#Empowering sales teams

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Salesforce Lightning: Empowering Sales Teams with Lightning-fast Productivity

In the fast-paced world of sales, time is of the essence. Sales teams need powerful tools that enable them to work efficiently, collaborate seamlessly, and close deals faster. Salesforce Lightning is a revolutionary platform that promises to transform the way sales teams operate, supercharging their productivity like never before. In this blog, we will explore how Salesforce Lightning empowers sales teams with lightning-fast productivity, equipping them with the tools they need to excel in today's competitive business landscape.

Introducing Salesforce Lightning

Salesforce Lightning is the next-generation user interface and development framework of the world's leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Built on cutting-edge technology, Salesforce Lightning offers a modern and intuitive experience for sales representatives. The platform's key features include a customizable and responsive interface, intelligent dashboards, enhanced mobile capabilities, and an array of productivity-boosting components.

Streamlined User Experience

One of the primary benefits of Salesforce Lightning is its streamlined user experience. The interface is designed to be intuitive, reducing the learning curve for new sales team members and increasing overall productivity. With drag-and-drop functionality and customizable layouts, users can tailor their workspace to suit their specific needs, making it easier to access vital information quickly

Lightning Components for Enhanced Productivity

Salesforce Lightning offers a wide range of pre-built components that can be easily integrated into the CRM interface. These components allow sales teams to perform various tasks more efficiently, such as creating new leads, managing opportunities, and tracking customer interactions. With these lightning-fast tools at their disposal, sales representatives can focus on building relationships and closing deals rather than getting bogged down in administrative tasks.

Lightning App Builder

The Lightning App Builder is a game-changer for sales teams as it empowers them to create custom applications without the need for extensive coding knowledge. With a simple drag-and-drop interface, users can design applications tailored to their unique requirements. This functionality enables sales teams to access critical information and tools in a single unified interface, further boosting their productivity.

Real-time Data and Insights

In the fast-paced world of sales, access to real-time data and insights is essential. Salesforce Lightning provides sales representatives with up-to-date information on leads, opportunities, and customer interactions, allowing them to make informed decisions quickly. Additionally, the platform's intelligent dashboards offer a visually appealing and data-rich snapshot of the sales pipeline, enabling sales managers to identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement.

Seamless Collaboration

Effective collaboration is vital for any successful sales team. Salesforce Lightning offers seamless collaboration features that enable team members to communicate, share insights, and work together effortlessly. Integration with popular communication tools such as Chatter and email ensures that important discussions and updates are readily available within the CRM platform, reducing the need for constant switching between applications.

Mobile Productivity

In today's mobile-centric world, having access to CRM data on the go is crucial for sales representatives. Salesforce Lightning's mobile app ensures that the entire CRM experience is optimized for mobile devices, allowing sales teams to stay productive even while away from their desks. Whether it's updating contact information, reviewing the latest sales metrics, or responding to customer queries, the mobile app keeps sales teams connected and engaged.

Conclusion

Salesforce Lightning is a game-changing platform that empowers sales teams with lightning-fast productivity. With its intuitive user interface, lightning components, and powerful features, sales representatives can streamline their workflows, access real-time insights, and collaborate seamlessly. Embracing Salesforce Lightning not only boosts individual productivity but also enhances the overall efficiency and performance of the entire sales organization. In today's competitive business landscape, staying ahead of the curve is vital, and Salesforce Lightning provides the tools needed to achieve just that. Embrace the power of Salesforce Lightning and watch your sales team reach new heights of success.

[voxisdaddy]

Old Fashioned

Fandom: Hazbin Hotel

Pairing: Vox x Reader

Type: Headcanons

Featuring: Alastor, Rosie

C/TW: Stalking, Swearing, mentions of porn, use of (y/n)

In which Vox could go full stalker mode on his crush, Reader, but reader doesn’t use much technology and avoids VoxTek appliances.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ I personally headcanon that Vox, while yes can use any technology to his advantage, only VoxTek products can give him full advantage of his powers.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Which is infuriating when on his cameras, he spotted you using your phone and was confused on why he couldn’t easily hack into it. He couldn’t get into it. What the fuck?

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ It wasn’t until he spotted you again some time later in some tech store looking at some phone cases. He watched as you pealed your old phone case off, revealing a phone that was not a VoxTek phone.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ No; it was a rival companies. Not quite as rich and empowering as VoxTek, but still a rival company nonetheless.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ He hates that company.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ They even started out doing some of his own sales just days after release.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Well that’s just great. But not a total loss. Perhaps he could get his advertisement team to push for more advertisements on well, anything and everything.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Over the next several days he tried that before realizing he has no way to check if it’s you know, reaching you

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Why? Because you don’t even have a TV in your place! Which he found through following you on his cameras around Pride

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “What person in todays world doesn’t have a television?” He grits through his teeth, starring at your door through a security camera

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Well you apparently and he found out through an online web forum or comment section, whatever suits your fancy, you used one night

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “I don’t really have a use for a tv” something along those lines

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Through some more stalking and hacking he was finally able to get somewhere. Not through any appliance unfortunately, but you had fortunately downloaded a thing which had a VoxTek bug attached to it. Success!!

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ He was able to hack the phone, not to its fullest potential but still enough for now, and would have it on one of his monitors constantly. It’s here where he learned through your screen time in your phone settings that you hardly use the thing

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Occasionally he sees you’re active using it however, to which he’s quick to drop whatever it is he’s doing to you know, watch you do whatever it is you’re doing on your phone. It’s mildly annoying to those around him

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ But he can’t help it! Who do you text? Do you have a partner? Are you on dating apps? Do you watch porn and if so, which kind do you like?

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ He doesn’t really learn much, or as much and the specifics he’d like, but it’s something. Ah so this is the music you like to listen to whenever the radio isn’t playing it, huh? You have a few pictures… several notes in your notes app… some app to text only a small handful of people on occasion. He wonders if suddenly following you on the app would be too much.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ I mean, your account isn’t exactly anything special to the public eye per say. And even if it was, you certainly weren’t on it or gave much of a crap on it. So Vox’s suddenly millions and millions of followers on his account would probably raise some questions from you. But that would be good right? Maybe you’d shoot him a message asking why he followed you, and your relationship starts there! You can officially meet for the first time! Okay it would be through text but it still counts!

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ For this headcanons post, I’m keeping in mind that the reader is before the 2000’s time. So anywhere between the near start of hell to the 90’s lol

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Which if Vox found this out, he’d be a little confused. He died or relatively came around the 1950’s, he knew people from the 1930’/, who still use todays technology. Are you this much of an old soul to really not use anything like todays tech to your daily entertainment? And no—using the alarm doesn’t count!! He can’t even see you so…

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ You know how I said you avoid VoxTek appliances? Wanna know why?

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “FUCKING ALASTOR!”

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Vox glitches out in a rage when on his cameras, he saw you sitting around a table with Rosie and Alastor.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “Oh and I guess—FUCKING ROSIE—!” Hey he’s an inclusive guy.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Oh ho! So you’re acquainted with those two? The old fucks that even Zestial seems more youthful compared to at times. Vox curses out the two overlords further. Your acquaintances now making sense why you don’t use technology and specifically avoid Vox’s. Yeah. They’re definitely intentionally leading you away from anything VoxTek. And you seemed to have no issue with that? Wtf!?

