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The UK calls them Stag and Hen parties. Here, we call them Bachelor and Bachelorette parties. So, Redseven, the leading hen and stag company, put together this infographic to show the trends on hen and stag parties in the UK.
Most Popular Locations
In the UK, hens favor London and stags favor Bournemouth. Overseas, hens favor Marbella and stags favor Riga.
Biggest Expense
Booze. No big shocker there. Stags spend more money all around, but the food to booze ratio is smaller for hens than it it is for stags.
Surprise?
Hens like suprises. 44% of hen parties keep the destination secret, while only 14% of stag parties keep the destination a secret.
Fancy Dress
Hens spend more on fancy dress and gifts than stags.
Who is In Control?
15% of stags organized their own weekends, while 25% of hens controlled their own.
Flirting?
39% of stag parties admitted to flirting on their stag weekend, while 8.6% of stags admitted to some kissing. 21% of hen parties admitted to flirting, and 4.6% of hens admitted to kissing. Shame.
Celebrity
When asked which celebrity stag or hen party they wished they’d attended, 34% of surveyed stags said Wayne Rooney and 62% of hens said Coleen Rooney. The Rooneys, apparently, are very popular.
Scorecard
Design: B+
The black, white and red is striking, and the images are clean.
Information: B+
It’s nice to know what they’re doing on the other side of the pond.
Source: Stag weekends by Redseven.
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Have you even heard about this? It’s not a new thing – a factoid at the top tells us that the General Motors Futurama exhibit at New York City’s 1939 World’s Fair featured a driverless electric car. It was controlled by radio and powered by circuits embedded in the roadway.
It’s Coming
Now they tell us that Google has been testing vehicles equipped with driverless navigation systems, and that the cars tested have driven 1000 miles without human intervention and another 140,000 miles with a little bit of human intervention. Incidentally, 140,000 miles equates to driving around the globe 5.6 times. That’s a lot of driverless (or almost driverless) driving. Nevada is on board with this, having recently passed legislation removing legal barriers around driverless technology.
It’s Safe?
They state the fact that 93% of all automobile crashes are caused by driver error, be it intoxication, texting while driving, etc. Of all the Google driverless miles that have been driven, there have only been 2 crashes, and both times a human was behind the wheel.
Think of All Those Books You Can Read
“40 minutes of drive time becomes 40 minutes of ‘do something else while your car drives you where you need to go’ time.”
Efficient?
When you think about the fact that the average car is immobile for 96% of its lifetime (sort of like people), a driverless car can increase efficiency. Your car can be doing something while you’re doing something else. The examples given are both about sending your car to take your kid someplace or pick your kid up from someplace. How do you feel about that?
Lost Jobs
There are 232,300 taxi drivers and chauffeurs in this country. AND there are 647,500 bus drivers, 70% of whom work in school districts. But then, would you put your kid on a driverless bus? Who tells them to sit down?
Lost State Revenue
I’ll just quote their example directly. “If each of California’s 22.6 million licensed drivers opted to get a $25 ID card instead of a $31 license renewal, the state would loose $135,943,728.” Yeesh.
Reduced DUI
10,228 people died from drinking and driving-related accidents in 2010. Those lives could have been saved if nobody was driving, and the cars drove themselves, right? 112 million people drive drunk every year.
And Parking…
When the car drives you, it can just drop you off wherever you are going, so you don’t have to park. You just program the car to come get you. In New York City, for example, you could save $10,000 per year on parking costs.
Scorecard
Design: A+
This is a really good-looking infographic. Seriously. I have no criticism.
Information: A
I’d give it a + but I’m afraid of technological advances like this. What if the cars turned against us? Kidding….
Source: Driverless Car from Life Insurance Quotes
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Any time is a good time to start saving. Obviously, the sooner you start, the more money you will have when you really need it. This infographic reminds us that there are a lot of things to save for – retirement, emergencies, personal goals, and more. So what are the savings trends among people of prime savings age (25-34), and why aren’t more people saving money?
Saving Money…In Theory
A small graph in the upper left corner shows the most likely New Years Resolutions among 25-34 year-olds, and the number one choice is to save more money. That’s followed by losing weight, spending more time with friends, and volunteer work. In reality, only 4% of this demographic saved 20% or more, 24% saved about 6-9% of their income, 32% saved 1-5%, and 40% saved nothing.
Desirability vs. Affordability
This section reviews some of the things that people spend money on, and how money can be saved. For instance, you may need to have a smartphone with a data plan, but you could save a lot of money if you only buy what you need. For instance, everyone wants the latest and greatest, but that costs the most. A basic phone with limited features costs the least for a data plan, but might not offer the functionality you need. If you go with a middle of the road free phone with a 2-year contract, you could save while still getting what you need technology-wise.
