The BusinessMakers Overtime - Week of July 28, 2010: Get Off the Ground!

Episode 053 originally broadcast on July 28, 2010

Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld try to explain the weird and the wacky of today’s business world. We love lists and it’s David Letterman’s fault! We’re interviewing the chief blogging officer for a hot new site and we’ll help you stop apologizing! (“People are in denial about their online lives.”)

Get Off the Ground!

Katie Laird and Esther Steinfeld try to explain the weird and the wacky of today’s business world. We love lists and it’s David Letterman’s fault! In the news this week: customer satisfaction, or the lack thereof, for social media sites. It’s definitely love/hate. An Air France flight attendant gets caught stealing from the cookie jar. Can you get high on music? “iDosing” is the new rage among kids; is it real? (“It’s all got that butter sauce on it. How can you go wrong with that?!”)

A New Site for Social Shoppers

Katie and Esther visit with Basya Benshushan, the chief blogging officer of the “Snap, Shop & Share” site for shoppers and clothes bugs. Basya discovered as a new mom, an entire community of people who have small bits of time to network, solicit and receive feedback on what they’re wearing, buying and thinking. The community offers interesting possibilities for future growth. (“It’s not your picture perfect Cosmo girl. It’s about life.”)

Stop Apologizing

It’s about the shame of socializing online. Do you hate Facebook? Do you refer to offline as “real life”? Would you rather be chatting online or in person? Katie and Esther discuss online/offline lives, and how to stay healthy during the transitions between. (“People are in denial about their online lives.”)