Browsing all posts in March, 2009.

Despite Recession, More Than 50% of Marketers Increase Spending on Social Media

by Sarah Perez In a recession, budgets are tightened, jobs are cut, and those who remain are expected to do more with less. Given this type of economic reality, it’s surprising to hear of an industry reporting an increase in spending on anything, much less on something as new as social media. Yet that’s exactly [...]

Social Media Principles Apply to Blogs and Job Hunters Alike

Happy Saturday everyone.   I wasn’t going to write today but down here at the Lake of the Ozarks, all is calm and peaceful and the children have gone away to play some where.  So, I am cruising the internet trying to make sense of it all.  I’ve learned a few things about Social Media, remembered [...]

Fighting back with craftiness

There is really nothing worse than having your boss come into your office, shut the door and sit down with: “It’s not good news.” Its heart rending to be sure but I have been given a gift, time. Time to make arrangements, time to wrap up and time to find another job within the organization. [...]

Well if this isn’t irony, I don’t know what is.

Andrew and I are very lucky to be working with the RBI program here in St. Louis. As I noted before, one of the things that will be so hard for me to swallow is losing that program. We were interviewed as part of the “Values in Action” presentation that Tim Flynn our Chairman and [...]

Hi.

I wish I could be more welcoming. Gush over your arrival. Make you feel comfortable, get you a cookie. But I can’t. Not now. After two years as the National Project Manager for KPMG in the Records Risk Management group, it appears my time may be at an end. No clients to be had and no spending to be done by the firm.