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “(Y/n) dear, I heard rumours that you were seeking a new place to call home. Might I ask how that’s going?” Alastor glitches out his cameras but it was doing for now, Vox grumbled.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ So you’re moving huh? Oh well. Vox isn’t particularly worried. He’s got cameras all over Pride. He’d be able to find your new home quickly and who knows, maybe it’ll be more convenient to stalk you then!

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “Oh yes, Alastor! Rosie has been such a peach in helping me find a suitable place for me to move into. Why I’m quite proud to announce that I am now a home owner! No more little apartments for me.” You’d share a little snack with Rosie. That snack catering to your taste or hers is up to you.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Ah… a house. Okay apartment builders are required to have security cameras in their general areas and hallways so a house and if you’d even put up security cameras might cause some issue but still. Their would be cameras around your neighborhood or whatever, right? And you’d still have your phone on you so at least theirs still that for Vox to keep an eye on you—

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “Darling, I’m so glad you finally decided to move into Cannibal Town!” Vox froze at Rosie’s words.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Cannibal Town? Fucking Cannibal Town?? Old 1920’s town with carcasses to feed off of at nearly every corner? Really?

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Vox barley has cameras in Cannibal Town! He has a few, hence why he can stalk your lunch session right now with Rosie and Alastor, but it’s one of the very few cameras he has up here. What was wrong with your old place?! Vox screams and you just so happen to conveniently answer—ah how nice.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ “My current apartment is less than desirable for my tastes. Too much loud obnoxious music, distasteful lyrics, horrendous billboards, flashing lights and way too much modern technology. Call me old but that Vee stuff really gives me a headache.”

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Vox swears that shit eating grin Alastor threw at seemingly nothing was thrown specifically at Vox in that moment.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Vox needs to meet you soon. Surely you’d fall in love with him. He was waiting for the perfect opportunity but you seem to just be getting further away the more he waits.

𓈒ㅤׂㅤ𐙚 ࣪ ⭒ Just please don’t toss out your phone. That’s like the one modern thing you have. It’s all he has.

Guess who’s sleep schedule is (kind of) fixed and can actually start posting requests and general reader stuff on a moderately decent schedule?? Meeee

I got so much requests to work on (I encourage more to be sent though please I like having these things to work on) and I’m very excited to post more lol

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We've got six new releases on our radar this week! Which ones do you want to check out?

Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho HarperCollins

It’s Black Friday—and the apocalypse is on sale! Ever since the world filled with portals to hell and bloodthirsty demons started popping out on the reg, Jasper’s life has gotten worse and worse. A teenage nobody with no friends or family, he is plagued by the life he can’t remember and the person he’s sure he’s supposed to be. Jasper spends his days working as a checkout clerk at the Here for You discount mart, where a hell portal in aisle nine means danger every shift. But at least at the mart he can be near his crush, Kyle Kuan, a junior member of the monster-fighting Vanguard, though Kyle really seems to hate Jasper for reasons he doesn’t remember or understand. But when Jasper and Kyle learn they both share a frightening vision of the impending apocalypse, they’re forced to team up and uncover the uncomfortable truth about the hell portals and the demons that haunt the world. Because the true monsters are not always what they seem, the past is not always what we wish, and like it or not, on Black Friday, all hell will break loose starting in aisle nine. Perfect for fans of Grasshopper Jungle or The Last of Us comes Aisle Nine, the debut young adult novel from rising YA star Ian X. Cho.

A Constellation of Minor Bears by Jen Ferguson Heartdrum

Award-winning author Jen Ferguson has written a powerful story about teens grappling with balancing resentment with enduring friendship—and how to move forward with a life that’s not what they’d imagined. Before that awful Saturday, Molly used to be inseparable from her brother, Hank, and his best friend, Tray. The indoor climbing accident that left Hank with a traumatic brain injury filled Molly with anger. While she knows the accident wasn’t Tray’s fault, she will never forgive him for being there and failing to stop the damage. But she can’t forgive herself for not being there either. Determined to go on the trio’s post-graduation hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, even without Hank, Molly packs her bag. But when her parents put Tray in charge of looking out for her, she is stuck backpacking with the person who incites her easy anger. Despite all her planning, the trail she’ll walk has a few more twists and turns ahead. . . .

Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker Feiwel & Friends

Faeries Never Lie, the next young adult collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, is filled with fourteen short stories to revel in, that center faeries of varying genders and cultures! There’s something to be said for starting your first day in faerie boarding school, for chasing a faerie through Chang’an during the Tang Dynasty, for searching for the missing part of your throuple who may have run away with a faerie prince, for descending into madness after spending countless nights plagued by the same faerie dream—and much more. Fly into this revelry filled with tricksters, lovers, monsters, and the like, in this exciting collection for those who love faeries and those who are experiencing them for the first time! Edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, Faeries Never Lie features short stories from beloved authors Nafiza Azad, Holly Black, Dhonielle Clayton, Christine Day, Chloe Gong, Tessa Gratton, Kwame Mbalia, Ryan La Sala, L.L. McKinney, Anna-Marie McLemore, Kaitlyn Sage Patterson, Rory Power.

Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known written by George M. Johnson & illustrated by Charly Palmer Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance. In Flamboyants, George M. Johnson celebrates writers, performers, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualities have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays, Johnson reveals how American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Queer – and whose stories deserve to be celebrated in their entirety. Interspersed with personal narrative, powerful poetry, and illustrations by award-winning illustrator Charly Palmer, Flamboyants looks to the past for understanding as to how Black and Queer culture has defined the present and will continue to impact the future. With candid prose and an unflinching lens towards truth and hope, George M. Johnson brings young adult readers an inspiring collection of biographies that will encourage teens today to be unabashed in their layered identities.

The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's by Hanna Alkaf Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

For over a hundred years, girls have fought to attend St. Bernadette’s, with its reputation for shaping only the best and brightest young women. Unfortunately, there is also the screaming. When a student begins to scream in the middle of class, a chain reaction starts that impacts the entire school. By the end of the day, seventeen girls are affected—along with St. Bernadette’s stellar reputation. Khadijah’s got her own scars to tend to, and watching her friends succumb to hysteria only rips apart wounds she’d rather keep closed. But when her sister falls to the screams, Khad knows she’s the only one who can save her. Rachel has always been far too occupied trying to reconcile her overbearing mother’s expectations with her own secret ambitions to pay attention to school antics. But just as Rachel finds her voice, it turns into screams. Together, the two girls find themselves digging deeper into the school’s dark history, hunting for the truth. Little do they know that a specter lurks in the darkness, watching, waiting, and hungry for its next victim…

Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot by Preeti Chhibber Kokila

This laugh-out-loud debut romance introduces perfectly imperfect Payal Mehta, whose plan to get her long-time crush to finally notice her is destined for success, but only if she ignores her budding feelings for her archnemesis... Payal Mehta has had a crush on popular, athletic, all-around perfect Jonathan Slate ever since he smiled at her in freshman–year Spanish class. At a party during spring break of her junior year, Payal finally works up the courage to ask Jon to hang out. However, her romantic plans are derailed when he vomits on her Keds. Twice. But when Jon offers to take her out to lunch as an apology, Payal is convinced this is the start of their love story. Over chalupas and burritos at Taco Bell, Payal's best jokes are landing as planned. Jon is basically choking on his Coke—and then it happens. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Payal is (finally) about to get the guy. And then he tries to set her up with his Indian friend. Payal's best friends, Neil Patel and Divya Bhatt, are just as mad about the microaggression as Payal is, but they think she’s a little too hung up on him. Determined to teach Jon a lesson by making him fall for her, Payal ropes in her archnemesis, Philip Kim, to help by ceding creative control over their psych project. It’s the perfect plan. Minus Philip’s snarky, annoying quips and lack of faith in its success. But as Payal lies to the people she loves, hides the too-Indian parts of herself in front of her crush, and learns that maybe Philip isn't the worst, she starts to wonder if what she's been looking for has been scowling at her all along...

