You see them everywhere you go as you drive through your local suburbs, cruising by the strip mall shopping center:
The sign twirler, sign spinner, human directional sign, sign waver, sign flipper, living sign, or a casual sign holder on a stick . And you always do the same thing as you drive by: “hey, look at that idiot with the sign!”
Continue reading HOW MUCH MONEY DO SIGN TWIRLERS MAKE?
A while back, Web Watch told you HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO BOOK THE DAN BAND, as seen in The Hangover. Or, if you really want to relive the entire HANGOVER movie trilogy, Web Watch mentioned how much it would cost you to BOOK ZACK GALIFIANAKIS or KEN JEONG.
But maybe, just maybe – you’re a bit more sophisticated than that.
Maybe you have $20,000 burning a hole in your pocket and you don’t know what to do with it.
Hopefully, you’ve been on the Internet long enough for someone (likely, a parent) to have forwarded to you the following old meme about how tired you are from being overworked:
Yes, I’m tired.
For several years I’ve been blaming it on getting older, lack of sleep, weekend projects, stale office air, poor nutrition, carrying a couple of extra pounds, raising a family, recent ailments, and a dozen other reasons that make you wonder why life is getting tough.
But now I found out what’s really happening! I’m tired because I’m overworked.
The population of the USA reached 300 million last October.
79 million of the population are retired. That leaves 221 million to do the work.
There are 19 million toddlers and 76 million students in schools, which leaves 126 million to do the work.
Of that total, 21 million are unemployed leaving 105 million to do the work.
Then you take away 34 million in hospitals and that leaves 71 million to do the work.
43 million are in prisons and that’s 28 million left to do the work.
Now take away 14,683,468 federal, 5,344,722 state and 5,370,743 city workers who run our government and you’re left with 2,601,067 to do the work.
Take away the 2,601,065 people in the armed forces and that leaves just two people to do the work, you and me.
And you’re just sitting there reading this!
No wonder I’m tired!!!
If you’re a brand manager, one goal of your job is to ensure that you have an active Social Media presence.
Some companies do it well. Some companies do it poorly. Some companies are non-existent in the social space. Those that do it well don’t necessarily need any more advice other than to keep doing what’s working. Those that do it poorly need all the help that they can get. And those that aren’t participating at all – well, maybe that’s okay for them. It depends on the industry and their products, we suppose. Continue reading TOP 9 BRANDS WITH THE LARGEST SOCIAL MEDIA MARKET SHARE
How happy are you in your current job?
If you’re not that happy, what would it take for you to consider leaving your current place of work and joining a different company?
Would more money make you happy, or are you so miserable that you would take a pay cut just to get out of the situation you’re in?
Continue reading WHAT’S THE ONE JOB PERK 40% OF ALL WORKERS WANT?
The workplace can be a stressful place.
The job aside, there’s the whole political game going on, where everybody is jockeying to be in the next position available for career advancement. Yeah, it may be a jungle out there, but the office jungle can be a pretty rough place too.
Some get in trouble for not speaking up enough; others get in trouble for speaking up too much. How do you find the balance between the two?
Do you consider yourself Awesome? Are you great at what you do? Are you a stellar 5-star performer at the top of your game?
Chance are, unless you’re George Clooney, you’re not amazing at all.
Fact is, you’re very likely extremely mediocre.
And that’s okay.
Does your company have an iconic logo, one that defines who you are or what you do in an instant?
We’re not talking about a cartoon character spokesman, like the Geico Gecko (or the Geico Caveman, take your pick). We’re talking something more akin to the “apple” logo for Apple.
As we’ve seen on any number of episodes of THE PITCH or CELEBRITY APPRENTICE, a vital part of marketing your business or product can come down to the most simple of items, THE LOGO.
Continue reading NEED A NEW LOGO DESIGN? TRY A LOGO CONTEST
Are you happy at work?
Maybe Web Watch should ask the question a different way: does your job make you happy? Are you happy to GO to work?
Or are you happy to have any job at all, regardless of what it is?
Everybody has a career line item that you’ve considered leaving off your resume for various reasons.
For some, it’s because you don’t want to acknowledge ever having worked at that company. For others, it’s because the job was so horrible that you didn’t even make it an entire year.
Maybe you were asked to leave, as a mutually beneficial decision. Maybe you just left your ID badge on your desk, walked out without a word to anyone, and quietly slipped out while nobody was watching.
Regardless of your reasons for hating your job, you should rest happy knowing one thing:
Continue reading THE 11 WORST COMPANIES IN AMERICA TO WORK FOR
The other day, Web Watch was walking through an office when we – literally – stumbled upon an unusual sight: on the floor in the middle of the hallway was a crumbled pair of women’s underwear.
Hallway panties, as it were.
Nobody was around that location at the time, although this was the middle of the morning and the office was thriving in other parts of the building. And yet there that underwear lay, waiting for its owner to come back.
It’s time once again to take a look at HOW MUCH MONEY MUSICIANS MAKE each year.
Web Watch knows what you’re thinking — with iTunes, the Amazon Music Store, Google Play and other services, let alone the money that comes in from Youtube from display advertising showing with all their posted music videos — that successful artists would almost literally be rolling in dough.
But that’s not the case, as Web Watch has told you before regarding HOW MUSIC ROYALTIES WORK.
Continue reading TOP PAID MUSICIANS OF 2012 (HERE’S A HINT: IT’S NOT ALL FROM YOUTUBE OR ITUNES)
Are you watching the current BRAVO TV program LOLWORK?
It’s a reality TV program that allegedly shows the real-world behind-the-scenes workings of how the Cheezburger Network — home toLOL CATSand millions of other funny animal pictures and videos — does business.
While most the show appears to be purposefully driven to make what is supposed to be good TV, there are specific business-aspects that get aired that really for-real give a reasonable peek behind the curtain of what it takes to run a popular content-driven website.
Watching LOLWORK will give you a good reminder that it’s always hard work to create good, compelling CONTENT for your website, but that it’s that same content that also brings eyeballs to your site in the first place. Focus on the content, let everything else fall into place later.
Continue reading WHY EVERY OFFICE SHOULD BE FILLED WITH KITTENS AND PUPPIES
With natural disasters and other causes leading to disruptions of the nation’s power grid, more and more homeowners are looking at alternative ways to power their homes when the electricity goes out.
Some people that Web Watch knows have decided to install gas or diesel-powered generators at their homes, or otherwise have a large backup battery available to keep the lights and computer network going for more than a day or two. Web Watch does support having alternative backup power available in some circumstances, but does wonder whether rushing into such a purchase is a prudent choice, rather than making a calculated decision as to whether you NEED to have such emergency power available to your household or not.
Are you like most people?
You get out of bed, slip on your running outfit (with nighttime reflectors, of course), and head out for an early-morning 5 mile run to shake out the cobwebs before you head home to shower and get ready for work?
If so, then you’re doing it wrong.
Continue reading THE BEST TIME TO EXERCISE IS BETWEEN 5PM — 7PM