| | Check out a sampling of Jennifer's 2,000-plus clips generated as a business journalist and contract managing editor: | Business Articles | Help Wanted But Not Required: Maintaining HR systems is not quite "autopilot," but it's darn near. (Profit magazine)Holiday E-Tail Wrap Up (Revenue magazine)How to Attract the Wealth of Today's Millionaires (Office.com)How Your IRA Can Help Real Estate Sales (Real Estate Magazine's "Power Team Report")Legal don’ts for reference checks (Vancouver Business Journal)Mailers Seek Ways to Ease Pain of Postal Rate Increases (The Oregonian)More Than Just the Corner Store: Thanks to high-tech imagery, a small East Coast hardware store is making a Home Depot-sized splash on the Internet.Online Travel Takes Off (Revenue Magazine)Self-Directed IRA Investing: A disciplined investor beats the market with good data and a set of firm guidelinesSelf-Directed IRA Investing: Clubs help investors with advice and tips for using online tools to guide their retirement account stock buys Spies Like Us: Finding and Using Information on Customers and Competitors (Emerging Business Magazine)The Changing Role of Investor Relations Professionals (BuySide Magazine)The Knife Industry's Cutting Edge (The Oregonian, The (Eugene) Register-Guard, Associated Press Wire Service)Thirty Ways to Grow Your Creative BusinessTips for Want-To-Be SpeakersTop 10 Mistakes You Must Avoid When Building Your E-Commerce Web SiteYou Can't Buy a Brand (Office.com)Wanted: Affiliate Manager (Revenue magazine)Web Gems for Entrepreneurial SuccessWin or Lose: Marketing Gambling, Sex and Drugs Online (Revenue magazine)  COVER STORY: Pimp My Shopping Cartby Jennifer D. MeachamAs owner of ShoppingCart Queen.com, an online affiliate for several ecommerce-type merchants, Christina Hills quickly found that "the more affiliates can match the look of the merchant's site to the look of their website, the better their sales will be." It's a tricky endeavor when you consider all of the routes an affiliate sale can take... Read the article The Self-Directed Real Estate Professional Series (RIS Media's "Power Team Report") Power Team Coach and Real Estate Investor Loral Langemeier Semi-Retired Portland Realtor Bob Sutton Dozens more articles can be found at Jennifer's "The Bottom Line" blog, hosted by American Public Media-financed Gather.com. Here are a few samples: * The Bottom Line: Get cozy with rolling over your 401(k), 403(b) or IRA * The Bottom Line: Self-directed investing - Make money grow by doing your homework * The Bottom Line: With more bankruptcy rules comes business for lawyers, credit counselors, accountants and others
* The Bottom Line: Money in the bank is, well, money in the bank
For Editors and Publishers: Feel free to e-mail Jennifer Meacham with your paid assignment ideas. | | Home and Garden Articles | | Bringing national awards home: Better Homes & Gardens’ annual bathroom competition winner hails from VancouverCollected Inspiration: This loft is a temple to a packrat-artist's passionsDecks with Big ValueGarage Door Changes Mean More for Your MoneyHome Office Style In Living Color: Salem artists and gallery owners build their home around gallery layouts and nature-themed art. Leather Longings: Upholstery leather gets colored, tacked and used in unexpected places Meeting Yin with Yang: Graceful "s" curves and water themes deflect sharp corners of octagonal Estacada home Millwork Improves Home SalesOut from the Fringe: Modern Oriental Rugs Hit MainstreamPatio TreatmentsStairs: Trends and Cost-Cutting StrategiesTexture at Every Turn: How one designer lets the fur, and other textures, flyWay, Way Beyond WhiteWindows That Are Walls | | Profiles | | Always a Winner: Former PGA Pro Peter JacobsenAsk This Old House's Steve ThomasBarbara Roberts: Governor, author and humanitarian (Oregon's only woman governor bares her soul)Beyond digging the dirt: A one-on-one with Portland's gardening columnist and radio/television host Anne JaegerFast Forward: Portland's Olympic soccer star kicks it up a notch.Fortune Found Her: Nike executive Jackie ThomasNight Auel: Interview with Author Jean AuelPaul Revere, sans the RaidersScreenwriter Mike RichSportscaster Doug LaMearThe Accidental Environmentalist: Jim Rapp, executive director of Portland-based For the Sake of the Salmon The Mystery Behind Phil Margolin | | Arts and Entertainment Reporting | Entertainment: Chorale conductor debuts with `Messiah' Theatre: 'Adam Baum' looks at 1940s antisemitism Theatre: `Annie' is just in time for Seattle holidays Theatre: 'Big Broadcast' brings old radio and TV back for holidays Theatre: Get ready, Rentheads: Your show is back Theatre: 'Swing!' taps into popularity of latest craze | | Television Scripts | Capital Watch: Talks in D.C., Olympia and Salem today that could change the way you do business tomorrow Capital Watch: Law makers are tapping into small business concerns, nationally and in the Northwest |
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