Who Owns a Twitter Account?

By: Donna Ray Berkelhammer.

Could this happen to your Twitter account after you amicably leave your job: “The costs and resources invested by ON A WING AND A PRAYER PRODUCT GROUP into growing its followers, fans and general brand awareness through social media are substantial and are considered property of  the Company.  We intend to aggressively protect our customer lists [...]

 

Your Customer Has NOT Complained to the Better Business Bureau

By: Donna Ray Berkelhammer.

We all are in the business of providing good customer service. We all want to address customer complaints head-on, make it right and diffuse the conflict and potential for bad-mouthing.  But, the recent emails from “alerts@bbb.org” is a scam that is stealing your personal information.

 

Your Employees Are Mad as Heck and They Are Walking. . .to the EEOC

By: Karen Elliott.

Heading to the office today, I heard a young man behind me say, “Well, I’d been there six- and-a-half years, so it was time to move on.”  A few steps later, I heard him add, “Well, it was time for me to get health insurance.” This random comment fell right in line with the just [...]

 

What Works and What Doesn’t in Social Media: All-Women’s Social Media Summit

By: Donna Ray Berkelhammer.

Come learn from social media experts who use social media for the purpose of generating business for themselves or their clients. Learn first hand what works, what doesn’t and what you need to do to protect your company while growing your business. It’s an all-woman panel of experts, hosted by Martin Brossman, with Olalah Jengo as the [...]

 

Bocephus and the First Amendment

By: Donna Ray Berkelhammer.

Are you ready for a new football song?  Country music icon Hank Williams Jr. has performed the musical intro to Monday night football for 20 years.  ESPN pulled the song this week after Williams compared President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner playing golf to Adolph Hitler and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu playing golf. But [...]

 

Attention Bootstrappers: Free Corporate Legal Clinic

By: Donna Ray Berkelhammer.

Small business owners in the Triangle are invited to attend a free corporate legal clinic on Friday, October 28, 2011, sponsored by the Durham County Bar Association, North Carolina Lawyers for Entrepreneurs Assistance Project (NC LEAP) and the Small Business Center at Durham Technical Community College.