For more and more of us, retirement doesn’t mean the end of work. Seven in ten people 50-plus want to keep working after they retire, according to a recent Merrill Lynch/Age Wave study. Among those who have actually retired, almost half reported that they’d either worked or plan to work during their retirement. Money isn’t the only reason, although it’s a ...Read More

Agents have embraced online marketing for their personal branding; however, that isn't to say they are all doing it right.

A lot of agents are over using the tools, and whilst they are creating some awareness, they aren't necessarily building up their profile to be a reputable source of information, or getting more leads from it. If you aren't doing e...Read More

Just recently I read a post which referred to online content marketing as a combination of “Art & Science” and the more I thought about that comparison, the more I realized that it is so true.

After all, to be effective at content marketing you have to pay attention to technology. The principles of SEO, social media, and the tips and techniques of...Read More

New Delhi:  In the age of e-mails, the postman could be relevant again.

As part of its Digital India programme, the Narendra Modi government plans to tie up with major e-retailers like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Myntra for them to use the postal department's services to deliver consumer goods in remote areas of the country.

Minister of Commu...Read More

Actually, social media is slowly morphing into Digital Media -- an umbrella that covers Social, Mobile, Web, Games, and Apps.

What's important for marketers is that this must now be part of your 360-degree view of the landscape. Digital Media Marketing requires a seamless multi-screen strategy so that your brand DNA is represented no matter where the consumer...Read More

The holiday season is fast approaching and marketing professionals will no doubt be gearing up for the big day. Christmas gives industry professionals the chance to be colourful and creative in producing campaigns that will hopefully draw scores of festive consumers. Our recent Retail Connect event can back this up, as four of the seven presentations were focused around Christmas...Read More

Is remote working no longer working?

Based on recent news stories chronicling major corporations such as Yahoo YHOO +2.29%! ditching their telecommuting policies, the answer is no—not at all.

The remote-working-isn’t-working crowd seemed to gain more steam in August, when a House of Representatives committee launched an investigation ...Read More

KOLKATA: More than five months after it started the Saradha scam inquiry, CBI somewhat hurriedly submitted the first chargesheet in the case on Wednesday, rushing against the 90-day deadline to stop the accused from getting bail.

The "primary" chargesheet names Saradha CEO Sudipta Sen, director Debjani Mukherjee and Saradha media group CEO Kunal Ghosh a...Read More

With the tenure of the Justice Shyamal Sen Commission, set up in 2013, to investigate the Saradha scam, coming to an end today, duped investors of hundreds of money-pooling companies find themselves in a predicament.

The All India Small Depositors and Agent Protection Committee has already placed an appeal with the Calcutta High Court for extension of the Commiss...Read More

Two days after being grilled by CBI, BJD MP from Odisha Rama Chandra Hansda was today again interrogated by the central investigating agency in connection with its probe into multi-crore chit-fund scam.

Hansda, one of the founding members of ponzi company Nabadiganta Capital Services, was questioned by CBI sleuths for around two hours, CBI sources said.
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