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Sanctions against Iran

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In his publication, Dawood Nazirizadeh, an Expert of Politics, Economy and Business of Iran, is arguing that sanctions and political, economic isolation are not solutions for the problem of Iran. He also points out that threatening with a war will rather strengthen the extremes. Only approximation will change the situation in Iran. Literature says that in majority of cases, these kind of sanctions (especially unilateral sanctions) have failed and it seems that in regions where the level of foreign direct investments are reduced, the chance for an international conflict is higher. In Dawood Nazirizadeh's article, we can find a very informative case study exploring the situation in Iran regarding the current situation of sanctions and isolation. Gas sector experts, top managers of international companies, Iranian government experts, ministry officials, diplomats and academics have been interviewed. They were asked about their views on the possible effects of strong sanctio...

Blue Halo Creative

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Blue Halo Creative offers a full service of customized design and marketing solutions to help your small to medium-sized company to succeed in a competitive market place. They offer the complete package by providing a series of services such as creative web design, graphic design, Internet marketing and search engine optimization/submission and online promotion, for an all-in-one solution, at an affordable price. Usually, when I visit the website of web or graphic designers, I immediately go to their portfolio. A reference work tells much more than any detailed description or marketing text. This Vancouver-based web design company has a very nice portfolio. When it comes to web design, I prefer simple form, easy and transparent structures. Flash, overwhelming information boards, shiny colors usually scares me away. Their work for a coaching company is an amazing example for a clean yet stylish website:   However, a modern online design and marketing company is not on...

Navneet Kaushal CEO PageTraffic Interview

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We had a short interview with Navneet Kaushal the CEO of the award winning enterprise  Page Traffic . What are the misconceptions about SEO? One of the major misconceptions about SEO is that if you spend more money, you can get results faster. While increased efforts can speed up results, the correlation can’t be seen as indefinite. Search engine algorithms take a lot of factors into ranking consideration, such as site age, strength and authority in a particular domain. So, it not that easy for a new site to race to the top. There are also quite a few misconceptions about links. Over the years, I have heard hundreds of opinions about links. Some say reciprocal links are bad, others consider links from articles to be of no value or the ones from blogs to be very beneficial. It is much easier to remember that links should be relevant, organic and should not be aimed at spamming search engines. So long as the links meet these basic criteria, it will add to the site’s strength...

Foam Fighting

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Josh Jenne is the Co-Founder of Foam-Fighting.com that is promoting an incredibly fun sport called Foam Fighting. We had a short interview with him:  Sounds like a healthy sport idea - Foam-Fighting. How did you discover and decide to make it one of your founding projects?  I discovered it after watching the movie Role Models. I was sitting there and thought to myself, “that –does- look really fun! I wonder if they do it here in Vegas.” A quick trip to Google later and I discovered Barad’dun, which is the local foam fighting chapter. I introduced myself on the forums, built a weapon and a shield (which didn’t pass the safety rules) and showed up to their Saturday practice.  What makes the difference when players are dressed up when they are in a foam-fight?  As weird as it may sound, I think it makes us look a little more professional. We get a lot more people who watch and ask what we do when we are dressed up as opposed to when we are in a t-...

FightJobs

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FightJobs  is a Denver (Colorado) based initative helps Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans to find job in this industry. They have launched a new campaign for High School & College kids interested in working in the MMA industry. Applicants are encouraged to create a 60 seconds video, telling MMA companies why they should be hired. We made a short interview with the founders. You have a very interesting slogan for FightJobs.com, "Connecting Fight Fans". What has inspired you to think of creating an employment site for MMA fans to find jobs in the MMA industry? My inspiration for creating FightJobs was created because I wanted to be a writer in the MMA industry, and had no way of finding one, and I knew that I couldn't be the only one that felt the same way....so I created FightJobs.com The top 3 reasons that high school  college kids would love to work in the fight business are as follows: A. With the incredible explosion of MMA and the wild popularity ...

Guest Tree

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GuestTree.com is a new initiative that carries many unique fingerprint guest books for all types of occasions as well as a full line of accessories such as ink pads, pens, and hand wipes. A fingerprint guestbook or guest tree is a creative alternative to the normal guestbook guest see at events. We made a short interview with Kelli, the founder of GuestTree.com   What inspires you to name your shop ‘ Guest Tree ’?  It was a combination of a guest book and a fingerprint tree. We are trying to create our own brand. In a way it completely describes our product. How long does it take for each delivery order?  We ship out all of our orders out within 7 days. But 99% of our orders ship out within 3. ‘Leaf’ their thumbprint sounds like a good idea, how did you get this creative idea?  It just seemed like a natural play on words for "leave" to be "leaf", but then after looking on line, it's really not very original. Does your company do customiz...