Experts Increase Sales By 28% With Custom Vacation Certificates

Studies show that the average business spends about $25,000 a year on marketing. In order to increase this figure and make your company more sustainable in today's competitive marketplace, you should consider custom vacation certificates as a marketing tool. These certificates promote loyalty and brand awareness for your company, while also giving your customers a memorable experience they'll want to share with others. This is just one example of how experts are incorporating customized products into their marketing strategies — so get creative!

The 37 Best Websites to Learn Something New

Forget overpriced schools, long days in a crowded classroom, and pitifully poor results. These websites and apps cover myriads of science, art, and technology topics. Best of all, they're totally free.

1. Duolingo Duolingo is the best free website for learning foreign languages. It has a wide variety of available languages, their vocabularies are constantly growing, and it includes good features to keep you motivated. 2. Open Culture A great collection of free classes from the best universities in several different fields that you can take from home or on the go! 3. Coursera Coursera is one of the most popular websites to take classes on just about anything you want—from computer science to music history to philosophy (there are also a few paid certificate programs). 4. Khan Academy Unlike the other websites on this list, Khan Academy is specifically designed and geared towards self-directed learning. The website provides lessons ranging from math to physics to biology, and they're totally free. 5. YouTube Polymath Academy On YouTube, you can find engaging video tutorials on pretty much any subject you can think of; all topics are linked under "polymath" in the website's name. 6. Coursera is again at the top of my list with my top recommendation for free certification programs. There are dozens of courses offered by various universities and colleges, covering a vast array of topics from game design to science communication to linguistics, etc... 7. Open Culture 8. Khan Academy 9. Robotics Education League 10. Quizzizz 11. AllSet Learning 12. AccelaStudy 13. Big Blue Bubble 14. Newsela 15. Thinkful 16. Octoo 17. Free Rice 18. Sumdog 19. Microbe World 20. Memrise 21. Mobile Labs 22. eHow 23. The Great Courses 24. Podiobooks 25 . TakeLessons Live 26 . Khan Academy Video Lessons 27 . Skillshare 28 . TED-Ed 29 . Memrise 30 . Master English 31 . Teach Yourself 32 . Tinkercad 33 . Tapiture 34 . Udemy 35 . National Parks 36 . Science 9 37 .. and many more…

The Most Comfortable Infographics Ever

Ever since we started designing infographics for businesses, we've been pushing the envelope of what can be done with infographics. From curving pie charts to interactive presentations, we've done it all. And while some of our designers may question the scientific integrity of this article, there's no denying that our most comfortable infographic comes in at a whopping five square feet. And if you're still not convinced that size doesn't matter, well then just wait until you see the infographic itself...

To strip away all uncertainty, here's a picture of a panda sleeping on my chest:

He enjoyed it so much he stayed for an hour...

The Heart of the Matter

This infographic is part of our ongoing "Heart of the Matter" series, which aims to provide businesses and organisations with innovative ways to communicate with their customers and followers. Developers at Sofa.com created a variety of different concepts, including this one, based on user feedback and our own experience testing what works best.

37 Ways to Be Smarter

Smarter is one of my favourite words. It brings up a word from earlier in life: Prodigy . Those childhoods I spent doing math questions were spent on the road to being an adult . The goal is clear: To be smarter than you've ever been before .

What does that mean, to be smarter? It means you have to be aware of how you learn and what you learn . To be successful with learning it's important to know the differences in how people think .

When we look at ourselves and others we see a wide array of modes. Some are visual, some are auditory, and some use a blend. It's always good to know the way you humans process information. In this article I'll give you 37 ways to keep learning through life. Let's do it!

The List

37 Ways To Be Smarter 1. Read A Lot 2. Learn Another Language 3. Experiment With Drugs 4. Go For A Walk 5. Listen To Complex Music 6. Eat Healthy 7 . Play Chess 8. Play With Your Dog 9 . Write 10 . Take Notes 11 . Find A Mentor 12. Think In Public 13. Sleep 15 Minutes More 14. Take Notes 15. Read A Book 16. Get a Good Mattress 17. Plan Your Day 18 . Learn To Share 19 . Practice Gestures 20 . Listen To Audiobooks 21 . Do Yoga 22 . Vocalize 23 . Think Like A Child 24 . Post On Forums 25 . Schedule Time 4 Self-Reflection 26 . Play Music 27 . Use a Whiteboard 28 . Write Down Ideas 29. Turn Away From Devices 30. Move The Eyes 31. Go For A Morning Walk 32 . Consider Career Changes 33 . Learn About Others 34 . Avoid Habits 35 . Meditate 36 . Eat Your Fruit 37. Take A Trip

37 Ways To Be Smarter

1. Read A Lot Basically, read books. I've never read a book a day (yet), but the cumulative knowledge of everything I've read in my lifetime is definitely a point of pride for me. Reading is one of the best and most empowering things you can do in your entire life—and access to information is only getting better and easier.  2. Learn Another Language Learning a new language is both fun, rewarding, and challenging. It helps you to better understand your own language and culture. Plus learning a new language makes you smarter, shows problems in your native language, improves memory and focus and makes you more creative. 3. Experiment With Drugs You can learn a lot about your mind by temporarily altering it with drugs of various kinds—peyote, LSD or marijuana are all good places to start. I highly recommend doing it with a friend so that you can talk about the experience afterwards...unless you've never had a psychedelic before in which case go find someone who has! I'm looking at you Gocannabinoid system . 4. Go For A Walk I walk every day. Lately I've been trying to double up, taking a walk at lunch time, but it's not the same. Taking a walk while you're working out is an empowering feeling that can help you to achieve more of your goals. 5. Listen To Complex Music Do you like Pink Floyd? If so, start listening to their entire catalogue again immediately. Don't worry about whether parts of the music are "complex".

Conclusion: Music is awesome. 6. Eat Healthy It's easy to skip breakfast, isn't it? I don't know why, but thinking of making breakfast is beyond some people's intellectual capabilities. Maybe you should make breakfast and eat that instead. Make sure you eat a lot of fruit as it will help keep your memory sharp, among other things. 7 . Play Chess Playing chess isn't just for old guys sitting in an oppressing room with a bunch of clocks around them (which sounds like fun), playing chess is  a great way to improve your critical thinking skills . 8 . Play With Your Dog Dogs are the most fun thing on the planet (sorry honey).