Tue.Feb 24, 2015

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The Backlash Against Sharing Economy Jobs

Small Business Labs

'Over the past month or so there's been a crescendo of negative press on the sharing economy, with sharing economy jobs being the primary target. The negative press tends to focus on Uber, which has established itself as the company everyone - except Uber users - hates due to their rough and tumble business practices. Adding to the negative press is a growing litany of complaints by sharing economy "providers", which is the industry's term for their workers.

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Do You Feel Lucky? You’d Better Be If You’re Using a Social Media Page as Your Business Website.

Tips From T. Marie

'“You’ve got to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky?…Well do you punk?”- Dirty Harry. I see it a lot these days. Businesses who are using a Facebook Page rather than their own website. I know it must seem like such a good choice, after all, we’ve all heard about the sheer numbers of people on social media sites right? So why not focus on a great Facebook page or active Instagram or Pinterest account?

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Refuse to Hold Others Down No Matter Who Seems to Benefit

Virtual Moxie

'My friend Shannon is a content strategist and fellow writer. The other day on Facebook, she posted this image, along with her thoughts about how people get what they pay for. (click to enlarge). That’s one view, of course. And although that ad is for a writer, there''s no shortage of people who want the help of VAs, and all other sorts of knowledge workers, on the cheap.