by Lori Saitz on September 16, 2010
by Lori Saitz on September 16, 2010
If you’re reading this September is National Literacy Month and part of my company’s mission is to contribute a portion of profits to literacy organizations. I mean, can you IMAGINE not being able to read?! Almost 800 million people worldwide are illiterate. I can go on and on, but this article is not so much [...]
by Shonali Burke on June 17, 2010
by Shonali Burke on June 17, 2010
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Women Grow Business, it’s that it’s a growing, warm and welcoming village. In that, it “takes a village…” etc. Image: Julie Falk, Creative Commons This blog community, which is so wonderfully supported by Network Solutions, is amazing. Look at the women who volunteer their time to write for [...]
by Shonali Burke on January 27, 2010
by Shonali Burke on January 27, 2010
It’s funny where life will take you. If you’d told me, 10 years ago, that not only would I be living and working in the capital of a world superpower, I’d have giggled. If you’d told me, five years ago, how incredibly important social media would become to my life, I’d have raised my eyebrows. [...]
by Jill Foster on December 21, 2009
by Jill Foster on December 21, 2009
Over the past year or so, I’ve seen more and more non-profits and companies create Facebook fan pages for their organizations. Facebook calls fan pages “a customizable presence for an organization, product, or public personality to join the conversation with Facebook users.” Fan pages are great because they are designed for organizations, but they work [...]
by Jill Foster on November 10, 2009
by Jill Foster on November 10, 2009
My daughter is a tween who just started middle school. Every school day she wakes up to live in her world. Her essentials (and I mean essentials in every sense of the word): Clean pair of UGG® boots Fully charged iTouch Umbrella if it rains Cell phone for texting I am a women in my [...]
by Jill Foster on October 8, 2009
by Jill Foster on October 8, 2009
Marketers who listen gain valuable information regarding the perception and authority of their brand. As such, sophisticated tools have emerged to give marketers a premium seat at the water cooler. Google the words “listening” and “social media” and you’ll get hundreds of search results relevant to the topic. From tips on how to listen, to [...]
by Jill Foster on September 17, 2009
by Jill Foster on September 17, 2009
82 million & counting: a forever changed Web From homemade movies on YouTube, to movie and book reviews, comments on blogs, and entries in Wikipedia, user-generated content (UGC) has changed the Web forever. I can’t imagine the Amazon shopping experience without comments and ratings from other moms, the posts from the 500 or so people [...]
by Jill Foster on January 26, 2009
by Jill Foster on January 26, 2009
Guest post from Beth J Bates. Beth consults with businesses and nonprofits on social media tool selection and strategy and helps her clients find effective ways to leverage these new mediums to meet marketing goals. Cultivating a cause is about supporting a community. And while having a website presence is important, supporters are [...]
