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Tipping Etiquette around the World: Asia Travel Part 2

According to all the dictionaries, tips are something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service. What we experience however is the expectation of a tip, whether or not the service has been exemplary. In the United States we are used to tipping in restaurants and taxi cabs. We tip for personal services such as deliveries, doormen, massages, manicures and hairdressing. If we live in a large city we generally tip between 15 and 20 percent. In smaller towns 10 percent is often the norm but 15 percent is especially appreciated. However, when we travel, the rules change and if we are not aware of them, our experiences may be less satisfying and more expensive than you needed to pay. Generally, if you do some research before you go, you will find your travelling spirit more confident.

Asia Travel

While for some protocols, each Asian country has their own, tipping is fairly uniform across the region -- there isn't much of it done. But as in any sweeping generalization, there are exceptions.

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Cynthia Lett, our official Business Etiquette Expert

5 Basic Steps to a Million Dollar Information Marketing Business Model

Building a million dollar information marketing business doesn't start with buying the latest article or blog submitting gizmo or list of 5 million subscribers for $27! It also doesn't start by investing in ever more popular fly-by-night tactics that work today and are obsolete (or banned) tomorrow.

Instead, information marketing millionaires first build strong foundations for success by focusing on developing an effective business model that allows fast growth.

There are five key components this business model must include. All of them are equally important for long-term success, stability, and profitability of your business.

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Adam Urbanski, our official Information Marketing Expert

Build 5 Good Writing Habits

Do you have good writing habits? Are you meeting or exceeding your own expectations?

Consider this gentleman below:

A 19th century British Postal clerk decided to start writing 3,000 words each day so that he could author his very own first novel. He placed his watch on the table and wrote before leaving the house every morning. This new habit paid off, and later Anthony Trollope published not one, but many novels; among them, "The Macdermots of Ballycloran" (1847), "Phineas Finn" and "He Knew He Was Right" (both 1869).

What do you think? Maybe it's time to think about changing or starting some of your own writing habits. If you want more out of your nonfiction plans, here are five tips, the FIVE A'S, to build healthier habits:

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Diana Barnum, our official Ghostwriter/PLR Expert

How to Use Focused Marketing Strategy to Stop Marketing Overwhelm

Did you know most solo-professionals hire the Cheshire Cat as their marketing consultant? And because of it they end up overwhelmed by too much information and frustrated by their lack of good results. Let me explain...

Remember Alice in the Wonderland facing a fork in the road and asking the Cheshire Cat for directions? Do you recall the cat's answer? "If you don't know where you are going what does it matter which road you take?" I call this lack of clarity and not having a master marketing action plan a "hop and drop" strategy.

What the heck is "hop and drop"?

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Adam Urbanski, our official Information Marketing Expert

Tipping Etiquette around the World: Asia Travel Part 1

According to all the dictionaries, tips are something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service. What we experience however is the expectation of a tip, whether or not the service has been exemplary. In the United States we are used to tipping in restaurants and taxi cabs. We tip for personal services such as deliveries, doormen, massages, manicures and hairdressing. If we live in a large city we generally tip between 15 and 20 percent. In smaller towns 10 percent is often the norm but 15 percent is especially appreciated. However, when we travel, the rules change and if we are not aware of them, our experiences may be less satisfying and more expensive than you needed to pay. Generally, if you do some research before you go, you will find your travelling spirit more confident.

Read Cynthia's entire article Tipping Etiquette around the World: Asia Travel Part 1

Cynthia Lett, our official Business Etiquette Expert