http://talkischeep.com/blog Connecting Consumers with Online Businesses Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:59:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/03/11/talkischeep-com-womens-month-jill-slater-is-making-house-calls/ 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 ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/03/04/social-media-trackable-and-reliable/ 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 ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/03/02/traditional-media-from-mars-social-medias-from-venus/ 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 ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/03/01/social-networks-play-a-major-part-in-how-we-get-news/ Small Business Can Now Get Big Time Attention Thanks to NYTimes. The NYTimes website is now offering Self Service Advertising for Small Businesses. The Self-Service Display Advertising is powered by AdReady and is designed to be a simple and easy way for you to advertise your small business on NYTimes.com.This ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/02/26/nytimes-offers-more-bang-for-your-buck/ (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 ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/02/04/is-blogging-a-slog-some-young-people-think-so-by-martha-irvine/ You would think that because we are in a recession that the vintage industry would be suffering tremendously, but it is quite the contrary. Many people are investing in quality apparel due to the recession so that they can have a wardrobe that is unique and in addition one that ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/01/25/talkischeep-com-introduces-the-vintage-scarf/ Since I was a young girl I have always had an obsession with sneakers, I always wanted to get the newest most unique Kicks, as I use to call them, before anyone else did and if I saw anyone else with the same sneakers that I had on I would ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/01/15/talkischeep-com-introduces-pink-eye-fashions/ 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 ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2010/01/04/demoting-rather-than-laying-off-how-companies-are-surviving-the-recession/ My good friend @StephSwinton sent out a link on Facebook for an article featured on Careerbuilder called "43 Things Actually Said in Job Interviews" by Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer that you should never ever say in your lifetime while in an interview. This was quite entertaining as well as disturbing that ... http://talkischeep.com/blog/2009/10/21/43-things-never-to-say-in-an-interview-ever/