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How Social Media Today and its Online Communities Reinforce Blogging

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Robin Carey, Jerry Bowles, Sales, Social Media Today, Bloggers, Venture Capital, Social Media Marketing, Online Community, Social Media, Enterprise, Governing, Marketing, Sustainability, Pr, Blogging, Business News
Ari Herzog

Disclosure: In late February, I was recruited by Robin Carey and Jerry Bowles, co-founders of Social Media Today and joined their team as a community ...

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Fix the Airlines Instead of Bailing Out Wall Street

Don McNay | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Indianapolis, Wall Street Bailout, Small Business, Sales, Ronald Reagan, Img, Faa, Business Travelers, Bailouts, Cincinnati, Travel, Airport Security, Business, Southwest Airlines, Air-Traffic-Control, Airport Delays, Memphis, Dayton, Louisville, Marketing, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Bill Clinton, Air Traffic Control, Mark McCormick, United Airlines, Washington DC, Airports, Don McNay, Harvard Business School, American Airlines, Air Travel, Airline Industry, Los Angeles, Knoxville, Bermuda, Business Travel, Deregulation, Jimmy Carter, Entrepreneurship, Airlines, Productivity, Chris Rock, Business News
Don McNay

I used to schedule an out of town trip then meetings the next day. Now I can't. I am not sure if I will get back or if I will get home exhausted and stressed.

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Companies Cutting Prices Like Never Before

ABC News | LAUREN SHERMAN | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession Sales, Bargains, Sales, Economy, Luxury Bargains, Recession, Luxury Sales, Business News

Trey Shores, 36, recently scored a fantastic deal. The Tokyo-based consultant scooped up an in-season Helmut Lang leather jacket in the city's Ginza d...

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How to Advance and Conquer in Any Economy

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Sales, Sales Books, Solutions, Survive Recession, Economy, How to Survive, Business, Grant Cardone, Recession, Sell to Survive, Business Tips, Business Expansion, Retail Sales, Sales Times, Gaining Markets Share, Auto Sales, Us Retail Sales, Business News
Grant Cardone

Now is the time to learn new skills and then master and execute with massive action. You will be rewarded, you will advance and conquer market share while others surrender it.

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Retail Sales Rise Unexpectedly In January

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, January Retail Sales, Sales, Retail Sales, Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales jumped 1 percent in January, reversing a six-month declining trend and defying economists' expectations by postin...

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Sales People Create Economies

Grant Cardone | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Retail Sales, Business, Money, Recession, Home Sales, Sales, Economy, Economic Crisis, Shopping, Consumers, Consumption, Business News
Grant Cardone

Marketing without a trained sales team is a "one way" vehicle, causing the company to only activate at the point of marketing and then become passive.

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Calling All Salespeople: To the Yoga Mat!

Cecilia Michelson | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Salesperson, Fashion Retail, Sales, Work, Occupation, Selling, Salespeople, Retail, Balance, Yoga Maneuvers, Career Success, Life, Living News
Cecilia Michelson

One day while doing some yoga exercises on the sales floor (albeit modified), I reached a state of enlightenment with respect to my work.

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Stores cut prices to entice post-holiday shoppers

AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Bargains, Sales, After Christmas Shopping, Retail Sales, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Christmas Shopping, Portland Oregon, Business News

Two hours before the doors were set to open Friday morning, a Miami-area Wal-Mart parking lot was full of cars _ and possibility. But in a Christmas s...

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Holiday Retail Sales Plummet Despite Price-Slashing

Wall Street Journal | ANN ZIMMERMAN, JENNIFER SARANOW and MIGUEL BUSTILLO | Posted 01.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Retailers, Retail Sales, US Shopping, US Economy, Sales, Shopping, Spending, Business News

Price-slashing failed to rescue a bleak holiday season for beleaguered retailers, as sales plunged across most categories on shrinking consumer spendi...

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Video Game Sales Nearly $3 Billion In November

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Video Games, Sales, Video Game Sales, Holiday Sales, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, Business News

NEW YORK — Americans may be cutting back on holiday shopping, but they are still buying video games _ to the tune of nearly $3 billion in Novemb...

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Out of Line: Recession Marketing

Mort Gerberg | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Good Deals, Cartoons, Bargains, Out of Line, Sales, Humor, Advertising, Shopping, Cartoon, Recession Marketing, Business, Consumption, Recession, Buying, Business News
Mort Gerberg

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Cyber Monday Sales Up 15%: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 4, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Ge, Ecommerce, Sales, Super Bowl, Football, Cnbc, Sanyo, Recession, Cyber Monday, Jeff Zucker, Mediabytes, Panasonic, cs4, Nfl, Shelly Palmer, Revenue, Media News, Adobe, Nbcu, Wall Street, 3d, Nbc, Media News
Shelly Palmer

The WSJ is reporting that former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller maybe purchasing Yahoo for between $28-30 billion, roughly $22 a share. Yahoo'...

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Retailers Pull Out All Stops To Stir Black Friday Buying

MarketWatch | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday Coupons, Sales, Shopping, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday, Black Friday 2008, Black Friday Deals, Black Friday Sales, Deals Black Friday, Deals, Business News

The university administrator also received a personal call for the first time from a Nordstrom Inc. clerk encouraging her to stop by the store during ...

