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The Ultimate Guide to Writing: Writing tips: learn how to master the art of writing and create good content.

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  Writing for the betterment of your work and to create better work involves knowing the basics of writing, learning and practicing different techniques, and committing to practice in order to improve your writing.  Here's an ultimate guide to help you enhance your writing abilities:  #1 Writing Basics: What You Need to Know: Grammar and Punctuation: Correct grammar is the foundation or a good writing.  Ensure that you use proper grammar, punctuations and make sure that the verbs used are in the correct tense.  Vocabulary: The enhanced usage of language entails the need to be able to use the right word in the right context or more emphatically put, richness of language enhances precise and creative thinking.  These can include reading several articles and writing down the new words found in a bid to increase the word bank.  Sentence Flow: Try to avoid succession of short sentences followed by a long one or vice versa because it disrupt the rhythm of writing.  Conduct transitions fr

The Best Tools for Digital Marketers: Marketing automation guide

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  Digital marketing has come of age and it is important to use the right tools in order to automate and manage them.  Here's a detailed guide to some of the best tools for digital marketers, focusing on marketing automation:  #1 HubSpot:  Overview: HubSpot has a complete package of tools for inbound marketing, sales, and customer service.  It is easy to use and can automate a lot of processes, which make it ideal for large organizations.  Key Features:  Email marketing automation  Lead nurturing and scoring  CRM integration  Social media scheduling  Analytics and reporting  Why It’s Useful: HubSpot is very useful to business organizations that want to integrate all their marketing functions in one place to help them handle client relations and analyze the effectiveness of promotions.  #2 Mailchimp:  Overview: Originally an email marketing software, Mailchimp has evolved into a marketing automation software ideal for SMBs.  Key Features:  Email marketing and automation  Audience seg

10 Creative and Simple Games to Play with Friends and Family

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  Here are ten fun and easy games that you can enjoy with friends and family:  #1 Charades:  How to Play: A person mimics a word or a phrase and the rest of the participants have to guess what the word or the phrase is.  Whoever comes up with the correct answer has to perform the next word.  Why It's Fun: Charades is always fun, as it will get everyone laughing because of the poor mimicry in the attempt at miming.  #2 Pictionary:  How to Play: Players draw a word or a phrase and their fellow team members are supposed to guess what the drawing is.  The team with the most numbers of correct answers is the winner.  Why It's Fun: It promotes problem solving and time constrains, some of the drawings may lead to hilarious guesses.  #3 Card games (e. g. , Monopoly, Scrabble, Settlers of Catan):  How to Play: Games are of various types and they all are played with some or the other rules which may include strategic moves, chance and social element.  Why It's Fun: Another option tha

The History of Art: The transition from the earliest manifestations of art, that is, cave paintings to the contemporary art.

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  Art history is a vast subject and has its roots in prehistoric eras and has evolved with human civilization.  Starting from the prehistoric paintings to the modern art, the history of art is quite an interesting study of how art forms have evolved and how the people have used them in their day to day life to convey stories and feelings.  Here's an overview of the major periods and movements in the history of art:  #1 Paleolithic Art (c. 40,000–4,000 BCE):  Cave Paintings: The first signs of art are represented by the paintings that were discovered in the caves of Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain.  Some of the famous paintings that were discovered are estimated to be at least 40,000 years old and include animals and human representations which are believed to be mystical in nature.  Sculpture: Figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (c. 28,000 – 25,000 BCE) are some of the earliest sculptures that depict fertility and human body.  #2 Prehistoric art (3000 BCE – 500 CE): 

10 Easy Practices those are Good for Your Mental Health and Wellbeing

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  Correcting your mental health is crucial in enabling you to live a balanced life and, therefore, healthy life.  Here are ten simple habits you can incorporate into your daily routine to boost your mental health:  #1 Practice Mindfulness and Meditation: How it Helps: Mindfulness and meditation have been said to help in managing stress and improving self-awareness and therefore emotional control.  It cannot be denied that a few minutes away from all the noise and hustle and bustle can actually do wonders.  How to Start: Start with meditation apps or make sure you pay attention to your breath for a least five minutes every day.  #2 Get Regular Exercise: How it Helps: Physical activity on its own benefit on the body and the precondition of releasing the natural feel good hormones known as endorphins.  Taking a daily walk means that people can decrease the chances of having depression and anxiety.  How to Start: You should try to move at least 30 minutes in walking or cycling and such oth

