How to Make the Most of the Conference Season
The conference season is upon us. Are you ready?
Notices on Social Media channels are popping up for SXSW, Social Media Marketing World, TED and TEDx and many other events and conferences. There are countless conferences you could attend and some you should attend and some you MUST attend. This article is not about selecting …
Why Influence Marketing is Essential for Personal Brands
Traditional brands and individuals in the blogging community connect with other influencers in their niche with services and rewards to create what is known as “influence marketing.” Over time the marketplace has become more transparent with online communities like Triberr, and Swerve. Google has also evolved with Google Plus, and it’s new search engine algorithm, …
Becoming a LinkedIn Groupie
Most professionals and executives know that LinkedIn can be a powerful career tool. But, like a hammer, it does you no good if you don’t pick it up and use it. Leading up to a talk I will be giving on LinkedIn as a Career Advancement Tool later this month at Kennesaw State University, I …
LinkedIn: Five Tips for Developing Your Strategy
In my post last week we examined the concepts of LinkedIn visibility, credibility, and connect-ability. Much of the discussion centered around developing an effective profile that is more searchable (visibility) and that presents you as an authentic professional. Included were a few ideas for improving in these areas.
But, where do you go beyond this? …
Use About.me to Showcase Your Resume
Would you like to showcase your top resume skills and make more connections?
There are several personal portal websites that can help you do that: About.me, Vizify and RebelMouse are just a few.
If you like the simple, better approach, then About.me is the right service to incorporate into your job seeking efforts. The website, …
Own Your Connections
Your connections begin in your own database. When I’m asked about how to “own your game”, or dominate your niche, the first place I begin asking about is what do you know about your database?
Even those born within this last minute, already have a handful of people in their personal database. From the mother …
LinkedIn: Improve Your Visibility, Credibility, and Connect-Ability
Are you on LinkedIn? This question has become more common in that past year, with total subscribers topping 200 million in early 2013 and the stock price doubling in the subsequent six months. As I note in Chapter 13 of Fast Track Your Job Search (and Career!), LinkedIn is “the premier social networking site designed …
Do You Professionally Text?
Hey, January 2025 professional… check out this app. It allows you to select someone from your contact list and then with a push of a button sends a signal to that person alerting them that you are trying to connect. If they wish, they can accept the incoming communication with you, and at that point …
Networking While in a Career Transition is the Key to Success
Becoming unemployed is likely a sudden, unexpected event, and most people do not have the networking skills needed to immediately switch gears and begin efficiently developing job leads. There could be many reasons: feeling uncomfortable with the networking process, not knowing the process, being shy by nature, or never having needed to network in the …
Build Influence for Your Brand with Klout Lists
Measuring social media influence for your brand is a mark of expertise. While many tools measure authority, it is Klout that seems to stand out from the rest in terms of being the standard. One of the great features offered are Klout Lists, which can help you connect with other influencers in your niche, and …