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Business and Finance
1) What is a "Customer Journey" and How to Track It (Business News Daily)2) What is 'Dotted Line' Reporting? (Lattice Library)
3) Mentoring is Vital for Improving Employee Experience (CMSWire)
4) Good and bad uses of startup funds (WomensNet blog)
5) Employee overtime pay tracking tool? (Business.com)
6) customer focused identity management (SC Magazine)
7) Lawyers: Overtime laws and regulations (Business.com)
8) What hashtags do recruiters use when posting about jobs or searching for candidates? (Business Insider)
9) Supporting Individual Contributors Who Don't Want to Be Managers (Anonymous)
10) How to Use a Personal Loan to Build Credit (Match Financial)
11) Electronics Startup Success Stories (TITOMA)
12) Critical soft skills for effective managers (Rasmussen College)
13) The worst COVID layoff stories (The Financial Diet)
14) How can retailers bounce back in Q4? (Anonymous)
15) Professional opinion on managing in-house/remote teams (Blog)
16) How to Pay for Dental School (FOX Business Network)
17) Expert advice for managing remote workers (Upwork)
18) Student Loan Refinancing Rates (FOX Business Network)
19) Leaders who took their company global while managing equity plan (Anonymous)
20) Looking for tips on recruiting/hiring a diverse workforce. (LegalZoom)
21) Performance reviews/leadership development in COVID -- how are practices evolving? (TED: The Electrical Distributor Magazine)
22) Home-Buying Resources for Military and Veteran Buyers (Anonymous)
23) How COVID-19 is affecting healthcare storage resources (TechTarget)
24) Share your experience with Product Feed Management (WakeupData blog)
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Business and Finance
1) Summary: What is a "Customer Journey" and How to Track ItName: Adam Uzialko Business News Daily
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b3t4@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Business News Daily
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 13 August
Query:
what is meant by customer journey?
What are the 7 steps to map the customer journey?
Why is a customer journey important?
What is the customer journey map?
How do you create a customer journey map?
Why is a customer journey map important?
Please offer dates/times when you might be available for a call.
Deadline is EOD Thursday 8/6.
Requirements:
Looking for experienced marketers who understand customer
journey mapping and concepts related to it.
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Name: Sarah Hall Lattice Library
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4m5@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Lattice Library
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 13 August
Query:
What is dotted line reporting, what are the risks and benefits
of it and what are best practices when organizations have this
form of indirect reporting? I'm looking for management experts
who can share tips and other considerations for HR leaders,
managers and employees.
Requirements:
I'm seeking management experts and HR consultants who can speak
to the pros, cons and best practices related to dotted line
reporting. Sources will need to be available for a phone
interview this week or early next.
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Name: Scott Clark CMSWire
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4o1@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: CMSWire
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 14 August
Query:
Mentorship is one of the elements of the employee experience
that is very important to the newest members of the workforce,
millennials and Gen Z workers, but a poor mentoring program can
be worse than none at all. What makes a mentoring program
effective and encourages growth?
Requirements:
employee mentoring program managers, HR managers, ongoing
learning experts, CTOs, CEOs, experience officers, EX managers
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Name: Marcia Layton Turner WomensNet blog
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4qy@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: WomensNet blog
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 August
Query:
For a blog post, I'd like to hear from business owners and
investors about smart uses of funds early on, such as in
infrastructure or marketing, and not-so-smart uses, like
expensive lobby furniture or an on-site chef. What types of
expenses get a thumbs up from investors and what types may cause
them to look more closely at your spending patterns?
Requirements:
Entrepreneur or investor who can speak to how startup funds
should be spent.
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Name: Marisa Sanfilippo Business.com
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4ra@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Business.com
Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 11 August
Query:
What tool do you use to track overtime pay for your employees?
Include how you track overtime pay with it and what you like and
dislike about it. Reply with your name, company name, title, and
website.
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Name: Alan Earls SC Magazine
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4rc@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: SC Magazine
Deadline: 2:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
I am working on an assigned report for SC Magazine, (due before
the end of the month) focusing on the challenge of managing
customer identities. I am looking for non-vendor expert views on
what will be needed to strengthen and improve identity
management and authentication. Are there new concepts and
technologies on the horizon that can help. New regulatory
cudgels that will make improvement mandatory? Etc.
My report, will focus on how identity management today is more
important than ever. It will explore topics such as relying on
adaptive access control, customer lifecycle management, market
segmentation and privacy. It will also touch on the art and
science of building security directly into applications while
also simplifying the user experience and protecting the
customers' privacy.