[sunshinesmebdy]

The Chatty Moon Takes Charge: Business & Finances Under the Gemini Moon

Mercury’s swift messenger, the Gemini Moon, flits into action, bringing its signature blend of communication, adaptability, and intellectual curiosity to our business and financial endeavors. For some, this can be a period of booming ideas, quick deals, and fruitful networking. But beware, dear entrepreneurs, under the Gemini Moon’s changeable nature, things can shift faster than a Twitter trend. Buckle up and take notes, as we navigate the highs and lows of this lunar phase for your business and finances:

Prospering Under the Silver Tongue:

Communication Confidence: The Gemini Moon empowers clear and persuasive communication, making presentations, negotiations, and sales pitches flow effortlessly. Leverage this energy to connect with new clients, close deals, and strengthen existing partnerships.

Embrace the “Gift of Gab” under the Gemini Moon! This lunar phase imbues you with captivating clarity and persuasive charm, making sales pitches effortless and negotiations dance in your favor. Whether presenting to potential clients, striking deals, or fostering partnerships, tap into this cosmic fluency. Let your words weave magic, connecting hearts and closing deals with the persuasive power of a silver tongue. Seize the opportunity to build bridges and solidify trust, for under the Gemini Moon, communication becomes your secret weapon for business success.

Idea Powerhouse: Your mind buzzes with innovative solutions and marketing strategies. Brainstorm with your team, explore new collaborations, and experiment with unconventional approaches. Remember, the best ideas often appear when you least expect them!

Under the Gemini Moon’s electric influence, your mind becomes a vibrant marketplace of ideas! Innovative solutions and bold marketing strategies sprout like dandelions, urging you to break free from the conventional. Spark brainstorming sessions with your team, explore collaborations beyond your usual circles, and embrace unconventional approaches. Remember, the most ingenious solutions often bloom unexpectedly, so stay open to those “aha!” moments that pop up while sipping coffee or taking a shower. This is your chance to think outside the box and unleash your inner inventor, igniting innovation for your business!

Network Ninja: This is your prime time to connect and expand your professional network. Attend industry events, join online communities, and reach out to potential collaborators. The Gemini Moon favors quick connections and information exchange, so be open and adaptable.

Sharpen your social butterfly wings, for under the Gemini Moon, networking becomes your superpower! Industry events, online communities, and even casual conversations transform into fertile grounds for expanding your professional circle. Don’t be shy — strike up conversations, join discussions, and connect with open-minded individuals. The Gemini Moon favors quick, information-rich interactions, so be adaptable and receptive to unexpected connections. Remember, a casual chat today could spark a fruitful collaboration tomorrow. Seize this lunar window to weave a web of valuable connections and watch your network blossom like a vibrant garden!

Navigating the Gemini Moon’s Fickle Phases:

Scattered Energy: The Gemini Moon’s flitting nature can lead to multitasking mayhem. Prioritize your tasks, set clear deadlines, and avoid jumping from one project to another without finishing anything. Focus on quality over quantity.

While the Gemini Moon fuels your multi-tasking engine, beware of becoming a scattered squirrel hopping from branch to branch! Its flitting nature can lure you into juggling too many projects, leaving them all half-baked. To avoid this productivity purgatory, prioritize ruthlessly. Define clear deadlines for each task, and resist the urge to jump ship at the first shiny new idea. Remember, scattered efforts yield mediocre results. Channel the Moon’s mental agility into focused sprints, conquering one task at a time with laser-sharp efficiency. Quality over quantity — that’s the mantra for navigating this lunar phase without succumbing to multitasking mania!

Impulsive Spending: The chatty Moon loves gadgets and trends, making you susceptible to impulse purchases. Stick to your budget, research before buying, and avoid shiny object syndrome. Remember, long-term financial stability is more valuable than fleeting fads.

Hold onto your wallets, for the silver tongue of the Gemini Moon can seduce you with the latest trends and must-have gadgets. Remember, its chatty nature thrives on novelty, tempting you with impulse purchases that might leave your bank account singing the blues. Don’t let “shiny object syndrome” lure you astray! Stick to your budget like a mantra, research thoroughly before clicking “buy,” and resist the urge to splurge on fleeting fads. Remember, long-term financial stability is infinitely more valuable than momentary thrills. Think of it as an investment in your future success — say “no” to the impulse and “yes” to financial security!

Overpromising, Underdelivering: Enthusiasm is great, but don’t overestimate your abilities under the Gemini Moon’s influence. Be specific about your commitments, manage expectations, and deliver on your promises to maintain trust and credibility.

The Gemini Moon’s energetic spark can fuel your enthusiasm, but be cautious of outpacing your capabilities. Don’t let its fast-talking charm lead to overpromising! Remember, under this lunar influence, it’s easy to underestimate the time and resources needed. Be specific about your commitments, managing expectations realistically. Overestimating your abilities can erode trust and credibility. Delivering on your promises, even if it means scaling back or adjusting timelines, is key to navigating this transit with integrity. Remember, slow and steady wins the race, especially under the ever-shifting influence of the Gemini Moon.

Tips for Taming the Moon’s Mercurial Energy:

Plan, Prioritize, Execute: Before diving into the whirlwind of ideas, create a clear plan of action with defined priorities. Focus on completing one task at a time to avoid the scatterbrained blues.

Before surrendering to the whirlwind of the Gemini Moon’s ideas, channel your inner architect and draft a clear blueprint for action! Define distinct priorities, like pillars holding up your plan. Resist the siren song of multitasking and instead, focus on tackling one project at a time with laser-sharp concentration. Remember, scattered efforts under the Moon’s changeable nature lead to unfinished business and scattered blues. Prioritization becomes your mantra, ensuring each task receives the dedicated attention it deserves. So, grab your pen, map out your priorities, and execute with focused determination — that’s the recipe for success under the ever-shifting lunar tides!

Collaborate & Communicate: Partner with others who can provide balance and different perspectives. Communicate openly and honestly to avoid misunderstandings and ensure everyone is on the same page.

The Gemini Moon thrives on connection, so don’t go it alone! Partner with individuals who offer diverse perspectives, acting as anchors to your whirlwind of ideas. Open and honest communication becomes your bridge, ensuring everyone stays on the same page and misunderstandings don’t derail your progress. Embrace the Moon’s collaborative spirit, leveraging the strengths of your team to tackle challenges from different angles. Remember, two minds (or more!) are better than one, especially under the ever-shifting influence of the Gemini Moon. So, build bridges, foster open dialogue, and watch your projects soar to new heights through the power of collaboration!

Research & Reflect: Don’t let enthusiasm cloud your judgment. Before making important decisions, research thoroughly and take time for introspection. Use the Moon’s analytical side to weigh pros and cons carefully.

