“Around The Business Channel” features Doing Biz Abroad.com. This is one of our newest blogs, written by Chris Erb and Jean Mercedes. According to their welcome post, “Doing Biz Abroad, is a new website about international business. On one hand, this blog is about the slightly exotic world of business between different countries, different cultures, and different ways of thinking. On the other hand, virtually all business these days is international, so it’s really just a blog about business.”
So for all you jobseekers looking at getting that next great opportunity, remember, more and more we are working in a global business …read more

There are so many wonderful bloggers here at B5 writing for the Business Channel. Many of them have linked to Interview Chatter and have highlighted this blog. I wanted to take a day and highlight their blogs and give you an opportunity to visit and learn from them. Each of them bring a unique flair to their blog and to the issues you may be facing in your job search. Take a moment and visit them, leave a comment and enjoy!
1. Biz Chicks Rule
How Do You Feel About Your Career in 2007?
Hiring Effective Employees Isn’t Easy To Do
2. Home Business …read more

How many of you have ideas rolling around your head, but those ideas never come to be? You know you have a good idea and you know you want to start a business, but lots of things including YOU, Yourself, and YOU get in the way.
Here’s the deal – if you need a job but you’re tired of working for somebody else, how about you be the boss!! If you start your own business – your it! Your the MAN! You set the vision, you set the hours, the Buck Stops With You! Are you up for it?

Take …read more

I wanted to take a moment and introduce Miki Saxon. Miki is one of our newest Business Channel Bloggers here at B5media – Her blog here, Leadership Turn. Though she is fairly to new to our family here on the Business Channel, Miki is no novice in business. Miki also blogs for the MAPping Company Success blog for her company, RampUp Solutions, Inc. She has been coaching executives on their Leadership Skills and building corporate culture for 10 years.
She uses a system she developed called MAP (mindset, attitude, philosophy)™ that’s predicated on the belief that every outcome starts with a …read more

What does Sports have to do with the Business or the Business Channel? Well, it all depends on how you look at it! I think life is a game. How ’bout you? Are you in the game or are you sitting on the bench? Well, while you ponder my questions…
The Business Channel team hit one out of the park today!! Can you see it? If you missed it, here are their takes on Business and Sports!!
Rachel Clarke at Behind the Buzz takes a quick look at some of the online tactics of the UK rugby teams and some of …read more

The B5media Business Channel Promo Day was a smashing success!! Together the bloggers developed 99 Ways to Kill Your Business. Why should you take the time to read these posts? Because knowledge is power if you use it properly! Read these posts and learn what not to do. You can and will be successful in your business if you avoid the mistakes outlined in these various posts! Grab a cup of coffee or your favorite drink and take a moment to visit these blogs! Have a great day!!
Check out the submissions:
1. Leadership Turn – 9 Historically Correct Rotten Leadership Tactics
2. …read more

I was looking for some stories about people you admire and I found some over at Taxgirl. Kelly Phillips Erb, at Taxgirl is apart of the Business Channel here at B5. She shared some great stories about people who have influenced her life. Here is a snippet for you to enjoy, from her post Under the Influence:
Kay Williams: my AG teacher in middle school. When she first went to Topsail (my elementary school), she saw me as a bossy little kindergartener on the phone. She thought to herself, “I hope I never have that kid in my class.” She had …read more