Articles by Marc Menninger on ArticleSnatch.com

Poor Human Resources Security Could Be Big Trouble

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

With all the possible forms of sensitive employee information and all the possible locations where that information might be found, the chances of an employee's private information being inappropriately disclosed in a poorly secured Human Resources (HR) environment could be high. But what are the consequences of poor HR security that allows employee private information to get into the wrong hands? Some scenarios include: Civil suits: An angry employee who has had their private information inappropriately disclosed need only do a quick web search for "employee private information lawsuit" to find dozens of lawyers and law firms eager to sue the company that committed the violation. In fact, one firm in Minnesota brags about "achieving large settlements for... wrongful dissemination of private information... in violation of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act." Damaged reputation: A company who discloses employee private information runs a serious risk of bad publicity based on the event from newspapers, radio, and television. Depending on the extent of that publicity, the company's reputation and brand image could be permanently damaged, possibly resulting in loss of sales and shareholder value. **End Summary** Topics: information security]]> hr]]> human resources]]> data security]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Marc Menninger is a Seattle security manager with nearly 20 years of information security experience. Marc and his family live in Seattle, Washington. You can learn more about Marc here: http://www.seattlesecuritymanager.com/

MLM Due Diligence Tips For Success

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

You've decided that the time is right to invest some of your sweat and treasure into an MLM enterprise. You're excited about the possibilities and you're tempted to jump into any network marketing company that sounds half-way decent. As with any business venture, though, a little due diligence and some pointed questions are in order before you charge forward. You need to ask some key questions such as: How established is the MLM company? Do they occupy an actual building or is the company being run out of someone's garage? Do they have a real phone number with live operators at the end of it? Is their product or concept "bleeding edge" or a proven seller? You get the picture. Let's explore seven areas that you need to research before taking the plunge with a network marketing company. Legitimacy Many MLM's are short-lived, either by design or mismanagement. Your first order of business is to weed out the "Ponzi" or pyramid schemes posing as MLM's. Is the MLM company pushing you to sign people up for a fee more than encouraging you to sell product? If so, stay away. **End Summary** Topics: network marketing]]> mlm]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Marc Menninger is a professional networker. He runs the website Nutrition MLM , http://www.NutritionMLM.com/

How to Remove Viruses

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

So you think you've got a computer virus. Well, if your computer's acting funny all of the sudden, chances are pretty good you've got a virus or some other malware causing the trouble. This can be a very disturbing feeling and if you're like me, you'll want to do whatever it takes to get your computer back to normal again. Luckily, in almost all cases, dealing with a virus situation is pretty straight forward. In fact, there are really only three steps: 1. Detect the virus 2. Remove the virus 3. Prevent future viruses There are lots of free online virus scan tools that can help you detect viruses which is the first thing you need to do. Two that I can recommend are the McAfee Stinger tool and the Panda ActiveScan online tool. Both of these tools are very effective at detecting viruses and the Panda ActiveScan tool is also good at detecting spyware. I recently ran the Panda ActiveScan tool on my laptop. Installing the tool takes several minutes but it's pretty painless. It ran for about 5 minutes and luckily my laptop is virus free! However, it did detect 45 cases of spyware. **End Summary** Topics: virus]]> viruses]]> remove viruses]]> malware]]> worms]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Marc Menninger is a an online researcher. He runs the website Virus Removal Instructions , http://www.VirusRemovalInstructions.com

Network Marketing Tip: How to Create Your Own Sizzle Call from Scratch

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

You can make your own sizzle call for any business. The easiest way to do that is by recording exactly how you want the call to sound on your PC and then playing that recording into your telephone as the outgoing message for your sizzle call. You could spend a lot on high-end audio recording software to create your sizzle call but there are two great programs that can accomplish the same thing and they're both free. The first one is called AudioGrabber. You can do a Google search and quickly find the AudioGrabber website. AudioGrabber is nice because you can use it to capture any audio that goes through your computer speakers. To do that, just go to File | Line in Sampling. You can save these audio files as WAV files. If you want to save them as MP3s you have to install a special DLL (called the LAME DLL) on your computer. To find out how to do that, go to the Links page on the AudioGrabber site. I've used AudioGrabber to turn phone teleconferences into MP3s that I can listen to on my iPod. **End Summary** Topics: network marketing]]> sizzle call]]> mlm]]> social networking]]> multi-level marketing]]> tips]]> tricks]]> secrets]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Marc Menninger is an Independent Representative for the Top Social Networking Site for small and home-based businesses, http://www.TopSocialNetworkingSite.com/

