Πέμπτη 28 Ιουνίου 2018

Τετάρτη 27 Ιουνίου 2018

A champion of Self-Employment, Greece



Self-Employment
The most recent data released by the OECD shows that more than half Colombia's workforce is self-employed with labor informality, income inequality and non-regular contracts widespread across the country. In Europe, countries in the south such as Greece (34.1 percent) tend to have the highest self-employment rates while in the north, especially across Scandinavia, the proportion of workers being their own bosses is far lower. Elsewhere, the self-employment rate stands at 10.6 percent in Japan and just 6.4 percent in the United States. Read more.

TIPS FOR THE STEALTHY JOB SEEKER (Wall Street Journal, 27 june 2018)




TIPS FOR THE STEALTHY JOB SEEKER

DO
  • Cultivate an image of being actively engaged in your profession, whether you’re job-hunting or not.
  • Keep giving 100% on the job throughout your search.
  • Plan what to say if your boss asks if you’re looking around.
  • Turn off LinkedIn notifications to your network about new contacts and updates to your bio.
DON’T
  • Allow your interest in new projects or plans to wane.
  • Use your employer’s computer, email, phone or copier for your job search.
  • Try to cram a job interview into a one-hour lunch break.
  • Allow yourself to be drawn into a conversation about quitting before you’re ready.

Δευτέρα 25 Ιουνίου 2018

USEFUL RESEARCH FOR MARKETERS



More Likely to Vent Than to Recommend?
According to new research conducted by the Temkin Group, people tend to share their customer experiences with others, be it in person with friends or family, on social media or elsewhere. Interestingly, the tendency to publicly comment on an experience with a certain company is stronger when the experience is negative. 34 percent of the consumers surveyed by the Temkin Group stated not to have told anybody about a very good experience with a company recently while only 27 percent kept a very negative experience to themselves. Read more.

Κυριακή 24 Ιουνίου 2018

Τρίτη 19 Ιουνίου 2018

ΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ - ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΟΜΙΛΙΩΝ




ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ ΣΕ ΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ


Το ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΙΚΗΣ Μικρομεσαίων Επιχειρήσεων του τμήματος Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων του Πανεπιστημίου Δυτικής Αττικής οργανώνει Ημερίδα την 21η Ιουνίου με θέμα "Η ΕΞΕΛΙΞΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΝΑΤΖΜΕΝΤ ΣΤΗΝ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΚΡΙΣΗ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ" στο Συνεδριακό Κέντρο του ΠΑΔΑ Πανεπιστημιούπολη 1,.ώρες 10.00-3.00 μμ. Οι ομιλητές προερχόμενοι από την Επιχειρηματική και την Ακαδημαϊκή  κοινότητα θα μοιραστούν τη γνώση και την εμπειρία τους με τους Φοιτητές και το ΔΕΠ του ιδρύματος, συζητώντας τους τρόπους με τους οποίους αντιμετώπισαν οι επιχειρήσεις την οικονομική κρίση και τις προσδοκίες τους για την επερχόμενη περίοδο μετά την κρίση. Είστε όλοι προσκεκλημένοι.


ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΟΜΙΛΙΩΝ


The State of Podcasting



The State of Podcasting
According to the Reuters Institute’s latest Digital News Report, more than a third of the survey respondents from 22 countries have listened to a podcast in the month preceding the survey, with the level of adoption varying significantly across different markets. The following chart illustrates where the biggest podcast enthusiasts and sceptics live. Read more.

Παρασκευή 8 Ιουνίου 2018

What is psychographics? (CbInsights)



What is psychographics?

Psychographics is the study of consumers based on their activities, interests, and opinions (marketers call these AIOs).
It goes beyond classifying people based on general demographic data, such as age, gender, or race.
Psychographics focuses on understanding cognitive attributes, such as customer emotions, values, and attitudes, among other psychological factors.
Marketers, advertisers, and researchers leverage this approach to create “psychographic profiles” of consumers. These profiles help researchers understand consumer motivations and opinions that can then drive messaging tactics.
In doing so, marketers move beyond blanket advertising like direct mailers, television ads, and billboards. (These approaches tend to target entire demographic groups, such as “males 18 to 34,” “females 50+,” or “upper-middle-class suburbanites”.)
Since there is a great deal of variation in personality traits within demographic groups, this kind of blanket advertising is a very blunt tool.
In contrast, a psychographic profile contains information around a person’s interests, hobbies, emotional triggers, and lifestyle choices, among other data. This could provide insight into why someone might buy a specific product, support a given cause, vote a certain way, and much more.
For example, political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica created a psychographic profile that placed people in a particular market segment according to the presence or absence of five personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (popularly known as the OCEAN model of personality).
Using this information and more, brands can customize messages and tones accordingly.
Often, marketers will combine both demographic and psychographic data for a more holistic view of a consumer. In doing so, they can provide more tailored messaging and increase their chances of impact.
For example, imagine trying to market a vegan protein bar. You could run a Facebook ad targeted at athletes and fitness enthusiasts, and maybe find some success. But by getting more granular, you could market to a segment of vegans who feel strongly about the mistreatment of animals, or to health-conscious people who feel guilty when they eat sugary energy bars.
In an economy based almost exclusively on clicks, whether on products in online marketplaces or on published content, the time lag between ad and “purchase” or “conversion” drops to a matter of seconds — and makes every lever count.
Psychographic marketing, which plays on subconscious personality characteristics, is perfectly suited to help advertisers capitalize on impulsive decision-making. According to a 2009 experiment, psychographically-informed behavioral targeting increases click rates by 670%.
A later study, one of the first to test the effectiveness of targeting advertising, showed that because of the “propensity effect” of psychographic marketing to generate clicks, such advertising strategies outperform traditional advertising by a factor of 2 to 1.
But psychographic marketing is only as effective as the data underpinning it. How then, do companies acquire this information?

Δευτέρα 4 Ιουνίου 2018

Electric Cars Making Inroads In China




China had the highest sales figures of any nation by far in 2017 with 579,000 EVs sold. The vehicles are starting to make inroads into China's highly competitive market and they had a 2.2 percent share of it in 2017. That's more than EVs have in the U.S. where their market share stood at 1.2 percent last year. In terms of sales, American customers bought 198,350 EVs in 2017 while France sold 118,770. Read more.

TOBACCO High Cost, Low Prevention



High Cost, Low Prevention
According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the States only spends little on tobacco prevention campaigns. As our infographic shows the health costs associated with smoking amount to a whopping $170 billion annually in the United States.

Παρασκευή 1 Ιουνίου 2018

The Cost of a Night Out in Selected Cities in 2018


are the cheapest in Mexico City whilst dancing your sorrows away in Zurich, Miami or Stockholm hits your pockets the hardest. Read more.
are the cheapest in Mexico City whilst dancing your sorrows away in Zurich, Miami or Stockholm hits your pockets the hardest. Read more.