“You are being let go – now for the good news”
by Ken Proctor
I think everyone has been let go at least once in their careers….and usually it ends up being a blessing in disguise. At least that the case for me! The best thing that ever happened to me was being “let go” from a position as a temporary finance and accounting Account Manager for a national well known staffing firm. I hated the job, I did not enjoy the people I worked with and on a day to day basis I was mi…
Video Of The Day-Funny Nike ad with Lebron puppet !
by JULIA
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have company: a little guy named Lil Dez and he wants to know ALL about the two best basketball players in the world. But one thing will shut his mouth … Watch this very funny and cute video above
My Interview with Wayne Elsey, CEO Soles4Souls
by JULIA
Wayne on the job! A few weeks ago, Wayne won the Twitter Action of the Day award and the prize is being featured. Well since I know Wayne pretty well, I thought it would be more fun to have Julie interview him. Of course Wayne, being the good sport that he is, was up for it. I gave Julie the scoop on Wayne, like the fact that he is super duper tall, drives a smart car and that he knew Scarlett Johanssen along with a few other fun…
Takken’s Shoes – Not your every day retailer!
by JULIA
I noticed something different about the twitter feeds coming from Takken’s. Rather than promoting what shoes they have on sale, they often post links and share news about issues in their community and accross the country. Everything from the economy to crime. It caught my eye and I was curious to find out more about them. I was able to get on a call with Cris and Marc Takken and Rachel Miller who is the person behind…
The Daily Five, It’s All About The Good News !
by JULIA
. . Who do we love more Barbie or Louboutin? Back in September, we saw Barbie’s 50th birthday show and bubble gum pink Louboutin shoes designed for the lucky doll. The collaboration is not limited to just the shoes though. WWD reports that Christian Louboutin will serve as Barbie’s godfather for the next few months and that means an entire series of Barbie/Louboutin-centric products, including a diary that showc…
Video(s) of the Day – Reebok and LA GEAR
by JULIA
Reebok Pump is celebrating 20 years so I thought it would be fun to share one of the commercials from the height of their popularity…… ….and then thanks to YouTube this video popped up and I just couldn’t resist! So wonderfully cheeeeezy!!!
Twitter Action @msshoebizness It’s a Zappos day!
by JULIA
Damn, what a day for Zappos! First I featured them in my video of the day, then Tony is listed as the 7th most powerful person in the footwear industry, then the announcement that their deal with Amazon officially closed, then Mike is featured on Shoebizness and just now as I logged into Twitter, none other than Bestsey Johnson tweeted this: xoBetseyJohnson Excited to present Zappos.com with the “Retailor of the Y…
Zappos.com’s Mike Normart – How I Ended up in Shoes
by JULIA
You all know I am a huge Zappos fan…or at least you should by now…especially due to the many ”video of the day” postings that I have featured (including today) and the various other postings I have done about them. Well a couple weeks ago, I contacted Fred Mossler (nice guy!) and mentioned to him my idea of featuring more about the Zappos crew on shoebizness and he introduced me to Mi…
From Cracked.com – So funny!
by JULIA
Mike Tidmore just sent me this via cracked.com….so funny and so true! This is why the women’s shoe industry is way bigger than the men’s! All you guys working in ladies shoes should send us big thank yous for paying all your bills! Thanks Mike!!
The Daily 5, It’s all about the good news!
by JULIA
Image via Footwear News Footwear News announced their annual list of the 100 most powerful people in the footwear industry. I am excited to see some of my favorites topping the list this year, including Zappos.com, CEO Tony Hsieh and TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie as well as, Ron Fromm and Diane Sullivan from Brown Shoe coming in at number 4!! I have a lot of friends who know/work for Diane and I always hear the be…
Video of the Day – Halloween Scare
by JULIA
Oh Zappos and their pranks….they always keep me entertained! I should have a category just for them!!
Successful Store – Step 3 The Presentation
by JULIA
Happy Monday! Hopefully you all had a fun and safe holiday weekend. It was definitely entertaining in my neighborhood…people really love Halloween in Miami. I thought I would start the week with another step from Mike Tidmore’s 5 step series on successful selling and once again by reading through it, I learned a lot! He really knows his stuff!! One thing he says about how you can sell to people sometime…
