Category Archives: Business
TalkisCheep.com Women’s Month: Jill Slater is Making House Calls
This morning I was on my way to work and headed to the train station. As usual I grab a free Metro paper that they give out every morning and proceed to the platform. This morning I found a great article about Jill Slater the owner and founder of House Call Haircut in the City [...]
Social Media: Trackable and Reliable
Many companies are beginning to incorporate Social Media and Marketing into their business plans. But I think the biggest questions that most business owners have is how do I know that my efforts are working? how do I track it? and what is my return on investment going to be?
Obviously due to the nature of [...]
Traditional Media from Mars, Social Media’s from Venus, Choosing a Marketing Plan
Choosing a Marketing Plan: Traditional or Social Media?
I came a cross this case study about a week ago about a budding Cigar company who used Social Media as well as traditional to kick their business off. I think people always try to make it a battle of sexes between media outlets but you should incorporate [...]
Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get News
by Stan Schroeder(Source: Mashable)
The latest study from Pew Internet analyzes the news Americans are consuming and various different ways they find news. Based on a sample of 2,259 adults, the study reveals that three fourths of the people (75%) who find news online get it either forwarded through e-mail or posts on social networking [...]
Is Blogging a Slog? Some Young People Think So by Martha Irvine
(Source: Yahoo News)
CHICAGO – Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader?
A new study has found that young people are losing interest in long-form blogging, as their communication habits have become increasingly brief, and mobile. Tech experts say it doesn’t mean blogging is going away. Rather, [...]
Demoting Rather than Laying-Off? How Companies are Surviving the Recession
The recession has had everyone feeling like that any day it could be possible that they may not have a job, home, car or any other thing pertinent to the survival of the American family. A friend of mine and I were talking about working in corporate America and the tactics that many companies are taking in order to increase productivity and save money in the process.
I know of a company that came up with an interesting tactic in order to save money as well as maintain jobs within the company during these tough times. Before the recession they had many individuals in temp positions that they soon had to get rid of in order to save money. Soon after they had to reevaluate the other employees within the company because the first set of cutbacks were not enough to help them sustain during the recession.
How to Remember Names During Networking Events
The most important step in professional or social networking is to remember the names of the people you meet. That can be difficult to do, especially if you meeting numerous people at the same time. The following steps will help you improve your memory and provide memorization techniques to help you remember people’s names. By doing so, you will make a connection with them, and they will remember you!
