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Queries!
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Business and Finance
1) "X" Things To Know About Medical Equipment Leases (Anonymous)2) Expert Advice on finding lost savings bonds (Bankrate)
3) Expert Advice on making the most of low CD rates (Bankrate)
4) Fintech funding post-COVID-19 (Mexico Business News)
5) Is the age of the activist CEO over? (Forbes)
6) The Growth of Accessible Jobs (CMSWire)
7) Should You Borrow From Your Retirement Account to Keep Your Business Afloat? (LegalZoom)
8) "Using Your Retirement Funds to Start A New Career – A Great Idea or Risky Business?" (ny times)
9) Future of Recruiting in the Remote Work Evolution (Spark Hire)
10) Looking for Landlords and Lawyers (Anonymous)
11) What training is involved in the Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Nanodegree? (MSDynamicsWorld.com)
12) Subscription Investment Newsletters for Financial Professionals (Wealth Management)
13) What things are you looking forward to next year? (CEO Blog Nation)
14) Top strategy to implement discounts/offers in E-commerce (Anonymous)
15) Does Cybertruck need to be redesigned? (Anonymous)
16) How should companies retrain staff for new roles? (The Economist)
17) Key strategies for prospecting in a pandemic (Map My Customers Blog)
18) What's your best performing blog CTA? (Databox Blog)
19) What's The #1 Way You're Leading Your Clients Thru COVID Uncertainty? (AskMyAdvisor)
20) Seeking Lawyers and Financial Advisors for $ Advice around Relationships (Bloomberg News)
21) Need experts to weigh in on education data collection (Nectafy)
22) Need experts to weigh in on student attendance tracking software (Nectafy)
23) Seeking Divorced People to Discuss their Divorces (Bloomberg News)
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Business and Finance
1) Summary: "X" Things To Know About Medical Equipment LeasesCategory: Business and Finance
Email: query-bi3b@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 9:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
What is one thing companies should know about medical equipment
leases and why?
Requirements:
50 words minimum, 200 words MAX (3-6 sentences suggested); Name,
Headshot****, Respondent's LinkedIn URL, and Company/Company URL
or Job Title of Respondent. Please include all these things to
be considered. Please answer in complete sentences (no bullet
points). Expand on your insights fully. Please be original,
actionable, and non-promotional.
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Name: Kevin Payne Bankrate
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biol@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Bankrate
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 9 November
Query:
I am looking for a few experts to speak on how to find a lost
savings bond. If you want to be considered, please email me with
your name and credentials. Financial coaches and financial
advisors welcome.
Requirements:
Financial coaches and financial advisors welcome.
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Name: Kevin Payne Bankrate
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biom@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Bankrate
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 9 November
Query:
I am looking for a few experts to share tips on how to make the
most of low CD rates. If you want to be considered, please email
me with your name and credentials. Financial coaches and
financial advisors welcome.
Requirements:
Financial coaches and financial advisors welcome.
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Name: Peter Appleby Mexico Business News
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biqx@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Mexico Business News
Deadline: 11:00 AM EST - 11 November
Query:
Mexico's fintech industry is booming, but I'm looking for people
with knowledge of changes in financing behavior due to the
impact of COVID-19.
The global recession is forcing all companies to tighten their
belts and investors, VCs etc. are now all moving ahead with
greater caution.
- How has COVID-19 changed access to funding for fintech
startups (ideally in Mexico, Latin America or N.America)?
- How are Mexico's (or North America/Latin America's) fintech
and financial start ups expanding their efforts to find funding?
- What are the challenges that the current environment provides
for funding?
- What have been the most obvious changes in investor behavior
fintechs and start up financial institutions you the pandemic
began?
- Will there be a return to "normal" investment interests in the
short or medium-term future? If not, then how do you see funding
changing going forward?
- What are the ways that fintech companies can work around
shortfalls in funding? For example, cost-reduction measures.
Many thanks!
Requirements:
Ideally someone in Mexico, though I'd also be interested to hear
from anyone in North America and Latin America.
