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The Truth About Websites
June 28, 2010
The Truth About Websites
I understand that the website design and development process can be overwhelming, especially if you are not computer savvy. Navigating the maze of treasures and pitfalls is confusing and can lead to frustration. Here is some good advice to follow to ensure a smooth process.
A website does not have to be gigantic to be effective.
Don’t worry about how many pages should be in your site, but rather the message you want to get across to your existing and future customers. In some cases, this can be done with a single page. The most important information to include is who you are, what you do, and how you can be reached.
Less is more when developing website content. Your site visitors are just as busy as you, and may not wish to spend the time scanning pages of text to find the information they need. Be succinct. Boil down the content into a neatly presented, bulleted list and move the supporting documentation to secondary site pages. This way, your ideas are clearly executed and additional information is still made available.
Hire a designer.
A website is only successful if properly planned and mapped out. It may seem easy, but it is actually a highly detailed project. Today, there are so many DIY website companies that clients are creating their own sites. While I applaud the effort, so many critical steps are overlooked that the site can do more harm than good.
While it is true that a web presence is crucial in business, consulting a professional designer and developer is equally vital. A professional will perform the necessary tasks that will make your website a valuable tool in promoting your business. For example, solid market research is an important first step in the construction of any good website. How would you propose to compete in your industry without insight into what and how your competitors are doing? Professional sports teams will study and analyze another teams performance before competing against them. The same holds true in business. A worthy professional will also inform you of the effects of color selection in your market. Research shows us that the color scheme of a website dramatically and directly affects the success. Do you know what red represents to Americans? What about to Asians? Do you know that one shade of blue suggests trustworthiness while a lighter shade implies weakness? Poorly executed, and your site can have just as much negative impact as positive.
Do not put style above substance.
A website must be attractive and neat, but more importantly, should service your customers to the best of its ability. It is the service, not the graphics that keeps visitors coming back again and again. Consumers visit your website to gain information about products and services. Give them what they want and they will be back. Tell them what you offer, how to get it, and how much it will cost.
Recent polling data tells us that companies that list prices on their website have a higher rate of visitor to buyer conversions. Those that don’t list prices have a higher bounce rate, meaning the visitor leaves the site and moves on to the next. I am aware that many businesses must gather information from the potential customer in order to provide a quote. Other businesses use the personal touch to close the deal. In both instances, my advice is to furnish the price information anyway. Even if you can’t give an exact quote, a price range will just as effective, and your visitors will be appreciative of the information.
Now that you have fully disclosed your products and services, more attention may be paid to the style of your site. It is great to work in an esthetically pleasing space, but it can be difficult to avoid the pitfalls of flash. More and more, consumers are searching for their needs on mobile devices, such as smart phones. While a site containing flash can be interesting or even fun for your visitor, it is not supported by many of these new technologies. In short, flash will leave you dead in the water. My advice is to think long and hard before integrating flash into your website.
Be your own biggest promoter.
It is not necessary to pay for costly marketing services from over-priced agencies to boost the visibility of your website. Lower cost alternatives to your marketing needs are available and will promote your site for a fraction of the price. There are a few simple things you can do yourself to promote your site, like adding your new site address to your letterhead, business cards, and brochures. A simple press release will add awareness to your site, and costs nothing but time.
However, just like with the design and development of your website, consulting a professional marketing firm is critical to the health of your website. Making a mistake can have backsliding effects and may even drop your rankings with the major search engines. At the very least, you should obtain a consultation and pay for the development of a marketing plan. You may probably know how to do some of the items on the plan yourself, and you may choose to omit those tasks that fall under the category of suggested rather than a key requirement. Be upfront about your marketing budget, even if you only have $100 to spend. It will empower the marketing professional to guide you to the best results.
You know the ins and outs of your business. If you rely on the professionals in the web services industry, you will strike gold.
Author: Jennifer Mills
About the Author
I am a business service provider specializing in the design, development, and marketing of websites, blogs, data management systems, and other tools fashioned to benefit my clients by being the catalyst for them to reach their business goals.
Through diligent review and evaluation of the needs of my customers, I present the client with a blueprint to success.
Located in suburban Philadelphia, I work with businesses of all sizes and industries. Some of my clients include physicians, transportation providers, retail establishments, non-profit corporations.
