- I am surfacing from under a pile of resumes. I'm not complaining, because I appreciate how fortunate Catalogs.com is to be in hiring mode. We are actually trying to fill three positions. Lots of business owners are still feeling the... (10:26 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Whether you've been to a press run one time or one hundred times, you can't miss feeling a combination of excitement and trepidation. This is the point at which a creative project is ready to "hit the road" ... when... (15:37 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- If you slept late yesterday, ate cinnabons, lounged with the dog or watched football with a bag of chips, you weren’t as productive as we were. Even though it was hard to ask our team to abandon their weekend activities,... (16:22 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- First, I have to be honest, it's not really "my" iPad. It's the family iPad. Although we do have a difficult time wresting it out of my husband's hands. For him, iPad is all business, and the workday never stops.... (15:05 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- My daughter has been working on the classic "invention," assigned by her engineering teacher: build a better mousetrap. However brilliant I think her invention is (and it is ... she is talented), I don't think we're going out for a... (16:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Yesterday I was looking for a friendly spot for the girls, somewhere with some support, with some style, and a sense a humor.
Not those girls … you know: those “girls.” (10:15 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- The winnings were meager - 10% of the vote proceeds which amounted to $17 and a $25 Walmart giftcard - but the satisfaction was huge. (10:55 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- I am PANICKING. I lost my wireless aircard for my laptop and the clock was ticking … our company (me, specifically) had a major presentation to give in a conference room off-premise. (11:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Yesterday evening, I attended the annual installation of officers and awards ceremony for a very large Jewish philanthropic organization (of which I happen to be on the board of directors). Everything was going as planned, until one fatal mistake. (15:40 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- I am reading a post that popped up in my morning scan of socialmention*. At first, it sounds vaguely familiar. Then very familiar. There is another one. Familiar. Very familiar. OMG. Has someone plagiarized my posts? (12:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- Two dramas are unfolding with Facebook that I think are fascinating to watch (both from a consumer and business point-of-view). (11:26 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- My daughters, along with 300 of their school band members, played The National Anthem at a Florida Marlins baseball game last week. (12:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- My daughter’s recent induction to the National Junior Honor Society made me very proud. The ceremony was serious, with candles, school administrators and the middle school students – all girls, actually – in fancy dresses. (10:58 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- America by Mail was set to evolve, as was our business, and in 1997, Catalogs.com was created. Not a new corporation, but a name-makeover. (09:31 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Every day, I do my social media “drive-thru's,” checking in with Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook. And then I read my emails – hundreds a day – and dig into the long list of projects that need my attention. (11:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- The rev of the printer makes me feel pangs of eco-guilt, but in my defense I printed the 20 resumes on the back of my daughter’s graded geography homework. (11:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Social media is great. It’s fun. It’s enlightening. It’s interactive.
But social media is like the ocean: you should assess your ability to surf before you dive right in. Know your strengths. Know your weaknesses. Be ready for the big waves. (12:38 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- It is 7:45 am, and 29 female senior level executives are gathered in a law firm conference room. They are sitting around a 30-foot board room table, writing feverishly, as Miami Herald columnist Cindy Krischer Goodman gives tips on balancing work, life, and happiness. Cindy has a 25+ year career in journalism, has her own weekly column (which is now syndicated throughout 100+ newspapers nationwide) and is CEO of Work Life Balancing Act. (11:16 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- I have been digesting Chris Brogan’s blog post, My Love For Blogging, from last week. It is a great post. Meaty. Challenging. Inspirational.
I don’t usually print what I read on the Web, in the interest of being Green and sensible. Chris’ post, though, I printed, and then sat with a pen, and read, making squiggly underlines and little arrows, like I used to in school. (11:38 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- A very dear friend of mine is enjoying a public relations coup, and I am celebrating on her behalf. I can totally relate to her joy: it is so exciting to read about your company, your inspiration and your hard work, in someone else’s words. (12:19 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- A couple of years ago, a friend emailed me, partly horrified, partly entranced. She had just downloaded Google earth, searched her address, and there she was, in her yellow shorts, pushing the lawn mower on the front lawn, frozen on the Web, at her less-than-finest. (16:55 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Last week, we met with our new marketing team for the first time. We painted our picture, laid out the facts, discussed what we think of our opportunities and challenges. (09:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- For a quick moment I didn’t know what I was looking at: an e-mail from someone in my office framed with a high-tech black and red blog header and a dapper gentleman’s photo. There was our company name and links and our employee’s name. (11:18 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- I keep tabulating online hours. For my kids, for myself, even for the colleagues I see on Facebook and Twitter. It is mind boggling. (08:56 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- A colleague recently lent me a book, with an inviting red dust jacket and intriguing title, The Go-Giver. It’s a little book with a big message, she promised.
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- Giggles, laughs and ever lasting friendships! There is nothing as precious as life-long friendships. How many of us are lucky enough to boost, brag and revel in friendships that began in the 3rd grade? Or other friendships that began in college and continue to last 20++ years?
