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Keeping a job as a call center agent while being a hands-on mom (no nanny, no household helper) has been pretty much of a challenge but I can honestly say it’s fulfilling.    Since last June when the school year started, I have opted to slash my work schedule to five hours so I can send and fetch my second grader to/from school.  I’m definitely blessed to have an understanding boss who allowed me to take a schedule that goes well with my daughter’s so I didn’t have to quit my job.

This is actually my first stint in the call center industry.  It’s a far shot from my previous work experiences in marketing, retail operations and radio broadcasting.   But since I’ve always been curious about this kind of job, I took a plunge last April when the opportunity knocked.  Just like any of my previous jobs, I take this one seriously.   Quality of calls and customer satisfaction are my top priorities.  No dilly-dallying, every second counts for this working mom.

For fast and efficient outbound calls, virtual hosted predictive dialers make a big difference.  It saves valuable time, boosts agent productivity and lowers call costs. Are you in the call center business too?  Click on the link to learn more about predictive dialer services.  I know every second counts for you too.

Your computer holds files and data that you wouldn’t want hacked nor destroyed by viruses and worms.   You also want to have peace of mind that unwanted sites will not be accessed by your innocent kids, right?  We’re on the same boat. That’s why I protect my computer with an anti-virus software.    However, the one I’m currently using slows down my computer plus I find it a little complex to use.

So I’m really bent on replacing my current software with an anti virus that does all the job without affecting my computer’s speed.  Moreover, it should protect my computer from phishing, spams, spyware, adware, and rootkits, among others.   One software I found promises all these features.  And market leaders in online security, AV-Test, have verified that this anti spyware is 99.5% effective.  This software, zsecurity anti-virus, also promises accurate and speedy virus detection. I’m convinced they got all my needs covered.

In this era of technological advancements over the Web, internet security is must.

Here’s yet another vital use of the internet that college students could take advantage of - an open coursework website where they can join study groups, get study guidelines, have access to study materials, to name a few.

Course Hero connects you to 300,000 other students around the globe whom you could exchange ideas with.  It connects with your Facebook and is absolutely free to sign up.    Discuss theories, or journals read, experiments taken and any learning experiences that could help you out in your own studies.   Get access to any study document you need like Math PSU Exam Solution.

We never had this kind of virtual student support system back in our time.   During my college days (Ouch! I feel too old saying this,lol), we didn’t have much choice but to spend several hours in the library, scouring reading materials up to the neck.  Researching meant a lot of books to open, interviews to conduct, experiments to do, places to go, appointments to make, blah blah.  Now, students can pretty much sit down with a computer and the resources they need are there.  Even PSU Math 251 Final Exam resources are just a few clicks away.  The wonders of technology.  If you have friends, relatives, sons or daughters in college, mention this to them.   It’ll broaden their knowledge base and gain friends around the world too.  Now that’s a fun way to study.

Security and convenience are just some of the benefits of having a credit card.   In these times when carrying a considerable amount of cash is getting quite risky, it is becoming safer and more popular to carry this piece of plastic instead.   If you don’t have one yet and you feel like you need to get one, it would help if you have a pretty good idea about what credit card is right for you.

You need to decide what you’re getting a credit card for so you could maximize the benefits.   Do you intend it to maximize your own business? To finance your education? To avail of airline rewards? For gas rewards? So on.   Whatever your intention is, don’t just jump right into the bandwagon of getting a credit card just because everybody seems to have one. Check first what your needs are.   For instance, if you drive everyday, a credit card that gives you gas rewards could benefit you the most.  Or get an Airline Rewards Credit Card if you’re a frequent traveler.

A lot of people still veer away from credit cards for fear of overspending and raising their credit obligations up to their neck.   On the other hand, a lot of people also think credit cards are a saving grace in times of  need especially during an emergency.   In the end, it boils down to being responsible in handling one’s finances.

Here’s another good site to help you find different Web hosting companies if you’re looking for one.   This site provides clear-cut web hosting rating and reviews that are quite handy for bloggers or Webmasters even to those beginners.   Whether you intend to use it primarily for blogs, email accounts, Ecommerce, reseller hosting or whatever you need, you definitely need to find better deals by comparing rates and services first through reviews and recommendations to avoid future headaches.

I myself am not a technical expert on this and that’s precisely the reason why I’m extra cautious in choosing a Web Host. I scrutinize their uptime (should be 99.9%), price, money-back guarantee, bandwidth, reliability, excellent technical support, an option to pay monthly instead of yearly (in case I decide to cut off the service for product dissatisfaction), among others.

Web Hosting is highly recommended for businesses or online marketing but when you’re running blogs just for fun or personal stuff, you’ll do fine with free hosting.

Was there ever a time when your TV screwed up on you while you were watching a TV show you were dying to see?  Frustrating, wasn’t it?

Last week, just as American Idol was about to start, our TV did just that - it showed nothing more but shiny silvery specks.   No audio either except for the excruciating hiss.   Noooo!

I’m so tired of getting inferior TV signal which shouldn’t be tormenting me if ONLY I had something like Direct TV.

Watching television is our family’s favorite pastime and I tell you, poor signal has been an awful cause of fighting between me and my hubby.  He just blows his top whenever the TV is down and I always get the blame for not getting deals similar to America’s Direct Satellite TV.  I wish I could find any DirecTV Specials here that would ever satisfy him - clear signal, better channels, value for money.   As for now, when our TV screws up, I just seal my lips to avoid arguments.

I almost gave up.   I’ve been having difficulty dropping EC for the past days because of my internet connection that seems to be getting slower everyday. I kept getting “page load error.” Sometimes, when I got to visit other blogs,  the Entrecard Widgets just didn’t appear or if they did, they didn’t have the word “drop” on them.  I tried dropping, nevertheless, but my drops didn’t register so I got really upset.   I needed to refresh the pages a couple of times before the pages loaded in “normal” appearance.

Frustrated, I decided to tinker with my PC in the hope of fixing the problem by myself (even if I’m no techie). I clicked on maintenance and analyzed my hard drive, then defragmented it.   It only took a few minutes to defragment my files and good grief, my PC is running better again.

Now I’m back to blog hopping and EC dropping.  See me visit your sites in a few!