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Steiner Sports MLB New York Yankees Bronx Map Coasters (Set of 4) $49.99 New York Yankees Bronx Map Coasters (Set of 4)… |
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ATN NVM14-4 Gen 4 Night Vision Multi Purpose Monocular $4,766.00 The ATN NVM-14 is a hand-held head-mounted helmet-mounted or weapon-mounted night vision system that enables walking driving weapon firing short-range surveillance map reading vehicle maintenance and administering first aid in both moonlight and starlight. Each unit allows for vertical adjustment (by using head straps) fore-and-aft adjustment objective lens focus and eyepiece focus. The device is … |
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Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories $7.71 Take the dangerous andchaotic streets of Liberty CityProduct InformationGrand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories brings you the one Liberty Citystory among a million that changes everything. Once a trustedwise guy in the Leone crime family Toni Cipriani was forced intohiding after killing a made man. Now he’s back and it’s timefor things to be put right.The streets of liberty city are in … |
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Apple .Mac 5.0 Family Pack [DISCONTINUED PRODUCT/SERVICE] $179.95 Extend your iLife. Only with .Mac Family Pack. With online tools that work seamlessly with iLife and Mac OS X, .Mac makes doing amazing things on the Internet elegantly simple. There’s no better way to take your Mac experience to the Internet. Share photos and movies beautifully–directly from iLife ‘08. Web Gallery.A beautiful way to share photos and movies. With …. |
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All over the map: you won’t see action in NHL arenas soon, but there’s still plenty of hockey being played in North America. You just have to know … League): An article from: The Sporting News $5.95 This digital document is an article from The Sporting News, published by Sporting News Publishing Co. on November 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1687 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Detail… |
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Ultimate Sports Fan USA Wall Map $29.95 Display your sports passion with pride and brush up on your knowledge of team names, locations, stadiums, and more with this Ultimate Sports Fan USA Wall Map This map includes over 300 athletic facilities along with useful information such location, home teams or hosted events, and seating capacity. It includes all professional football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer teams, all major college football teams, all major auto speedways, major horse racetracks, and all golf courses that host major professional events. All information is current for the 2010 season. The classic style and different size options insure that this map will look great on any wall. Click on the map image to view a large image which allows you to zoom in to enjoy all the detail offered by this Ultimate Sports Fan MapDetail featured on this Ultimate Sports Fan USA Wall MapState Borders InterstatesHighways Secondary Roads PhysicalTerrain International Borders LatitudeLongitude lines Points of Interest Legend Insets This map is an expression of facts. It is not associated with, affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any league or association including but not limited to NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, NCAA, NASCAR, IndyCar, PGA, or any associated teams. |
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Major College Sports Map $19.95 Introducing the Major College Sports Map by ModernMaps. Each map from ModernMaps is an original design and a work of art. The Sports Map shows the campus locations of major college sports teams – focused on football and basketball. Great for the game room, kids room, den or office. The Sports Map is a good educational tool for kids or simply as a beautiful reference to follow the college season.Cities State Borders PhysicalTerrain Points of Interest Capitals |
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Professional Sports $76.47 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations or teams can command large incomes. As a result, more sportspeople can afford to make athleticism their primary career, devoting the training time necessary to increase skills, physical condition, and experience to modern levels of achievement. This proficiency has also helped boost the popularity of sports. Most sports played professionally also have amateur players far outnumbering the professionals. Professional athleticism is seen by some as a contradiction of the central ethos of sport, competition performed for its own sake and pure enjoyment, rather than as a means of earning a living. Consequently, many organisations and commentators have resisted the growth of professional athleticism, saying that it was so incredible that he has impeded the development of sport. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 118 Publication Date: 2010/05/19 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.27 inches |
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Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums $28.94 America is in the midst of a sports building boom. Professional sports teams are demanding and receiving fancy new playing facilities that are heavily subsidized by government. In many cases, the rationale given for these subsidies is that attracting or retaining a professional sports franchise–even a minor league baseball team or a major league pre-season training facility–more than pays for itself in increased tax revenues, local economic development, and job creation. But are these claims true? To assess the case for subsidies, this book examines the economic impact of new stadiums and the presence of a sports franchise on the local economy. It first explores such general issues as the appropriate method for measuring economic benefits and costs, the source of the bargaining power of teams in obtaining subsidies from local government, the local politics of attracting and retaining teams, the relationship between sports and local employment, and the importance of stadium design in influencing the economic impact of a facility. The second part of the book contains case studies of major league sports facilities in Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and the Twin Cities, and of minor league stadiums and spring training facilities in baseball. The primary conclusions are: first, sports teams and facilities are not a source of local economic growth and employment; second, the magnitude of the net subsidy exceeds the financial benefit of a new stadium to a team; and, third, the most plausible reasons that cities are willing to subsidize sports teams are the intense popularity of sports among a substantial proportion of voters and businesses and theleverage that teams enjoy from the monopoly position of professional sports leagues. |
