RISMEDIA, September 1, 2010--This Labor Day weekend millions of drivers will take to the highway for one final summer getaway, making it one of the busiest holiday travel weekends of the year.

America's Road Team Captains, elite professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles, are offering advice on how to navigate through highway traffic and arrive at your destination safely. Tips include:

RISMEDIA, August 30, 2010--(MCT)-By Mike Swift-This is not your father's social network -- oh, wait a minute; maybe it is.

The phenomenal growth of Facebook, Twitter and other social sites in the past year has come in part because of a surge in adoption by older members, with a new national poll released Friday saying that the share of Americans over 50 using social networks doubled in the past year.

RISMEDIA, August 28, 2010-By John Haskell-Business is tougher today than it was a year ago. Recently, a mid-sized company evaluated its situation: it faced a quickly shrinking market, and people just weren’t buying as much. Competition was cutting prices in spite of higher costs. Salespeople were losing business all over the country. What options did they have to improve the business? They started by asking themselves two questions: First, what were they currently doing?

RISMEDIA, August 26, 2010-By Jorge L.

RISMEDIA, August 25, 2010-- The Pivot Conference released findings from its survey of 137 brand marketers and ad agency professionals that point to a significant investment in social media marketing programs in the next 12 months. Of the marketers surveyed, about two-thirds (63%) have already implemented social media marketing programs, and 87% plan to increase that investment in the next 12 months.

RISMEDIA, August 23, 2010By Stephanie Andre—Confidence can be a powerful thing. It can mean the difference between getting—or not getting—a listing. You have to establish yourself and make a buyer or seller believe that you are the best suited agent for what they need.

However, for some, confidence doesn’t come so easily and self doubt easily creeps in. When this happens, it’s best to regroup and remember the reasons why you should feel confident.

If you are ever in need of a confidence boost, read these tips from the book, “Unstoppable Confidence,” by Kent Sayre.

Most students entering college for the first time this fall—the Class of 2014—were born in 1992.

For these students, Benny Hill, Sam Kinison, Sam Walton, Burt Parks and Tony Perkins have always been dead.

1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive.

2. Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail.

3. “Go West, Young College Grad” has always implied “and don’t stop until you get to Asia…and learn Chinese along the way.”

4. Al Gore has always been animated.

5. Los Angelinos have always been trying to get along.

RISMEDIA, August 14, 2010-By Stephanie Andre-Starting a blog can seem like an intimidating and laborious process...especially for something as important as your business. But like with many things, once you have a vision, a plan and the wherewithal to finally get started, it oftentimes seems like the hardest part is over.

Here are 10 tips to consider before starting a business blog, according to The Blog Squad Founder Denise Wakeman:

1. Before you do anything else, examine the reasons why you want to publish a blog. What is the purpose for the blog?

RISMEDIA, August 9, 2010--The apartment market's rebound continues to gain momentum, according to NMHC's latest Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions.

Sales volume is up, debt and equity are more available and markets are tighter. Indexes for both sales volume and equity financing registered all-time highs. The biggest improvement came in debt financing, which jumped from 58 to 81.