Sometimes the biggest obstacle of the day is you. Your phone rings, social media buzzes, coworkers make noise, your mind wanders and before you know it, your deadline is here. You start to panic and stress about your project. You become so stressed, that you aren’t able to focus on your high-level, creative work. How
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The Value of Internships — Especially for a Recent College Grad
Being a recent college grad, you tend to hear the same phrases—Congratulations! Welcome to the real world! So what now? What are your plans for the future? How’s the job search going? —And so on. For me, my answers are simple—Thank you! I plan to finish my internship at Mustang Marketing, start my full-time career
The Importance of Taking Time Off
The perks and pains of a small business are well-chronicled: the intimacy and camaraderie that comes with knowing your coworkers so well is often met with high-pressure demands and everyone wearing multiple hats to get the job done. When one member of the team isn’t at their best, the company as a whole suffers.
Reboot Your New Year’s Resolutions
By Chris Barrett Here’s a phrase you aren’t often thinking about at the end of April: New Year’s resolutions. These tried-and-true (and often failed and forgotten) goals represent the optimism and opportunity that comes with a new year and a fresh start. For businesses, these opportunities can be huge, and missing them—or forgetting about them
What’s a Bad Review Worth?
Social media has cracked open the communication possibilities and realities between businesses and customers. It has added a new dimension to marketing, to PR, to community outreach, to volunteering, to customer service, and it has revolutionized “word-of-mouth.” Social media also creates a unique space for instant and honest feedback. A resulting highlight, for review platforms