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Black Friday Weekend Could See 5 Percent Fewer Shoppers

Reuters | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Deals, Black Friday Shopping, Sales, Shopping, Black Friday Sales, Black Friday, Business News

Up to 128 million shoppers and would-be shoppers could be expected this holiday weekend, but the numbers represent a drop of more than 5 percent from ...

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Sam's Club CEO Sees Black Friday Sales, Traffic Up

forbes.com | Matt Woolsey | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Wal Mart, Sam's Club Sales, Sales, Sam's Club Black Friday, Doug McMillon, Sam's Club, Black Friday, Deals, Business News

Black Friday sales and store traffic will rise this year as U.S. consumers who delayed purchases in the past few weeks finally head to stores to take ...

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The Top 10 Black Friday Sites

PC Magazine | By Jennifer L. DeLeo | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday Coupons, Sales, Shopping, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday, Black Friday 2008, Black Friday Deals, US Economy, Black Friday Sales, Deals Black Friday, Deals, Business News

Get your running shoes ready, because it's Black Friday time! Millions of shoppers flock to various retail stores the day after Thanksgiving in antici...

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Best Buy Black Friday Deals

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday Coupons, Sales, Black Friday Sales Best Buy, Shopping, Best Buy Black Friday Hours, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday, Black Friday 2008, Black Friday Deals, Deals Black Friday, Best Buy Black Friday, Black Friday Sales, Black Friday Opening Hours, Deals, Target Black Friday, Business News

Best Buy's "doorbuster" sales will begin in their stores at 5 a.m. on Black Friday. Here is a run down of their sale items from Black Friday 2008. Be...

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Target Black Friday Deals

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Target Black Friday Deals, Black Friday Coupons, Sales, Shopping, Black Friday, Target Black Friday Sales, Target Black Friday Opening Time, Target Black Friday, Black Friday Deals, Target Black Friday Store Hours, Deals Black Friday, Black Friday Sales, Deals, Oregon, Business News

Target will be opening on 6 a.m. on Black Friday. Here is a preview of some of the deals they are offering. Memorex DVD Player / VCR Combo - $59.9...

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Retailers Hope For Silver Lining On Black Friday

CNN Money | Julianne Pepitone | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, US Economy, Sales, Black Friday Economy, Black Friday Sales, Black Friday, Business News

Black Friday shopping is expected to decline slightly, but pent-up demand and lower gas prices may provide a small silver lining for the suffering ret...

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Wal Mart Black Friday Deals

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Sales, Walmart Black Friday Ads, Shopping, WalMart Black Friday Hours, Walmart Black Friday Deals, Walmart Black Friday, Deals, Black Friday Coupons, Black Friday Walmart 2008, Black Friday, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday 2008, Black Friday Deals, Black Friday Sales, Deals Black Friday, Black Friday Opening Hours, Walmart Ad, Business News

Wal Mart has announced it's Black Friday deals. The store will be open at 5 a.m. on Friday. Here is a summary from Kotaku. Wal-Mart's Black Friday ca...

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Analysts: Stores May Cut Back On Black Friday Specials

bostonherald.com | Donna Goodison | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday Coupons, Sales, Shopping, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday, Black Friday Deals, Black Friday Sales, Deals Black Friday, Deals, Business News

Consumers likely will be out in force for Black Friday, the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, but disappointment may be in store. Wh...

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Dick's Sporting Goods Coupons

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday Coupons, Sales, Dick's Sporting Goods Coupons, Shopping, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday, Dicksportinggoods, Black Friday Deals, Deals Black Friday, Black Friday Sales, Deals, Dick's Sporting Goods, Business News

Dick's Sporting Goods is offering generous coupons on their Web Site of 20 percent off select merchandise this holiday season. See the Dick's Sporti...

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Black Friday : News And Info

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday, Black Friday Deals, Black Friday Sales, Black Friday Shopping, Shopping, Sales, Deals, Black Friday Coupons, Deals Black Friday, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday 2008, Black Friday Opening Hours, Target Black Friday, Black Friday Ads, Business News

Everyone ready for Black Friday shopping? Here is a helpful set of news and info to prepare yourself for the annual consumer marathon. Make sure to ch...

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Circuit City Black Friday Deals

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Circuit City Sales, Black Friday Coupons, Sales, Shopping, Sales Black Friday, Black Friday, Circuit City Black Friday Sales, Circuit City Black Friday, Black Friday Deals, Circuit City Black Friday Deals, Black Friday Sales, Deals Black Friday, Deals, Business News

Circuit City will be opening its doors on 5am on Black Friday. Here is a preview of some of their deals. Computers HP Pavilion 15.4" Laptop (Intel Du...

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Castro Loves A Good Sale

Huffington Post's Eat The Press | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Alan Greenspan Book, Communism, Borders, Retail, Capitalism, Sales, Fidel Castro, Castro, Home News

We just received this AP photo of Castro holding Greenspan's book, forwarded by HuffPost reporter Max Follmer. So! We shall see what Perez has to say ...

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