Under the Gemini Moon’s intoxicating energy, enthusiasm might mask potential pitfalls. Before diving headfirst into decisions, don’t let excitement overpower reason. Tap into the Moon’s analytical side! Conduct thorough research, examining details and potential challenges with a critical eye. Don’t skip the due diligence — every angle deserves exploration. Take time for introspection, considering your gut feelings and weighing pros and cons carefully. Remember, informed decisions pave the way for success, and under the Gemini Moon, a balanced approach is your key to navigating enthusiasm without compromising wisdom. So, research, reflect, and make choices that empower your future, not just fuel a fleeting impulse.

Remember, dear business owners, the Gemini Moon is a double-edged sword. By harnessing its positive energy while mitigating its pitfalls, you can navigate this transit to propel your business forward and create lasting success. So, put on your thinking cap, sharpen your communication skills, and network like a pro — the universe of opportunities awaits under the silver sheen of the Gemini Moon!

Bonus Tip: For personalized insights, check your own Sun and Moon signs and see how they interact with the transiting Gemini Moon.

[beautifullache]

🦄The Sims 4🦄

👠Shoe Career👢

💕EARLY RELEASE 7.12.2024💕

Journeys

PTO 3 days off

Journeys is a teen retail leader with an emphasis on footwear and unique specialty items including apparel, backpacks, hats and accessories. With more than 800 stores in all 50 US states, Puerto Rico and Canada, Journeys offers the most popular brands that cater to the teen lifestyle such as Converse, Vans, Dr Martens, UGG, Adidas, Timberland, Birkenstock, Crocs and Hey Dude. Through strategic artistic partnerships, event sponsorships, exclusive content, creative collaborations with musicians, and a focus on giving back to the community through charitable events and volunteer programs— Journeys has become more than just a retailer, but a universal part of teen and youth culture. The in-store Journeys experience features an energetic environment, friendly, passionate staff, and an inclusive atmosphere where self-expression is not just accepted – but encouraged and embraced. Journeys is an attitude you can wear.

Sales Associate

Sales Lead

Assistant Store Manager

Store Manager

District Manager in Training

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Hibbett Sports

PTO 3 days off

Hibbett, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a leading athletic-inspired fashion retailer with nearly 1,100 Hibbett and City Gear specialty stores, located in 35 states nationwide. Hibbett has a rich history of serving customers for more than 75 years with convenient locations, superior personalized customer service and access to coveted footwear, apparel and accessories from top brands like Nike, Jordan, and adidas. Consumers can browse styles, find new releases, shop looks and make purchases through our best-in-class omni-channel platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @hibbettsports and @citygear. At Hibbett I City Gear, we make it easy for you to have an edge up on the competition when it comes to your style. Whether it’s the brands we keep on our shelves or the people who work in our stores, we are here to help you reach your next level of play. You’ll get the latest products first and exclusive items that are harder to find. If you want to put your game in the right hands, you’ve come to the right place at Hibbett I City Gear. With names like Nike, Jordan, Adidas, The North Face, and Costa, we bring fashion and footwear together for you and your game. Whether you’re shopping for yourself or the whole team, at Hibbett I City Gear we have you covered from toe to head.

Sales Associate

Store Ops Projects Specialist

District Sales Manager

Manager in Training

Senior Internal Audit Analyst

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Foot Locker

PTO 3 days off

Foot Locker, Inc. leads the celebration of sneaker and youth culture around the globe through a portfolio of brands including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, atmos, and WSS. With approximately 2,700 retail stores in 29 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, as well as websites and mobile apps, the Company's purpose is to inspire and empower youth culture around the world, by fueling a shared passion for self-expression and creating unrivaled experiences at the heart of the global sneaker community. Foot Locker, Inc. has its corporate headquarters in New York. At Foot Locker, Inc., our purpose is to inspire and empower youth culture through our family of brands by fueling a shared passion for self-expression and creating unrivaled experiences at the heart of the sport and sneaker communities.

Cashier

Sales Associate

Stock Associate

Warehouse Housekeeper

Sales Lead

Equipment Operator

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Finish Line

PTO 3 days off

Finish Line is an American retail chain that sells athletic shoes and related apparel and accessories. The company operates 660 stores in 47 states, mostly in enclosed shopping malls, as well as Finish Line-branded athletic shoe departments in more than 450 Macy's stores.

Associate

Stock Associate

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Strengthen Brand Identity and Fuel Creativity with Sales Quoting Software

For value-added resellers in the IT and office supplies sector, creating a strong brand identity is indispensable. A brand identity not only sets a company apart from its competitors but also fosters trust and loyalty among customers.

However, maintaining a consistent brand image while striving for innovation can be a challenging task. This is where sales quoting software steps in to streamline processes, enhance brand identity, and fuel creativity. The business sales quoting software serves as a comprehensive solution for value-added resellers (VARs) to generate accurate quotes quickly and efficiently.

However its benefits extend beyond mere sales operations; it can play a pivotal role in reinforcing brand identity and fostering creativity within an organization. Here's how:

Consistency in Brand Messaging

A cohesive brand identity is built upon consistent messaging across all customer touchpoints. Sales quoting software allows businesses to incorporate branded templates, logos, and messaging into every quote, ensuring that the brand identity remains consistent throughout the sales process. This consistency reinforces brand recognition and strengthens the brand's overall image in the eyes of customers.

Personalization

While consistency is key, personalization is equally important for connecting with customers on a deeper level. A business quote generator enables businesses to tailor quotes to each customer's specific needs and preferences. By incorporating personalized elements such as customer names, relevant product recommendations, and customized pricing options, businesses can demonstrate their commitment to providing personalized experiences, thus enhancing brand loyalty.

Streamlined Workflows

Creativity thrives in environments where processes are streamlined and efficient. The software that has connections with Cisco Direct data feed automates repetitive tasks such as data entry, pricing calculations, and quote generation, allowing sales teams to focus their time and energy on more creative endeavors, such as crafting compelling sales pitches and developing innovative solutions to meet customer needs.

Data-Driven Insights

Creativity flourishes when fueled by insights and feedback. Sales quoting tools connected to catalog management solutions provide valuable data and analytics on quote performance, customer preferences, and sales trends. By leveraging these insights, businesses can identify areas for improvement, uncover new opportunities, and fine-tune their sales strategies to better resonate with their target audience, ultimately fostering a culture of continuous innovation.

Collaboration and Communication

Effective collaboration is essential for unleashing creativity within an organization. This software system integrated with catalog solutions software facilitates seamless collaboration among sales teams, marketing departments, and other stakeholders involved in the quoting process. Features such as real-time updates, commenting, and version control ensure that everyone is on the same page, fostering a collaborative environment where ideas can flow freely and innovation can thrive.

Brand Differentiation

In a crowded marketplace, standing out from the competition is crucial. Sales quoting tools that have built-in connections with the Cisco catalog empower businesses to differentiate themselves by offering unique value propositions, showcasing their expertise, and highlighting the benefits of their products or services in a visually compelling manner. By effectively communicating their brand's unique selling points through quotes, businesses can carve out a distinct identity in the minds of customers.

Sales quoting software is not just a tool for generating quotes; it is a powerful asset for strengthening brand identity and fueling creativity within an organization. By ensuring consistency in brand messaging, enabling personalization, streamlining workflows, providing data-driven insights, fostering collaboration, and facilitating brand differentiation, sales quoting software empowers businesses to elevate their brand image, engage customers more effectively, and drive innovation forward.

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Sales Automation: Streamlining Processes for Efficient Lead Generation

Article by Jonathan Bomser | CEO | AccountSend.com

In today's lightning-paced business ecosystem, the beacon of Sales Automation shines brighter than ever as a transformative force propelling lead generation into a realm of unprecedented efficiency and success. This voyage takes us through seven pivotal strategies that harness the true potential of Sales Automation, ensuring that you harness its power to revolutionize your lead generation journey.