Similarly, people spend a lot of money on their home entertainment. A cable package with the works, including a DVR, can cost $200 per month, while streaming web service only costs less than $10 per month. Basic cable costs about $30 per month, so you could have that and the streaming web service and still be paying a lot less.
As for eating, everyone likes a nice meal out every now and then, but it is so much cheaper to cook at home.
Generally, if you use common sense and a little self control, you can save money without sacrificing too much of your comfort.
If You DO Start Saving
This graph is the best part of the whole infographic. It shows you, based on how much you save per week, how much you could have in 5, 10, and 30 years. It’s inspirational and makes you want to start saving, even (ahem) if you’re older than the demographic targeted in this infographic.
Scorecard
Design: B
The design is clean, but there are a lot of tiny words that make the eyes swim a little. Other than that, the colors and fonts are good and the background is quite nice.
Information: A
Good information for everybody, and puts data in an easy-to-understand way that packs a punch.
Source: FeedthePig.org
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B2B marketers use LinkedIn and B2C marketers use Facebook. That’s only logical, right? Conventional wisdom says that B2B marketing simply doesn’t work on Facebook because prospects are socializing. But does this really make sense?
Sheer numbers point to Facebook as a better opportunity for B2B marketers. Facebook blows LinkedIn out of the water in important states like users, minutes, and even users over the age of 35. That certainly seems like a good reason to use Facebook for B2B marketing, especially if no one else is.
At first glance, it seems counter-intuitive to market B2B products when prospects are in their “at-home” mode. But is it really? B2B marketers like Southwest Airlines and United Parcel Service of America are major advertisers on NFL programming. If people will listen to B2B marketing messaging while they’re watching football, why wouldn’t they listen when they’re chatting with friends and family?
Infographic provided by: San Diego Web Design & Marketing Agency and San Diego Small Business Marketing
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ForestEthics created a survey & asked people, “Why Do Forests Matter to You?” This is the word cloud infographic they created from those responses.
Source: http://forestethics.org/wfdsurvey
Conquest Graphics asks some great questions about why recycled paper is so important in the printing industry.
- What are the issues involved in using recycled paper?
- Why is it important that you deal with companies that are FSC-certified?
These are questions which may be viewed as separate issues, but in fact they are related. It’s important that you as a responsible buyer of printed products understand these issues and why they matter to you.
Let’s start with the basics. FSC stands for the Forest Stewardship Council, and companies such as Conquest Graphics which have earned the FSC certification are those who have proved to this independent certifying organization that they meet critical standards in using paper products which come from forests which are responsibly managed, and that they use a significant percentage of post-consumer (recycled) paper in their products.
What does this mean to you, the buyer of printed materials, in practical terms?
It means that in many if not most of your buying decisions, the use of paper which contains some recycled material may lead to cost savings without reducing the quality of your product. Some printed products may require virgin pulp, and you may not be in a position to compromise on that. But wherever possible, if you can save money and use partially-recycled paper, it may well make sense to do so.
Conquest Graphics will work with you and make sure that you are able to use paper which meets your needs from a pricing and quality point of view. We do have the leeway to use paper which does not contain recycled material, and this usage does not affect our certification.
There are plenty of companies you can find to do business with which claim to be FSC certified but are not, or which make no claims along these lines and are not concerned with the issue. The fact that you are reading this brief article on the subject means that you are probably conscientious enough to want to understand the issues and make the right decision.
And so this brings us to the second question. (See above.) Why is it better to deal with us, and who is it better for?
The second part of that question is easy: it’s better for the environment, and if it’s better for the environment that means it’s better for everybody. Does this point need any further elaboration ? Probably not. If you are in favor of making business choices which favor the environment, then you will want to work with companies such as Conquest Graphics which have already made that commitment.
Now that we have established that we are committed in this direction, and that this direction helps the environment, why is it better for you to deal with us? What do you get out of it?
Simple: for whatever product or service you offer, you can legitimately say that you too are doing your part to help the environment. That makes you a steward of the environment, an environmentally-oriented company. And you can use that fact in your own marketing efforts, and you would be perfectly justified in doing so.
And since there are millions of consumers who prefer to deal with companies who are environmentally conscious, then you reap the benefits, as you should.
Contact Conquest Graphics today to join forces in printing brochures and other paper products which are environmentally friendly.
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Who is Doing the Moving in America?
Uncle Bob throws us some statistics, so I’m just going to list them for you here:
The average American moves 11.7 times in their lifetime. I don’t know how you move .7 times, but I digress.
Women will stay at a residence for about 5.6 years, while men only stick around for 4.9 years. Men and women tend to stay in the same country.
