Friends and Acquaintances There is a difference between being an acquaintance and being a friend. Acquaintances An acquaintance is someone whose name you know, who you see every now and then, who you probably have something in common with and who you feel comfortable around. It’s a person that you can invite to your home [...]
Read More Benefits, personal development, trends, valuesWhat is it? Pinterest is a social network that allows “Pinners” (users) to collect and share things they find interesting. Think of Pinterest as a collection of digital photo and video albums. Users “Pin” (collect) things they find interesting into their personal “Pinboards” (albums) and that content is then sharable with other “Pinners” (Pinterest users), [...]
Read More Marketing, pinterest, social media, trendsYesterday brought the end of the annual National Retail Federation convention, known as Retail’s Big Show, held this year in New York City. This year’s 100th anniversary event was an opportunity for more than 18,000 retailers to gather and discuss the big picture — where retail is headed as we go into the next decade. [...]
Read More Entrepreneurship, retail, trendsAs the economy fights to rebound, many employers are forgoing paying full-time employees, and are instead tapping into the online community of hungry freelancers. Many business tasks — marketing, public relations, research, design, legal services — can be handled quickly and affordably through crowdsourcing sites. One of the first to latch onto the opportunity was [...]
Read More crowdsourcing, Employees, human resources, trendsRecently, I took a listen to a virtual conference on where marketing is headed. The Future of Marketing event featured 60 marketing experts who each were given only one minute to speak about the most important trend they see in marketing. With TV fragmenting, Hulu, social media channels galore, where is it all heading?� Here [...]
Read More Entrepreneurship, futurist, Kawasaki, Marketing, trendsStrategies to Refuse the Recession The Entrepreneur Economy Franchise Ownership in the New Economy Hard to believe, but according to the learned folks at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the economy’s been in recovery since June 2009. Unfortunately, a big reason for the stagnation so far has been, well, you. Tons of people–71 percent, [...]
Read More Entrepreneurship, Small_Business, trendsHard to believe , but according to the learned folks at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the economy’s been in recovery since June 2009. Unfortunately, a big reason for the stagnation so far has been, well, you. Tons of people–71 percent, says a recent survey by Discover Small Business Watch–are waiting for economic indicators [...]
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