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Wanna make more money? You could move to D.C., Vermont or California, where the gender wage gap is the narrowest,according to a new study from the American Association of University Women. Or you could take action right where you are!
Across the board, the pay gap is still alive and well. In 2008,median weekly earnings for full-time wage and salary women employees were 79.9 percent of those for men (slightly wider than in 2007), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. So for every buck a woman earns, on average, a man earns $1.25. And those quarters add up quickly!
Are you and your salary part of the problem? Here are some resources to help you find out – and take action:
There are plenty of laws on the books, including the new Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, that protect you from pay
discrimination.
The National Committee on Pay Equity is a membership organization that helps you fight for equal pay for women everywhere (starting with you). You can even set up your own "Wage Club."
Most importantly, the first step toward receiving an equal salary is asking for it. Here's a quick tip sheet that will help you in your next salary negotiation.
You'll also like these 27 Ways to Get a Raise.
Source: Pink Magazine
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Marketing Your Business - the Benefits of Giving - Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:33 pm
Posted on December 18, 2008 by hjnelson
Any successful business owner will tell you that hands down the #1 way to bring in prospective customers is through marketing. What they might not tell you is what that marketing includes. Oh sure, the standard media announcements, articles, sales pages and what not. But what else? What made them stand out from the crowd? The answer, surprising or not, is in the freebie.
What is a freebie? In general a freebie is something for nothing. A freebie in a marketing sense is a little something that entices prospective customers to buy. But freebies aren’t just for prospective customers. Wouldn’t you love to get something for nothing? Especially if it comes from someone you have done business with before? After all, if you purchased from them don’t you trust them? (Bad experiences aside for a moment)
Customers new and old want to feel special and wanted and the holidays are a great time for this. Think of the possibilities. With so many holidays so close together your only option is to either close up and hide or reach out and share. There are many ways to reach out, but the simplest and most meaningful is with an incentive.
There are many ways to share an incentive with your customers just as there are many different types of incentives to choose from. Incentives such as seasonal sales, special item promotions, special seasonal rates and more are simple to implement and will mean the world to you customers. The key to an effective incentive is communication. Did you stay touch with your customers before, during and after their purchases? If you did, great! Send them a holiday card with your incentive mentioned. If you didn’t, well what can we say about lost opportunities?
Making your customers feel special doesn’t have to cost you money. In fact, it should make you money. One of the simplest things you as a business owner can do to reach out to your customer base is to send them a seasonal newsletter. Include links to new products or a special discount only those receiving that letter can get. Also, include something of value to them. Since we’re talking newsletters, that something of value will likely be information. Whatever it is you specialize in, whatever it was that drew those individuals to you in the first place can and should be built on. Share with them something new that will help them this season. The results might surprise you.
There are so many ways to connect with people over the holidays. Don’t let another opportunity pass you by.
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Use the Lessons of Childhood to Full Advantage - Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:01 am
Childhood-good or bad -has taught us that one of the cornerstones of happy families is sharing and collaborating. Even if your home life wasn’t perfect, it’s likely you knew, from the idealized television families or the happy families of your friends, the benefits of working together. And remember your kindergarten teacher reminding everyone to share crayons or help put away the toys?
In many of today’s competitive work environments, it’s easy for us to lose sight of the value of collaborating, sharing information and helping others. Use this tip sheet to enrich your projects, your networking and your value in your profession.
Remembering the positive lessons of childhood to bring about your best self for networking and business communication is a powerful technique, especially in the areas of sharing and collaborating.
Use childhood memories to better your work.
Tip Sheet
Create an informal team. Does your work assignment seem overwhelming? Are you struggling to gain recognition to position yourself in the office?
The old way of handling this problem:
Chug ahead, stay up late, get anxious, get possessive about information and your progress.
The new way of handling this problem:
Ask and offer. Ask other coworkers or colleagues who have more expertise or information to help you. Perhaps you need a few quotes, statistics or contacts that these colleagues could more easily select. Offer to reciprocate with future help with their projects or networking. You will build good will—and a good reputation that just might qualify you for Boss Material or Community Leader.
Always say thank you. Are you swept up into "the way we do things around here" atmosphere of your office?
The old way of managing this situation:
Take people for granted—after all, it’s their job, duh.
The new way of managing this situation:
Give compliments and acknowledge the work of others. It’s easy to take assistants, coworkers and colleagues for granted. But they are an important part of your success. Let others know formally—not just a brief "thank you" at the end of a meeting—that you appreciate what they have done. Send an e-mail immediately to thank them. Mention specifically how they helped. What goes around comes around—you never know when you might need to rely on them. Sometime growing up, we were all taught to say thank you. And it's still a good practice.
Understand that Being First isn’t always Best. Do you find yourself jockeying for projects? Are you surprised that you aren’t picked—when you just know you could do it?
The old way of provingYourself:
Go behind the scenes, pitch yourself relentlessly, gossip and complain that you didn’t get picked.
The new way of proving yourself:
Go ahead. Pitch your ideas and solutions--not yourself—with a willingness and enthusiasm to be part of the project, and its limelight, in general. Let the right people know how you would handle the project. For example, explain the top three issues and how you would manage them. Pitching solutions is better than pitching yourself ("I’m the best person for the job. Look how I handled project X.") Well, this is project Y, so you’d better come up with some good ideas. However, add to that you are so excited about this project that you want to work on it regardless of whether you are number one. You’ll more likely be chosen to at least be on the important project. Big fish in a little pond, little fish in a big pond are both great in their own ways.
In happy families, especially ones with lots of children, each child knows, often without having to be told, that some kids are better at one thing than another. Yet, in the end, everyone gets to participate in the fun in their own way. Maybe one brother enters the diving competition at camp, perhaps a sister the tennis match.
Conclusion: Keep the principles of childhood in mind the next time you take on a work assignment.
Written originally for w2wlink.com members by Dr. L.B. Wish www.lovevictory.com
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