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OLUME 7, ISSUE 1
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Eating should be joyful, not a source of everyday frustration and confusion. If you’re fighting with food, try this threestep approach: 1. Spot the problem. Define what’s causing your fight with food first. 2. Get the facts. Use facts from credible sources to decide what needs to be done to solve the problem. 3. Seek support. Put the plan into action with support from a dietitian, family and friends
• Instead of turning to comfort food, fight stress by doing something you enjoy. Listen to music, take a walk, talk to a friend, exercise, cuddle your pet or read a book. • Emotional hunger craves fatty foods or sugary snacks, such as chips or baked goods. • Better choices are nutrientdense foods that nourish our body and mind. Try fruit, yogurt, veggie sticks with hummus, nuts or whole grain crackers. For more information, and to find a dietitian in your area visit www.dietitians.ca
Remove your screens. For best screen cleaning results, remove your screens from the window before getting started. If you’re just trying to clean your screens quickly, and they aren’t too bad (think 12 on the dirt scale), it’s okay to leave them in the window. You won’t get every nook and cranny clean, but it’s better than doing nothing. If your screens are any dirtier than that, we definitely recommend removing them from the window. Otherwise, you won’t be able to remove the large chunks of
dirt (plus it will make a big mess).
If your screens are covered in dust and loose dirt, a vacuum cleaner is the way to go. Only use your vacuum cleaner if it has a soft brush attachment. Otherwise, you could risk damaging your screens. Place the soft brush If your screens are only a attachment on the vacuum’s hose and little dirty (and most of the dirt is loose) run it lightly against each screen. Don’t a lint brush is your new best friend! Roll push too hard or you could tear the over each screen on both sides two or screen! Vacuum both sides of the screen three times to remove the loose dust. If until the dust and grime are gone. this doesn’t do the trick, it’s time to take it to the next level.
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Social media generates a huge amount of data about your customers in real time. Every day there are over 500 million Tweets, 4.5 billion Likes on Facebook, and 95 million photos and videos uploaded to Instagram. Behind these staggering numbers is a wealth of information about your customers—who they are, what they like, and how they feel about your brand. Through daily active engagement and social listening, you can gather relevant customer data and use that information to make smarter business decisions. You can gather information across all your social networks in real time—allowing you to gauge customer sentiment, find the conversations happening around your brand, and run realtime reports.
promote your business and distribute Group shows that companies engaging content. They also offer powerful in social customer service see much targeting options so that you can reach bigger annual financial gains (7.5 the right audience. For example, with a percent YOY growth) vs. those without LinkedIn ad, you can segment by things (2.9 percent). like location, company, job title, gender, and age—the list goes on. Using a Facebook ad, you can target based on One of the biggest benefits of social location, demographics, interests, media for business is using it to increase behaviors, and connections. You can your website traffic. Not only does social track and measure the performance of media help you direct people to your your social ads in real time. website, but the more social media shares you receive, the higher your Social media increases sales and search ranking will be. customer retention through regular interaction and timely customer service. With social media monitoring you can In the 2015 Sales Best Practices Study gain key information about your
from research institute MHI Global, worldclass companies rated social media as the most effective way to identify key decision makers and new business opportunities. In the State of Social Selling in 2015, nearly 75 percent When you have a presence on social of companies that engaged in selling on media, you make it easier for your social media reported an increase in customers to find and connect with you. sales in 12 months. And by connecting with your customers on social, you’re more likely to increase Even if you aren’t on social media, most customer retention and brand loyalty. of your customers expect you to be. A study by The Social Habit shows that Over 67 percent of consumers now go 53 percent of people who follow brands to social media for customer service. on social are more loyal to those brands. They expect fast response times and Social ads are an inexpensive way to
24/7 support—and companies that deliver win out. A study by Aberdeen
competitors. This kind of intel will allow you to make strategic business decisions to stay ahead of them. For example, you can create monitor industry keywords and mentions of your competitors’ names and products. Based on your search results, you can improve your business to offer product enhancements, service, or content that they may be missing. In the past, marketers faced the challenge of ensuring their content reached customers in the shortest possible time. With the help of social media, specifically when it comes to
