One such company that provides great training is known as Countrywide Training. Their onsite training provides its students to learn from a live instructor and ask questions that they may have as if they were actually in the class itself. Countrywide training also sets up training programs for companies in the event that you need to train more than one individual at a time. They send over a certified instructor to a company’s location to train its staff on a variety of topics.

One of their several different training programs includes Microsoft Office. This training helps employees become proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. Being proficient in these programs is a crucial goal for any staff at any level in their career. Their training programs include other IT specific training courses and even several different types of certification programs to help elevate your staff to a higher level of technical knowledge. So, if you’re looking for some training programs then you should probably look into something like Countrywide onsite training.

As far as my training, I am finally back in Houston and ready to begin work on Monday. This will mean that I won’t have as much time to devote to my theme design, but I’m sure Ill have time on the weekends to do so. Training in Atlanta was tedious but it helped me become proficient with the software and corporate culture of my company. I will have a post this week that will talk about some of the things I learned about work ethic, that we, as bloggers, can apply to our blogs in the blogosphere.

They offer similar certification programs and they offer them in a bootcamp setting. The boot camp training courses are only a week long and the curriculum is fast paced and rigorous. They state that if you’re not willing to put forth the effort or you dont think that you’re capable of performing the curriculum as it is intended, then you shouldn’t enroll in the bootcamps. They mention that there are several benefits to such programs. One situation in which you might enroll in these bootcamps is if you are in a hurry to get the certification for a prospective job, or your work requires you to be certified, then you can sign up and complete the program within a week.

They offer several types of bootcamp classes such as Cisco, CIW, Database, CompTIA, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, ITIL, EC-Council, SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Oracle, Sharepoint, Microsoft Exchange and several others, for an entire list, check out their it boot camps list.

So, as I mentioned earlier last month, jobs are shrinking and you need to find a way to stand out. One such way is to be certified in as many relevant programs as possible. This shows competence and knowledge in the different IT fields. On that note, I hope you will enjoy my next post, when I come back from Atlanta.

After graduating, I look towards the future with happiness as well as a little nervousness. The reason is that the economy is still kind of down and jobs are harder to find. People are worried about their investments, homes and savings accounts. With everything coming forth, I wonder what is running through peoples minds.

Some people take every day at a time but I am someone who likes to look forward and plan ahead. I wonder what the future holds for me and I am skeptical about how the economy will fare in the upcoming year. I know a lot of friends and family members who are either out of a job or are at the risk of losing their current job. I’m sure when you look around, you probably see a somewhat similar situation. As they say, its a recession when people around you are getting fired, but its a depression, when you are the one getting fired. Sad, but true.

I know that I had previously talked about how the recession was affecting bloggers but I know that not many of us are full time bloggers. I know that several bloggers have other jobs and I wonder how things are working out for you guys. I want to hear how my fellow bloggers are doing in this slowing economy and how the economy has affected you. I wonder if there has been any loss of jobs or if you were able to find other jobs or whatever the case may be. I want to know how you are doing in this economy and I’d really like to see what you have to say about that.

Aside from that, I want people to realize that investing is a good option right now, specially if you are secure and have the funds to invest. No..no.. Don’t invest in cars. I mean, invest in land, a house, falling stocks, bonds, things of that nature. Even things such as diamonds are at a 30% discount due to the economy and can be had for much less than normal. Its time to invest in yourself and your future, so go out there and do it! In the mean time, let me know how the economy has affected your “other job”

1) Keep Resolutions in Mind - No..no.. I’m not talking about your New Years resolutions but screen resolutions because that will help you in ensuring that your blog design looks and fits well in the most common screen resolutions out there (generally, 1024×768)

2) Graphics Load Time - I always try to maintain a load time for my pages to a certain amount of time. If it goes over, then I usually try to either reduce the graphical content or I try to compress some of the smaller, less important graphics but while you design your blog you should keep this in mind.

3) Focus on Content - I always try to find ways to attract the readers attention towards the content. As you can see, the design is quite simple on the side that the content is present because I want to present the content and information and focus on that, not on any types of images or anything.

4) Always Test Changes - I always try and test the changes I make on a dummy blog before I apply them to the actual blog and even then I make sure it works on different browsers for compatibility since I try to make the transition process smooth for everyone.

