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Is your business devoting resources to blog monitoring and blog response? If not, you should. According to Jaffe Juice blog, one of the Top Ten Alternative Marketing Trends for 2007 is blog monitoring. The article quotes Drew Nessier who is the CEO of Renegade Marketing.
Nessier says, "In 2007 marketers will enhance their
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New York small business lawyer, Imke Ratschko, has some excellent advice regarding the care corporate officers should exercise when signing agreements. As Imke points out, it is always important for a corporate officer to sign agreements and other documents using their corporate title. Moreover, the officer should make sure to read the agreement…
George’s Employment Blawg, written by attorney George Lenard of St. Louis, has some excellent posts (see here and here) on the risks and liabilities associated with using Facebook for employment background checks. Some of the risks may include discrimination claims and Fair Credit Reporting Act violations. The use of other social networking sites such…
Thanks to Tom Mighell of Inter Alia for including Rush on Business as the "Blawg of the Day" on December 26, 2006. Tom is very well-respected in the areas of technology law and electronic discovery. I have enjoyed reading his articles on several topics. A couple of articles you may want to check out include:…
There are many great reasons to start a business blog. Business blogs help you develop better relationships with your customers, enhance your position as an expert and build a sense of community for your business. But it is important for businesses to look before they leap with blogs. Some of the legal issues may…
The Des Moines Register reported that the Microsoft trial recessed for the holidays on Thursday afternoon. So far jurors have seen ten hours of the video taped deposition of Bill Gates and two hours of tape from a Microsoft competitor.
The first live witness is expected to testify next week when an industry expert on…
In its January issue, Entrepreneur Magazine published its Annual Franchise 500 for 2007. One of the more interesting articles in the issue had to do with conducting due diligence. As I recommended in a previous post the article discussed the importance of interviewing as many franchisees as possible in order to gain information about the…
The core of this Iowa business and corporate law blog consists of six main categories found on the right hand side margin including incorporation and LLC formation, starting a business, franchise law, employment law, business litigation and buying and selling a business. I attempt to cover many of the basics…
I read with great interest an article about law firm mavericks in the Law Practice Magazine of the American Bar Association. I found the article particularly appealing having recently read the book Mavericks at Work.
One of the maverick lawyers featured is 29-year-old Christopher Marston of Exemplar Law Partners of Boston. Marsten used every…
The BlogWhiz Blog recently has some nice things to say about the Rush on Business blog and also Brett Trout’s work on Blawg IT. Chris Kane, the author of BlogWhiz, reports that he is currently building blog platforms for three different law firms in Des Moines. I have no doubt with his help…