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Womens Professional Sports $89.22 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Professional athletes are distinguished from amateur athletes by virtue of being paid. Throughout the world, most top female athletes are not paid, and work fulltime or parttime jobs in addition to their training, practice and competition schedules. Womens professional sports organizations defy this trend. Such organizations are relatively new, and are most common in very economically developed countries, where investors are available to buy teams, and businesses can afford to sponsor them in exchange for publicity and promotion of their products. Very few governments support professional sports, male or female. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 134 Publication Date: 2010/05/19 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.31 inches |
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Defunct National Basketball Association Teams $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The National Basketball Association is a professional mens basketball league, consisting of 30 teams in North America. The NBA was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America. It adopted the name National Basketball Association at the start of the 194950 season when it merged with the National Basketball League. The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball, which is recognized by the International Basketball Federation as the National Governing Body for basketball in the country. The league is considered to be one of the four major professional sports leagues of North America. There have been 15 defunct NBA franchises. The Anderson Packers, the original Denver Nuggets, the Indianapolis Jets, the Sheboygan Red Skins, and the Waterloo Hawks had played in the NBL before joining the NBA, while the original Baltimore Bullets had played in the American Basketball League before joining the NBA. Nine of the fifteen defunct teams have played in only one NBA season. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Publication Date: 2010/12/14 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.19 inches |
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Playing the Field: Why Sports Teams Move and Cities Fight to Keep Them $24.61 Can a sports franchise "blackmail" a city into getting what it wants — a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms — by threatening to relocate? In 1982, the owners of the Chicago White Sox pledged to keep the team in Chicago if the city approved a $5-million tax-exempt bond to finance construction of luxury suites at Comiskey Park. The city council approved it. A few years later, when Comiskey Park was in need of renovation, the owners threatened to move the team to Florida unless a new stadium was built. A site was chosen near the old stadium, property condemned, residents evicted, and a new stadium built. "We had to make threats," the owners said. "If we didn’t have the threat of moving, we wouldn’t have gotten the deal." "Sports is not a dominant industry in any city," writes Charles Euchner, "yet it receives the kind of attention one might expect to be lavished on major producers and employers." In Playing the Field, Euchner looks at why sports attracts this kind of attention and what that says about the urban political process. Examining the relationships between Los Angeles and the Raiders, Baltimore and the Colts and the Orioles, and Chicago and the White Sox, Euchner argues that, in the absence of public standards for equitable arbitration between cities and teams, the sports industry has the ability to steer negotiations in a way that leaves cities vulnerable. According to Euchner, this greater leverage of sports franchises is due, at least in part, to their overall economic insignificance. Since the demands of a franchise do not directly affect many interest groups, opponents of stadium projects have difficulty developing coalitions to oppose them. The result is that civic leaders tend to succumb to the blackmail tactics of professional sports, rather than developing and supporting sound economic policies. |
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Not at Any Price: Integrity in Professional Sports $28.98 Drugs in professional sports. Today’’s news? Not to the authors who take you behind the scenes into the backrooms, the board rooms and the high perches of politics where the quest for a state’’s profit often outweighs giving the public a fair return for their loyalty and support. This is not your average sports story. It delves into the experiences of two people who defied fierce opposition and personal threat to do the right thing in the management of Thoroughbred Racing and Professional Hockey and in the evaluating and negotiating of Pro Baseball and Football teams. We are not born with integrity. It is the product of our pasts, how we meet life’’s challenges, and in our case, the deep faith which gave us the courage to confront our enemies and realize our goals. Biographical in form, you will relive the author’’s early years and travel the diverse paths their lives took. You may often ponder how this successful partnership evolved, Man/Woman. Catholic/Jew. Poor Boy/Rich Girl. New England Newspaper columnist/ New York entertainment writer. Running sports facilities, hosting thousands of patrons daily at an arena, stadium or paying field was a unique challenge. Vin Bartimo had the prime responsibility for the action, Roz Muller was the champion of the fans. Together, they made winners of losing entities, shared their largesse with the communities in which they operated and gave the public what they wanted and deserved. |
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Executive Teams $3.95 Facing an explosion of workplace complexity, many executives choose a team-supported approach to organizational leadership over more traditional leadership models. Executive Teams provides both CEOs and senior team members themselves with an unprecedented set of insights and strategies they can use to build and maintain teams that live up to their full potential. Team members get ideas for: **Implementing strategy **Leading transformations **Changing organizational culture . . . and much more " I strongly recommend this book] to all those in charge of, on, or involved with executive teams."–Paul Allaire, chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation Real-world case studies at Xerox, Corning, AT&T and other top companies to demonstrate exactly what executive teams are all about and detail the proficiencies CEOs must master to ensure their success. The range and depth of professional experience brought to Executive Teams makes it the most comprehensive, practically conceived work on the subject ever written. |