Requirements:
I am looking for non-vendor experts (e.g. consultants,
academics, analysts, and security practitioners working in
industry) to comment via email or phone.I hope to have all story
input in hand by Aug. 21
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Name: Marisa Sanfilippo Business.com
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4rd@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Business.com
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 11 August
Query:
I need a lawyer to breakdown what the federal laws and
regulations are for paying employees overtime wages. I then need
the state laws summarized, in about 500 words. I assume we could
go into great detail with the states. Ideally, reply with what
they are, bulleted out and explained in layman's terms. Please
do not copy them from someplace. The explanation of them on the
Labor Dept. website is technical. If there's someplace we can
direct readers to for more info, that would be great but this
article should break them down well. Small business owners need
to easily be able to understand what they are. Be sure to also
include your name, job title, company name, website, and a short
bio that shows your qualifications for responding to this.
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Name: Mary Kearl Business Insider
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4rf@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Business Insider
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 August
Query:
What are some of the hashtags you follow on LinkedIn as a
recruiter? What are some of the hashtags you search for when
you're looking for candidates on LinkedIn? What are some of the
hashtags you use in your own LinkedIn updates when you're
posting about open roles or career advice? What advice do you
have for job seekers for using hashtags in their LinkedIn posts?
What do you look for when you review job seekers' posts and
updates? Recruiters, share your best advice for job seekers
looking to use and search for hashtags effectively on LinkedIn
when searching for jobs.
Requirements:
Must be a recruiter
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-b4rl@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 9:00 AM EST - 12 August
Query:
Companies often make the mistake of believing their best
individual contributors will make great managers. The IC
reluctantly accepts the promotion, hates it, and ends up leaving
the company. It's a lose-lose for both the company and the
employee.
So what can HR teams and managers do to ensure their top
performers who don't want to manage can still grow and thrive?
Requirements:
HR leaders, consultants, execs.
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Name: Rebecca Lake Match Financial
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4rt@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Match Financial
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 11 August
Query:
I'm seeking tips from credit experts on the following:
1. How do personal loans affect credit scores? 2. Can a personal
loan help build credit? If so, how? 3. What are your best tips
for using a personal loan to build credit? Are there any
mistakes to watch out for?
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Name: Eulises David Flores TITOMA
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b3fj@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: TITOMA
Deadline: 7:00 PM PST - 13 August
Query:
We're looking for entrepreneurs who have had success with their
hardware startups. We would like to know your story, how did you
go from product idea to mass manufacturing? How many prototypes
did you have to do? What was the biggest challenge throughout
the product development process? What is one advice you would
give to hardware startups?
Please tell us your story with as many details as possible for
higher chances to be featured. B2B electronics stories
especially welcome If it makes sense for us. We can also share
your story on our CEO's LI profile, he has 60,000 followers
Requirements:
At least 150 words long answer A link to your head shot so we
can add it to the article Website /page/post link you would like
us to link to Your electronic product must currently be on the
market and selling
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Name: Anjali Stenquist Rasmussen College
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4g2@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Rasmussen College
Deadline: 11:00 PM EST - 12 August
Query:
Looking to hear from mangers in all fields on their experiences
and philosophies for the soft skills needed to become an
effective manager.
Please respond to the following questions: 1. What is your job
title and role? 2. What qualities do you look for in an
employee interested in transitioning into a management role? 3.
Have you ever been surprised by an employees leadership
capabilities? How so? 4. What is the impact of an effective
manager?
Please respond with your thoughts! Please also include your
name, title, pronouns, and company so I can cite you correctly.
Thank you! -Anjali
Requirements:
Must have experience in management.
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Name: Gina Vaynshteyn The Financial Diet
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4hv@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: The Financial Diet
Deadline: 7:00 PM PST - 12 August
Query:
I'm looking for the worst COVID layoff stories/experiences
people are willing to share. You can be totally anon.
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-b4jn@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 2:00 PM EST - 13 August
Query:
I'm looking for retail experts who would like to share insights
on increasing sales in the coming months. Back to school
spending is a lot lower this year and many retailers continue to
struggle due to COVID-19. What can stores do to bounce back in
Q4? What are some of the steps they could take to effectively
plan for the months ahead?
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Name: Ivana Fisic Blog
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4lj@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Blog
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 13 August
Query:
I am writing an article about managing in-house and remote
employees and differences between these two categories. I'm
looking for the experts in this field.
Here are my questions: 1.If you manage both in-house and remote
employees, can you briefly compare these two models? Do you have
a different approach for leading each team? 2. Do you have any
advice for effectively managing a remote team?
Please respond to any of these questions in 100-150 words.
Please include your name and title. Thank you!
Requirements:
Seeking team managers/leaders managing both remote and in-house
employees. We will not accept pitches from link builders and
we'll check a site's credibility.