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Name: Edward Segal Forbes
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biry@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Forbes
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
Seeking sources to comment on whether corporate leaders will
feel the need to speak out as much during a Biden presidency as
they did during Trump's. Is the age of the activist CEO over?
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Name: Kaya Ismail CMSWire
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bitv@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: CMSWire
Deadline: 5:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
"as remote working becomes more and more normal, a wholesome
outcome is that those who were previously unable to work due to
disabilities or other health restrictions can now be employed."
Questions:
1. Why do you think employers discriminate against disabled
people?
2. Do you think COVID-19 has changed how people hire workers?
3. Do you know of ways of reducing workplace discrimination
against disabled people?
4. How can jobs be made accessible?
Requirements:
HR professionals, managers, disabled workers, founders, and CEOs
invited to apply,
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Name: Jenn Morson LegalZoom
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biu0@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: LegalZoom
Deadline: 12:00 PM EST - 10 November
Query:
looking for experts to comment on whether or not it's a good
idea to borrow from retirement to keep your business afloat.
specific questions about how you can borrow from your
retirement, how much you can borrow from your retirement, what
type of retirement account you can borrow from, and when you can
borrow from it?
can you not pay yourself to keep business afloat?
what are the circumstances for borrowing from your retirement
account to keep your business afloat?
Requirements:
small business owner/operator
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Name: Judy Mandell ny times
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biu7@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: ny times
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 10 November
Query:
I am proposing an article to the New York Times titled "Using
Your Retirement Funds to Start A New Career - A Great Idea or
Risky Business?" Most financial experts advise clients to
never withdraw money from their retirement funds. Yet some
advisors say there are many benefits to investing their
retirement assets into a business - their own or that of someone
else. An IRS tax strategy called ROBS
(rollovers-as-business-startups) allows people to roll their
retirement savings into a new business without incurring early
withdrawal fees or tax penalties, at the same time protecting
their personal credit.
I am looking for people who started a business with funds from
the IRAs - I want good, bad, and ugly stories.
I will also interview business school professors and other
financial experts. I will ask them to e-mail answers to these
questions for starters.
What are the IRS ROBS rules?
Is this, in fact, risky business?
Why? or Why not?
What types of businesses would be the safest investments?
Are small businesses (what is the definition of a small
business?) riskier that large firms?
If so, why?
Is doing this less risky for young people, who may have already
built up a nest eg? Is it better to invest in your own idea
rather than acquiring someone else's business? How would
someone go about doing this? From an investment standpoint,
what are biggest problems with investing retirement money in a
private business?
What are the pros for investing in new business or other private
equity with your retirement account?
What are the cons in using your retirement account or a portion
thereof in a new business?
What about psychological components of starting a business?
How do you choose the best financial advisor to help you through
the complex IRS rules and paperwork? What about the latest
data/studies?
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Name: Marikaye DeTemple Spark Hire
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biub@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Spark Hire
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
Looking for experiences from recruiting experts regarding the
shift to remote work and virtual recruiting in 2020. Responses
that are selected will be featured on the Spark Hire blog and
promoted to over 10K blog subscribers.
Please respond to the following questions: Do you see recruiting
staying remote? Why/why not? In a few sentences, tell us about
how virtual recruiting has impacted your recruiting processes
this year. Briefly explain what you predict the future of
recruiting will be now that companies have shited to remote work
permanently. How do you see video shaping virtual recruiting and
remote work?
Requirements:
Please send your input in your initial response (don't send
requests for interviews or article links). Include "Future of
Recruiting in the Remote Work Evolution" in the subject line.
Answer each question separately. Keep answers brief but
informative.
Must Include:
Your title and qualifications Contact information, including an
email Headshot (must be a link and at least 900x900) Twitter
handle
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-bivj@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 8:00 PM EST - 10 November
Query:
I'm looking for experienced/knowledgeable U.S. landlords and
lawyers to answer questions for an article on rental property
rules and lease agreements. I will send the questions to
qualified respondents.
