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Pros and Cons of Marketing and Starting Your Business Online
There's no denying the appeal in being your own boss, and calling your own shots. There's also no denying the appeal in investing in something you love whether it be clothes, video games, or makeup. The possibilities on the things you could market are endless, and adding the internet to the equation just makes things seem a little more achievable.
By Jessica Jane7 years ago in Journal
What Writing Has Done for Me
Writing was never a passion of mine when I was younger. I hated having to write when it came to schoolwork because I never thought my writing was good enough for anyone to read. Teachers and professors seemed to give me good grades for my writing, but I could never understand why, it sucked. One paper that I wrote which was based on real parts of my life earned me a spot as a guest speaker in one of her other classes. I felt honored that she asked me to.
By Brandi Payne7 years ago in Journal
Am I Too Young to Do This?
In my first job after uni I had "gut-feelings" about challenges or short-comings in the marketing department. I couldn't put my finger on the problem and I didn't know what I didn't know. So I tried to fix it, fell on my face, and figured out the hard way how NOT to be constructive or helpful. It wasn't appreciated from someone who didn't know what they were talking about. In other words, I was too young to have an opinion or to be taken seriously.
By Emma Bayliss7 years ago in Journal
Pick One
What do you do when you have so many things you enjoy in life? "Just pick a career!" everyone will tell you. Teachers, parents, friends, mentors, everybody. How do you pick a path in life when you love so many different things? I love nature. I love making things. I love helping others. I love things that I don't even know the category of. If you're someone like me, you know exactly what I'm saying. They tell you that you need to pour all your time into one thing, to be the best at what you do. Tell me how you pick, because I want to know.
By Ashly Arbes7 years ago in Journal
My Non-Profit
I talked to my co-leader yesterday since I’ve decided nobody is truly in charge yet except the both of us, and we both decided I work on the business plan, she works on finding a suitable third-in-command for our organization. I came up with a name for the said organization, and that is “We Help,” because we are intent on helping people with chronic illnesses/disabilities that make it hard to get away from families whether the family is abusive or stable. For starters, I as a leader need a job that can do that for me, by making a stable income.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Journal
The High Cost of Managing Without Flexibility
This is an article about a story that seems to repeat itself almost every day in the 24/7/365, social media-oriented culture that we live in today. Yes, it's an embarrassing, "gotcha" moment—and in this case, it is McDonald's in the crosshairs of people from around the world. Yesterday, it may have been Starbucks and what happened in their Philadelphia location involving two black men who chose one of their locations for a business meeting that led to a corporate crisis, both in terms of public relations and internally with their employees (see below).
By David Wyld7 years ago in Journal
10 Employment Laws Every Person Needs to Know
Back when I was 26, I worked for a person who was a total pig. He made a point of telling me that I would not be able to get a raise unless I lost weight... for an office job. He would regularly berate women for being not "hot enough" and make seriously derogatory remarks towards anyone who was female. To him, women and non-binary individuals like myself weren't people; they were accessories that propped up his fragile ego.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Journal
