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Eventbrite pulls protest listings over violations of stay-at-home orders

Earlier this week, Facebook confirmed that it had begun pulling down select COVID-19 protests, citing violations of state-enforced social distancing. The social media giant was attempting a sort of diplomacy, noting that all rallies/protests would be assessed on a case by case basis, and crosschecked with local government. CNET today noted that Eventbrite has begun taking a similar approach, citing violations of both social distancing policy, as well as its own site guidelines. The news specifically covers a “Freedom” rally set for Ottawa on May 2, which, like a number…

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5 Types of Successful Contests on Instagram

A good way to improve the engagement of its followers on Instagram is to organize a contest. However, to turn this into success, it is necessary to establish a strategy beforehand. Always ask yourself, why offer a quiz? Is it to increase your visibility, increase the size of the community, and reward your loyal customers? The answer to this question will help you choose the participation mechanism to set up. Here, we will discuss 5 types of contests that have already proven themselves. 1)  Encourage the Creation of Creative Content…

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5 Essential Tips to Improve Usability of Your Website

If your company doesn’t provide web design and development services, the best way to build a site for you would be to hire a reliable design company. There are quite a few on the market today, and there should be no issue finding the one that meets your needs in terms of experience in your niche, budget, or a particular set of services. In other words, you are not the one who’s going to be solving all the usability issues. But, it’s always better to understand what you’re dealing with…

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WATCH: Lauren Daigle Performs Breathtaking Social Distancing Version of Hit Song “Still Rolling Stones”

ShareTweetPin Life as we know it has come to a screeching halt over the last six weeks due to COVID-19. As a result, everything from sporting events to concerts, school to graduations, and even weddings have all been cancelled until people can once again gather safely. Prior to the world being shut down by the coronavirus pandemic, Lauren Daigle was headlining her own world tour with special guests, Johnnyswim. After just three weeks on the road, the “You Say” singer was forced to postpone the remainder of her tour until…

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Stand on the Promises of God: Candace Cameron Bure and Kirk Cameron Team Up to Inspire Hope

ShareTweetPin By Billy Hallowell Kirk Cameron and his sister Candace Cameron Bure are on a mission to inspire the masses with true hope. The brother and sister duo have teamed up to organize and co-host “Hope Rising,” a benefit concert aimed at helping raise funds to address the COVID19 crisis. NEED INSPIRATION? Subscribe to Billy Hallowell’s Weekly Faith and Culture Email Kirk Cameron appeared on “The Pure Flix Podcast” on Friday to explain that the inspirational event — which will air on Facebook at 8 p.m. ET on April 19…

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HealthJoy launches its revamped employee benefits assistance platform

HealthJoy, a platform that helps employees get the most use out of their benefits, launched its revamped user interface and technology stack today. The startup told TechCrunch that usage has doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the new platform, called HealthJoy 2.0, has been in the works for two years, it is now helping the company handle increased demand for services, including telemedicine. Launched in 2014, HealthJoy now has more than 500 employers on its platform. It has raised a total of $53 million so far, including a $30 million…

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6 Reasons Why Companies Depends on Recruiters to Hire Staff

Nowadays, it is challenging for companies to find qualified candidates for open positions. That is why most businesses resort to using the service of recruiters to hire the best candidates. This approach requires paying headhunters to the entire recruitment process. This service doesn’t come cheap; the average fee paid recruiters per successful hire is about 12.000 USD. This payment is a bargain deal for companies using headhunters. Let’s consider seven reasons why businesses prefer to use the service of recruiters. Qualified Candidates Are Scarce: There are shortages of qualified candidates…

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How My Daughters See Me

ShareTweetPin I recently attended a sophisticated party. Beautifully adorned women, smartly dressed men. I sat and observed the wonder of human interaction. How we dip and pirouette in and out of conversations with sighs, laughs, and head curtsies. Then I observed one elegant woman sit upon the out-of-the-way leather couch, off to herself, pull out her iPhone, and flip through, whatever. Astounding, I thought. We, the sophisticated, turning from the real, to the virtual. Then I thought how most of these beautiful men and women will return home, check their children…

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How to Increase Ecommerce Sales

Trying to increase eCommerce sales? Many people start online stores as they believe that it will be an easy business to run because it is a thriving industry. The truth is that it is hard to make sales because it is so competitive, which can make it difficult to get noticed. It is possible to find success in eCommerce, though, but you must know how to increase sales and improve brandHow to Increase Ecommerce Sale awareness so that you can start to build a reputation. It becomes much easier to…

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Facebook pulls pseudoscience from its list of targeted ad categories

Even as Mark Zuckerberg touted the “hundreds of thousands of pieces of misinformation related to COVID-19” that the site had pulled in recent months, Facebook continued to offer targeted ads classified as “pseudoscience.” It was an odd choice from a social network so publicly declaring its own campaigns to remove junk science amid a global pandemic. Using Ad Manager, advertisers were able to serve ads to some 78 million people “who have expressed an interest in pseudoscience.” Following an investigation by The Markup that found the site buying ads to…

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Seth Meyers Exposes Sean Hannitys Huge Coronavirus Hoax Lie

Nobody in the media got a pass from Seth Meyers on Wednesday night. In his latest praised President Donald Trumps new tone on the crisis at his daily briefing on Tuesday. Because he managed to restrain himself for an hour, after weeks of lies and serial failures that led us to this harrowing moment, Meyers said, some in the media were actually gullible enough after four years to give Trump credit for his change of tone. He singled out MSNBCs Brian Williams and CNNs Erin Burnett and Jim Acosta, among…

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Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag Reveal Filming For The Hills: New Beginnings Season 2 Is Still On During Quarantine! – Perez Hilton

MTV‘s The Hills: New Beginnings is one of the many productions that were forced to shut down due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic — but according to stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, things were really starting to get good before social distancing measures took over! The notorious couple caught up with Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday and revealed network producers are hellbent on keeping all that momentum going as they prep for the show’s second season during quarantine. Where there’s a will, there’s a way! During their video chat with…

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