5) Back up - Lastly, yet, most importantly, always, ALWAYS create a backup. Most of us have learned the hard way that having a back up is more important than anything because once you lose something, its gone, unless you have a back up. So always save your work and your previous work as well!

Well, thats all for today folks! I hope you enjoyed another one of my list style posts! I will have another update shortly!

Direct Agents is back again with yet another great contest. This one is called New York, New York and if the name doesn’t say anything to you then maybe the following sentences will help you get a better idea. Direct Agents is offering the highest grossing affiliates for the Bidz.com entrants the opportunity to win a trip to NYC for the Affiliate Summit show and includes a stay at the New York Hilton. Here is what the prize list looks like:

1st prize: (5,000 leads)
The first prize package will consist of:
• Round Trip Tickets to Affiliate Summit East for four days, three nights.
• Platinum Pass to Affiliate Summit.
• Driver pick-up to and from the airport.
• Three night hotel stay at Hilton N.Y.

2nd prize: (1,500 lead minimum)
• Gold Pass to Affiliate Summit East
• Dinner for two at NYC restaurant of choice.

3rd prize: (750 lead minimum)
• Gold Affiliate Summit East Pass

Honorable Mention: (200 lead minimum):
• 2 Affiliate Summit East Prize Giveaways

So as you can see, they want you to live it up in New York and they are not holding back with the special treatment. The contest has already started on May 1st and ends on June 30th. They’re even having contests on twitter for new affiliates with weekly prizes valued at $50. To win the weekly prize, all you have to do is tweet this phrase after you sign up:

“Just signed up to @directagents for a chance to win $50 for the @nynycontest. You can too- sign up here: http://bit.ly/lnuKz”

or you can write a short blog post about it. If you want more details about the contest you can visit the contest page here or better yet sign up for DirectAgents right here!

They even recently went through with an overhaul of their theme on the blog and if you want to see what they have done, you should check out their blog. As you all know, I’m always trying to see what I can do for my readers at Enkay Blog and after finally finishing up with finals, I’m actually redesigning my current theme to help include a few more things that I think it has been missing. So I understand that not every design of mine is going to be amazing. Well, Clickbooth wants to fix that and they’re doing so by offering up a Flip Mino HD and an iPod touch. Yes, thats right.

All you have to do is make some suggestions about what you like and what you don’t like. Give them an explanation, you just can’t say “nice theme”. You have to follow them on Twitter and finally tweet a short message. So, entering is easy enough and the prizes are great so you should enter if you’re tempted.

Now that I’ve got you wondering, if you’re looking to expand your affiliate marketing efforts by extending across into other affiliate marketing networks then you should check out Clickbooth and sign up and give them a try. You know what they say, you have to try everything before you form an opinion!

I wonder what the trend is because I start to question what is really happening. I have talked to several people over the past couple days and they all stated that they wouldnt be blogging as much if they weren’t getting paid or if there wasnt a revenue stream attached to it. Thats a crazy thought and although most of us won’t agree, thats the reason why we blog in the first place. The thought process is that every thing we do has a reason or incentive. In this case, the incentive is money.

But aside from that, its also quite apparent that blogs are growing very rapidly. It was only a few years ago that John Chow started his blog. Same for ShoeMoney and now the same bloggers have gone from top bloggers to super bloggers. What I’m saying is that why is it that we blog. What other incentive is there aside from the aspect of interaction, money and a sense of “readership”.

I love blogging. I know that I havent blogged in a while but even when I’m not blogging, I am talking about it or discussing it with my peers. Yes, one of the reasons is a good passive income but mostly, i like the interaction. I like hearing opinions from other bloggers and I like to know what they think about certain websites, blogs or MMO options. So, do you really think the blogging niche is going from being a hobby to a business? let me know your thoughts!

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They have a list of guarantees and that list is impressive enough to entice people to sign up. They have three marketing education and training packages that can be copled with audio based and training workbooks, along with written assignments and personal training plans to help each student achieve great results. So if you’re looking to reach for that upper tier and you need a little help doing so, you should check out the variety of programs offered by Home Business Success Academy and sign up for them because theres only so much you can learn by yourself, the rest flows through from those above you and thats what HBSA does best. It connects you directly with professionals who know how to succeed, so why should you stay behind?

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