Recently, I got hired as an intern here at ISU's Continuing Education Workforce Training and immediately got put in the marketing department over social media. I started promoting our services on every major social media platform available.

Instagram, being one of the newer and foremost social platforms, had most of the target demographic we were after. This led to doing research on how to utilize this marketing channel. We found ourselves six weeks later having 1,000 followers and counting (without cheating) and this is how we did it.

Okay, you've gotten past the "cocktail napkin" stage of bookkeeping, but you're just not ready to hire a CPA full-time. You've just installed QuickBooks and... from there, it does seem a little stress-inducing. Just like every other part of your business, you have unlimited options on where to put what and how to structure everything, and you'd be justified in being afraid of mucking it all up. Luckily, there are ample resources to help you.

With the Fall season right around the corner, the air is getting crisp and the drinks are getting hot. We all know nothing smells or tastes better than Fall! That’s why I scoured the internet for the two best pumpkin recipes. These recipes are perfect to get you into the Fall spirit and are sure to make your house smell heavenly.

Life is full of big and exciting 'firsts'. First steps, first day of school, first car, first love, first time moving out of your parent's house, and if you work hard and have some luck on your side, first time you buy your own home.

It is a common reflex to want to squeeze something that is cute. The question is why. What makes people want to express this form of cute aggression? Why is is that when it's so fluffy, people want to squeeze it to death?