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Implement a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System

Imagine a command center at your fingertips that orchestrates your lead interactions with finesse. This is where the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System, the linchpin of Sales Automation, comes into play. This technological marvel enables you to seamlessly centralize customer data, track interactions, and automate tasks with precision. Picture the possibilities as your sales team focuses on nurturing connections that drive conversions.

Utilize Marketing Automation Tools

Bid farewell to labor-intensive marketing efforts as Sales Automation brings forth the magic of marketing automation tools. These remarkable instruments streamline repetitive marketing tasks, from orchestrating email campaigns to nurturing leads and scheduling social media content. By crafting strategic workflows and triggers, you hold the power to deliver tailor-made messages that resonate with your prospects. The outcome? Engagement and conversion rates that soar to new heights.

Qualify Leads with Lead Scoring

In the labyrinth of potential leads, imagine having a compass that guides you to the most promising ones. Enter lead scoring, a beacon of clarity amidst the complexity. Through meticulous criteria encompassing demographic data, engagement metrics, and behavioral patterns, lead scoring empowers your sales team to prioritize leads ripe for conversion. This orchestration of efficiency elevates your conversion rates while maximizing your team's efforts.

Streamline Sales Processes with Workflow Automation

Embrace the liberation from manual, time-consuming sales processes through the elegance of workflow automation. Bid adieu to the mundane tasks of follow-ups, appointment scheduling, and proposal generation. Workflow automation transforms these into seamless symphonies, gifting your sales team precious time. This temporal freedom translates into a focus on nurturing relationships, cultivating an environment primed for deal closure.

Integrate Sales and Marketing Efforts

The synergy of sales and marketing isn't a mere concept; it's a dynamic strategy made tangible by Sales Automation. Witness the convergence of these vital forces as silos dissolve, and a harmonious collaboration emerges. Valuable insights flow seamlessly, lead progress is tracked cohesively, and communication flourishes throughout the sales cycle. The result? A seamless alliance that fuels conversions and magnifies results.

Implement Chatbots and AI-powered Assistants

In an era where responsiveness defines success, envision AI-powered chatbots as your digital allies. These innovative assistants redefine customer support and engagement by handling routine inquiries, offering instant responses, and even assisting in lead qualification. The outcome? Your team is unburdened, channeling their expertise into intricate tasks that propel your business forward.

Continuously Analyze and Optimize

Success isn't a static destination; it's an evolving journey. Data analysis becomes your compass in the realm of Sales Automation. Regularly delve into the wealth of insights harvested by your automation tools. Decode lead behavior, unravel conversion rates, and unveil sales performance intricacies. Armed with these insights, fine-tune your lead generation strategies, refine processes, and unearth optimization opportunities.

In essence, Sales Automation stands as the cornerstone of lead generation efficiency. Through adopting a CRM system, harnessing marketing automation tools, embracing lead scoring, automating sales workflows, aligning sales and marketing endeavors, integrating AI-powered support, and ceaselessly optimizing strategies, you can reshape your lead generation narrative. Embrace Sales Automation as the lifeblood of your sales strategy, and witness your lead generation expedition thrive with newfound efficiency and efficacy. The time has come to seize Sales Automation and redefine your lead generation journey.

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Before A Fall [Five Hargreeves x F Reader]. Ch 9 (Hard Feelings Part 2)

SUMMARY: As your life begins to grow around Five's, his attitude becomes a little sinister. When does protection become suffocation and when does taking matters into your own hands become betrayal? (weekly updates)

Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three - Chapter Four - Chapter Five - Chapter Six - Chapter Seven - Chapter Eight - Chapter Nine - Chapter Ten - Chapter Eleven - Chapter Twelve

Today's a big day for both of you: Five's going to break into JUICED's head offices and you're going to meet their disgruntled ex-employee.

Klaus and a sprinkling of gore below. Proceed at your own risk.

Chapter 9: Harvey Klein

Five was cuddly last night. He fell asleep with his body nestled tightly against yours, lips grazing your neck and holding you to him tightly.

“I’m glad things are okay between us now. It doesn’t feel right to fight with you.”

Your stomach tightened. Things weren’t okay between you and still aren’t now. He might have thought that a sex and a passage of Jane Austen solved it, but it didn’t. 

You had a moment of guilt-ridden doubt. This secret with Klaus: was it right to cherish it, to relish keeping something from Five? This man picked up all your pieces and loved you back together again: was it right to feel empowered by getting one over on him, in cultivating a piece of independence through defiance of him? 

You didn’t know, so you said the only thing you knew for sure:

“I love you.”

You felt him smile against your skin. 

“I love you too… you know I just want you to be safe?”

You nodded, but that settled all your doubts: you had no interest in being kept safe like a china doll: wrapped up in layers of padding and kept in a box.

So, while you outwardly accepted Five’s shadiness about what was going on, you continued to conspire with Klaus. 

Their heist is today. Their plan, when all was said and done, was to break into the JUICED head offices by night and see what they could find. In your opinion, it was breathtakingly stupid. Most of the employees would have their computers at home with them by night and there wasn’t going to be some filing cabinet marked ‘evil plans.’ Sometimes the Academy’s lack of experience in solving problems in indirect ways was painfully obvious.

You might have mentioned this if not for your plans with Klaus. You wanted to prove to Five that you weren’t helpless. 

Out of lingering loyalty to Five, Klaus had been unwilling to let you do this alone, so him keeping watch from the sidelines was the compromise you’d reached. You had taken a long lunch break to pull this off and Klaus had been waiting in a car outside.

“Get in bitch!”

You laughed. He’d ‘borrowed’ Five’s Corvette and was waiting there with the top down.

“Five is going to kill us.”

“He’s going to kill us anyway, may as well go out in style!”

You’d found yourself unable to disagree and jumped in.

You’d dressed today with more than usual care, trying to give the impression you thought would work best for the man Harvey seemed to be. Pictures of him with previous girlfriends had been plenty, and he certainly had a type. Not you, precisely, but near enough that you could mimic. 

You'd chosen a sleeveless black jumpsuit, positioning the plunge neckline so as to make a red bra just visible if you moved the right way. You wanted him to see professional competence but begin to form the idea that you might have a wild side. The white blazer you'd been wearing to cover up a little at work was left in the trunk; wearing it in front of Klein would defeat the object. 

Standing in front of Klein's table now, you find you're not nervous.

“Mr Klein?”

“Yes?”

He looks exactly like he did in his socials: an early forties sales guy. Hard working, hard drinking and a bit of an asshole. He was wearing the ‘trendy start-up sales team’ uniform: a polo shirt and expensive sneakers rather than office-wear. Together you’d followed him from his new workplace to a hipster bar and casual eatery. Klaus had entered a minute or two after Klein and chosen a seat nearby. As you entered, he was ordering a coffee.

“I’m so sorry to interrupt you- this is a strange thing to say- but I actually follow you on LinkedIn and I was hoping to meet you in person- it's Harvey Klein, right?” you give your most ingratiating smile.

He smiles back, only slightly wrongfooted. You shake his hand and introduce yourself, “I’m with Hammonds.”

“Oh!” he says, as if this means something to him.

“It’s so nice to meet you. I really loved your piece on facilitating customer success. What you say about cross-organization collaboration- it’s so, so true!” 

