Top 10 Money Tips for Women

by CNBC Staff
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

When it comes to women and finance, sometimes there's a disconnect between what women know and how they act, their ability as achiever and their financial underachieving, and between the power they have within reach and the powerlessness that rules their actions.

Financial expert Suze Orman gives her list of the top 10 money tips for women to follow:

1. Listen to Your Gut

2. NEVER Co-Sign for ANYONE

3. Save Yourself First

4. Don't Hand Over Finances to Your Husband or Partner

5. Don't Put Yourself on Sale

6. Protect Your Assets: Get a Pre-Nuptial Agreement

7. No Blame, No Shame

8. Take Care of Your Money

9. Don't Make Your Underage Children Life-Insurance Beneficiaries -- It's a No-No!

10. Own the Power to Control Your Own Destiny

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How to Get Found (in the Cyberworld)

Guy Kawasaki (Alltop)

Oct 27, 2009 -

Brian Halligan is the founder and CEO of HubSpot, an Internet marketing software company that helps small and medium-sized businesses get found on the Internet and converts website visitors into leads and customers. He is also the author of Inbound Marketing: Get Found In Google, Blogs, and Social Media.

It used to be that you could efficiently grow your businesses by interrupting potential customers with outbound marketing methods like cold calls, email spam, and advertising. Today people and businesses are tired of being the targets of so much outbound marketing and they're getting better and better in blocking it out.

At the same time, people and businesses have fundamentally changed the way they shop and learn, turning more and more to Google, social media sites and blogs to find what they want. Inbound marketing helps companies take advantage of these shifts by helping them get found by customers in the natural way in which they shop and learn. The following are Brian’s five steps to help you get “get found.”

1. Be remarkable. 

2. Create content.

3. Optimize content.

4. Promote content.

5. Measure results. 

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5 Tips for Making a Corporate Blog Stand Out

Michelle Bowles on Oct 23rd, 2009
These days it seems as if every corporation has tried its hand at blogging. The more corporate blogs that exist in the blogosphere, the more difficult it becomes to gain blog subscribers by creating one that’s truly unique. To ensure your corporate blog stands out from the crowd, follow these 5 tips:


1. Talk about something other than yourself.
2. Keep your blog focused.
3. Give your blog a distinct personality.
4. Have some fun.
5. Provide readers with something they can’t get anywhere else.




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Eight qualities of a good leader during a recession

By Rachel Lebeaux | Feb 26, 2009
When money is tight, employee layoffs loom and spirits are dwindling during a recession, CIOs and other IT executives must take the qualities of a good leader to another level.
These eight qualities of a leader, culled from CIOs and leadership experts, will guide you through good times and bad -- yet are especially pertinent today to keep your staff engaged and ensure that IT meets changing expectations in uncertain times.
1. The ability to inspire
2. Communication skills (including listening)
3. Operational credibility in driving results
4. The ability to prioritize
5. Creativity and flexibility (aka, the ability to embrace change)
6. The ability to be a "fish out of water" leader
7. The ability to position one's organization as a mecca for talent
8. Consistency


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Study reinforces that kids watch a lot of TV

AP - Tuesday, October 27

NEW YORK – It's not called the electronic baby sitter for nothing. The Nielsen Co. says in a study released Monday that children ages 2 to 5 watch more than 32 hours of television each week. Kids 6 to 11 spend a little less time in front of a TV screen _ more than 28 hours. But that's partly because they have to go to school.

According to the study, the television viewing by children 2 to 11 is the most since 1995. The younger kids, or at least their parents, are tech-savvy. The 32 hours of TV-watching includes an hour and a half of shows taped on a digital video recorder, and 4 1/2 hours of programs on a DVD. Nielsen also says children ages 6 to 11 play video games on a television for nearly 2 1/2 hours a week on average.

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