Fox Seems to Enjoy Provoking CNN in Ad Battle

On September 21, 2009

Fox Seems to Enjoy Provoking CNN in Ad Battle

CNN has hit back at a full-page ad that Fox News Channel took out in the Washington Post accusing the former of not covering the Sept. 12 "Tea Party" demonstration by conservatives in Washington D.C. The ad said, "How did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and CNN miss this?"
On September 21, 2009

Want to Be Successful? Stop Trying so Hard

If you're reading this post, chances are you're driven by achievement and success, at least to some extent. Well, some of the most career-oriented, success-minded individuals drive themselves too hard and become their own worst enemy. Your drive can actually be toxic to your career.
On September 21, 2009

Effient and Onglyza Launches “Sluggish”; Multaq More Hopeful

Although the next few weeks will be the key period, data from the first five weeks after the launches of Onglyza, Effient and Multaq show Multaq kicking ass but the other two looking "sluggish," according to an investors' note from Leerink Swann's Seamus Fernandez and Kathryn C. Alexander.
On September 21, 2009

FCC Chair Leads Charge on Net Neutrality Battlefield

For so-called Net neutrality advocates, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's Monday morning speech at the Brookings Institution must have reached their ears like sweet music -- legally downloaded music, that is, delivered on a very fast wireless connection.
On September 21, 2009

How to Upsell Around Procurement Drones

Most sales pros have gotten the "easy sale" phone call -- a procurement department with an unexpected order.  The tendency, of course, is to simply take the order and enjoy the "free" commission.  Doing that, though, might be leaving a bigger opportunity on the table. A better approach, according to Kevin Hooper, the vice president of technology solutions group at Hewlett-Packard, is to block the sale by asking "why?" and then having a plausible reason why it might be a bad idea for the customer to buy your offering. This attempt to block the sale will greatly surprise the procurement drone, who naturally thinks the conversation is just going to be about details like price and delivery date.  It will...
On September 21, 2009

Where is Your Traffic Coming From?

iCrossing has shared some interesting findings about where websites in a variety of industries are getting their traffic. They looked at the financial, retail, high tech, services, travel/hospitality, and health/pharma industries and found the average amount of visitors coming from social media, natural search, non-search referrals, and direct-to-URL visits.

Here are the averages they found across all industries:

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On September 21, 2009

Poll: What Motivates You at Work?

A new feature package on BNET, How to Make Your Team Pull Harder, explores the idea of tying compensation to job performance. We break down a few examples of companies that have made it work—and one spectacular failure. [poll id="34"]
On September 21, 2009

Are AIG’s Enemies Becoming Frenemies?

What happens when you look at embattled insurer American International Group through rose-colored glasses? Your enemies become "frenemies." U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns (NY) said through an aide that he may talk with the U.S. Treasury Department to modify the $182 billion bailout package that AIG received last year when the trillion-dollar company nearly fell apart after the collapse of its financial products unit. As one of AIG's biggest gadflies, Towns has been a source of much pain and bad publicity for the insurer. But since he is also head of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and therefore privy to the inner workings of AIG, his opinions (if he's changed his mind) just might carry some weight. Will it...
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