The Ultimate Guide to Meal Planning: Spend Less Time and Money on Groceries

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  Meal planning is one of the best ways of minimizing the amount of time spent preparing meals, cases of food wastage and most importantly, the amount spent on purchasing foods.  Meal planning helps in making the right decisions on what food to buy, prepping for your meals and saving on time that could be used to prepare food in a hurry.  Here’s a comprehensive guide to help you get started with meal planning:  #1 Set Your Goals:  Define Your Objectives: Why are you interested in meal planning, to eat less, or to spend less money, or do you want to eat more nutritious meals, or do you want to avoid cooking during working days?  Knowing your goals will help you in choosing the direction to take.  Consider Dietary Needs: Also consider any special diets or requirements including weight loss, muscle gain, or existing health issues.  #2 Do an audit of what you have in your pantry and fridge:  Check What You Have: First of all, open your pantry, fridge and freezer and see what ingredients yo

How to Build a Capsule Wardrobe: The Essentials of Simple Chic

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  A capsule wardrobe refers to a set of clothes that are classic, timeless and are able to be mixed and matched to get different outfits with a few clothes.  It makes the process of dressing easier for the wearer while making them free from decisional fatigue and aiming for quality rather than quantity.  Here’s a step-by-step guide to building a capsule wardrobe:  #1 Assess Your Current Wardrobe:   Declutter: First, take all the clothes you own and sort them out, getting rid of all the pieces that you do not wear, do not fit, or do not suit you.  Donate or sell these pieces, or recycle them.  Identify Staples: Try to find clothes that you wear often and that make you feel good in them.  These will be the base of your capsule wardrobe.  #2 Ideology of Your Style and Requirements: Lifestyle Considerations: Consider what kind of clothing you wear for work, for casual occasions, for formal occasions, and so on, and make sure your capsule wardrobe corresponds to your way of life.  Personal

The Metaverse Explained: Virtual Reality and Beyond

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  What is the Metaverse?  The Metaverse is a unified virtual shared environment that has resulted from the integration of virtually realized physical reality and persisting physical virtual reality.  It is a mix of virtual worlds, augmented reality, and virtual reality in which the user and the environment exist and can interact in real time.  The Metaverse is not a single environment but a system of connected virtual worlds based on the internet and using VR, AR, blockchain, and AI.  In this part of the Metaverse, the following are the key components:  #1 Virtual Reality (VR):  VR is a complete simulation which involves the user entering a simulated world all created through a computer.  This can be gaming worlds, social platform or work related environments.  VR needs equipment such as headsets (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive) and can offer very strong sense of presence that makes the user to feel as if he or she is physically inside the virtual environment.  #2 Augmented Reality (AR):  AR bl

What made Canada lonely?

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  #1 Lack of Population and Large Area of Land:  Canada is the second-largest country in the world by land area occupying roughly 9 million square kilometers.  98 million square kilometers. Nonetheless, the population of Canada is comparatively small with around 38 million people and Canada ranks low in terms of population density, which is approximately 4 people per square kilometer.  The population density is high in the southern part of the country close to the border with the United States while the northern part of the country is relatively vacant.  However, it can also serve to distance people from one another – literally – as the country’s large landmass means that populations are often small and located far apart.  The distances from neighbors and the nearest town may make the residents feel isolated and lonely since they live far from the others.  #2 Climate and Seasonal Effects:  Seasons and weather are also influential in the lives of Canadians and the feeling of loneliness

The process of making the vision board for goal accomplishment

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  Making a vision board is a great strategy in goal pursuit since it gives a physical way of keeping your goals in focus.  Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create an effective vision board:  #1 Clarify Your Goals:  First of all, it is necessary to determine the objectives, which are the following:  Think of the goals that you have in various aspects of your life including career, health, social, personal development, and financial.  It is important to write these goals down to avoid any confusion or lack of focus.  #2 Gather Materials:  Board: Some of these include the cork board, the poster board or even the online platform such as Pinterest.  Magazines and Images: Gather brochures, papers, or pictures from the Web that are connected with your aims.  Scissors and Glue: If you are using physical boards, you will require a pair of scissors to cut out images, and glue to stick them.  #3 Choose Visual Representations:  Choose pictures, phrases, and words that are associated with your

The highest paid countries in the world

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  The highest paid countries in the globe usually involve nations with high living standards, sound economy and well developed social services, usually in terms of average gross income or PPP.  Here are a few of the highest-paid countries:  #1 Switzerland:  Average Gross Salary: up to $80 000 per year  Key Industries: Banking and finance, pharma, civil engineering and IT.  Living Standards: Switzerland takes the lead in all the rankings because of its strong economy and low unemployment rate besides having high standards of living.  Lack of affiliations to any political bloc and stringent banking secrecy laws have placed the country among the world’s leading financial centers.  High paying jobs are accompanied by high costs of living especially so in places like Zurich and Geneva.  #2 Luxembourg: Average Gross Salary: $65,000 – $75,000 annually  Key Industries: Finance, steel, technology and EU institutions.  Living Standards: Luxembourg is one of the smallest states but it is one of t