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Name: Rebecca Lake FOX Business Network
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4lx@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: FOX Business Network
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 12 August
Query:
I'm seeking experts who can answer the following:
1. How expense is dental school typically? 2. Can federal
student loans be used to pay for dental school? What are the
pros and cons? 3. What about private student loans? Pros and
cons? 4. How can students find scholarship/grants for dental
school? 5. Is dental school even worth it?
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Name: Geoff Whiting Upwork
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4ly@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Upwork
Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 17 August
Query:
Upwork is putting together an expert-driven advice guide to
managing remote employees. Tell us 1) your best tip for keeping
people immersed in company culture, 2) advice on balancing
communication (tools, excess risks, etc), and 3) a preferred way
to tackle or prevent burnout
Requirements:
Giving a preference to people who provide answers via email and
are managing a large workforce (okay if you were remote
previously or moved remote due to COVID). Please include a brief
note on your workforce size and remote percentage.
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Name: Rebecca Lake FOX Business Network
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4m0@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: FOX Business Network
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 12 August
Query:
I'm seeking student loan experts who can answer the following:
1. How are student loan refinancing rates compared to where they
were a year ago or even a month ago? 2. Is now a good time to
refinance student loans? Why or why not? 3. What are your best
tips for getting approved for the lowest refi rates? 4. What
mistakes should refi borrowers watch out for?
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-b4mu@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 2:00 PM EST - 14 August
Query:
One of the biggest considerations faced by growing companies is
how to grow globally.
I am writing an article on how companies successfully grew while
managing equity, highlighting challenges and how they overcame
them.
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Name: Diane Faulkner LegalZoom
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4qf@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: LegalZoom
Deadline: 1:00 PM EST - 11 August
Query:
Looking for HR/recruiting pros, CEOs (small biz welcome) to
share tips on how they recruit for a diverse workplace.
Requirements:
For fact-checkers, must provide phone, email, title.
Please provide your location and number of employees (total, FT
& PT).
Need to interview or receive information by 8/11 or 8/12
(latest).
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Name: Carol Katarsky TED: The Electrical Distributor Magazine
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4rj@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: TED: The Electrical Distributor Magazine
Deadline: 11:00 AM EST - 12 August
Query:
Looking for HR experts who can discuss how companies can
effectively evaluate employees for performance reviews and/or
leadership development opportunities when most staff are working
off-site and many key, but hard to quantify, skills can't be
viewed by a manager.
Also interested in any other relevant challenges/opportunities
you can share.
Requirements:
ONLY respond if you are an author, consultant, professor or
similar "outside" SME with deep HR experience.
People working as HR managers at companies will NOT be
considered.
TED serves a B2B audience of mid- to large companies in the
electrical & construction industries. Experience in these fields
is nice to have, but not necessary.
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-b4rp@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 7:00 PM CST - 12 August
Query:
We are writing an article about how real estate professionals
can best help active military and veterans in their home buying
or selling process. Your name/company will be given full credit
for the tips and quote you can provide.
Requirements:
Any advice you have for resources real estate professionals
should use when working with active military or veterans or
recommendations on how to best help military veterans in their
home buying or selling process based on your own real estate
experience. Must be a real estate professional or have worked as
a real estate professional. Your name/company will be given full
credit for the tips and quote you can provide.
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Name: John Edwards TechTarget
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4s2@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: TechTarget
Deadline: 10:00 PM EST - 21 August
Query:
Technology journalist John Edwards (@TechJohnEdwards) is looking
for experts who can answer some or all of the following
questions:
1. How are healthcare organizations managing and storing
increasing data volumes as the pandemic response progresses?
2. What challenges are healthcare organizations facing when
managing storage for all the data--much of it unstructured and
large image and other files--that's being accessed and shared?
3. What role is cloud storage playing and how is it changing
healthcare data storage practices? 4. How has the pandemic
sped up adoption of new storage approaches and technologies?
5. What's the role of electronic healthcare records in providing
researchers access to data on COVID-19. Have they helped
facilitate research or caused issues? 6. Is there anything
else you would like to add?
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Name: Ben Culpin WakeupData blog
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-b4sl@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: WakeupData blog
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 12 August
Query:
Do you have a success story from managing product feeds for
ecommerce? (please quote statistics if possible) - What is your
opinion of product feed management in relation to PPC? - What
is your top tip for e-commerce Product Feed Management? - How
do you see product feed management developing in the future?
Requirements:
Looking for 1-2 sentences for each question above from paid
media, digital marketing, ecommerce or product feed specialists.
Please include your name, job title, company and URL so we can
cite you correctly.
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