Social Media Telesummit – Feb 20-29, 2008 In the fashion world, black is a classic color that works with everything.Styles may change, designers come and go, but black is the template.So, when a new color hits the scene, the fashion world says that that color is the "new black." Well, in social media, video is the new black. Everywhere you turn, business leaders are using video to connect with prospects… Read More »Want to use videos to grow your list?
I don't know many people who like to cold call, I know it has never been that successful for me. Not only is it so impersonal and intrusive, but it just doesn't work, how many times do you put the phone down or screen the telesales call at home? For every 50 cold calls you make, only 2 will result in an appointment. My friend, Leesa Barnes, hates cold calling.… Read More »26 Experts on How to Make Money Not Cold Calling
According to a Globe & Mail article a young Calgary man was shocked to receive a bill recently for $85,000 to cover roaming and bandwith charges on his cell phone! He had signed up for an unlimited plan for $10 a month but obviously did not read the small print and went on to download movies, songs etc! Now how would you feel about that???!!!!
According to a recent Accountemps survey, 21% of workers are going to be spending up to 3 hours at work doing their on line holiday shopping and employers are not going to be too happy. I can remember in my corporate time a few years ago when we were given half a day near Christmas to do some shopping. With Black Friday in the US fast approaching and Christmas just… Read More »Work Productvity to Drop?
As a job seeker or just someone who is interested to see how social computing is starting to be used and is being recommended to be used by companies and recruiters check out Zoominfo's latest FREE on demand webinar. "Recruiting is a Competitive Advantage – How social computing keeps your recruiting department one step ahead of the competition" – Presented by Zach Thomas, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research. You have to… Read More »How are recruiters using the web to hire?
According to a recent survey "Lady Geek" put out by Saatchi & Saatchi in the UK – women are feeling left out of the equation when it comes to buying technology. You just need to take a look at the advertising that most of the Canadian electonics retailers put out there to understand if they get it or not. Future Shop is all about loud music systems and TV's that… Read More »Women May Not All Be Geeks – But They Do Use Technology
So just how indispensable do you think you are at work? Do you plan to take some vacation time this summer? If the same numbers apply south of the border as they do here in Canada, according to two recent surveys by Monster.ca it would appear a high number of us feel we cannot even leave work to take a vacation – let alone need to stay connected if we… Read More »So Where is the 4 Hour Workweek?
“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”Mark Twain And the often reported impending end of the resume have also proven to be exaggerations. The resume as a career marketing document certainly has its place and while with the advent of more technology the death of the resume is being predicted it will likely be a long time before we see the resume disappearing or being replaced. However the… Read More »How personal branding can be used to create more than a resume
This is Gene Weingarten – journalist for the Washington Post and author of a recent article "The Joys of Writing Your Own Wiki-Bio" (see Wiki Watchee – free subscription required). There has been some recent 'exposes' about the validity of information contained on Wikipedia – the free online encyclopedia and Fuzzy Zoeller the golfer has just launched a defamation law suit against a company who's employee used their computers to… Read More »Raising Your Wiki Profile
If you have ever come back home from an interview and been asked the question "So how did it go?" – are you able to clearly identify the parts of the interview that went well and those that you could have improved on? Chances are, like many job candidates, interviews go past very quickly and you are lucky if you have the ability to recollect even half of what went… Read More »So How Do You Think You Did?