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- Tiger Woods Bad for Business? My opinion on the whole Tiger Woods dabacle is this - It's bad enough that he cheated on his wife who he has fathered two children with setting a bad example for fans, sportsmen and young people, but from more of a business standpoint, he didn't even take into account the list of multi-million dollar corporations who have invested in him and his squeaky clean image.
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- My Mom makes the world’s greatest cranberry relish. This Thanksgiving holiday, treat yourself to homemade relish that is incredibly easy and fast to make. Forget the canned relish, YECH. 2 packages FRESH whole cranberries (found in the produce section) 1... (10:38 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- What an incredible weekend we had! After receiving almost 1,000 written entries from teachers all over the country, we picked our winners. We flow teachers in from all over the country, had a beautiful awards ceremony followed by a lovely... (22:40 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Our public relations firm scored a big hit for Catalogs.com this week. We were featured in WomenEntreprenuer.com, and quite frankly, we are all thrilled with the results. I remember vividly the 55 minute in-depth phone interview with Eve Gumpel. One... (20:21 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- We just got notice that our annual health insurance company has raised the premiums for Catalogs.com about 17%. I was told my insurance consultant that out of hundreds of companies he is representing, ONLY Catalogs.com has the same number of... (12:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- It’s no surprise to me that the Rockefeller Foundation’s recent poll shows that “women have become dominant in our society … women will soon constitute a MAJORITY OF THE WORKFORCE; they earn 57% of college degrees; and they make 75%... (13:14 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Helping At Risk Teenage Girls. Imagine dreaming to become a veterinarian your whole life, yearning to help animals and wanting to make a difference. Pam is only 16 years old, when her dreams are shattered, her father thrown into jail, and her mother forced to work the street corners to put food on the table.
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- Why our Women's Leadership Retreat Rocked. This past Sunday morning, I participated in something extraordinary. It was not a usual Sunday morning, where you might leisurely wake-up, enjoy the morning coffee and read the New York Times. Instead, I awoke at 7:00 am and quickly did last minute preparations to welcome 32 highly accomplished women. You see, I hosted at my own home a women’s division Board of Directors retreat, where we spent 7 hours fine tuning our executive skills, learning new ways of time management and organization, and exploring creative alternatives to raising money to help the needy.
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- Tomorrow I will be joining three other Catalogs.com'ers who will be attending and exhibiting at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition, and I personally am really looking forward to joining in on several workshops and discussions. Our whole team is... (21:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Laptops for Flat Tops Giveaway - A Patriotic Cause for America's Patriots. I'm a sucker for two things - a good giveaway, and a good cause. So I was completely psyched when I heard that the online retailer, AllAmericanDirect.com, is launching their second Laptops for Flat Tops Giveaway that gives military families a chance to win two state of the art laptops fully equipped with webcams to help improve long-distance communications while their loved ones are serving the USA.
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- Catalogs.com new mascot is the cat's pajamas. As you know, we are amping up our public relations here at Catalogs.com and decided it would be a beneficial move to integrate a mascot. Originally we were going to hold an official press conference for the public to officially meet the new face of Catalogs.com, but I couldn't wait to let the cat out of the bag.
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- Express Yourself - How to lower your American Express Credit Card Fees. Are you tired of paying outrageously high credit card transaction fees? Of course you are. Who loves overpaying for anything, especially when the economic climate is continuing to deteriorate by the hour? I'll even haggle over the price of a Big Mac. Well dear bloggers, instead of sitting back and signing off another outrageous check, I decided to do something about it. (08:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Bombshells the Musical - I laughed my piehole off. I took a trip down south last week to the Actors' Playhouse in Coral Gables to see a play that has still left me in stitches. (08:45 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- Dating Advice from a 9 Year old Mac Daddy? I have a bone to pick with this recent news story. There's a new love guru on the scene who is doling out advice to help fellas everywhere meet the girls of their dreams...and he's nine. (09:20 | 7 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks book is a must read. Last night, with immense pleasure I was able to attend an event where I had the chance to hear celebrated guest author Geraldine Brooks speak and discuss her award winning masterpiece and international bestseller, People of the Book. (08:50 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- Our employee is a Publix reject. One of my employees is a loyal customer of the Publix Grocery Store franchise. For privacy issues, I shall here on in refer to him as Nat. (14:03 | 2 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Every Mother's Worst Nightmare - Mikey Stolzenberg's Story. This year, before I sit down to overindulge in a delicious Thanksgiving feast, I will think about a certain 8 year old boy who is near and dear to my heart. This eight year old boy will have a Thanksgiving that is worlds away from his past seven Thanksgiving holidays. (09:58 | 3 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Chair Yoga for the Wheelchair Bound. I’ve blogged on numerous occasions regarding the fact that she’s an amputee, a breast cancer survivor and now, a recent lung cancer patient in a wheelchair. My Mom has neck and back pain, leg pain, shoulder pain, even her pains have pain. While I was reciting my "Oms" during our class I thought about Yoga and how it would benefit my Mom. She could really use some serious stretching techniques that she can do sitting in a chair.
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- Yoga for beginner's...There's no place like Om. As a special treat, my husband and I decided to gift our overstressed team of employees with gift certificates for 5 free yoga classes at our local yoga studio. (09:18 | 11 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
