What a day, dear readers! What a week! We're off to Blogher...for a weekend of mixing and matching and chit-chat with many good friends. The air will be filled with talk about blogs, women, writing, and empowerment. Which brings us to our terrific interviewee this week: Christine Taylor of Christine... Read more →
Dear reader, it seems the web is slowly slipping over the edge...of reason. We wrote about the new Dove ads on Sunday, but more information on the titillating attempt of advertisers to use women undressed or undressing to reach the women's market have come our way, so we thought we... Read more →
Whoa! Is that a title, or what? Jane couldn't help it. We're letting off steam. Here are the 5 things that will send Jane (and every other woman) screaming in frustration, and, consequently, not get you any sales: (as written about in W3reports) 1. Pop-up ads. We know, you're saying,... Read more →
Pink. As a color, it's not one of Jane's favorites. We prefer red -- maybe you noticed. Red is powerful. Red is strong. Red is commanding. Unlike...pink -- which is a washed-out red, at best. But, the world, even today -- strange as it seems -- wants to equate women... Read more →
Jane was trolling about her Bloglines links today and lo! we came across the most fascinating article (thanks to Blog of a Bookslut) in the Chicagoist discussing certain negative reactions some members of that other gender have had to Dove's "real women" ads, as reported in the Sun-Times. To quote,... Read more →
Jane would like to begin today's post with a quote from a favorite author, Dr. Seuss. What creativity! What entertainment! What tongue-twisters! Jane could never get enough of Dr. Seuss when our children were young. Now, here we are, using some of his so-valuable insight into business and people, to... Read more →
Dear readers, today is Smart Man Online day. We have a very different kind of interview today. Zachary Harris, author of The Men's Dump Survival Guide and Field Manual, a book that focuses on a gender we don't talk much about here: men, will open some eyes, and may cause... Read more →
Dear readers, Jane is the bearer of some truly fantastic news! Through our blogging network, we have been introduced to the most terrific website on the net! It's female-friendly AND male-friendly. It's informative and educational, but so interesting and creative, Jane wants all of you to know about it. (we... Read more →
Ok, all of Jane's regular readers already know that women rule! Of course, we don't rule alone...we like partnering with others, but let's look at some reasons Jane likes to make this claim: According to the Center for Media Research, in an email from June 23rd, "Online sales will rise... Read more →
On Friday, Jane participated in two business strategy sessions. On Saturday, we conducted one of our own for WME Books. Friday morning's strategy session was saved by Bob Lurz of the Rochester Professional Consultants Network. We're a non-profit organization of which Bob is a long-standing member. Jane recently assumed the... Read more →