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Do you do email marketing?

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 – 12:36 pm

If so, you might want to check out MailerMailer’s annual benchmarking report on email marketing. (more…)


Local Usage Stats

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 – 12:09 pm

Interesting tidbit o’ the day: In 2008, 61.1% of the Spokane County population used their public libraries.

Source: http://www.communityindicators.ewu.edu/graph.cfm?id=29


On the business end of reading…

Monday, June 21, 2010 – 2:24 pm

The Association of American Publishers released sales stats for book sales and they are up.  Way up in some categories. (more…)


Registering Your Business

Monday, April 5, 2010 – 2:54 pm

Getting a business license can seem like merely a bureaucratic hurdle to work around.  Not so. (more…)


Federal Government Contracts Tracking

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 – 1:14 pm

Wondering if any of your competitors are pulling in federal contracts?  Curious to see where the Recovery Act funds are going? (more…)


Small is the new big

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 – 4:07 pm

Being a business librarian leads me to read some books that I would never have given a chance. For good reason, often. But it turns out that Mr. Seth Godin has the following going for him: He is a good writer and possesses an interesting mind.

Small is the New Big is a collection of various Godin blog posts so it really isn’t meant to be read as a straight-ahead narrative. In fact, Godin contradicts himself several times along the way but his overriding message is this: We live in an age where being big carries more liability than advantage. This is good news.

As a neo-Luddite, I’m constantly wondering if all our fabulous technology gives more advantage to the big and powerful or the small and… not powerful. While I’m still not convinced that advanced technology isn’t governed by trickle-down processes, Godin makes a good argument that big is starting to be at the mercy of the small. If so, I say hoozah! Or something like that.


Free.

Thursday, September 10, 2009 – 12:11 pm

So I finally got around to finishing Chris Anderson’s Free: The Future of a Radical Price. If you haven’t sat down with it, do so. Soon. It’s available for, ahem, free at your library. (more…)


The mp3/iPod compatible audiobooks are here!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 – 12:37 pm

Looking for a downloadable audiobook for your next business trip? (more…)


100 Best Business Books of All Time — The Roundup

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 – 2:51 pm

A while back, the Heath brothers (of Made to Stick fame) mentioned this book in one of their blog posts. (more…)


Interviewing do’s and don’ts

Friday, April 17, 2009 – 9:18 am

If you’re looking for a job right now (and who isn’t, right?), take a look at this page for a short list of really helpful interviewing tips: http://www.howtonailaninterview.com/


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