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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Becoming A Brand: Building a Brand That Sells

Branding was once the domain of advertising and marketing agencies, and their mega-company clients. Branding once involved stationery, logos and taglines and pictures of wholesome families or cool rebels enjoying the products/services.
Today, branding is top of mind for businesses large and small, regardless of their advertising budgets. Even one-woman consulting firms and two-person [...]

Beyond Borders: Expand Your Career With Global Executive Education

Global is the new business and career reality. No longer limited to manufacturing or customer service jobs being outsourced overseas, globalization is arriving daily on the doorsteps of every working professional. With ever-advancing technology, greater access to international business resources and increasing immigration levels, it has become far easier for employers of any [...]

10 High-Paying Jobs That Don’t Require A Degree

Want to change careers? Don’t want to go back to college? Consider an apprenticeship, on-the-job training program, associate degree or certificate program and pursuing a career in one of these 10 fields:

General & Operations Manager (Oil Industry) $103,854
Air Traffic Controller $102,030
Storage and Distribution Manager [...]

Business Opportunity: Pet Products & Services

Are you working on a doggy couture line? Have you created the most divine organic pet treat? Do you have the perfect plot of land picked out for a cat spa? Discovered an herbal remedy for doggy depression? The time is now!
Here are the trends that have lined up in your [...]

Opportunity Alert: Masstige–Mass retailers offering prestige products

If your company currently manufactures a product or product line, or you are considering sharing a secret family recipe with the world, you must read this!
It used to be that the makers of consumer products–hair care products, perfumes, clothing, etc.–had to choose between amazing exposure and low-margin sales offered by mass retailers or the limited [...]

Career Workshops for Aspiring Media Professionals

Mediabistro offers informative short courses for new grads looking to start a career in the media industry (TV, radio, publishing, web).
Of particular interest to me today is the six-part workshop series titled Get a Post-Diploma Life.  “Jump-Start Your Media Career”, the first class in the series, offers “essential tips for recent grads aiming to enter [...]

National Urban League 2007 Conference

The National Urban League hosts its annual networking, recruiting and issues conference is still going on at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri.  If you find yourself in the “Show Me” state, it’s not too late to join the party.
The event will feature a career fair, free on-site career coaching, the Young Professionals Summit (a [...]

Friends and Business Do Mix

Social networking sites aimed at adults, once thought of as the online equivalent of happy hour or ladies night, are now becoming hotspots for business owners seeking business leads and career professionals seeking job leads.  None of the social networking sites is set up for open solicitations, but most are actively marketing the possibility of [...]

SF’s Wannabe Techillionaires Launch New Network

Tuesday night San Francisco’s would-be Technorati showed up in droves at an event hosted by SF Beta, a networking group for founders, investors and fans of new technology companies. The event was held at trendy bar-gallery 111 Minna and was billed as a product demo and networking event for founders of tech- and web-based [...]

Giving Till It Hurts: Are New Business Owners Going Too Far?

I’ve been attending many of those well-intentioned networking mixers that lure mildly introverted folks from the comfort of their home offices in search of cheap drinks and piles of business cards.  The themes varied, but the results were the same: I met dozens of nice people nervously pushing their new ideas and, in some cases, [...]