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Ranking Sports Teams: A Deterministic Algorithm. $115.71 Ranking sports teams within a league is an interesting problem when the teams play unbalanced schedules. Such is the case in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, where not only is ranking difficult because some teams play tougher schedules than others, but important because rankings are used to choose championship game participants. Cassady, Maillart, and Salman (2005) formulated the ranking problem as a quadratic assignment problem. Because of the size of the problem, they developed a search heuristic based upon a genetic algorithm. The genetic algorithm, an evolvement of rankings over a number of generations of random breeding, performs well, but is not repeatable. We developed a deterministic algorithm to be used in place of the search heuristic implemented by Cassady, Maillart, and Salman. The search heuristic uses a multilayered enumeration of the quadratic assigment problem on pods of teams within the league as a starting solution to a local search heuristic. The deterministic algorithm performs well in comparison to the genetic algorithm in only a fraction of the time. Author: Sullivan, Kelly M. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Publication Date: 2011/09/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.07 inches |
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The Economics of Sports $189.84 "The Economics of Sports" explores economic concepts and theory–industrial organization, public finance, and labor economics–in the context of applications and examples from American and international sports. Economics and Sports; Review of the Economist’s Arsenal; Sports Franchises as Profit-Maximizing Firms; Monopoly and Antitrust; Competitive Balance; The Public Finance of Sports: The Market for Teams; The Costs and Benefits of a Franchise to a City; An Introduction to Labor Markets in Professional Sports; Labor Market Imperfections; Discrimination; The Economics of Amateurism and College Sports For all readers interested in sports economics. |
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Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams $55.75 ""As Agile methods have entered the mainstream, we’ve learned a lot about how the testing discipline fits into Agile projects. Lisa and Janet give us a solid look at what to do, and what to avoid, in Agile testing."" -Ron Jeffries, www.XProgramming.com ""An excellent introduction to agile and how it affects the software test community "" -Gerard Meszaros, Agile Practice Lead and Chief Test Strategist at Solution Frameworks, Inc., an agile coaching and lean software development consultancy ""In sports and music, people know the importance of practicing technique until it becomes a part of the way they do things. This book is about some of the most fundamental techniques in software development-how to build quality into code-techniques that should become second nature to every development team. The book provides both broad and in-depth coverage of how to move testing to the front of the development process, along with a liberal sprinkling of real-life examples that bring the book to life."" -Mary Poppendieck, Author of "Lean Software Development" and "Implementing Lean Software Development" ""Refreshingly pragmatic. Chock-full of wisdom. Absent of dogma. This book is a gamechanger. Every software professional should read it."" -Uncle Bob Martin, Object Mentor, Inc. ""With "Agile Testing," Lisa and Janet have used their holistic sensibility of testing to describe a culture shift for testers and teams willing to elevate their test effectiveness. The combination of real-life project experiences and specific techniques provide an excellent way to learn and adapt to continually changing project needs."" -Adam Geras, M.Sc. Developer-Tester, Ideaca Knowledge Services ""On Agile projects, everyone seems to ask, ‘But, what about testing?’ Is it the development team’s responsibility entirely, the testing team, or a collaborative effort between developers and testers? Or, ‘How much testing should we automate?’ Lisa and Janet have written a book that finally answers these types of questions and more Whether you’re a tester, developer, or manager, you’ll learn many great examples and stories from the real-world work experiences they’ve shared in this excellent book."" -Paul Duvall, CTO of Stelligent and co-author of "Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk" ""Finally a book for testers on Agile teams that acknowledges there is not just one right way "Agile Testing "provides comprehensive coverage of the issues testers face when they move to Agile: from tools and metrics to roles and process. Illustrated with numerous stories and examples from many contributors, it gives a clear picture of what successful Agile testers are doing today."" -Bret Pettichord, Chief Technical Officer of WatirCraft and Lead Developer of |
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No More Teams $3.95 For organizations that care about innovation, individual creativity isn’t enough anymore — people need to be in creative, collaborative relationships. But without the knowledge and tools for building these relationships, innovation expert Michael Schrage argues, one will not be successful in the offices of today and even less so in the "virtual" offices of tomorrow. "No More Teams" gives readers the tools and techniques to go beyond the lazy cliches of "teamwork" to the practical benefits of collaboration. When Schrage studied the world’s greatest collaborations — including Wozniak and Jobs, Picasso and Braque, Watson and Crick — he found that instead of relying on charisma, they all created "shared spaces" where they could play with their ideas. By effectively using technological tools available in most workplaces — anything from a felt tip pen and a napkin to specialized computer software – -you can literally map your discussion as it is happening, making it possible to keep all the good ideas, cope with every objection, handle conflicts as they arise, and, ultimately, master the unknown. |
