| Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor) |  | Judyth Piazza chats with Karin Abarbanel, Co Author of Birthing the Elephant - Karin Abarbanel is a published author, corporate marketing consultant, and expert on career issues facing women. |
| Robert Paul Reyes |  | Nokia Hopes To Increase Market Share In The United States - Nokia aims to have a 'strongly' double-digit market share of the mobile phone market in North America within a year, after its share |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Walk the Walk - It's always shocking to me when I run across people who don't 'walk the walk' and "'alk the talk' that they promote to others. I regularly come across people who say one thing but do another, or even worse, do nothing. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Do What You Are Great At - I met a guy last night who is in the radio business. The guy works on audio files, multimedia files, video, etc. When I overheard him talking |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Make a Mistake Every Once in a While - I have a good friend who is one of the best direct marketers in the United States. He started a catalog marketing firm several years ago " selling baby products to young families. He took his company public, exited the company and he now consults to a variety of other |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Take Responsibility of all Business Principles - Of all the business principles that we could discuss, taking responsibility for your actions and for the outcomes that are generated by those actions has got to be at the top of the list. I've seen one company after the next find themselves |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | What Good Will Come from $5.00 Gasoline? - I am angry. The price of gas has really got my goat. Every time we fill up the car…well, I don't have to go into it because all of us are in the same situation, and we all know how painful it is to fill our tanks. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Wal-Mart Should Stimulate Economy by Raising Wages for Its Employees - A recent study shows that Wal-Mart is well positioned to stimulate the weakened economy and help its employees live better - by raising its minimum wage to $10 per hour - with little financial impact on most |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | 180 Degrees in an Instant - Did you ever wonder how somebody's opinion could change in a second? Did you ever wonder how the opinion of the entire nation could turn in just one moment? |
| Axel Meierhoefer (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Performance = The doing of something - When we have some time to take a breath, read a newspaper, watch a TV show, and relax, we find a continuation of what is common in the work place. |
| SOP newswire |  | $16.6 b-b-billion windfall for Shell and BP - ExxonMobil is scheduled to report its first quarter results May 1. Some economists expect the company will also announce record profits. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Fatalities in Commercial Fishing - If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Go to the MarketPlace and Tell Your Story - I recently gave a presentation to a group of professional people who are service providers in the Southern California area. One of the people in the audience is the owner of a dozen pizza restaurants and is a franchisee of a major distributor. I couldn't really understand |
| Axel Meierhoefer (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Don't let Patience turn into Bitterness - Let's start at the beginning: This morning I was sitting at the breakfast table reading the newspaper when I ran across an AP-article about an accountant in a small town bank. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Northrop Grumman Receives Contracts Totaling $252 Million - Northrop Grumman Receives Contracts Totaling $252 Million for the F-22 Raptor Fighter Jet Program |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Deliver Great Customer Service - Some companies just get it. They are in touch with their customers, they're people who like people and they understand what it takes to create a good, successful, long-term business relationship with a customer. |
| Deremiah *CPE (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Juliet Robertson: The Great Outdoor Educator - The U.S. was recently visited by one of Scotland's most dedicated educators. Juliet Robertson a British born educator whose dreams and desires are to make sure children world wide get better tools and more outdoor experiences in their daily education. |
| Axel Meierhoefer (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Do You Hate Your Job? - One of the issues many individuals face when they are in an established, recurring rhythm is the realization that things seem to stand still. |
| SOP newswire |  | Last-minute Loan Keeps Alitalia Flying - The $478 million is an effort to keep the cash-strapped Italian state airline Alitalia in business and to avert an immediate bankruptcy. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later - I just met a gentleman at my health club where I work out, and we started to chat. He told me that he's a forensic investigator. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Real estate prices up 11% in China in Q1 - Property prices in 70 large and mid-sized Chinese cities rose 11 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Friday. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Support Army, Navy and Air Force Research Programs - Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) was awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to support theoretical studies and engineering research for Army, Navy |
| SOP newswire |  | Verizon Wireless continues to torment former customers - Verizon and Afni spokespeople say the debts are real and that if people don't pay up, their credit could be damaged. |
| Judyth Piazza CEO (Editor) |  | Judyth Piazza chats with Axel Meierhoefer Consulting LLC - Axel Meierhoefer is a published author, educator, coach, consultant, and the founder of Axel Meierhoefer Consulting LLC (AMC LLC). |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Fixing A Broken Industry - I have spent many years working with newspapers all over the United States and around the world on new media initiatives. |
| SOP newswire2 |  | China has more than 3 million trademarks registered - China made progress in its battle to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) last year with better implementation of relevant laws and regulations. |
| SOP newswire |  | 1 million Ford Explorer owners settle for pennies - Settlement said to rank among the very worst in terms of value to the consumer. |
| Joel G. Block (Mentor/Columnist) |  | Go Where the Customers Are - I was having coffee with a good friend of mine yesterday who said something that exemplified entrepreneurial thinking. And it wasn't the kind of entrepreneur thinking that I want to continue to promote. |
| SOP newswire |  | Are you on the Do Not Call Registry? - More than 157 million phone numbers are on the National Do Not Call Registry. |
| SOP newswire |  | Family pets pay price in mortgage crisis - One Washington, DC shelter reports that 15% of the animals received in the past two months are a direct result of foreclosures. |