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Name: Eamon Earls MSDynamicsWorld.com
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bfso@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: MSDynamicsWorld.com
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
What training is involved in the Microsoft Azure Machine
Learning Nanodegree? Have students already begun training? What
topics are covered? How should interested learners apply, enroll
and prepare? How does this program fit with other Microsoft
Azure training initiatives? How will this program expand or
change in the future? Is there anything else you would like to
add?
Requirements:
Seeking Microsoft Azure professionals and analysts. Special
preference for users and trainers taking part in the Machine
Learning Nanodegree program.
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Name: John Kador Wealth Management
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bg1u@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Wealth Management
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
For the January 2021 issue, I'm working on a feature looking at
the value subscription financial newsletters provide investment
professionals.
I want to quote financial professionals who manage other
people's money (not investors trading on their own behalf)
paying for investment newsletters (not free newsletters) because
they think it gives them an edge. The article will explore what
the edge may be.
I'll quote newsletter editors who make such introductions.
Requirements:
Again, sources need to be financial professionals (not day
traders) who subscribe to paid newsletters (not free
newsletters).
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Name: Gresham Harkless CEO Blog Nation
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bhei@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: CEO Blog Nation
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
Looking for a paragraph response from entrepreneurs and business
owners on the things they are looking forward to next year
Selected responses will be included in articles similar to posts
below. Please include a link to your headshot, your paragraph
and company name and company URL. Example post:
https://rescue.ceoblognation.com/2020/09/30/20-entrepreneurs-explain-how-they-take-their-business-to-the-next-level/
and
https://hear.ceoblognation.com/2019/10/23/entrepreneurs-explain-their-motivation-to-grow-their-business/.
CEO Blog Nation (CBNation.co) is a community hub featuring niche
blogs for entrepreneurs and business owners.
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-bi7e@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
As an online store owner, what is your top one strategy to
implement discounts?
Share one method that can make it easier and beneficial to
implement offers in E-commerce.
Requirements:
Name, designation, website name and URL, high-quality headshot
and LinkedIn profile URL
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Category: Business and Finance
Email: query-bieu@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
Does Cybertruck need to be redesigned?
rumours suggest that the design is going to be altered....
again. I would like to know how would it affect its release
and also the sales number
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Name: Esther Schindler The Economist
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bik1@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: The Economist
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
I'm writing an article on how to effectively re-train workers.
I'd like to hear from you particularly if you have a management,
human resources, or training background.
This article is a "how to" for the process of giving workers
entirely new skill sets and moving them into different roles.
The worker can't do this anymore, and you want to move them to
something better. (This can be for any of several reasons, from
automation to a corporate division closing. We take that as the
starting point, and we don't have to say why it matters.)
You don't want to lose loyal employees, and you know that it's
cheaper to re-train than to hire someone new. I aim to write a
short, practical "things you need to do" article explaining how
to make this process effective for the company, and happy new
opportunities for workers.
In short: What works -- and what doesn't?
If your company re-trains people for new roles, tell me how you
go about it. * What is the overall process? Please be
specific. Who decides which workers are trained for each
position? How? Is this done internally or by sending employees
for external training? * What about mindset skills, such as
flexibility, problem-solving, and critical thinking? Analysts
suggest that these are key for workforce health, but how do you
improve these? * What overall advice would you offer someone
(particularly in a larger organization) who wants to take care
of their people _and_ move the company forward? What did you
learn the hard way? * Tell me a story about a successful
experience, including who/what/when/where.
I DO NOT WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME so please pay attention to this
criteria: This is NOT about how to repurpose a single
individual's energy (e.g. a CIO friend successfully moved an IT
worker to marketing based on her aptitude, with a happy result
for all). Nor is it about training an individual with a new
skill (say, PhotoShop or public speaking) to move ahead in the
same career path. And please leave out the "I trained myself!"
stories; they're a tangent. And yes, I KNOW that plenty of
companies just lay people off rather than retrain them; we can
leave those out of the discussion, too. This is meant to be a
useful how-to to guide companies that want to do it _right_, so
I am interested in practical advice.