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Kiss ‘em Goodbye: An ESPN Treasury of Failed, Forgotten, and Departed Teams $8.94 THEY’RE GOING, GOING, GONE. . . . Their names roll off the tongue, a litany of the damned: the Providence Steam Roller, the Wilmington Quicksteps, the Cincinnati Porkers. They are the lost squads of professional sports history–teams forsaken by fans, fleeced by owners, or forgotten by time. Until now. " "Kiss ‘Em Goodbye unearths the real stories of dozens of vanished teams that once graced–and often disgraced–North America’s big leagues. Like the St. Paul Apostles, the only major league team never to have played a home game; Card-Pitt, the NFL’s World War II doormat; and the Philadelphia Quakers of the NHL, a team owned jointly by bootleggers and a retired boxer who climbed back into the ring to help meet payroll. In obituaries for both big-city franchises that skipped town (the Baltimore Colts, the Brooklyn Dodgers) and small-town teams that had their brief moment of glory (the Tonawanda Kardex, the Pottsville Maroons), Kiss ‘Em Goodbye commemorates mysterious fires, waterlogged basketball courts, fields tended by goats ("cheaper than mowers "), and uniforms that broke team budgets. It’s all here in a fascinating, hilarious, page-turning celebration of teams that prove it’s not whether you win or lose, but that you once played the game. |
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Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success in Business, Sport and Beyond $20.4 A leading sports psychologist reveals the 9 keys to winning, no matter what kind of team you’re on-in business, sports, or life. PRAISE FOR WHY TEAMS IN "Bursting with ideas, suggestions and great stories that the sports fan will love and the business person can use to create their own future. Dr. Miller’s ‘Nine Qualities’ are bang on." – "Gordon Huston, President & Chief Officer and Envision Member, Envision Credit Union " "Saul Miller has for over 30 years made contributions to the success of teams, businesses, and athletes. Saul has used tried-and-true methods and introduced cutting-edge ways to help improve performance. Once again Saul has nailed it, sharing his knowledge and experience in "Why Teams Win." This book will be part of my own preparations to get the best from teams that I coach." – "Pat Quinn, Long-time Professional NNHL and International Hockey Executive, Coach, and Manager" "Having worked closely with professional basketball coaches for over 25 years, I understand what goes into ‘winning teams.’ Dr. Miller gets right to the essence of winning in a clear and easy-to-follow manner. It is a must read for anyone working for a ‘W’ for the team." – "Michael H. Goldberg, Executive Director, MBA Coaches Association " "Miller understands team behavior. In "Why Teams Win" he explains the real factors to team success. The book is a practical, clear, and concise guide to winning." – "Davey Johnson, Baseball Star, World Series Winning Manager, AL Manager of the Year, Team USA Olympic and World Baseball Classic Manager " "The Detroit Red Wings Hockey Club uses many, many of Dr. Saul Miller’s 9 Keys to Success in his terrific book "Why Teams Win." Your company can win too by using these time-tested principles. I recommend it to those who want to build a sustainable, first-class company." – "Jim Devellano, Senior VP Detriot Red Wings (NHL) and Detriot Tigers (MLB) " |
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Washington Home Teams Sports Ringer T by CafePress $22.25 Celebrate your favorite home teams from Washington. Sports Ringer T The Ringer T has made a fashion comeback, and ours is a popular favorite. This classic style is sure to impress even the most discerning t-shirt connoisseur with an eye for retro-coolness. Great for relaxing in comfort year-round.5.5 oz. 100% pres |
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Only the Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams $28.51 Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster’s American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it off the top of the fence and throw Christobel Torrienti out at first base. The scout liked what he saw, but was disappointed in the player’s appearance. "He was a light brown," recalled one of Torrienti’s teammates, "and would have gone up to the major leagues, but he had real rough hair." Such was life behind the color line, the unofficial boundary that prevented hundreds of star-quality athletes from playing big-league baseball. When Only the Ball Was White was first published in 1970, Satchel Paige had not yet been inducted into the Hall of Fame and there was a general ignorance even among sports enthusiasts of the rich tradition of the Negro Leagues. Few knew that during the 1930s and ’40s outstanding black teams were playing regularly in Yankee Stadium and Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field. And names like Cool Papa Bell, Rube Foster, Judy Johnson, Biz Mackey, and Buck Leonard would bring no flash of smiling recognition to the fan’s face, even though many of these men could easily have played alongside Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Hack Wilson, Lou Gehrig–and shattered their records in the process. Many baseball pundits now believe, for example, that had Josh Gibson played in the major leagues, he would have surpassed Babe Ruth’s 714 home runs before Hank Aaron had even hit his first. And the great Dizzy Dean acknowledged that the best pitcher he had ever seen was not Lefty Grove or Carl Hubbell, but rather "old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy." In Only the Ball Was White, Robert Peterson tells the forgotten story of these excluded ballplayers, and gives them the recognition they were so long denied. Reconstructing the old Negro Leagues from contemporary sports publications, accounts of games in the black press, and through interviews with the men who actually played the game, Peterson brings to life the fascinating period that stretched from shortly after the Civil War to the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1947. We watch as the New York Black Yankees and the Philadelphia Crawfords take the field, look on as the East-West All-Star lineups are announced, and listen as the players themselves tell of the struggle and glory that was black baseball. In addition to these vivid accounts, Peterson includes yearly Negro League standings and an all-time register of players and officials, making the book a treasure trove of baseball information and lore. A monumental and poignant book, Only the Ball Was White reminds us that what was often considered the "Golden Age" of baseball was also the era of Jim Crow. It is a book that must be read by anyone hoping not only to understand the story of baseball, but the story of America. |
