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Cybertalk That Sells

cover of Cybertalk That Sellsauthor: H G Lewis
Jaime Murphy
asin: 0809229234
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.95 USD
amazon price: $14.95


"Pithy, commonsense, how-to-say-it advice and information for a medium that is drowning in a tar pit of boring verbosity. Read Lewis and Murphy--and act on it--and you've got a good shot at making a sale." -- Denny Hatch, Editor Target Marketing magazine Interactive commerce . . . the World Wide Web . . . E-Marketing . . . Cybermarketing . . . the terms keep multiplying, just like the number of websites. Most marketers aren't succeeding. But a few are. The difference?  read more »

A Survivor's Guide to Living in Ireland

cover of A Survivor's Guide to Living in Irelandauthor: Tom Richards
asin: 0955021200
binding: Paperback

"Come for a week - stay for a lifetime." This collection of facts, anecdotes, and references, including a guide to slang and phrases, is ideal for anyone wanting to move to or to visit Ireland. Advice ranges from the lighter items, such as how to drink a perfect pint, enjoy a rain-soaked walk on a soft Irish day, and how to love a holiday; to the more serious, such as how to find a job, what to do if you can’t, how to buy a house, and how to think and talk like the Irish.  read more »

The Resume Makeover: 50 Common Problems With Resumes and Cover Letters - and How to Fix Them

cover of The Resume Makeover: 50 Common Problems With Resumes and Cover Letters - and How to Fix Themauthor: John Marcus
asin: 0071410570
binding: Paperback
list price: $12.95 USD
amazon price: $11.66 USD


Clear, quick, effective solutions to the 50 most common resume problems "No matter how much you think you know about writing resumes, you'll learn something new.  I'd recommend this book to anyone conducting or anticipating a job search."—Laura Lorber, Managing Editor, CareerJournal.com In this solution-oriented guide, bestselling careers author John J. Marcus zeros in on the 50 most common resume writing problems and offers easy-to-perform fixes for each.  read more »

Cover Letters for Dummies

cover of Cover Letters for Dummiesauthor: Joyce Lain Kennedy
asin: 156884395X
binding: Paperback
list price: $12.99 USD
amazon price: $12.99


First impressions are lasting impressions, and even before you have a chance to show your face to a prospective employer, your cover letter has already told him or her something about you. Better that it be something good. Cover Letters For Dummies takes the mystery out of composing winning cover letters, from what you should say and how you should say it to how the letter should look and on what kind of paper it should be printed.  read more »

101 More Best Resumes

cover of 101 More Best Resumesauthor: Jay A. Block
asin: 0070329699
binding: Paperback
list price: $11.95 USD
amazon price: $10.16 USD


101 all-new resumes from America’s top resume experts Land your dream job with the perfect resume!  read more »

Writing That Works: A Practical Guide for Business and Creative People

cover of Writing That Works: A Practical Guide for Business and Creative Peopleasin: 0070016933
binding: Paperback
list price: $20.00 USD
amazon price: $20.00 USD


Most writing books merely teach you how to edit your own writing. "Writing That Works" is a complete guide that shows you how to get ideas, develop them, organize them, and produce a finished product in your very own individual style. Here's how the book works: The Prewriting section shows you how to get started; how to "cluster"; and how to organize your ideas into an outline. The Freewriting section shows you how to "freewrite", and then how to freewrite from a cluster.  read more »

Words at Work

cover of Words at Workauthor: Susan Benjamin
asin: 0201154846
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.00 USD
amazon price: $12.89 USD


Good writing has long been undervalued in the workplace. After all, business letters, memos, proposals, and the like are about communication, not literature. And, true, the readership probably couldn't care less about sentence structure or tone. Still, something inspires the recipient of such material to either read it or toss it, and that something is very often the quality of the writing. Words at Work is a practical guide by the founder of a company that offers writing services for businesses: Susan Benjamin.  read more »