You give a little outtake of breath, as if his wisdom had been revelatory.

He preens, “Thank you, it’s nice to know someone reads them.”

“Of course they do, I catch them often,” then, eagerly, “Do you mind if I sit down?”

“Sure.” He looks up at you- his smile goes from flattered to deliberately charming. This is a good sign.

As you take the seat, you lean forward slightly, giving your bra an opportunity to slip. If he notices, he’s good at hiding it.

“I think my favorite piece of yours was the recent one, about a start-up environment offering a more dynamic challenge? Around the time you left JUICED?”

“Yeah,” he nods gravely, “I was really going through some stuff then. I think I wrote it as a way of coping, you know? The only way out is through.”

You nod slowly for a second, and seem to ponder his profundity. Then, you catch his eye, smile and look briefly down at the table top.

“They must really regret losing you. But what do they expect when they don’t give credit where credit’s due? I bet it wasn’t challenging to you anymore?”

He nods and gives a smile of his own, it’s as if he’s thankful to feel seen. You feel a twinge of regret for manipulating him. He’s an open book and doesn’t realize it. He casts his eye down a second before bringing his up to meet you. They’re very blue and his designer-stubble suits him. If not for Five, he might be the sort of man you’d like.

You tuck a stray lock of hair behind your ear and look up at him through your lashes as he answers.

“Yeah, like you say, it wasn’t a challenge. And when a company doesn’t value me anymore, I am straight out that barn door.”

You laugh in a tinkling way that certainly sounds fake to your own ears but apparently not to his: he mirrors you, laughing too.

“I think I still have to learn to be like that. I’m just…so early in my career. I’m not thirty yet and I don’t feel established enough…”

“Ah, imposter syndrome!” he takes a sip of his beer and settles comfortably into the role you’ve carved out for him: flattered by the attentions of a younger woman apparently eager for his mentorship, “I bet you don’t know your value to them.”

“I just thought it was brave that you got out when you did. Was it the Holbrook elementary thing that did it for you?”

He looks a little uneasy at this, so you back up a little: 

“-or was it just being undervalued?”

He relaxes, “Yeah it was mainly being passed over once too often, but the Holbrook thing wasn’t great. Felt like we were turning that school into a little George Orwell novel.”

You laugh again,  "I know exactly what you mean!” 

You accidentally catch Klaus’s eye over the top of Harvey’s head. He makes a silent simper and presses an imaginary pair of breasts together. You’re glad you’re already laughing, otherwise you couldn’t have kept a straight face. Recovering, you continue:

“I’ve heard so many rumors about it! I was speaking to this guy at a conference last year and he said there are absolutely crazy encrypted files all over JUICED’s hard drives.”

He sniggers, “Oh I have no doubt there are.”

You wave an airy hand: of course he would know all about it. You lean forward again, as if in conspiracy with him, but really to give him an uninterrupted view down your neckline. His eyes flick down and then slowly back to your face.

“Of course, you couldn’t stay knowing that something like that was going on. I’m sure you had a feeling.”

“I certainly did.”

“Nothing gets past you, huh?”

“There’s more than one secret at JUICED, let me tell you.” he leans in too.

You give a quiet, eager gasp.

“Oh I bet there is! Get this- and this is strictly on the downlow but I know I can trust you: my biggest client is this artisanal soda company: 'SodaShack', if you've heard of them? They're only a year old."

He clearly hasn't, which is no surprise as you just made them up.

"You should try their lavender and hibiscus. Anyway, JUICED's tactics are shocking. So unethical- like a wannabe monopoly! Competition's supposed to be a good thing but they're trying to annihilate them at every turn. God, if there's anything you know, please tell me!" 

Harvey winks and taps the side of his nose: that's for me to know and you to find out. 

"Come on!" you give the flirtatious smile that could make Five melt in under a second, "You won't help a girl cement her career?"

Harvey just laughs and shakes his head, but he's clearly interested. 

“Ok, fine... I can tell you something though: you know I told you I met a guy at a conference?”

He nods. You glance around theatrically and gesture him closer with a single finger. He leans in closer and so do you.

“Well…he told me that’s there’s definitely something more going on with the Holbrook thing. He was absolutely sure they’re drugging the kids or something- like there’s a mystery ingredient.” 

You laugh slightly breathily in his ear, keeping your mouth beside his cheek for fractionally longer than needed. 

You catch Klaus’s eye again and he winks.

“Can you believe that?” you say, leaning back into your seat.

“I…can actually.” 

Klein looks like he’s only just realizing, putting disparate memories together in his mind's eye.

“Really? Oh, I’d love to get that sort of information on them. It would absolutely torpedo them.”

You look up at him, the suggestion of flirtation back in your eye.

“But I’d need a man who’s willing to take risks for what’s right.”

You check your watch, “Oh, I’m sorry! It’s so late, I just got caught up talking to you- time flies, right?”

You reach for your purse and fish around in it, producing and handing him a fake business card printed just for this purpose.

“I’d really love for you to give me a call sometime. Soon.”

He looks down at the card and then back up at you.

“...I’ll make sure to do that.”

You readjusted your neckline.

“We’ve got him. Hook line and sinker. If he knows how to get it, he’s coming to me.

Klaus kept sniggering,

“Oh Five would be soo pissed! You were like 'oooohh Harv, you’re such a big, strong LinkedIn man, look at my boobies.' "

“Gotta do what you gotta do.”

“No, I love it.”

As Klaus drove you back to work, you found yourself becoming preoccupied. You’d been channeling your mother throughout the conversation with Klein, and this was no point of pride.

Throughout the afternoon in the office, you'd managed to get the bulk of your work done, but had to keep pushing down little rushes of guilt when you imagined how hurt Five would be if he'd seen that out of context. Though it hadn't even approached apology-status, he was right when he read you that passage from his book: he might have been an asshole, but he'd never been inconstant.

 You shake this off, reminding yourself that HE could have been the one sitting there instead of Klaus, if he'd only thought you were worthy of asking for help. There would be no danger of him seeing it out of context in that case.

Nevertheless, flirting with Harvey felt wrong, even if it was for the greater good. 

Now it's evening. Five and the others left for JUICED’s head offices a little way outside the city a few hours ago, weapons holstered. You and Klaus had taken advantage of their absence to spend a couple of hours cyber-stalking your next best leads on JUICED after Harvey.  As promising as he seemed, you didn’t want to rely on that.

But just as you went up to bed, your specially-bought burner phone  rung with an unknown number. You’d run downstairs and now you’re back in the living room again to find Klaus behind the bar.

Answering the call, you gesture him over and put the phone on loudspeaker.  

“Hello?”

“Hi, it’s Harvey Klein here, just giving you a call. Excuse the lateness.”

“He’s thirsty,” Klaus mouths.

“Oh Mr Klein! I’m happy to hear from you so soon?”

“I couldn't get our conversation out of my head. Call me Harv, please.”

You try to sound a little playful, but it's harder over the phone.

“Ok. Harv.”

“Now…I’ve been thinking about you.”

Klaus looks as if he’s going to burst out laughing and you move away in preparation, shielding the phone's mic from the potential outburst.

“Really?”

“Yeah. I’m pretty sure that by the end of the day tomorrow, I’m going to have some information on JUICED.”

“Wow! Are you serious? How?”

“I’ve got a contact close to the Product Innovation lead: it's his P.A, Jeff. He got drunk at the Christmas party last year, made a pass at me and then sent me about six dick pics from the bathroom.”