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Washington Home Teams Sports Men’s Polo by CafePress $40 Celebrate your favorite home teams from Washington. Sports Men’s Polo Comfort never looked so good — or wore so well. Made of durable 100% combed cotton 6.8 oz, it breathes well so you39;ll stay cool on even the hottest afternoon. This classic two-button men39;s polo shirt is ideal for that casual get-together or jus |
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Washington Home Teams Sports Women’s Polo by CafePress $40 Celebrate your favorite home teams from Washington. Sports Women’s Polo When the dress is casual, this classic woman’s polo shirt is just the ticket. Made of 100% cotton 6.8 oz. combed ring-spun pique cotton, to be specific, it’s both comfortable and easy to take care of. A four-button design adds style, so whether you’re g |
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Washington Home Teams Sports Sweatshirt by CafePress $39.5 Celebrate your favorite home teams from Washington. Sports Sweatshirt Tee, TShirt, Shirt Warm up in our stylin’ Hanes Heavyweight 90/10 cotton/polyester sweatshirt. Thick but not bulky, for maximum comfort and durability whether you’re working out or hanging out. 10.1 oz. patented PrintPro174; fabric in a 90/10 cotton/polyester |
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Sports Memories of Western Pennsylvania $18.4 Since the late 1800s, sports have played a key role in shaping the very character of western Pennsylvania. The areas largest city, Pittsburgh, boasts well-known professional sports teams in baseball, football, and hockey. In fact, no other city of comparable size has had such success in sports at the professional level, earning bragging rights and the nickname City of Champions. Sports Memories of Western Pennsylvania is a salute to the athletes, coaches, announcers, and fans, both professional and amateur, who together created a rich sports history for western Pennsylvania. |
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Leading Professional Learning Teams: A Start-Up Guide for Improving Instruction $33.58 Developed by Education Northwest (formerly NWREL), this guide offers a data-driven model for implementing professional learning teams to strengthen teacher collaboration, improve instruction, and increase student achievement. |
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Stumbling on Wins: Two Economists Expose the Pitfalls on the Road to Victory in Professional Sports $19.84 Don’t they want to win? Every sports fan asks that question. And no wonder Sometimes the decisions that teams make are simply inexplicable. Consider: sports teams have an immense amount of detailed, quantifiable information to draw upon, more than in virtually any other industry. They have powerful incentives for making good decisions. Everyone sees the results of their choices, and the consequences for failure are severe. And yet… they keep making the same mistakes over and over again… systematic mistakes you’d think they’d learn how to avoid. Now, two leading sports economists reveal those mistakes in basketball, baseball, football, and hockey, and explain why sports decision-makers never seem to learn their lessons. You’ll learn which statistics are connected to wins, and which aren’t, and which statistics can and can’t predict the future. Along the way, David Berri and Martin Schmidt show why a quarterback’s place in the draft tells you nothing about how he’ll perform in the NFL… why basketball decision-makers don’t focus on the factors that really correlate with NBA success… why famous coaches don’t deliver better results… and much more. The next quantum leap beyond "Moneyball," this book offers powerful new insights into all human decision-making, because if sports teams are getting it wrong this badly, how do you know you’re not? |
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The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History $24.27 "You’ve got to continually eliminate errors and take pride in not making mental and physical mistakes. It takes extra work, extra thoughts, and extra practice to get it all done. It just doesn’t happen on Sunday. You have to make up your minds to get it done and make up your minds to win." -Don Shula, Head Coach, Baltimore Colts (1963-1969) and Miami Dolphins (1970-1995). Most Career Wins (347), Most Super Bowl Appearances (6), Only Perfect Season (1972 Miami Dolphins), and 2 Super Bowl Titles with the Miami Dolphins (VII & VIII) "This is a fascinating work of remarkable scope and scholarship. Dr. Murray has devised a valid new way to measure and predict greatness in the game of football." -Steve Sabol, President of NFL FILMS "Everyone is gifted, but not everyone opens the package. Open this package and you will understand the secret advantage that helped keep me in the NFL for 12 years " -Jim "Crash" Jensen, Miami Dolphins All Purpose Player (1981-1992), NFL Special Teams Player of Year (1988), "Miami Dolphins Unsung Hero" (2006) "As a professional kicking coach, who has spent my entire career working with professional athletes, I feel that John has done a brilliant job of demonstrating the importance of mental toughness, and intelligent play in professional football ‘The Mental Performance Index: Ranking the Best Teams in Super Bowl History’ should be required reading for all football coaches at every level of the game. His book is masterfully done, and clearly outlines that mental preparedness, and intelligence on the playing field, is equally as important as physical ability and athletic talent " "John, I truly believe that you have created a masterpiece As a kicking coach, I am very excited about what you have done."-Doug Blevins, President, DOUG BLEVINS KICKING AND PUNTING, Miami Dolphins Kicking Coach, Football Consultant "Dr. John F. Murray is trailblazing a new frontier in understanding and appreciating football and helping teams win This is a must read for coaches, reporters and anyone who loves the sport." -Jim Martz, Miami Herald sports writer (1970-1990), Editor of Cane Sport (University of Miami fan magazine), Author of 4 Miami Hurricanes books "Today’s athletes are blessed with unprecedented physical talent, speed, strength, grace, facilities, technologies, and coaching. Unfortunately, they are often plagued by an ADD culture that inhibits their most important asset in performance – bringing their passion and focus to the moment. Whether the placekicker with a last minute game-winning field goal, an offensive lineman who goes off-sides on a key 4th down in the 4th quarter, or the safety who blows a coverage that costs a game, it is the individuals, but more importantly the TEAMS that play with collective intelligence that consistently win championships. Dr. John F Murray’s Mental Performance Index helps us finally understand how and why teams li |
