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February 6th, 2008

Chick Wine For the Female Connoisseur

It’s finally here. Our very own wine. CBS News has this special report about women and their attraction to wine bottle labels - the labels that make us buy certain brands of the good stuff. We especially like the labels with the little animals on them.
Enjoy!

Tags: CBS News reports, wine connoisseurs, wine labels, women, women-in-businessShare […]

By Bridget Wright -- 1 comment

February 4th, 2008

Top Women Bloggers Carnival Winners

I ran across this blog that features a weekly round-up of winners of a blogging carnival. Unfortunatley, BCR didn’t make the list, but it was very entertaining to see who did and what their contribution to the carnival was.
Congratulations to them all!
Bridget
Tags: , Blog Carnivals, women, women-bloggers, women-in-businessShare This

By Bridget Wright -- 1 comment

February 4th, 2008

Business Marketing Monday: Free Lunch For A Client

Who doesn’t like free lunches? Everyone does! Call one of your clients up and tell them you’d like to treat them to lunch. They’ll love it! You decide the winning factors, i.e.,
The Best Client
The Worst Client (that should get some orders!)
The Client Who Hasn’t Ordered In A While
The Fairly New Client
You get the idea. […]

By Bridget Wright -- 9 comments

February 1st, 2008

Fri-Deas: Business Ideas For Women

Introducing Business Ideas for Women coming to you each Friday!
Every Friday, I will bring you a business idea that as a female you can use to get started in business. This can be as an entrepreneur, a franchise owner, a small business owner or a step up the corporate ladder. Whatever successful ideas we have […]

By Bridget Wright -- 0 comments

February 1st, 2008

BCR Leading Ladies: Madam C.J. Walker

“I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations…I have built my own factory on my own ground.”
Madam C.J. […]

By Bridget Wright -- 7 comments

January 28th, 2008

Business Marketing Monday: Donate A BOGO (Buy One Get One Free)

Today’s marketing tip is a BOGO: Buy One Get One Free.
This works great if you have a professional service to offer such as personal services (massage, hair stylist, makeup artist, etc.), consulting, accounting, web design or tax services. This is how it works: For every hour (or whatever block of time you choose) the client […]

By Bridget Wright -- 0 comments

January 25th, 2008

If Facebook and MySpace Are Responsible Then…

off with their heads!
Ridiculous, isn’t it? That’s about how ridiculous it would be to hold social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace responsible for the action(s) of their members. When people join these forums, become members and active participants, they take on certain inherent risks that they are responsible for:
1. Disclosing personal information
2. Other users/visitors […]

By Bridget Wright -- 2 comments

January 25th, 2008

Do Women Make Good School Principals?

Since we both have school age children and volunteer at the schools often, my frriend and I debate over this quite frequently:
Do women make good school principals?
My friend says no. I say it doesn’t really make a difference. You see, we’re both from the time when there were always male principals. That was […]

By Bridget Wright -- 1 comment

January 23rd, 2008

B-B-Billionaire Women In Businesses

Being a millionaire, no big deal, right?
Moms can be millionaires just as easily as the next person. So why is it so hard to grasp that concept?
I read this article about Millionaire Moms and just got motivated all over again. I don’t know about you, but most days I’m just thinking about doing everything on […]

By Bridget Wright -- 4 comments

January 22nd, 2008

Relaxed Grammar in Blog Writing

Is it more acceptable to write less gramatically-structered in blogs than it is for print media or other journalisitic prints? I made this post about the correct use of grammar and was curious to know what you thought.
I’m still reading my “For Dummies” series on grammar and have another business meeting today (it’s a […]

By Bridget Wright -- 0 comments

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