Relocation is supposedly the third most stressful life event you can have. It disrupts your routine, culture shock, and does other bad things to your head.
People in their 20′s move more than people of other ages, and more than 15% of all movers move out of state. College? Job transfers?
Renters move more often than homeowners. Of course.
Helpful Moving Tips
Purchase good moving materials
Number and label each box to keep track of what is where.
Pack each box completely, and use paper to fill up gaps.
Be clever. Move clothes and linens in drawers, and wrap up knick knacks and pack them inside your pots and pans. Use space wisely.
Thoroughly clean your appliances.
Where Do People Go?
Palm Coast, Florida. Warm, fun, etc.
St. George, Utah. Good weather.
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada. Vegas, Baby.
Cape Coral, Florida. See above.
Raleigh, NC. The Triangle. Woot.
Scorecard:
Design: A
It’s pretty. What can I say?
Information: A
Who knew all that stuff about moving?
Source:
Just who is doing all the moving in America? This infographic offer readers
tips on how to move more efficiently and which locations are seeing the
highest increase in population over the past decade. Uncle Bob’s Self
Storage offers valuable add-on services such as Dri-guard, a
state-of-the-art dehumidification system. Patrons can also take advantage of
Uncle Bob’s rental trucks and a national Customer Care Center that features a fully integrated sales and
reservation system for storage units.
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This infographic informs us that the Cord Blood Registry and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston have partnered to form a trial that will infuse children with hearing loss with their own cord blood stem cells to try to treat the hearing problem.
Causes of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can be caused by chemical exposure, infections like the measles and meningitis, and by head injuries.
Impact of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can impact a child’s learning abilities, their social development, and their speech and language acquisition.
How it Works
There are thousands of children in the United States with acquired hearing loss. The damage occurs inside the Cochlea, where damaged cells in the inner ear cause the hearing loss. An infusion of the cord blood stem cells into the Cochlea could repair the damaged cells and improve hearing. That is what the trial is testing.
Scorecard
Design: A+
This is a beautifully designed, easy-to-understand infographic.
Information: B
More information, like the amount of children participating in the trial, etc. would be nice to know.
Source: Hearing Loss Stem Cell Treatment Infographic
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Most people have been in a shaky financial boat for some time now. It’s hard to get a loan to buy a house, a car, or even to get a credit card. What if your refrigerator, stove, or other essential appliance craps out on you and you need a new one? You don’t have the available cash, your credit cards are maxed out, you can’t get approved for a new credit card, and the Appliance Fairy isn’t knocking at your door. Do you spend a dollar on a lottery ticket and hope for the best, or do you do what many people are being coerced into doing and rent to own your new appliance?
That’s wha t this infographic is about. And though it’s from the UK and the money numbers are in £ instead of $, you get the idea that for the price you end up paying for that appliance, you could have bought two or three of the same.
Inflated Prices
A high price for a washing machine (in the UK) is £470. If you pay to rent to own, you end up paying £1250.
APR
The APR on a rent to own appliance can be as much as 49.9%. That’s compared to 4-6% for a school loan, 10% on a property loan, etc.
Saving vs. Rent to Own
If you save the equivalent of £5 per week for 50 weeks, you can buy a new washing machine, TV, refrigerator, or “cooker.” If you go the rent to own route it could take you as many as 150 weeks to pay it off. Think smart and cut back on the lattes. You can buy your new appliance outright in no time.
Scorecard
Design: B
It’s OK, but not stunning. The colors are sort of annoying, but the graphics and text are clean.
Information: A
Pretty cut and dry, really, but gets the point across.
Source: Appliances Online
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If you spend a lot of time on the internet, or if you make your living that way, you’ve seen a lot of changes on Google in the past year. This is pretty fascinating, so let’s go through it step by step.
Content Attribution Update – 1/28/2011
A Google update designed to weed out content scrapers was released. It used better content attribution to identify the content scrapers. The infographic asks the question we’re all thinking right now – was that the birth of Panda?
“First” Panda Update – 2/23/2011
Also known as the “Farmer Update,” the Panda update swept through Google, impacting 12% of search results. The algorithm update was designed to better seek out and devalue content farms and content scrapers, sites with thin or poor content, and sites with loads of (excessive) advertising.
Google +1 – 3/30/2011
Google went social with the +1 button, which allows users to “influence the results displayed to people that are members of their Google Plus circles.”
Panda Update – 4/11/2011
The update heard around the world, Panda 2.0 introduced signals into the algorithm that made it so websites that users blocked dropped in ranking.
Panda Update 2.1 – 5/9/2011
Not a big update, this introduced minor changes to the algorithm. The impact was minimal, which was a relief after the 2.0 update.