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World Junior Teams Championship $63.73 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The World Junior Teams Championship is a zonal teams bridge competition for players up to 26 years old. It was launched in 1987 and is held every two years (in oddnumbered years until 2005, in evennumbered years as from 2006). Competitors vie for the OrtizPatino Trophy, presented by the World Bridge Federation (WBF) President Emeritus Jaime OrtizPatino who conceived the idea while serving as WBF President in 1985. The 2008 event was part of the inaugural World Mind Sports Games in Beijing, China. Denmark won its second gold medal, beating Poland in the final, while Norway won the bronze. The Games also included under28 and under21 team championships won by Norway and France. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2010/11/19 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches |
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North American Baseball Travel Map $8.95 Just what you need for your field of dreams adventure – The Baseball Travel Map-updated for the 2008 season Complete with location and contact information for every Major League, Minor League, and independent professional baseball team in the US and Canada, this product has quickly become a fan favorite. One side of this useful publication is a map of the US with quick reference information for all the teams and leagues, including insets for Mexico, Florida, and the East Coast of the US. The reverse shows complete contact information for all the clubs and leagues, including phone numbers, league affiliations, and internet addresses. |
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Building Effective and Successful Teams $103.56 Because meeting the diverse needs of todays young children and their families can be best accomplished through a team approach to service delivery, early childhood educators have a specific need for professional development in teamwork. In an effort to understand how a collaborative, adult learnerfocused model of professional development could be used to effectively provide team training, the Building Effective and Successful Teams (BEST) model of team training was developed, which allows educators to form communities of learners in order to collaboratively train together over time, within the context of their classrooms, and at a pace consistent with their teaching schedules. This book presents a longitudinal study focused on the influence of the BEST model of team training in the development of team behaviors over time. Implications from this study bring together the concepts of adult learning and collaborative professional development in an effort to aid anyone needing or providing team development training in educational settings. Author: Murphy, Cari Lee Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 100 Publication Date: 2009/04/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.24 inches |
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Philadelphia Home Teams Sports Women’s Dark T-Shirt by CafePress $26 Celebrate the home teams of Philadelphia Sports Women’s Dark T-Shirt Tee, TShirt, Shirt The women’s Dark T-shirt is comfortable, casual, and classy. The shirt is simple, flattering and will quickly become a favorite. The pre-shrunk 100% cotton is soft and durable.5.6 oz 100% cotton. Standard Fit. |
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I support two teams Chicago a Sports Women’s T-Shirt by CafePress $22 I support two teams Chicago and whoever beats St Louis Sports Women’s T-Shirt Tee, TShirt, Shirt Our 100% cotton Women’s tee is preshrunk, durable and guaranteed. 5.6 oz. 100% cotton. Standard fit. |
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Sports in Pennsylvania $89.22 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Pennsylvania sports includes numerous professional sporting teams, events, and venues located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Football is the most popular sport in Pennsylvania, especially in the Lehigh Valley, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Central Pennsylvania, and Western Pennsylvania. In fact, Western PA is the home to some of the earliest moments in football history, as the first professional football game was played in Pittsburgh in 1895, with the firstever professional player (William Pudge Heffelfinger) playing a game in the city just three years earlier. Today, football is popular on all levels, from high school, college, and professionally. The high school games get regular attention in the local newspapers and regularly draw over 10,000 fans to the games. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2010/05/19 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.30 inches |
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Career Opportunities in the Sports Industry $58.8 Career Opportunities in the Sports Industry, Fourth Edition contains more than 80 job profiles, each carefully reviewed and updated to reflect current duties, requirements, and salary ranges. Sections include Professional Athletes and Sports Teams, Business and Administration, Coaching and Education, Officiating, Sports Journalism, Recreation and Fitness, Boxing and Wrestling, Racing, Wholesaling and Retailing, and Sports Medicine. More than 15 appendixes have been completely updated to provide the most accurate information and useful resources. New and updated career profiles include: -Cheerleader -Health club manager -Physical education teacher -Pro football referee -Professional baseball player -Professional boxing judge -Professional sports agent -Radio sportscaster -Sporting goods salesperson -Sports team webmaster. |
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Sports in Pittsburgh $87.62 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Sports in Pittsburgh have been played dating back to the American Civil War. Baseball, hockey, and the first professional american football game had been played in the city by 1895. Pittsburgh was first known as the City of Champions when the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Panthers, and Pittsburgh Steelers won multiple championships in the 1970s. Today, the city has three major professional sports franchises, the Pirates, Steelers, and Penguins; while the University of Pittsburgh Panthers compete in a Division 1 BCS conference, the highest level of collegiate athletics in the United States, in both football and basketball. City universities Duquesne and Robert Morris also field Division I teams in basketball and Division 1 FCS teams in football, with Robert Morris additionally fielding a Division I hockey team. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 148 Publication Date: 2010/06/14 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.34 inches |
