3 Last Minute Brand Actions to Take Before the New Year
As you sit back enjoying the holiday season, possibly deciding to scale back your work load for end of the year celebrations, remember that this is the perfect time of year to prepare for those New Year’s resolutions that may include acquiring a new position, clients or building yourself as an industry expert. While most …
Make Your Email Engaging, Not Enraging
Despite the growth and influence of social media, email marketing is still an effective and affordable way to connect with your market. Email marketing helps you build rapport, share information, and make sales. However, email marketing done wrong will annoy your subscribers causing them to unsubscribe and avoid doing business with you. Here are some …
Can’t Resist a Handshake
Last week we witnessed a very scrutinized handshake at Nelson Mandela’s celebration. Unless you have been unplugged for the past week, you saw Obama and Raul Castro, brother to Fidel, grasp hands. No matter what side of the political fence you are on, we have seen the power of touch and significance of a handshake. …
Your Job Search Gold Mine
I believe that virtually everyone in our society is underutilized. One of these days, I will explain what I mean in more detail. Until then, I want to touch on one not so small reason why I believe all of us are underdeveloped, underpaid, underopportunitied, and underaccomplished (Merriam-Webster, please forgive me) — and how you …
Network During the Holidays: Light Up Your Personal Brand
We tend to get lazy over the holidays, which is one of the things that makes us enjoy this time of year so much. There’s hot cocoa, warm fires, and a little extra free time to relax. One of the last things on your mind is your personal brand.
But the winter is not an …
Personal Branding Weekly – It’s Hard Time
‘Time is of the essence – time is money’. Perhaps we think this phrase to be a tad bit trite, as we have heard people say it over and over again, so much so that these words fall upon our ears passively, like hearing some insistent, broken record in dire need of a new track. …
Ensure Potential Connections Accept Your Connection Requests
If you’re using social media for businesses, then you likely want to not only connect with existing friends and colleagues, but also identify and connect with new influencers, potential clients, etc. While social media gives us access to people in key positions, and around the world, there is one fact that anyone with the goal …
Strategic Networking – Building Your Tribe
Do you have a tribe?
What I mean by a tribe is the people in your network you can go to for a favor and actually expect it to be granted.
How many relationships can you maintain? You may have 10K followers on Twitter or 5K connections on LinkedIn, but how many do you really …
Tips for Creating a LinkedIn Profile that Gets Noticed
If you are in business you need to be on LinkedIn. This is also true if you want to be in business. Meaning, if you are in school … now is the PERFECT time to get started on LinkedIn. No matter where you are in your career NOW is the time to spend some time …
Ho, Ho, Ho… Merry Job Search!
You may think that the holidays are a good time (errrr… excuse) to take a break from your job search activities, but think again…employers are still hiring and they need great people just like you! In fact, the holidays can be an optimum time to increase your search efforts and here’s why:
#1 – Competition …