Archive for January, 2008
Posted on January 29, 2008. Filed under: Business News | Tags: business, business women, Ebay, news, news for business women, news for women in business, nikki royston, online auction fees, online auctions, small business, Women in Business |
Ebay gathered up all their top buyers today to hand out the good news - they’re lowering fees. This is where all the Ebay sellers are supposed to jump up and down, praise the Ebay overlords, and head home to start listing everything in their house, because this is such a fantastic opportunity.
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Posted on January 28, 2008. Filed under: Business News, Social Networking | Tags: nikki royston, Social Networking, news, Women in Business, business women, news for women in business, news for business women, digg, hubdub.com, Business News, nigel eccles, tom griffiths, chris stafford, rob jones, gambling, betting, new site, DEMO, social bookmarking |
The Scottish have done it again. Nigel Eccles and his partners, Tom Griffiths, Chris Stafford and Rob Jones, have just launched Hubdub.com. A cross between “Digg” and Las Vegas, Hubdub lines up the news stories of the day and members bet on the outcome. When you sign up, you automatically receive $1000 hub dollars, logging [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2008. Filed under: Business News | Tags: life, nikki royston, marketing, news, celebrities, music, news for women in business, news for business women, generation x, new kids on the block, NKTB, 80's music, entertainment, donnie wahlberg, people magazine, concert, boy bands, reunion tour |
Oh my God - The New Kids On The Block are getting back together. People Magazine is reporting that our favourite five are indeed reuniting. I have been zapped back in time - and my hair is very, very big.
Who’s the target market here? Are Gen Xer’s about to pull out some zebra print mini skirts [...]
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Posted on January 24, 2008. Filed under: Business News | Tags: Automattic, business, business women, economy, investment, Matt Mullenweg, money, news, news for business women, news for women in business, nikki royston, recession, women, Women in Business, wordpress |
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Just spreading some positive news, I know that we’re all focused on the depths of the recession, but there are still millions and millions of dollars being spread around - on good ideas.
I like WordPress - I think it’s a good product - and I’m happy they secured the investment dollars that they [...]
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Posted on January 23, 2008. Filed under: Business News, Women in Business | Tags: business women, career, employee sabotage, funny, humour, life, news, news for business women, news for women in business, women, Women in Business, work |
Had a good chuckle with this one. A woman in Jacksonville was flipping through the classifieds and sees, what she thinks is her job, being advertised. She convinces herself that her boss is about to fire her, so she walks into the server room and deletes 7 years worth of files .
Well, turns out she [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2008. Filed under: Business News, Social Networking | Tags: blogging, business, business women, digg, facebook, International Delete Your Myspace Account Day, myspace, news, news for business women, news for women in business, nikki royston, public relations, Simon Owens, Social Networking, Women in Business |
Blogger Simon Owens is trying to start a social networking revolution, by declaring January 30th, “International Delete Your MySpace Account Day”. He’s angry at the spam, advertising and site glitches that waste time with his day. From what I’ve read, if Myspace isn’t listening, they should be.
I stumbled across the story while I was [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2008. Filed under: Business News, Women in Business | Tags: business, business school, business women, life, MBA, news, news for business women, news for women in business, women, Women in Business |
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A really great article from timesonline.co.uk - “A Supportive Culture and role models top women’s wish list”
If you’re woman who is considering going after her MBA - let’s you know that there are options for your particular situation, gives you some things to think about, and things to look for in your business [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2008. Filed under: Business News, Green Business News | Tags: business, business women, environment, green, life, news, news for business women, news for women in business, paper bags, plastic bags, reuseable bags, Whole Foods, Women in Business |
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Whole Foods will be ending its use of disposable plastic grocery bags in all of its 270 stores by Earth Day, April 22
I, of course, applaud the end of plastic bags - but you can’t carry 10 paper bags at once - I guess it’s time to buy those reuseable grocery bags, which [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2008. Filed under: Business Advice, Life or Something Like It, Women in Business | Tags: business, business women, career, family, life, marriage, motherhood, news for business women, news for women in business, nikki royston, relationships, women, Women in Business, work, working mothers |
Whether we like it or not, the single biggest obstacle between women and career success, is the overwhelming responsibility that most of them have on their shoulders. Women look after their families, their households, and many are facing the reality of looking after their elderly parents (1.2 million in the U.K. alone). Women don’t [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2008. Filed under: Business News, What I Think About That, Women in Business | Tags: business, business women, career, economy, investing, investment, money, news, news for business women, news for women in business, nikki royston, recession, small business, Women in Business, work |
“I’ve Not Failed - I’ve Just Found 10,000 Ways That Won’t Work” - Thomas Alva Edison
I stumbled across this quote, at the bottom of a chain letter actually, and as soon as I read it all I could think was: “That pretty much sums it up, doesn’t it.”
The economic news gets worst every day, over [...]
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