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Vermont’s Long Trail Map And Guide $9.95 The Peregrine Vermont’s Long Trail Map and Guide, A full-color, waterproof hiking map |
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Sports Nutrition: Olympic Handbook of Sports Medicine $95.02 Sports Nutrition, which focuses on the importance of proper nutritional preparation for athletes, provides a practical supplement to Nutrition in Sport. It provides an essential reference on all aspects of sports nutrition for the team coach, athletic trainer, physical therapist and allied healthrelated professional working with athletes and sports teams, and the knowledgeable athlete. Author: Maughan, Ronald J./ Burke, Louise/ Maughan Series Title: Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 200 Publication Date: 2002/10/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.82 x 7.38 x 0.51 inches |
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Detroit’s Sports Broadcasters:: On the Air $21.58 Sports are as much a part of the fabric of Detroit, Michigan, as is the automobile. From its professional teams such as the Red Wings, Lions, Pistons, and Tigers, to its local collegiate programs, the Motor City takes its sports seriously. Television and radio stations blanket the area with coverage of the games, players, and off-the-field goings-on affecting these teams. Men and women behind the microphones provide the link between Detroit teams and Detroit fans, offering play-by-play, analysis, interviews, and candid comments. Detroit’s Sports Broadcasters: On the Air takes the reader behind the scenes, tracing nearly 80 years of electronic reporting-from broadcast pioneer Ty Tyson to the talk show hosts and anchors of today. Recall Detroit’s great sports moments through the eyes and words of the legendary Ernie Harwell, Van Patrick, Budd Lynch, Bruce Martyn, Bob Reynolds, Dave Diles, Al Ackerman, Ray Lane, Frank Beckmann, and George Blaha. |
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The Business of Sports $38.23 Inside the Minds: The Sports Business is an authoritative, insider’s perspective on the ins and outs of this dynamic industry and the strategic thinking behind leading an elite athletic workforce. Featuring senior management from the nation’s premier teams and leagues, this book provides a broad, yet comprehensive overview of the current shape and future state of professional sports. As they raise critical points around running a business under intense public scrutiny, these authorities offer practical and adaptable strategies for building a strong fan-base and profiting year after year. From revenue and salary management, to player acquisitions and negotiations, these leaders articulate the finer points of an industry driven by talent and fueled by the desire for success. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great strategic minds of today, as experts explore in detail, what it takes to build and sustain the organizations that win championships. |
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Sports in Worcester $66.91 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Worcester, Massachusetts is home to numerous minor league sports teams including the Worcester Tornadoes (Baseball), Worcester Sharks (Hockey), and New England Surge (Indoor Football). The city is also fielding NCAA Division 1 college and university sports, most notably The College of the Holy Cross. Other professional teams that have moved on from the city include the New England Blazers, a Major League Lacrosse team that played at the Worcester Centrum during the 1980s, the Bay State Bombardiers of the Continental Basketball Association, who played in the Worcester Memorial Auditorium from 1984 to 1986, and the Worcester Ice Cats, an American Hockey League franchise and developmental team for the National Hockey Leagues St. Louis Blues who played in the DCU Center (originally Worcester Centrum) from 1994 to 2005. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: 2010/05/19 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.22 inches |
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Sports Economics $115.05 Sports Economics, the most comprehensive textbook in the field by celebrated economist Roger D. Blair, focuses primarily on the business and economics aspects of major professional sports and the NCAA. It employs the basic principles of economics to address issues such as the organization of leagues, pricing, advertising, and broadcasting as well as the labor market in sports. Among its novel features is the candid coverage of the image and integrity of players, teams, managers, and the leagues themselves, including cases of gambling, cheating, misconduct, and steroids. The text also discusses other controversial subjects such as disciplining participants, discrimination, the financing of facilities, and how salaries are determined. Blair explains how economic decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty using the well-known expected utility model and makes extensive use of present value concepts to analyze investment decisions. Numerous examples are drawn from the daily press. The text offers ample boxes to illustrate sports themes, as well as extensive use of diagrams, tables, problem sets, and research questions. |
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Be Expert with Map and Compass $18.95 This new, enlarged edition of Be Expert with Map & Compass includes everything the beginner needs to know about the increa… |
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Instructional Consultation Teams: Collaborating for Change $45.77 While there is considerable evidence for the effectiveness of school consultation teams for interventions with difficult or at-risk students, relatively little has been written on the implementation of such teams. This book details that process and describes the important features of the Instructional Consultation Team, including methods and instruments for evaluating student progress and system functioning. Instructional Consultation Teams functions as a handbook for change. The authors convincingly argue that the improvement of schools’ response to at-risk students requires major modifications in the school culture, and to engender that change professionals need special skills. Bringing together literature on school consultation and school change, this volume enables the school-based professional who takes the role as change facilitator not only to implement new, more effective services, but also to ensure that the services become established functions of the school system. |
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