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The right way to send cold emails

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by on May 14, 2015 at 1:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cold emails, emails, Insider

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As the founder of LeadJoint, an online lead generation tool for SEO agencies, I have sent hundreds of cold emails over the past few months to reach out to my potential audience. A lot of sales people consider cold emails an easier alternative to cold calls. Of course, you do not have to deal with a gatekeeper in the case of emails. However, the fact that this is not a real-time communication channel brings with it a number of other issues that make cold emailing a lot more challenging. For example, the subject line you use, the time of the…

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Apple settles lawsuit over allegedly poaching employees from auto battery tech company

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by on May 14, 2015 at 12:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Apple has put to rest a lawsuit that alleged that the company had been deliberately and aggressively poaching battery engineers from A123 Systems, according to the BBC. Terms of the settlement were not revealed in the court filings, but Apple had initially denied the allegations and later moved to get the case thrown out of court earlier this year. We’ve contacted both companies for comment but are yet to hear anything back. With this settled, everyone can now return to debating whether the hiring of auto battery engineers really does indicate that Apple is planning to launch its own car.…

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Apple Watch allows anyone to reset it, even if they don’t know the passcode

May14
by on May 14, 2015 at 11:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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Apple’s shiny new smartwatch might be winning over early adopters – might being the operative word, many early reviews noted that it feels like a work in progress – but it’s unfortunately not smart enough to employ basic safety precautions. As spotted by iDownload, would-be thieves don’t need any sort of expertise to reset a stolen Apple Watch, after which they are free to pair it with their own iPhone, or sell it on for someone else to do the same. Ironically, Apple does ask you to enter a passcode if it’s removed from your wrist, to prevent any of your…

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7 habits of great Web designers

May14
by on May 14, 2015 at 10:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, creatives, design, Design & Dev, habits

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Design is all about pushing the boundaries of technology and creativity to better solve problems. At its core, design is about people. When we talk about people, we mean team members as well as users. In the Web and mobile app space, successful digital designers must be able to work with different people to create targeted experiences for people they might never even meet in their lifetime. It’s an extremely difficult balance between logic, cognitive science, fearless creativity, and plain human empathy. There’s been a lot of trial-and-error over the years, and from the wreckage (some of it our own,…

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7 habits of great Web designers

May14
by on May 14, 2015 at 10:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, creatives, design, Design & Dev, habits

habits
Design is all about pushing the boundaries of technology and creativity to better solve problems. At its core, design is about people. When we talk about people, we mean team members as well as users. In the Web and mobile app space, successful digital designers must be able to work with different people to create targeted experiences for people they might never even meet in their lifetime. It’s an extremely difficult balance between logic, cognitive science, fearless creativity, and plain human empathy. There’s been a lot of trial-and-error over the years, and from the wreckage (some of it our own,…

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