Make sure you tell me how to refer to you in the article: name,
title/role, company, brief company description. Email only. Do
not even suggest a phone call.
Requirements:
Email only. No phone calls.
Ideally someone in academia, HR, training, exec management.
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Name: Rachel Foley Map My Customers Blog
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bipb@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Map My Customers Blog
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
What have you learned this year about prospecting (and selling
as whole) during a pandemic? Where in the funnel are you seeing
the most friction / least amount of movement? As this second
wave grows and the possibility of re-tightened restrictions and
lockdowns loom - what can sales reps be doing to keep business
moving? Specific anecdotes are encouraged.
Requirements:
Responses should come from sales leadership: CRO, VP Sales,
Director of Sales, RevOps/SalesOps, etc ... Our audience is a
majority outside / field sellers. Any specifics around field
sales will be prioritized.
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Name: Spela Mlekuz Databox Blog
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bipc@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Databox Blog
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
First name:
Last name:
Company name:
The inbound link should link to (url):
1) What's your best performing blog CTA?
2) What's your typical click-through-rate of a blog post CTA on
your website?
2-5%
6-10%
11-15%
16-20%
21-25%
more than 25%
3) What's the typical conversion rate of a blog post CTA on your
website?
<1%
2-3%
4-5%
6-7%
8-9%
more than 10%
Requirements:
Incomplete answers won't be considered in the final post
version. Quote's attribution should be clearly outlined at the
beginning of the answers.
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Name: Brian Ouellette AskMyAdvisor
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biuq@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: AskMyAdvisor
Deadline: 1:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
COVID has created endless questions and concerns from people of
all ages, right?
Health was the first concern. Then (the moment the first
shutdown occurred) COVID triggered a flood of other questions &
concerns for people & businesses.
Our question for you: What's One Of The Best Things You Have
Done Or Provided Your Top Clients To Lead Them Thru This
Pandemic?
Requirements:
Be an accountant, attorney, financial advisor, realtor OR
business owner who has done something above and beyond to lead
your clients thru COVID.
So we can showcase you, include (in this line by line format):
Your name Title URL Headshot URL (or attach)
You'll appear in our blog with a current Alexa US ranking of (as
of today): 32,189.
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Name: Marianne Bowen Bloomberg News
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bivr@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Bloomberg News
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 10 November
Query:
Seeking divorce lawyers and financial planners/advisors to give
smart advice on how to protect finances when entering a new
relationship, as well as advice on the realities of
finances/childcare arrangements in divorce (this is for multiple
articles).
Requirements:
Please be available for a phone interview on Wednesday. Thank
you in advance!
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Name: Henry O'Loughlin Nectafy
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bivu@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Nectafy
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
1. Why is collecting quantitative and qualitative education data
important? (e.g., test scores, attendance, graduation rates,
demographics, teacher observations, etc.)
2. What insights can doing so help stakeholders learn (i.e.,
teachers, administrators, parents, and students).
Looking for responses to be at least 150 words. If we use your
input, we will notify you by email.
Note: This article will be published on www.jotform.com.
Requirements:
Please include your: - Name - Title - Company name - Company URL
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Name: Henry O'Loughlin Nectafy
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-bivw@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Nectafy
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
1. Why is it important to track student attendance?
2. How can student attendance tracking software streamline the
process?
Looking for responses to be at least 150 words. If we use your
input, we will notify you by email.
Note: This article will be published on www.jotform.com.
Requirements:
Please include your: - Name - Title - Company name - Company URL
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Name: Marianne Bowen Bloomberg News
Category: Business and FinanceEmail: query-biw7@helpareporter.net
Media Outlet: Bloomberg News
Deadline: 7:00 PM EST - 11 November
Query:
For an article about the realities of post-divorce finances, I'm
seeking people who can talk about their post-divorce financial
arrangements, and how the outcome has differed from their
expectation. Please let me know your age, job, location, and a
sentence or two on your settlement/alimony/child support/etc.
arrangements.
Requirements:
Please be available for a phone interview on Wednesday. Bonus
points if your divorce arrangement is lopsided. Many thanks in
advance!
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