Elected Officials & Pedigree: Do Voters Prefer the Average Joe or Someone Smarter Running the government?
In September 2009, Scripps News reported that 5 percent of the members Congress were serving without having a college degree, which is not required by the Constitution, but is often assumed. “According to the Congressional Research Service,” the outlet reported. “Twenty-seven House members and one senator currently serve without a college degree.” “College degree credentials are becoming so [...]
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Deciding when it’s time to dump an affiliate ad program
Today, I made a decision to remove all of the pay-per-sale affiliate ads on one of my blog properties. Pay-per-sale are one of several types of affiliate programs. My Multiple Incomes explains them: – Pay-per-click: As it sounds, you are paid every time someone clicks on a link or ad. The most popular pay-per-click affiliate [...]
Pretty Girls Rock, but Smart Ones do too: How the “Princessification” of Girls stunts their aspirations
This week, I have been loving seeing photos shared in social media of all of my friends who are top mom bloggers enjoy their week at Disney World during the Disney Social Mobile Mom Celebration . It’s a public relations week where Disney flies in the most influential mom bloggers down to Disney World in Florida, [...]
15 Ways to make money as a “mom” blogger
Just sharing a nice synopsis that NannyNewsNetworks compiled and ask that I share: There is money to made from blogging, and moms have a lot of knowledge and information that others will pay to access. If you’ve wondered about ways you could stay at home with the kids and still have a reasonable income, consider [...]
The Anti-Lean In: How the Rules for Women Entrepreneurs Differ; Tech Biz Vet Paula Tompkins explains
When Paula Tompkins started her career in the male-dominated tech field in the mid-70s, as one could imagine, the atmosphere for women was not friendly. Fortunately, for Tompkins got her start during that time that companies were slowly starting to diversity…because the government made them. Back then, the woman who currently owns the 16th largest [...]
5 Tips for Small Businesses on Small Budgets
You don’t have to have a large budget to manage your small business. Here are some tips on how to save costs: 1. Skip the expensive office. Work from home and use the UPS store or one of the other many virtual online companies out there that will give you a street address and collect [...]
Watch what you Tweet: Library of Congress is done archiving all your tweets & Who else is capturing your tweets to share with the world
If you tweeted anything crazy that you want to take back, it may be too late. The Library of Congress announced this January that it has completed its archiving of all tweets pursuant to a joint agreement it had with Twitter. In a document about the project, the Library said at the start of the agreement it [...]
This Week in Politics and Technology: 3 incidents where social media caused ruckus
It was a slow news week this week. However, we did see at least three incidences where social media and politics intersected: First, this Monday, April 1, the Securities Exchange Commission ruled on the Netflix case, deciding that it is okay for corporations to share information in their social network, but must warn investors of [...]
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