Month: September 2021

BY: Savanna Pruitt Did you know that, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized each year? A large portion of those cats and dogs are euthanized because shelters simply don’t have room for the influx of homeless animals they’re receiving. Spaying and neutering your pet can help eliminate this problem, and it will also benefit your pet and their overall well-being in a number of ways.  Health The ASPCA reports that female cats and dogs who are spayed at the proper age live longer and healthier lives overall than pets who aren’t spayed. Why is this? Spaying has been shown to help prevent both uterine infections and breast tumors— two conditions that can be deadly for pets. Neutering male ...

BY: Savanna Pruitt We’ve all had an old friend from high school contact us on Facebook about an “exciting business opportunity” selling a product and working from home, right? Chances are, most of those friends are parts of MLMs, also known as multi-level marketing organizations or direct sales businesses. What exactly is an MLM, and are these kinds of business models ethical? What is an MLM? As previously stated, an MLM is a multi-level marketing organization. According to Investopedia, MLMs “encourage existing members to promote and sell their offerings to other individuals and bring on new recruits into the business.” The product distributors then receive a cut of their recruits’ sales. This forms the classic “upline” and “downline” you may have heard about with existing distr...

BY: Alecia Hicks With life being so uncertain and the constant fears and changes of life during a pandemic, what does this mean for the workforce? Pre-pandemic people who worked had their regular schedules of waking up, going to their 9-5 jobs, and enjoying what little free time was left over. Due to the pandemic, people have found a new kind of freedom that allows them to continue to do their jobs from the comfort of their own homes while still maintaining a quality of life.  So what does this mean for the conventional corporate business owner that, at one point, required their employees to be present to do their jobs? Zach Crescenzo says that “business leaders are most concerned with maintaining the corporate culture.” Crescenzo notes the 3 C’s to abide by to ensure the integ...