Liam Neeson, LinkedIn and an $800 Million Adobe Acquisition

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Actor Liam Neeson made news this week with a unique offer on LinkedIn. And LinkedIn itself recently announced some new changes to its profile section. Meanwhile, Adobe acquired a service aimed at giving customers on its Creative Cloud more options.

Read on for a full list of headlines in this week’s Small Business Trends news and information roundup.

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Liam Neeson Could Endorse Your Particular Set of (LinkedIn) Skills

In the 2009 movie “Taken,” Liam Neeson’s character Bryan Mills boasts about his “very particular set of skills.

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Violent Protests in Athens: Greece’s Young Anarchists (Part 2)

Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News On December 6, protests in Athens and other Greek cities broke out on the sixth anniversary of the killing of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos, who was shot in 2008 by a policeman in the district of Exarcheia, a neighborhood in central Athens known as the spiritual home of anarchists. Annual demonstrations have been organized by many different leftist groups, students, and particularly anarchists, to commemorate the teen’s killing and to protest against police violence. The protests often culminate in clashes between protestors and police. VICE News attended the 2014 demonstrations, which this year had an additional cause: to support 21-year-old Nikos Romanos, who put himself on hunger strike after authorities prevented him from attending university while in prison — a contravention of Greek law. Romanos, a self-declared anarchist and the best friend of Grigoropoulos, is behind bars for armed robbery. A few days after the protests, Romanos ended his four-week hunger strike after reaching a compromise with authorities. Watch “Demonstrations Turn Violent: Greece’s Young Anarchists” – http://bit.ly/1J3EKQt Watch “Greece’s Anti-Fascist Uprising” – http://bit.ly/1FQOo4D Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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The Special Ops Olympics: War Games

Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News The emergence of drug cartels working together with paramilitary groups has been a rising threat for countries in the Western hemisphere. One of the most effective responses has been Fuerzas Comando, an inter-military and special ops exercise attended by forces from across North, Central, and South America. The goals of the event are to promote inter-military relationships, increase interoperability, and improve regional security. This year, military forces from 17 countries, ranging from Belize to the United States, came together for the exercises at one of Colombia’s biggest military bases, Fort Tolemaida. While each country has their own set of security threats, they all share the need to boost and innovate their military capabilities. In this episode of War Games, VICE News travels to Colombia to attend Fuerzas Comando, and see how these countries are working together to learn how to better combat threats within and beyond their borders. In Photos: Elite Soldiers Compete in a Special Forces Olympics – http://bit.ly/1z4inCg Watch: “Black Dart is the US’ Answer to Drones: War Games” – http://bit.ly/1z4iqxY Watch: “Israeli Urban Warfare: War Games” – http://bit.ly/1v1ruS3 Watch: “The Future of Amphibious Warfare: War Games” – http://bit.ly/1v1rzVD Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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Pubslush is the Kickstarter of Publishing

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Small business owners and other independent authors interested in publishing their own books have traditionally had a couple of options. They can find a more traditional publisher, then help promote the book on their website, through speaking engagements or in any other way and be paid an advance and eventually a royalty for their work.

They can create an ebook for download from Amazon and other sites and digitally distribute it making money from a percentage off each online sale.

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Entrepreneurs Strike Gold Selling Ugly Christmas Sweaters

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Most people don’t go out of their way to buy apparel they consider to be ugly. But over the last few years that has changed, at least around the holiday season.

National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day and ugly sweater parties have gained popularity in recent years. At first, people had to ask their grandmas or scour the racks at thrift stores to find sweaters with gaudy bells or cats wearing Santa hats. But now, retailers big and small have grabbed onto the trend and made it much more accessible for everyone.

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How to Make Sure Your Link Dev Isn’t Working Against All Your Other Marketing (and Vice Versa)

In order to make sure you’re getting the most out of your link-building efforts, there needs to be strong communication between all members of your organization.

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Tourists Flock to Golan Heights: The War Next Door (Part 3)

Watch Part 1 – http://bit.ly/1AuJhp5 Watch Part 2 – http://bit.ly/1C3kXyE In August, al Nusra Front jihadists took control of Syria’s side of the border crossing with Israel and kidnapped over 40 United Nations peacekeepers — who have since been released. But al Nusra Front, an al Qaeda-affiliate, isn’t Israel’s only threat from Syria. President Bashar al-Assad’s military, in a possible effort to bait Israel into its civil war to shore up Arab sympathies, has been lobbing mortars across the border. Just a few weeks ago, the Israeli military shot down a Syrian plane flying over the Golan Heights — the first time it has done so since the 1980s. In part three of a five-part series, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky visits the top tourist destination in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Up here, tourists and UN observers stand side by side as they enjoy the great vantage of volcanic hills, sprawling vineyards, and Syria’s civil war. Read “Why Saudi Arabia is Picking Up Lebanon’s $3 Billion Weapons Tab” – http://bit.ly/13IJwmj Read “New Evidence Suggests Israel Is Helping Syrian Rebels in the Golan Heights” – http://bit.ly/1BroztZ Read “Syria and Iran Condemn Israeli Airstrikes Near Damascus” – http://bit.ly/1IK7sWh Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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SEAT’s Christine Stoffel: Getting 1,000 Top Executives to Attend Your Conference

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I have the opportunity to participate in about 15-20 conferences a year, in addition to hosting my own annual event. It’s pretty hard to get one hundred people to an event. It’s even harder to get 100 quality attendees in your target audience group to come and stay a day or two. But to get one thousand people in your target audience to do that year in and year out is a pretty unbelievable feat.

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