks will either hold completely or show only little separation effects.

Getting the right ink cartridge requires a bit of spending in the beginning, testing out each one to see if they can deliver the best quality. However, that little expense will be made up by the savings you will incur in the future, as well as the guarantee of good prints each time you use your printer.
About the Author -
Gwency Radnor is an online marketing strategist for Ink Technologies, An industry specialist in high quality Ink, Toners and Printers.

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