He laughs heartily.

“I showed him that I’ve got those messages saved and backed up on the cloud. His wife wouldn’t be too happy to find out, you see? Anyway, he told me he will get me any and all information about secret ingredients and the school sponsorship as soon as he gets into work. He's scared shitless.”

“Does he have access to that? Or do you think he'll be able to get his boss’s passwords?”

“Oh, no doubt. Jenkins is a dinosaur. Pretty ironic for the guy who heads up Product Innovation, but there we go. Jeff told me he keeps all his passwords written in a notebook in his unlocked desk drawer. The idiot.”

You believe this easily. You’d had a manager who used the same, easily guessed password for everything. A corporation could be as powerful as it wanted, but their security was only as strong as their most inept personnel.

“So…I was thinking…” Harv draws out his question flirtatiously, “If I give you the info, you blow the whistle and save your little soda artisans, I get one benefit in that I get to screw over JUICED. But I think I’d want something a little extra…”

“Ok?” 

Klaus wiggles his eyebrows suggestively.

“I’ll give it all to you tomorrow night if you take me out to dinner. I...felt like we really hit it off today and maybe we could see how things go."

“I think that seems like more than a fair deal Harv. I wouldn't mind getting to know you a little better.”

When you finish up the call, after arranging a meeting time at a nice restaurant in the city, Klaus squeals and you both jump up and down a little.

“Are we about to crack this thing by you being a giant ho-bag?  I'd usually be fully supportive of this but...I am Five's brother and-”

“Don't worry. I’ll flirt a little, get the files and ghost him. It's kinda mean but he’s collateral damage.”

“If he expects a hand job or something, I’m happy to take that one for the team. I gotta protect my brother’s girlfriend’s honor.”

The front door bangs open, making you both jump.

The sound of raised, panicked voices and flurries of movement issue from the entrance hall. Before you can react beyond instinctive fright, the living room doors burst open too.

A laden Luther careers his way through, going quickly in the direction of their father’s rooms. Sloane and Viktor are at his shoulders. They all look disheveled: dirty and clothes torn with just-clotted cuts on their exposed skin. In Luther’s arms, Five lies limp.

You reel: his chest and right arm are soaked in blood. He’s naked from the waist up but for his shirt turned into an improvised dressing, now dripping with congealing blood. His eyes are closed.

“Five!” 

As your chest tightens and you feel the world spin, Klaus’s hand closes around your elbow and he pulls you after the others.

You give chase as Luther hurries Five past the surveillance room and into one you’ve never needed to enter before.

A gurney complete with drip sits in the middle of the tiled floor. Luther lays Five gently on this. Although his breath hitches a little, he gives no other sign of consciousness.

“He’s lost blood.”

You get the first real look at Five’s face. It's white-wan. You push past Luther and manage to touch him, slapping lightly at his cheek. He doesn't stir; his face is cold.. Klaus grabs you under the arms and pulls you back.

“Why isn’t he at the hospital?”

“Too many questions.” says Sloane, preparing a sterile needle and grabbing Viktor’s proffered inner-elbow.

Meanwhile, Luther roots out a pair of trauma shears and smartly cuts away the shirt.

“Antibiotics,” he murmurs, and goes to search the large cabinet along one wall.

Sloane attaches the needle and transfusion device to Viktor.

As Luther finishes, he lowers the gurney, giving gravity the most assistance he can in the coming blood transfusion. 

You get a full sight of what’s happened to Five. 

His clavicle is crater-like; ghostly-white bone visible amid a deep rosette of rough gore. It looks like dark, raw meat. Blood still pools and drips. The flesh around it looks like pulverized liver. This is clearly the exit wound.

You start to cry, fighting to get out of Klaus’ grip, but he holds you fast.

“You have to let them work!”

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Exploring Omodore: The AI Assistant Transforming Business Operations

In today's fast-paced business environment, efficiency and innovation are crucial for staying ahead of the competition. Enter Omodore, an AI-powered assistant that's redefining how businesses manage their operations, interact with customers, and drive growth. Let's dive into what makes Omodore a standout tool in the world of AI and automation.

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The impact of customer reviews on consumer behavior cannot be underestimated. Research consistently shows that a majority of consumers read online reviews before making a purchase decision. Positive reviews build trust and confidence in potential customers, leading to increased foot traffic and higher conversion rates.

Key Features of Local Reviews

Streamlined Review Collection: Local Reviews simplifies the process of soliciting feedback from customers. With customizable review request templates and automated reminders, businesses can effortlessly gather authentic reviews.

Enhanced Online Visibility: Leveraging customer reviews, businesses can improve their online presence. Local Reviews helps businesses appear more prominently in search engine results, driving organic traffic.

Trust Building: Positive reviews serve as social proof, enhancing a business's credibility and reputation. Local Reviews provides tools to showcase these reviews across multiple platforms, amplifying their impact.

Actionable Insights: Beyond collecting reviews, Local Reviews offers valuable insights into customer sentiment. Businesses can analyze feedback to identify areas of improvement and refine their offerings.

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Conclusion

In a digital age dominated by consumer choice, local businesses must embrace innovative strategies to stand out. Local Reviews offers a transformative solution by empowering businesses to collect, manage, and leverage customer reviews effectively. By harnessing the collective voice of satisfied customers, businesses can build trust, enhance visibility, and drive sales. Embrace the power of Local Reviews and unlock the true potential of your business today.

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#week9 Urban Nest Start-Up Progress: Wins, Challenges, and Personal Insights

Hello Urban Nest family! 🌿

As we continue to grow and develop Urban Nest, I wanted to take a moment to share some updates on our journey. Running a start-up is an exhilarating and challenging experience, and reflecting on what’s working, what isn’t, and the lessons learned along the way is crucial for our growth. Here’s a look at where we stand and the insights we’ve gained so far.

What’s Working? 🌟

1. Social Media Engagement: Our social media campaigns, especially on Instagram and TikTok, have been hugely successful. Our “Apartment Makeovers” series, which showcases stunning transformations of urban apartments, has resonated deeply with our audience. These posts drive high engagement and effectively highlight the versatility of our products.

2`. Pop-Up Events: Our “Urban Nest Pop-Up Experience” events have been a hit! These events allow customers to experience our products in person and engage with our brand in a fun, interactive way. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and we’ve seen a direct impact on sales.

What’s Not Working? 🚧

1. Email Marketing Campaigns: Our email campaigns haven’t performed as well as expected. Open rates and click-through rates are lower than anticipated, suggesting that our content might not be hitting the mark.

3. Inventory Management: Managing inventory has proven more challenging than anticipated, leading to occasional stockouts and delays, which affects customer satisfaction.

How Do I Feel About the Project? 🏗️

Determined and Resilient: The challenges we’ve faced have only strengthened my resolve. Each obstacle presents an opportunity to learn and grow, both for the business and for me personally.

Inspired: The creativity and enthusiasm of our team and community are inspiring. Every day brings new ideas and opportunities, making this journey as enriching as it is demanding.

Lessons Learned About Running a Business 📚

1. Customer-Centric Approach: Understanding and responding to customer needs and preferences is fundamental. Our most successful strategies directly address the desires and pain points of our audience.

2. Data-Driven Decisions: Using data to guide our decisions has been invaluable. From social media analytics to sales data, understanding what works and what doesn’t allow us to optimize our strategies.

