Plunging into the ocean So you’re finally ready to do it. You’re ready to take that big plunge into the scary “social media” ocean. You’ve avoided it for as long as you can, or maybe you’ve just dipped your toes in, reading other people’s blogs. Image: Steve Skinner, Creative Commons But now you realize you [...]
Robin Ferrier
Think your hobbies can’t grow your business? Think again. I am a wine aficionado. I also love to write fiction, am a total dog person, and often find myself giving career advice to colleagues, especially those new to the workforce. Why does this matter to anyone other than me? Because I try to make my [...]
Are we women in business letting men run circles around us? In a recent Pew Research Center survey, 49% of those surveyed listed the “old-boy network” as a major factor causing the lack of women in top level business positions. Many respondents also said that women’s family responsibilities don’t leave time for running a major [...]
Guest blogger Robin Ferrier is communications manager for the Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus and president of the Capital Communicators Group. She can be reached via LinkedIn. The economy is down. Budgets are even tighter than normal. But you know you still have to spend something to market your company, right?. After all, what [...]
