Blog Action Day 2008 is set for October 15th, and this year's theme is poverty. If you're not familiar with Blog Action Day, it's an annual nonprofit event that is meant to raise awareness of a specific issue by leveraging the reach of the blogosphere. A day is selected (October 15, 2008), and bloggers are asked to publish a post about the designated cause … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2008
HEART Business Journal for Women Available in Print and Online
HEART Business Journal for Women is a publication out of Canada that is meant to provide mentorship to women (and men, too) toward personal and professional success. According to the HEART website, "We get to the heart of issues concerning women in business today, profiling successful professionals, focusing on health and well being, and providing articles of … [Read more...]
July ADP National Employment Report Released
Last week, ADP Employer Services released the July ADP National Employment Report and the ADP Small Business Report, which showed significant employment gains among small businesses during the month. That's good news following the weakest month for employment growth among small businesses in seven years in June. In July, small businesses (those with fewer than 50 workers) … [Read more...]
Women On Business Added to Alltop.com
Guy Kawasaki, a successful and popular blogger and businessman, sent me an email earlier this week to let me know my branding blog had been added to Alltop.com in the Branding section. If you're not familiar with Alltop.com, its purpose is to provide aggregated content from "all the top" sites online. Information is categorized and offered as an "online magazine rack" for … [Read more...]
Women’s Words Weekly July 20-26, 2008
Time for another round of Women’s Words Weekly where I take a look at what businesswomen bloggers were talking about during the previous week.  Robin Matuk of Creating with Impact shares 16 Rules for Success from an inspiration poster that hangs on the wall in her office. Colleen Coplick of Buzz Networker writes How to Use Facebook as an Effective Busines Tactic … [Read more...]