Another company has joined the bandwagon and launched a new division to handle marketing and advertising to women.  Like WomenKind launched in November 2007 and The Kaleidoscope Group from Hoffman York launched in February 2008,  G23 from the Omnicom Group will devote its efforts to speaking directly to the female consumer audience. According to The New York Times, … [Read more...]

The submissions are in and the final author list for Age of Conversation 2 has been released.  A total of 237 marketing and business bloggers joined forces to write Age of Conversation 2 - Why Don't People Get It?  The book is currently in the editing stage and should be released later this year with all proceeds going to Variety, the Children's Charity. Check out … [Read more...]

One of my favorite blogs for businesswomen, Biz Chicks Rule by Kristen King and Bridget Wright, is hosting a contest where one lucky person can win an iPod Shuffle.  With such a cool prize, I had to give some link love to the contest here at Women On Business. Just follow the link to enter.  Good luck! Technorati Tags: women on business,businesswomen,business … [Read more...]

I read a great article by Elinor Robin on WomenEntrepreneur.com called The 7 Components of Positive Partnership where she provides analysis of the seven most important things a partnership has to encompass to be successful.  While the article is targeted to businesses operating as partnerships, the traits apply to any type of partnership you might have in business (e.g., … [Read more...]

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. Donna Maria Coles Johnson of the Indie Business Blog asks What's Your Exit Plan? where she interviews a Kristen Fraser Cotte who shares her experience in creating a plan to exit her previous career to start a new business with her … [Read more...]

If you read Women On Business frequently, then you know that I blog about branding for a fairly new website, Corporate Eye. It's a great group of people and the company is growing quickly. Currently, Corporate Eye is looking for two more business bloggers to add to the team. These bloggers will be asked to write about Corporate Careers and Investor Relations. Blogging … [Read more...]

Last year, Advanta launched a website called ideablob.com where entrepreneurs and small business owners are invited to share their business ideas.  In simplest terms, users submit business ideas and community members give (and get) advice related to those ideas.  Each month, the community votes on the best idea, and the idea with the most votes wins $10,000 from … [Read more...]

While women still make up the minority when it comes to holding executive business positions and a gender pay gap exists that is not going to close anytime soon, the media is starting to notice the value of women in business. In 2008, several large media organizations have launched websites and magazines targeted to businesswomen. Some of those sites include: Journal … [Read more...]

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. Melissa Seymour from Melissa Seymour Small Talk blog shares Small Business Start-Ups, a Sobering Reality where she quotes some findings from the New York Times but adds some hope to the disheartening results. Allison Boyer at … [Read more...]

A study conducted by Bizjournals.com ranked 112 major occupational groups to determine where how those jobs sized up in terms of pay gaps.  The results paint a picture that is less than desirable for women in business. Check out the top 10 most equitable occupation groups: Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Food preparation workers … [Read more...]