Support Announced for Schema.org – 6/2/2011
Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft announced unified support for structured data through Schema.org, a project that allows webmasters to markup their pages so they are easier to find in search engines.
Panda Update 2.2 – 6/21/2011
Actually officially acknowledged by Google on June 21st, this update made changes to the algorithm, though they were minor. According to talk around the web, the update happened anywhere between 6/16 and 6/20.
Panda Update 2.3 – 7/26/2011
Around July 23rd, another Panda update occurred, and was officially recognized by Google on the 26th.
Panda Global – Panda Update 2.4 – 8/12/2011
An international Panda roll-out, this update impacted not only English-language searches but also non-English searches. Japanese, Korean, and Chinese language searches were excluded.
Expansion of Sitelinks – 8/16/2011
Google rolled out an expanded version of sitelinks, benefiting websites of bigger brands more than smaller websites. 6 sitelinks are the norm, but up to 12 per listing were seen at the time.
Google Introduces “Rel” Attributes – 9/15/2011
Google tackles the crawl and duplicate content by pagination issue by introducing rel=”next” and rel-”prev” attributes.
Panda Update 2.5 – 9/28/2011
Google reported this as a minor update, but website report it as a large, and potentially harmful one. Large traffic losses occurred, notably to the website of The Today Show.
Matt Cutts tweets about Panda “Flux” – 10/5/2011
Internet guru and Googlemeister Matt Cuts tweeted about a flux that would occur in the coming weeks. The fluxes that occured were on 10/9, 10/13, and 10/19 or 10/20. The last one, Panda 2.5.3, had a huge impact on search results.
Search Privacy Announced – 10/18/2011
Google reveals that people who are searching Google while they’re logged into their Google account would be directed to the SSL version of Google so their search queries would be encrypted. Good for user privacy, bad for internet marketers.
Google Freshness Update – 11/3/2011
This new algorithm change will pay closer attention to fresh content. Basically, it will display more time sensitive results in appropriate queries.
Matt Cutts Announces Changes to Algorithm Updates – 11/14/2011
Google tries to be more direct and transparent, so Matt Cutts explains 10 recent algorithm changes.
Panda Update 3.1
3.1, compared to 2.5.3, was minor, leading people to believe that 2.5.3 should have been named 3.0.
Google Announces Another 10 Updates
Google blogged about 10 more updates to the algorithm. Among other things, the updates will continue to weed out scraper sites and parked domains.
Scorecard
Design: A
Easy to read, and a good way to present all the information
Information: B+
If you don’t know anything about Panda, the Google algorithm, and that kind of stuff, you might be in the dark. A little more explanation would have been nice.
Source: Top Google Algorithm Changes of 2011 by HigherVisability
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Herbal medicines have seen an increase in popularity since people have become more health-conscious. Also, people are more and more mistrustful of the health industry, so they are taking their health into their own hands. If you’re smart about your herbal medicines and how you use them, you can be a much healthier person. This infographic sets out to help you learn about herbal remedies.
St. John’s Wort helps sooth low mood and mild anxiety, while Valerian root helps alleviate anxiety-related sleep problems, as long as they are mild. Passion Flower can help with mild anxiety and stress for a person with a nervous disposition, while Rhodiola can relieve anxiety, exhaustion, fatigue and stress in someone who is really stressed out from work or burned out. Feverfew can help with migraine headaches, and Echinacea is great for colds and flu. Pelargonium can help with the coughs, runny nose, blocked nose, and sore throat associated with upper respiratory infections and the common cold.
Agnus Castus can relieve PMS symptoms like irritability, breast tenderness, cramps, bloating, and mood swings. Milk thistle can help with indigestion, an over-full stomach, nausea, and other digestive complaints. Black cohosh can help with menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, and night sweats. Saw palmetto can help control the frequent urination, weak stream, and incomplete sensation associated with an enlarged prostate. Finally, Devil’s claw, despite its foreboding name, can soothe joint aches and pains, backache, muscle aches, and even rheumatic pain.
Some Statistics
An herbal remedy must be documented for use with a specific symptom for 30 years, while it only must be used for 15 years in the EU.
Price Differences
Scientific trials cost a lot of money, which means that the herbs are more expensive than they used to be. It is worth it, however, because it means the product has been tested and contains helpful consumer information. *note* Any herbal product that is not classified as “culinary” and does not hold a THR logo is not on the up and up. It is either illegal or “end o the line” stock.
Culinary Herbs
Garlic, sage, turmeric, and artichoke all have amazing health benefits, but are classified as culinary, and therefore are subject to different legal regulations.
Source: Milk Thistle and St. John’s Wort from Healthspan
