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Ed Bagley
Member since 28th March 2006
Occupation: Writer and Internet Marketer
Ed Bagley started writing for money at 16 and in the next 45 years was an investigative reporter, sports editor and managing editor for daily newspapers, newspaper publishing company owner, niche book publishing company owner, personal marketing specialist, and now a mentor, consultant, confidant and an internet marketer.
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05th September 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
When you understand that the average CEO in America makes 400 times what the average worker makes, you could get upset. When you have an environment where chief executive officers of companies can rack up a pitiful financial...
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22nd July 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
Imagine my surprise when I went online recently and encountered this headline: "Karl Rove's Sly Deal With Fox". Think of a conservative, right-wing political hack with slight-of-hand magic out to pull a fast one over on Amer...
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20th June 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
A reader emailed me with this question: "I was in an interview, and was asked this question: How do you motivate yourself? I could barely answer the question. What would you suggest?"
This is a great question that deserve...
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07th April 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
Female executives who are bold and aggressive do not rise up the corporate ladder as quickly as you may think. Bold and aggressive traits do not naturally match well with intelligence and savvy. Given the fact that there are...
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07th April 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
We can teach people a lot of things, but there are two things we cannot teach people, potential hires or employees—judgment and personality development.
Judgment is an interesting trait because the only way you can acqu...
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07th April 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
My best advice to clients about to interview for a job is to treat the interview like an IRS audit.
When the Internal Revenue Service thinks you are cheating on your annual tax return, and they ask you a question during a...
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07th April 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
If I told a lot of potential hires that sometimes they have as much or more to do with getting a job offer as I do as the interviewer, most of them would not believe me. After all, I am the interviewer and, in many cases, I ...
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06th April 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
There is probably not a day in America when at least a million employees wonder "When am I going to get promoted?" or "I am so upset that they promoted him and not me?"
On that very same day there are hundreds of managers...
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03rd April 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
Thirty-nine years ago I had taken a weekend job as a police reporter for the Colorado Springs Free Press, a daily newspaper competitor to the long-established Colorado Springs Gazette. The Free Press was a morning paper and ...
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03rd April 2008
Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
Imagine my surprise Wednesday (3-5-08) when I discovered that Warren Buffett, who has played second fiddle to Bill Gates as the world's richest man for several years, is now the wealthiest billionaire in the world with a net...
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10th March 2008
Copyright © 2007 Ed Bagley
Two seemingly unrelated stories caught my attention yesterday. One was about corporations stockpiling cash and the other was about consumer savings rates.
Some American corporations really know how to sock it away.
Exx...
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30th July 2007
Copyright � 2007 Ed Bagley
Do you realize that in our country you are penalized for practicing good money management habits? Think about it.
If you paid for your own college education and refused to fall into the credit card trap that uses lenders...
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26th July 2007
Copyright � 2007 Ed Bagley
If any of these three agencies (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion) could "legally" lie, cheat and steal they would do it every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
All three agencies were forced to give out a free credit ...
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26th July 2007
Copyright � 2007 Ed Bagley
A sharp rise in the delinquency of subprime mortgages has caused lenders to tighten up their standards and actually reject applications.
Should you attempt to refinance your present mortgage or seek a new mortgage, your ...
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23rd July 2007
Copyright � 2007 Ed Bagley
Like a 4-year-old child at the checkout counter in a supermarket, American consumers want just one more impulse buy to make their buying day complete, and apparently the more expensive it is, the better.
Here is an examp...
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