5 Creative Communities That Can Help You Level Up Your Skills
Fertilizer is to plants what community is to creative professionals. With enough time, water, and sunlight, they grow themselves. But sprinkle on some peer feedback and support, and they grow faster and bigger than ever.
Not long ago, finding that community was no easy task. To spot one that specialized in your medium, you had …
4 Ways to Plan for Your Business in 2020 and Beyond
In business, planning for the future is as difficult as it is necessary. Branding your business, just like building your personal brand, means you have to think about the long term. What works in establishing your brand today might feel stale tomorrow. It’s impossible to know what the coming year might hold for your company …
She’s Using Sassy Facebook Posts To Market Her Accounting Firm
Rachel Michaelov is on mission build her accounting business into a multi-million dollar enterprise. You’d think accounting is boring, but Rachel’s Facebook posts, punctuated throughout the day with color and vibrancy show that she sees accounting quite a bit differently.
I was clued into Rachel by Ramon Ray an entrepreneur and producer of the 14th …
Direct Response Marketing Amplifies Social Media Results
Social media has always been a strange marketing channel. On one hand, Facebook gave businesses a unique ability to find their markets and build relationships. No other marketing tool has been able to reach such large numbers of people and allow businesses to maintain a long-standing connection with them. Despite the ability to enact some …
Branding yourself during a job interview – what should you know?
Job interviews can trigger a lot of stress, especially if you don’t have that much experience with them. While you might be properly qualified for a certain position within a company, if you don’t do well at the interview, you won’t be able to land that job.
But what exactly can you do to increase …
How to Apply a Procurement Strategy to Your Personal Life
How do you decide what to buy and when to buy it? Odds are high that it comes down to two major factors: need and price. You know when you need to get something new, and you know what price works for your budget — but is that enough?
You may default to big-box stores …
4 Ways to Help Your Franchise Succeed
When you take ownership of a franchise, you enter a professional environment that comes with a series of established benefits. These include a concise and easily learnable system of operations, including equipment that’s already in place and a well-established customer base that is loyal to the popular brand you now represent. Additionally, you’ll be in …
6 Motivational Speaking Trends That You Want To Pay Attention To
Whether you’re planning a small sales meeting with your team or preparing for a national conference, guest speakers need to stay aware of the latest trends to appear — and remain — innovative. More importantly, they need to be able to adapt to changing audience preferences and technologies to ensure their speeches are engaging and …
Customers Demand Cross Channel Conversations. Here’s How Brands Can Deliver
Nine in 10 customers expect brands to provide a seamless experience across channels and devices, according to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Right now, nearly 90 percent of customers think companies are failing at this endeavor. So how can brands send the right message, to the right person, on the right channel, at the …
The Civic 50: A Guide To Boosting Your Corporate Civic Engagement
You may have come across #GivingTuesday, an amazing movement to create a national day of paying it forward to kick off the holiday giving season. It’s officially added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. However, #GivingTuesday is not alone. Over the past 12 months we’ve seen a rise …