Cleansing Review: My Experience Losing Weight Through Cleansing

Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400

I never would have guessed that I'd lose 31 pounds in one summer from a simple cleansing diet. Before that summer I thought cleansing diets were all about colon cleansing or liver cleansing--I didn't know that people were cleansing for weight loss. I was 30 pounds overweight and had tried a bunch of things to lose the excess pounds: books, pills, special foods and even... exercise! Everything seemed to have some small effect but nothing came close to helping me lose that 30 pounds. I started researching online, looking for an effective weight loss plan. In the course of my searching, though, I kept running across something that was hard to believe--I saw story after story of people losing 10, 20, 50, even hundreds of pounds on a specific type of cleansing diet. Now, I'm a very skeptical guy (ask my wife) and normally I doubt claims that sound anything like hype. But I'm also a very logical guy and I figured if so many people were having success with this type of cleansing diet plan then maybe I should check it out. What the Heck is Cleansing Anyway? **End Summary** Topics: cleansing diet]]> cleanse]]> cleansing reviews]]> cleansing diet plan]]> free cleansing diet]]> cleansing]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Marc R. Menninger is a Cleansing Coach. He helps people lose weight and get healthy through proper nutritional cleansing. To subscribe to his Free Cleansing Diet ecourse, click here: http://www.FreeCleansingDiet.com

Business Opportunity Income: Lead Capture Secrets

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500

A lot of opportunity owners think that the best way to build their business is by finding business opportunity seekers and somehow letting them know about their opportunity. This usually means buying business opportunity or "biz opp" leads and directly soliciting those leads--most often through e-mail but sometimes through phone (or "cold calls") or even snail mail. The problem with the e-mail approach is you run a very high risk of being accused of spamming. Even if you buy "double opt-in" leads and your lead seller assures you that these leads are safe to e-mail, unless these people directly requested e-mails from you, your best bet is not to contact them via e-mail. The trick to generating business opportunity income with leads is to take a step back and think about how those business opportunity leads you were planning to buy got created in the first place. The lead sellers didn't do anything magical to get the leads they sell. They just happen to know what it takes to get people to provide their contact information. **End Summary** Topics: business opportunity income]]> business opportunity]]> lead capture]]> internet marketing]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Marc Menninger is an online marketer and web researcher. To see an example of an effective lead capture page, go to his business opportunity income site here: http://www.BusinessOpportunityIncome.com

Lasik Vision Surgery: New Technology Prevents Side Effects

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

If you're like me, you've probably heard about some of the side effects associated with getting lasik vision correction surgery. For instance, after getting lasik surgery some people complain about symptoms of glare, halos and decreased night vision. In fact, I remember attending a business briefing where the speaker started by mentioning he just had lasik surgery the day before. He told the audience, "The good news is I think you're all going to heaven because everyone has halos around their heads!" If you've considered getting lasik surgery but were concerned about some of the less-than-desirable side effects, you'll be glad to hear that new technology is reducing those dreaded halos and glare. Known as "custom" or wavefront-guided lasik, this relatively recent improvement in eye surgery technology produces better vision quality when compared to traditional lasik vision surgery. "Most significant," says US Navy Captain Steve Schallhorn, MD, the Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Navy Medical Center, San Diego, "is the improved quality of vision with the wavefront-guided procedure, fewer problems with halos and glare, better night vision, and higher patient satisfaction. **End Summary** Topics: lasik vision]]> lasik vision correction]]> lasik laser vision correction]]> lasik vision surgery]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Marc Menninger is an online researcher seriously considering lasik vision correction surgery. For more information on lasik vision surgery, take a look at his research on his Lasik Vision blog: http://www.LasikVisionBlog.com