Blog Writing Samples

(Blog, Qapital): 5 Reasons to Rethink Your Budget

When was the last time you checked in on your budget? If it’s been a minute since you’ve thought about your spending plan or you’re not feeling in control of your money at the moment, it might be time to make some adjustments. Life happens! And when things change, it’s perfectly normal to give your budget a tune-up. So how do you know when it’s time to hit refresh?

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(Blog, Qapital) Sneak Peek: Meet Qapital Cashback Hacks™

As the prices of everyday things have gone up, it might feel difficult to find money to put toward your longer-term financial goals. But what if you could boost the balance in your saving and investing accounts by shopping for the stuff you’re already buying?

That’s why we created Cashback Hacks.

What is Cashback Hacks?

Cashback Hacks is a Chrome and Safari browser extension that helps you automatically earn cash back and save money with discount codes when you shop online. But instead of just getting cash and coupons, you’ll be able to take the extra money you earn and apply it toward your Qapital savings annd investment goals. Or, you could treat yourself and spend it however you want! The more you save and earn, the faster you can accomplish your money goals. That’s right – buying a new pair of hiking boots can get you a little closer to your bucket list camping trip in Yosemite.

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Whitepaper (Toshiba): "Retail Hardening"

As retail businesses grow and expand, system reliability becomes even more important. Minor problems—so-called quick-fix failures that take only a few moments to resolve—can scale rapidly in frequency and severity as stores add checkout lanes or businesses grow. A headache for a retailer supporting ten point-of-sale systems becomes a more serious disruption for a business with 50 systems — and practically an unmanageable problem for an enterprise with 10,000 or more. Retailers can’t afford disruptions caused by common hazards. Retail-hardened solutions can help retailers maintain high uptime, complete more transactions, and minimize technical support costs.

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Blog (Toshiba): "Reopening stores safely presents an unprecedented challenge. Here’s how to do it well."

Retail stores around the world are starting to reopen for the first time in nearly two months, and retailers are facing a slew of unique challenges. Not only do retailers need to keep employees and customers safe while adhering to government guidelines and employee safety protocols, they also need to find ways to maximize their profits, compensate for several weeks of reduced or nonexistent foot traffic and sales, and deliver exemplary customer experiences. Reopening is a complicated, delicate process and to earn customers’ trust and inspire feelings of safety, security and ease, retailers have a big responsibility to get it right.

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Blog (Toshiba): "4 Ways Retailers Can Keep Holiday Shopping Festive in 2020"

Shopping during the holiday season is much more than just purchasing gifts. So much of the holiday experience includes the care of thinking of others, the anticipation of gathering with loved ones, the excitement that comes with tracking a package to its final destination and the thrill of snagging the perfect present for a great price. For so many, shopping is an important part of celebrating the holidays. But in a time in which brown cardboard boxes showing up at home has become more mundane than exciting, and many shoppers are more mindful about when and how they shop in-store, how can retailers create a great experience and bring some joy to the holiday season?


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Blog (Hatch Early Learning): "The Effect of Teacher Diversity on the Children in their Classrooms"

Diversity isn’t taught – it’s experienced. And that experience starts early. Early childhood education teachers are tasked with many difficult tasks over the course of a school year and as a result, diversity and multiculturalism can be easily shelved as part of a unit or as an add-on to the curriculum. But in order for these lessons to be meaningful, they need to be part of everyday life in the classroom.

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Blog, Video (Soccer.com) "USWNT Legends, 1999 Women's World Cup Champions, Visit Soccer.com HQ"

When Brandi Chastain looped the last penalty kick into the net to seal the USA’s 1999 FIFA World Cup™ victory against China, it was the beginning of a celebration and a revolution.

These extraordinary women were the last American squad to lift a World Cup, and last week, five legends from that trailblazing side visited SOCCER.COM headquarters.

Mia Hamm, Cindy Parlow Cone, Tish Venturini-Hoch, Carla Overbeck and Kristine Lilly each sat down with us to reminisce about their historic run and the strong bond that made the 1999 team so unique.

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