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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. They need to be their own PR specialist every day. Usually sponsors have more senior positions than mentors, and it is their responsibility to advocate for an individual and pull them up the ranks to a top level position in the company.

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WHY WOMEN'S NATURAL SOFTER SKILLS ARE COMING TO THE FORE IN BUSINESS

Women on Business

Answering questions, sharing experiences, asking for advice, helping and listening are all roles that good businesses are taking on in order to build stronger relationships with their clients. Where Social Media differs is that it is all about relationships. So where do we come in as women?

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Resolution Solution: Shop Your Soul :: Women on Business

Women on Business

If the reader isn’t in the place to hear the depth of this advice, I’m sure it will be shrugged off as a “feel good&# message. But for me, this really hit a chord. I’ve been searching frantically for years for something to replace much of what I loss during some bad decision years of my life.

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PR and Ethics in the Battle for Location-based Data

Harvard Business Review

It's a familiar pattern: new technology enables new business practices. Second, Facebook admitted that it hired Burson-Marsteller , a leading global PR firm, to plant stories and editorials critical of Google's data privacy practices, particularly as they relate to Facebook users' personal information.

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Cultivating Relationships NOT Worth the Time?

Women on Business

Categories : Female Entrepreneurs , customer service 2 Comments 1 Debra Gaynor January 19th, 2011 at 3:21 pm Great advice not only for women in business today, but for the younger generation coming up behind us. If increasing sales is a continuous struggle for you and. Relationship building should start as early as high school.

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EBay CEO Meg Whitman to Retire :: Women on Business

Women on Business

She joined eBay in 1998 and now, 10 years later, she’s following her own advice and leaving the company she helped drive to online success. Meg Whitman, 51, has been quoted saying a CEO should never stay with the same company for more than 10 years, because by that time the company needs a fresh outlook.

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Laura Thompson Joins Women On Business as Weekly Contributor.

Women on Business

Her EquiBusiness blog gives free tips and advice on the business side of riding, while her EquiTraining blog focuses on horse training. Laura brings a great deal of knowledge about business ownership to Women On Business. Check out her bio below.