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Writer Randy Ross recently wondered on his blog whether social media was turning out to be a waste of time for promoting his writing. He wrote in a blog post that Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn “seem to be over-saturated with users generating useless crap.” Randy has seen both his web traffic and Facebook Reach drop […]
Lees meerFacebook Subscribe for startup C-level executives: good idea or bad idea? Why? The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start […]
Lees meerYes, Twitter has a spam problem. But you can do something about it. In Why I Joined App.net, I explained that a main reason was Twitter spam, which is any unsolicited contact whether by direct message, through your tweet stream, or mentions. Let’s see what you can do today to ward off these unfortunately well-known […]
Lees meerIf you are like most LinkedIn members, your LinkedIn summary isn’t very clear or compelling. In a recent article, I shared a step-by-step process on how to create a powerful LinkedIn headline. Here are 6 secrets for creating a powerful LinkedIn summary: 1. Start smart. Before you write your LinkedIn summary, you need to be […]
Lees meerIf you are like most LinkedIn members, your LinkedIn summary isn’t very clear or compelling. In a recent article, I shared a step-by-step process on how to create a powerful LinkedIn headline. Here are 6 secrets for creating a powerful LinkedIn summary: 1. Start smart. Before you write your LinkedIn summary, you need to be […]
Lees meerOy vey, another social network. But one worth investing in, for now. What is App.net? CEO Dalton Caldwell explains it best: In a nutshell, App.net is a new social network that looks like Twitter and that works like Twitter, but that also addresses Twitter’s main problems and tries to solve them. What are those main […]
Lees meerLinkedIn has become arguably today’s most valuable job searching tool, providing it’s users with endless possibilities for networking, connecting with colleagues from the past, and promoting and developing their businesses. But did you ever stop and think that the way in which you use LinkedIn could actually hurt your job search prospects? Well it can! […]
Lees meerOne of the harshest (and in my view, mostly unfair) criticisms hurled at personal branding is that – when taken to its fullest expression – it encourages and promotes self-centeredness, self-aggrandizement, narcissism and plain outright selfishness. Although anyone familiar with the brief yet intense history of personal branding models and philosophies in the XXI century […]
Lees meerAristotle spoke about it as a moral good worth pursuing in itself in his Nicomachean Ethics; Cicero dedicated a whole book to it (De Amicitia); Plotinus deemed fit to extend it even to his slaves, whom he emancipated; Ralph Waldo Emerson declared it ‘the masterpiece of Nature’; and ever since every sane thinker has advocated […]
Lees meerThe proliferation of trolls and fanatics in our beloved chirping microblog has made it urgent to issue some shared guidelines we can all adhere to that can regulate private and public behavior on Twitter. This is my proposal, which I submit to your consideration. 1. Thou shalt not patronize others. If you hold any views […]
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