Upon thinking about it, the concept made sense, and I answered this friend, who had retired early, after making a lot of money in sales. I pointed out that, if he didn’t believe in merit pay, how he would have felt if a poorly performing salesman made exactly the same commissions he earned.
However, if we seriously consider merit pay for teachers, we must first ask ourselves if my analogy is a good one, and then, if it is, how can we determine merit, given that teaching doesn’t result in sales figures.
With sales it is easy. A good salesman moves the company’s goods, thus making much more money for the company than a poor salesman. Commission is a percentage, so it’s quite fair. Now, how about a department manager in some company, manufacturing for example? If enough produce is produced to meet the orders, if the product is good enough to ship and if the costs in wages and materials doesn’t make the goods unprofitable, the manager is doing a good job, and if those factors are at optimum levels, she’s doing a great job. If one factor is substandard, well, you can see how performance can be evaluated. Each job needs some criteria to determine merit. If not, most business would have gone out of business due to inefficient and sloppy workers.
The Foo Fighters just launched a contest to find directors for their album. Usually these contests involve sending in your fan-made video, having the band judge it, and then getting a camera or a Red Lobster gift certificate as your prize. But for this contest — called “This Video Sucks” — the band is asking fans to submit their reels of previous work. I think this means the winners will get a small budget and work with the band on the concept and shooting. There’s no mention of pay beyond exposure (the videos will premiere on Fuse), but I’m sure that’s all Michel Gondry got when he directed their video for “Everlong.” Says Dave Grohl: “I had this idea that instead of going and spending a ton of money on one video made by a director who’s done it a trillion times, why not split up the cash and give it to the fans and let the fans make 11 different videos for the band? So that, instead of just making one video as the album comes out, we have 11 different videos for the 11 songs on the record.”
The band shot some funny contest promos, which you can watch below:
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Upon thinking about it, the concept made sense, and I answered this friend, who had retired early, after making a lot of money in sales. I pointed out that, if he didn’t believe in merit pay, how he would have felt if a poorly performing salesman made exactly the same commissions he earned.
However, if we seriously consider merit pay for teachers, we must first ask ourselves if my analogy is a good one, and then, if it is, how can we determine merit, given that teaching doesn’t result in sales figures.
With sales it is easy. A good salesman moves the company’s goods, thus making much more money for the company than a poor salesman. Commission is a percentage, so it’s quite fair. Now, how about a department manager in some company, manufacturing for example? If enough produce is produced to meet the orders, if the product is good enough to ship and if the costs in wages and materials doesn’t make the goods unprofitable, the manager is doing a good job, and if those factors are at optimum levels, she’s doing a great job. If one factor is substandard, well, you can see how performance can be evaluated. Each job needs some criteria to determine merit. If not, most business would have gone out of business due to inefficient and sloppy workers.
The Foo Fighters just launched a contest to find directors for their album. Usually these contests involve sending in your fan-made video, having the band judge it, and then getting a camera or a Red Lobster gift certificate as your prize. But for this contest — called “This Video Sucks” — the band is asking fans to submit their reels of previous work. I think this means the winners will get a small budget and work with the band on the concept and shooting. There’s no mention of pay beyond exposure (the videos will premiere on Fuse), but I’m sure that’s all Michel Gondry got when he directed their video for “Everlong.” Says Dave Grohl: “I had this idea that instead of going and spending a ton of money on one video made by a director who’s done it a trillion times, why not split up the cash and give it to the fans and let the fans make 11 different videos for the band? So that, instead of just making one video as the album comes out, we have 11 different videos for the 11 songs on the record.”
The band shot some funny contest promos, which you can watch below:
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O.k, so you want to make some money online from home? There's only hundreds of headlines promising a huge income from your spare time directed right at you. Cluttering up your inbox, " For just $49.95 you can learn the secret to making big bucks!" Don't be fooled by all the hype. The truth is, they've already told you the secret. By paying their fee, you've just helped make them rich! I'm sure they are all very grateful. All you really need is a huge list of email addresses, a long story about how if they pay your one time fee, you'll show them how to make it big. If your story is convincing enough and enough people pay. Hey you made it!! And once they pay, there really is no secret to reveal, just tell them to do what you did. It's an endless circle of nonsense, and in the end it's a short lived win. Don't be a sucker, keep your money.