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If you have dirt and caked for a year, you’ll need an old toothbrush to dislodge all of the grime. Mix a on grime all over your screens, they will solution of one tablespoon dish soap need a little scrubbing to really get (again, vinegar works, too) with ½ clean. Mix a solution of one tablespoon gallon of lukewarm water, and start dish soap (you can substitute white vinegar for dish soap) with ½ gallon of gently scrubbing your screens with the brush until the grime is lifted. Rinse the lukewarm water. It’s best to do this screens thoroughly and let them dry outside to avoid making a mess. Tip: Wet completely before you reinstall them. For older screens, take a good look at the your screens first with a garden hose. holes. If they seem larger than they were Then, dip a soft cloth in the solution and If insects are sneaking a year ago, it’s probably time to buy new scrub both sides of the screens until the through your screens, seal the holes on screens. Note: If insects are deadset on dirt and grime are removed. If your the bottom portion of your screen with getting through your screens, this may screens are fragile or thin, don’t push clear nail polish. This should prevent not work because they’ll climb up the too hard! Rinse the soap away and let insects from climbing through. This screen until they can fit through a hole. them dry completely before putting works for new screens and screens that Instead, try some other pest them back in the window. have seen better days. prevention strategies If your screens look like they’ve been marinating in a mud pile
We hope the Luck of The Irish is with our adoptable animals and they receive many adoption applications at Second Chance Animal Rescue’s first ever adoption event at Pet Smart on Legacy Park Drive (across from Costco). If you’re looking to add an adorable fur baby to your family, our available cats and dogs would love for you to stop by for a meet and greet on Sunday, March 12 from 11am3pm. Who needs a pot of gold when you can have the love and companionship of an animal? Not us!
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sharing content about your business or to specific groups based on geographical for content curation, all you need to do and demographic parameters. is share it on your brand’s social network accounts. Social media isn’t about blasting your company’s sales pitch on social, it’s a Geotargeting is an effective way to send twoway channel where you have the your message out to a specific audience opportunity to enrich relationships with based on their location. Social networks your customers. For example, social like Facebook and Twitter have tools that media allows tourism brands to create allow you to communicate the right kind dialogue with travellers, therefore of content to your audience. For creating relationships with customers example, you can target Twitter before, during, and after they have messages to followers in specific booked a trip with the company. This countries, or send messages from kind of social media dialogue between Facebook and LinkedIn company pages brands and customers is something
traditional advertising cannot achieve.
Get started on social to grow your business Social media has a treasure trove of benefits to help you grow your business. By using it to learn more about your customers, engage with your audience, and extend your brand reach, you’ll be converted before you know it.
To rid your hands of garlic odor, rub a piece of stainless steel while washing your hands. Your candles will last longer and drip less if you put them in the freezer for a day or two before using them. Having trouble removing a sticker/label? Just spray a little WD40 on the label and leave it for a few minutes. Add about 1 tablespoon of cornstarch to about a third of a gallon of lukewarm water for a streakfree window cleaner.
These "Gold at the end of the rainbow" necklaces are a fun little craft. All you need is:
Let your little one get their hands in there and thread the fruit loops onto the string. If they want to do it in the order of a rainbow it will be: Red/Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple/Violet.
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When I was young, my dad would “scare” us by hiding in the bush and growling like a lion. Even though we lived in rural Ghana in the 1960s, it was almost impossible that a lion lurked nearby. My brother and I would laugh and seek out the source of the noise, thrilled that playtime with Dad had arrived. One day a young friend came for a visit. As we played, we heard the familiar growl. Our friend screamed and ran. My brother and I knew the sound of my father’s voice—any “danger” was merely a phantom lion—but a funny thing happened. We ran with her. My dad felt terrible that our friend had been frightened, and my brother and I learned not to be influenced by the panicked reaction of others. Caleb and Joshua stand out as men unfazed by the panic of others. As Israel was poised to enter the Promised Land, Moses commissioned 12 scouts to spy out the region. They all saw a beautiful territory, but 10 focused on the obstacles and discouraged the entire nation (Num. 13:2733). In the process, they started a panic (14:14). Only Caleb and Joshua accurately assessed the situation (vv. 69). They knew the history of their Father and trusted Him to bring them success. Some “lions” pose a genuine threat. Others are phantoms. Regardless, as followers of Jesus our confidence is in the One whose voice and deeds we know and trust.
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