Comments – And the Winner Is…
by JULIA
Great to get the industries support on our article about Toms vs Bobs by Skechers ….Ken and I certainly appreciate it! LinkedIn Groups Group: Footwear News Discussion: And The Winner Is…. Hear Hear Julia, small correction. If we dont speak up and out loud, why post at all. I do hope the main stream press (like in NYC Times, People Magazine, National Enquirer what ever trash people read) picks up the th…
Comments: China – Now What?
by JULIA
I wanted to share comments posted in various groups that I share articles with on LinkedIn. These comments are in response to Ken’s recent article about China….some great insight and points! Love the feedback! LinkedIn Groups Group: Footwear Industry Discussion: China – Now What? Maybe India is even more than 10 years behind China in Infrastructure development. Posted by Shashank Agraw…
Wow! 787 of my LinkedIn connections changed jobs in 2010….
by JULIA
This is kind of amazing and a true sign of the changing economy….I have 2,895 direct connections on LinkedIn and of those connections 787 of them changed jobs last year. That means that clost to 37% of my connections are in a new career from 2009. Amazing!!! I can think of quite a few people that I know personally but would have never guessed the number would be so high! Here’s to positive change in 2011!! J…
5 Steps to Successful Selling by Mike Tidmore
by JULIA
Mike Tidmore is one of the many members of the Shoebizness.com group on LinkedIn and he recently posted a discussion with the headline, “I am on a mission! I am going to make Independent Retailers flourish again!” Of course this is a hot topic right now and I had to check out what he had to say. I read his article, which is an introduction to a 5 part series on how to sell, which I will be posting right here. …
Discussion from LinkedIn-I want to know more….
by JULIA
I came across this discussion in the linkedIn forum and I would like to know the answer to her question as well. If anyone out there knows, please share!! Thanks Tanita! Discussion Tanita Gray Creative Director Does anyone have connections with a shoe factory here in the US that still exists and is taking on new lines? Posted 5 days ago | Comments (8) Michael B Senior Product Developer i’m pretty sure New Balance…
Footwear Professionals Network/Shoebizness exceeds 3,000 members!!
by JULIA
We are now at 3,001 member and a special congrats to Don Ernens all the way from Belgium who was the 3,000th member! Unfortunately there is no prize associated with this honor, but how about a picture of fireworks?? We are staying strong as the Internets largest footwear networking group!! On average there are 35 new members a week, so we are continuing to grow. If you are not sure how to utilize the group, you can use it to…
Fun Vote-Who is your favorite designer??
by JULIA
This was posted in the news feed for the LinkedIn Group, Footwear Professionals Network/Shoebizness by one of our members, so I thought I would share. Which, by the way, the LinkedIn group is only 10 members away from being 3,000 with recent people joining from all over the world including, Switzerland, Italy and Bangladesh!! If you still haven’t joined, follow this link: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRe…
Social Media-Reminder!
by JULIA
Twitter – www.twitter.com/msshoebizness LinkedIn GROUP – We are pushing 3,000 Members!!! http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=103836 Facebook Shoebizness Group – http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=60141659723
LinkedIn 210 YP’s Group! You should join!
by JULIA
Ross Evan’s of 210 is committed to growing this group, please show your support by joining the group on LinkedIn. Great people are getting involved and you should too!! JOIN BY CLICKING HERE For More info, you can also email Ross at revans@twoten.org
Thank you!!
by JULIA
Hello Everyone! It’s been a little while since I updated you all on our behind the scenes progress and activity….well let me just tell you I have been absolutely overwhelmed with the positive response to our little site! We have thousands of page hits a week and I get emails from people all over the world thanking me and my team for our hard work. Nina and I have been dedicating our time so that all of you have this fun site to…
Weekly Update!!
by JULIA
Happy Monday! I know it’s not always that happy to get back to the daily grind on Monday morning, but we all gotta do it so we might as well do it with a smile…..even those of you who are on the hunt for your next gig. J This week we have a lot of great features! They keep getting better and better. I am learning so much from this site and I hope you are too! This week we are introducing a new contributor, starting to work on our new s…
Weekly Update!
by JULIA
Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you have enjoyed the recent postings….we have more great stories and advice to come this week so stay tuned! I would like to remind you to join our group on LinkedIn if you haven’t already: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=103836 Everyone is accepted, so don’t be shy! We are reaching the 2500 member mark quickly and are holding our spot as th…
Tom Cassidy and the story of how Nike began…..
by JULIA
I was planning on posting the results to my “trunk of car” question, which has received quite a bit of attention, tomorrow but I have a couple of emails that I want to share a little early. This one is from Tom Cassidy. Tom is a true veteran of the footwear industry with more than 23 years experience. His expertise is quite broad with sales and marketing management with global experience in footwear, apparel, and accesso…
Happy Monday!
by JULIA
Happy Monday everyone! We have some really interesting and fun features this week so keep checking in! I want to announce that we are continuing to gain more and more popularity in the industry and last week we increased the number of visitors by more than 35%! Also our LinkedIn group continues to grow and we surpassed the 2400 member mark. If you haven’t joined yet, you should: http://www.linkedin.com/grou…
It’s what the cool kids are doing!
by JULIA
http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=103836 We are very close to having 2400 members in our LinkedIn group. If you haven’t joined you should! I do not send out blast emails that irritate people – including me. This is a group simply for you to connect and network with other shoebiz pros! It is the largest footwear networking group on the Internet!!