Another way that promises big bucks is online surveys.This is a HUGE waste of time and just a clever disguise of product marketing. Companies are not willing to dish out big bucks for your opinion. All this is, is another way to get you to buy their merchandise. For a $5.00 "survey" you must purchase a $30.00 product or service. Do the math, who's really profiting there? It's sure not you. And although there are some surveys that do not require you to purchase anything, they are few and far between. And the Survey company you sign up with will limit your access to these making it impossible to actually make any money. Usually only one per week, and they usually only pay between .25cents-$1.00. So at the most you make $4.00 a month, and usually you must reach $30.00 before you can ask for a payout. Most people give up long before then.
Do yourself a favor and don't even open all those email of promises in your inbox everyday. And if you do anyway, here's a sure fire way to tell if their going to ask you for money. When you click on their link and it redirects you to their page where they try to sell you. Pay attention to how long the page is, because the longer the page........the more money they're going to ask for. This trick never lies.
Want your own webpage? Your own online business? You're in luck, there are only hundreds of sites that give them away for fee! Sound to good to be true? It is. Here's the catch behind free websites. They are set up and ready to go, but how are people going to know they're there? You have to have an advertising budget, you have to put money in. And if your in a pinch for cash chances are you dont have the money it will require to advertise you site enough to bring in any money. I've had a great site for over 2 years now. I have the best selection of products at unbelievable unbeatable prices, I'm listed with Google and all the rest. Yet not one customer has stumbled into my store. My problem lies in my lack of funds in my advertising budget. Some companies go one step further to maximize their profit at the cost of yours by providing you with free "traffic". They do provide you with traffic, but the people who visit usually don't intend to. Have you ever been looking for, let's say a shower head? And instead you get directed to a page with a guy getting head in the shower? Thats free traffic. You don't want to be there, and chances are you're not going to purchase anything on that site. Sometimes free traffic actually blocks the customers that are looking for a site like yours. Companies do this in order to get you to "upgrade" so they can get your cash. So unless you have hundreds atleast to spend on advertising, stay away from free websites.
They truth is, in order to make money online you need to have some cash to spens, or have something to say that people want to hear. You can always write about things you know. Sell your own product, or crafts on ebay or etsy, but your not going to get rich. And thats the truth about making money online.
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Upon thinking about it, the concept made sense, and I answered this friend, who had retired early, after making a lot of money in sales. I pointed out that, if he didn’t believe in merit pay, how he would have felt if a poorly performing salesman made exactly the same commissions he earned.
However, if we seriously consider merit pay for teachers, we must first ask ourselves if my analogy is a good one, and then, if it is, how can we determine merit, given that teaching doesn’t result in sales figures.
With sales it is easy. A good salesman moves the company’s goods, thus making much more money for the company than a poor salesman. Commission is a percentage, so it’s quite fair. Now, how about a department manager in some company, manufacturing for example? If enough produce is produced to meet the orders, if the product is good enough to ship and if the costs in wages and materials doesn’t make the goods unprofitable, the manager is doing a good job, and if those factors are at optimum levels, she’s doing a great job. If one factor is substandard, well, you can see how performance can be evaluated. Each job needs some criteria to determine merit. If not, most business would have gone out of business due to inefficient and sloppy workers.
The Foo Fighters just launched a contest to find directors for their album. Usually these contests involve sending in your fan-made video, having the band judge it, and then getting a camera or a Red Lobster gift certificate as your prize. But for this contest — called “This Video Sucks” — the band is asking fans to submit their reels of previous work. I think this means the winners will get a small budget and work with the band on the concept and shooting. There’s no mention of pay beyond exposure (the videos will premiere on Fuse), but I’m sure that’s all Michel Gondry got when he directed their video for “Everlong.” Says Dave Grohl: “I had this idea that instead of going and spending a ton of money on one video made by a director who’s done it a trillion times, why not split up the cash and give it to the fans and let the fans make 11 different videos for the band? So that, instead of just making one video as the album comes out, we have 11 different videos for the 11 songs on the record.”
The band shot some funny contest promos, which you can watch below:
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Mike Max's <b>News</b> And Notes « CBS Minnesota – <b>News</b>, Sports, Weather <b>...</b>
In this week's News and Notes, a celebrity spotting at a Timberwolves game and what's ahead for the Vikes during their off season.
Great <b>news</b>: New Obama chief of staff might be … William Daley <b>...</b>
On the one hand, centrist Democrats are being vilified by left-wing bloggers, pundits and partisan news outlets for not being sufficiently liberal, “true” Democrats. On the other, Republicans are pounding them for their association with ...
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