Lessons Learned About Myself 💡

1. Resilience and Adaptability: I’ve discovered a newfound resilience and adaptability within myself. Navigating the ups and downs of the start-up world has taught me to stay calm under pressure and embrace challenges as growth opportunities.

2. Leadership and Team Collaboration: I’ve learned the importance of effective leadership and the power of collaboration. Leading a team and fostering a collaborative environment has been a learning curve, but it’s taught me how to inspire and empower others to achieve our shared goals.

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Healthcare Market Research: Why Does It Matter? 

Healthcare market research (MR) providers interact with several stakeholders to discover and learn about in-demand treatment strategies and patients’ requirements. Their insightful reports empower medical professionals, insurance companies, and pharma businesses to engage with patients in more fulfilling ways. This post will elaborate on the growing importance of healthcare market research. 

What is Healthcare Market Research? 

Market research describes consumer and competitor behaviors using first-hand or public data collection methods, like surveys and web scraping. In medicine and life sciences, clinicians and accessibility device developers can leverage it to improve patient outcomes. They grow faster by enhancing their approaches as validated MR reports recommend. 

Finding key opinion leaders (KOL), predicting demand dynamics, or evaluating brand recognition efforts becomes more manageable thanks to domain-relevant healthcare market research consulting. Although primary MR helps with authority-building, monitoring how others in the target field innovate their business models is also essential. So, global health and life science enterprises value secondary market research as much as primary data-gathering procedures. 

The Importance of Modern Healthcare Market Research 

1| Learning What Competitors Might Do Next 

Businesses must beware of market share fluctuations due to competitors’ expansion strategies. If your clients are more likely to seek help from rival brands, this situation suggests failure to compete. 

Companies might provide fitness products, over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, or childcare facilities. However, they will always lose to a competitor who can satisfy the stakeholders’ demands more efficiently. These developments evolve over the years, during which you can study and estimate business rivals’ future vision. 

You want to track competing businesses’ press releases, public announcements, new product launches, and marketing efforts. You must also analyze their quarter-on-quarter market performance. If the data processing scope exceeds your tech capabilities, consider using healthcare data management services offering competitive intelligence integrations. 

2| Understanding Patients and Their Needs for Unique Treatment  

Patients can experience unwanted bodily changes upon consuming a medicine improperly. Otherwise, they might struggle to use your accessibility technology. If healthcare providers implement a user-friendly feedback and complaint collection system, they can reduce delays. As a result, patients will find a cure for their discomfort more efficiently. 

However, processing descriptive responses through manual means is no longer necessary. Most market research teams have embraced automated unstructured data processing breakthroughs. They can guess a customer’s emotions and intentions from submitted texts without frequent human intervention. This era of machine learning (ML) offers ample opportunities to train ML systems to sort patients’ responses quickly. 

So, life science companies can increase their employees’ productivity if their healthcare market research providers support ML-based feedback sorting and automation strategies. 

Besides, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and animal care facilities can incorporate virtual or physical robots powered by conversational artificial intelligence (AI). Doing so is one of the potential approaches to addressing certain patients’ loneliness problems throughout hospitalization. Utilize MR to ask your stakeholders whether such integrations improve their living standards. 

3| Improving Marketing and Sales 

Healthcare market research aids pharma and biotechnology corporations to categorize customer preferences according to their impact on sales. It also reveals how brands can appeal to more people when introducing a new product or service. One approach is to shut down or downscale poorly performing ideas. 

If a healthcare facility can reduce resources spent on underperforming promotions, it can redirect them to more engaging campaigns. Likewise, MR specialists let patients and doctors directly communicate their misgivings about such a medicine or treatment via online channels. The scale of these surveys can extend to national, continental, or global markets. It is more accessible as cloud platforms flexibly adjust the resources a market research project may need. 

With consistent communication involving doctors, patients, equipment vendors, and pharmaceutical brands, the healthcare industry will be more accountable. It will thrive sustainably. 

Healthcare Market Research: Is It Ethical? 

Market researchers in healthcare and life sciences will rely more on data-led planning as competition increases and customers demand richer experiences like telemedicine. Remember, it is not surprising how awareness regarding healthcare infrastructure has skyrocketed since 2020. At the same time, life science companies must proceed with caution when handling sensitive data in a patient’s clinical history. 

On one hand, universities and private research projects need more healthcare data. Meanwhile, threats of clinical record misuse are real, having irreparable financial and psychological damage potential. 

Ideally, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmaceutical firms must inform patients about the use of health records for research or treatment intervention. Today, reputed data providers often conduct MR surveys, use focus groups, and scan scholarly research publications. They want to respect patients’ choice in who gets to store, modify, and share the data. 

Best Practices for Healthcare Market Research Projects 

Legal requirements affecting healthcare data analysis, market research, finance, and ethics vary worldwide. Your data providers must recognize and respect this reality. Otherwise, gathering, storing, analyzing, sharing, or deleting a patient’s clinical records can increase legal risks. 

Even if a healthcare business has no malicious intention behind extracting insights, cybercriminals can steal healthcare data. Therefore, invest in robust IT infrastructure, partner with experts, and prioritize data governance. 

Like customer-centricity in commercial market research applications, dedicate your design philosophy to patient-centricity. 

Incorporating health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) will depend on real-world evidence (RWE). Therefore, protect data integrity and increase quality management standards. If required, find automated data validation assistance and develop or rent big data facilities. 

Capture data on present industry trends while maintaining a grasp on long-term objectives. After all, a lot of data is excellent for accuracy, but relevance is the backbone of analytical excellence and business focus. 

Conclusion 

Given this situation, transparency is the key to protecting stakeholder faith in healthcare data management. As such, MR consultants must act accordingly. Healthcare market research is not unethical. Yet, this statement stays valid only if a standardized framework specifies when patients’ consent trumps medical researchers’ data requirements. Healthcare market research is not unethical. Yet, this statement stays valid only if a standardized framework specifies when patients’ consent trumps medical researchers’ data requirements. 

Market research techniques can help fix the long-standing communication and ethics issues in doctor-patient relationships if appropriately configured, highlighting their importance in the healthcare industry’s progress. When patients willingly cooperate with MR specialists, identifying recovery challenges or clinical devices’ ergonomic failures is quick. No wonder that health and life sciences organizations want to optimize their offerings by using market research. 

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I scrolled through some of your old posts and came upon the "Reparations Service" one. I believe this work could be complemented by empowering black people to assign "reparation tasks" to white people in their life. Black boss too busy to pick up laundry after work? Have a white worker do it. Lacking entertainment for your frat party? Get a few of the white cheerleaders to do their spiciest routine. Integrating reparation work into daily life would enforce the mindset, and be more efficient!

I believe this is the post you're referring to.

And yes, the concept of white people performing tasks for the Black people in their lives would be an ingrained aspect of society.

In office situations, whites would be expected to make coffee, restock the printer, get everyone lunch, etc.

You're the only white person on an otherwise all-Black sales team and the office bathroom is out of toilet paper? Off you go to the storage to pick up some more. Don't worry about your leads; your Black coworkers will be more than happy to pursue those while you're gone.

Among young people, the tasks would be more sexual in nature.

You're a white girl invited to an all-Black male poker night? Don't bother reading up on the rules; you'll spend all night in a revealing maid outfit, serving drinks and snacks to the guys. You're a D cup or bigger? You'll be wearing a Hooters uniform instead.

You're a white girl on the cheerleading team and the all-Black fraternity asks you to their party? Expect to spend the night shaking your pom-poms to gangster rap.