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Branded as a Rat
This is the kind of story that gives top executives of any service-oriented business today nightmares! In our age of social media, it only takes one story, one post, one video, or one picture to possibly sink your business! One bad customer interaction or one disgruntled employee's action can become a viral video in an instant. Literally, this can place your business—no matter the industry, no matter the size, no matter the location, no matter of anything—instantly on the defensive, and if that story doesn't kill your business, it could well cripple it or at least make a huge dent in the firm's top and bottom lines. And that damage can be lasting for an indeterminate amount of time in the consumer mins. Indeed, there will be some consumers that you may never be able to reach after one of these incidents.
By David Wyld7 years ago in Journal
7 Reasons to Finish Assignments Early
One of my favorite undergraduate literature professors had a mantra that there were no due dates for papers in his class. You could do them all in the first couple of weeks, you could work on them gradually throughout the semester, or you could do them all at the last minute.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA7 years ago in Education
7 Tools That Will Help You Write and Proofread That Essay
Only, it isn’t simple at all. None of the stages of essay writing are simple, including the final one—the proofreading. Research, writing and proofreading carry the same, grand amount of importance and all take a grand part of the essay’s success.
By Joseph McLean7 years ago in Education
Principal or Bully?
I thought I was sending my daughter to a good school. One where she would be safe and have fun...I was wrong! My daughter is 11 years old now and in the fifth grade. She goes to a school where I thought she would make friends, have fun, learn something, and of course feel safe when her world was already crashing down on her.
By Amanda J Mollett7 years ago in Education
How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?
A while back, I was talking about my retirement plans with a friend of mine. I have a Roth IRA, along with a small stock portfolio. It's not much, but it's a start. Lately, I've been working on beefing up the ol' retirement fund in hopes of being able to retire at one point or another.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Trader
College Majors That Didn’t Exist 5 Years Ago
Within the past decade, humanity has experienced a spike in technological advances, theory, and an entirely different way of life. This is due partly to society’s curiosity and eagerness to create something bigger than itself, and in credit to the tech boom that has surfaced in places like San Francisco and Silicon Valley. We are affected by this in many ways. New smart phones are released biannually, faster technology has risen, and robotics are replacing people in the workforce.
By Alicia Springer7 years ago in Education
Marketing Socks for Good from the Big Easy
As a management professor and consultant, I can safely say that one of the waaaaaaaaay most overused—and overwrought—terms in business today is social responsibility. Companies will go out of their way to tell you all about whatever good they are doing to show just how socially responsible they are. And oftentimes, they will spend as much or more on advertising and promoting the good things they might be doing than on the actual good things they are doing.
By David Wyld7 years ago in Journal
Writer's Block
I wish that I could say that I've been doing nothing but writing for the last few months, but I've found myself having to take time off from writing. Stress and life keep getting in the way for one reason or another, and I find myself sitting down in front of my laptop, and being physically unable to write. The problem with this is that I'm nearly halfway through my first real attempt to write a novel, and I can't help but think to myself, "Can I really do this?" or "Who would want to read anything I've written?"
By Jessye Gould7 years ago in Journal
