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(Disclaimer: This post is NOT meant to ignite or offend any particular political party or opinion. It is simply meant to shed light on and analogize the correlation between politics, business and women)
Pimp -noun
1. a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.

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Whenever a woman allows herself to be exploited in any manner or for any reason, she is selling out, or rather “pimped out” and her pimp gets a huge chunk of the revenue, giving her a …read more

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In this YouTube video from an interview with Sarah Palin when she was being considered as a candidate for the position of Vice-President, she sprinkles her interview with a few “ya know’s” and “kewl”, much to the amusement of the interviewer. I’m sooo disappointed, needless to say, in Mrs. Palin’s presentation. I’ve been somewhat brewing since the announcement on Thursday and have had to re-work my post on it several times, which is why it STILL hasn’t been posted. You know the old adage, “if you don’t have something nice to say…”
Kewl.

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Copyright 2008 – Bridget Wright

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Tonight’s speech by Michelle Obama will be a defining moment for Obama’s campaign. It will be a time when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s campaign will be further defined – – by Michelle, the woman who has been often herself been branded as being “deflating” and “humiliating” to Barack by referring to him as a “regular man.”
Tonight will be Michelle’s chance to convince voters why we should or need to vote for this “regular man”.
What to watch for tonight: Things could start off with a bang. Tonight’s primetime speaker is Michelle Obama, who will be tasked …read more

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Since blogging here at Biz Chicks Rule every week, I have met a ton of awesome business women! Some of you are savvy, fierce business gals, while others are methodical, careful and placid. And then there are the hil-a-rious ones who keep us on our toes while others of you have been quick to let us know what you think. Love it!
Just curious to see what kind of business women you all are and what you think about the Biz Chicks Rule blog. Let us know what you’ve liked, disliked, want to see more of, less of or …read more

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A lot of women who are in business, whether single, married, childless or 5+ children have given up something to be a business woman. No matter what it is or how insignificant it’s deemed, a sacrifice is a sacrifice.
What’s YOUR sacrifice?
The reason I ask is to see how focused we all are with our businesses or in our executive positions. You see, women in business is no new thing, but the sacrifices women make are changing each day. For instance, a lot of women who are work-from-home moms gave up the comfort of a steady paycheck and engaging …read more

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I work from home as a freelancer, and have been trying to get to the four-day work week for about a year now. No dice.
In order for me to get to that coveted four-day work week, I’d have to go up on my rates and work more hours of course during the other four days. With kids in school, activities and other outside family interests, it may not be possible to slide in extended days for the enjoyment of one extra day. But for the trade-off, I’m willing to give it a shot.
I figured I could work four …read more

A while back, I interviewed Kelly, our Business Channel Editor here at b5media and one of the questions that I asked her in the interview was, “Who was/is your business mentor?” Surprisingly, Kelly said she didn’t have one, had never had one and probably wouldn’t be getting one soon. I don’t think she hates mentors, I just think she simply does not have a need for one. A lot of business women are like that.
I, for one, do not, did not and have not ever had a mentor. And believe me, there were times when I did want one, …read more

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What would you tell your 10-year old daughter to do with her life, if she asked you?
Loaded question, isn’t it? I’ve offered my (now) 11 year old advice on numerous occasions about her life and career. I always, always, always encourage her to go to college and then all kinds of opportunities open up for her.
What would you tell your little girl to do with her life as a business-woman-to-be?
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Copyright 2008 – Bridget Wright

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It’s Monday morning everywhere (just about) and women small business owners, online marketers and female power executives are gearing up to have a phenomenal Monday. They’ve lined up their call resources, targeted which area of town they’re going to cover and have decided that they’re going to finally approach that business they’ve been wanting to cold call for a month.
But, is today a good idea to do it?
Why not market on Mondays?
A couple of reasons come to mind initially as to why it wouldn’t be a good idea to market your business on Monday mornings. …read more

OK, I’m waaay past the traditional age for cat-calling and guys whistling at me, but it happened to me on yesterday. I was at a lunchtime business meeting and was mingling with the guests shortly before the meeting started. I had to excuse myself to take a phone call, and when I returned, I had to walk through a huddle of business men who were just standing around talking. I very politely and discreetly said “excuse me” and just slid through the huddle. Well, I guess that wasn’t enough for them, as I heard them say (and rather loudly),

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