Career Moves,Interview,Sharisax Is Out There         2 comments

SEO and the “Synergy of Internet Marketing” lead to Ghost-Writing
Actually, it’s The Way of the Web: one online interaction . . . leads to a relationship . . . leads to a business opportunity.
I’m not going to “tease” you [or bore you] with all the names and places, but Kerry …

 Career Moves,LinkedIn,Sharisax Is Out There         16 comments

Perfecting one’s LinkedIn profile is the first step to maximizing ROI  on this popular business social site. If you stop there, you can be found   . . .
But if YOU are looking to find customers, partners, problem solutions and knowledge, the next step is to join LinkedIn …

 Career Moves,Interview,Personal Branding,Sharisax Is Out There,Social Media Strategy         12 comments

With TEN LinkedIn groups in common, it is no wonder that Gregory Stringer and I have become online buddies. We met on the Future Social Media group in response to Endaf Kerfoot’s invitation to introduce ourselves. Here was Gregory’s response:

Hi! I am a student of e-Commerce, currently seeking my …

 Career Moves,Featured,Social Media Strategy         No comments

The Buzz about our world’s Big Shift [i.e. the New Normal in business] is filtering through to some company executives who are now looking to their marketing departments for guidance and appropriate strategies using Social Media.
Hold on a minute . . .

Many of you are missing an even more important …

 Career Moves,Sharisax Is Out There,Social Media Strategy         2 comments

Last week I got LUCKY.

Actually I was Lucky all week, and that point was driven home to me by Ransom Stephens, writer/speaker/physicist, who gave a one-hour presentation to the Marin Professionals on “The Big Picture and Big Decisions”: How the power of positive thought increases our probabilities . …

 Career Moves,LinkedIn         35 comments

If you were in a position to hire a new employee for your company, what would be the most important quality (in your opinion) the candidates you interview should have?

Recently Al Bagocius, CEO of The A & I Consulting, posted the question above to the 6800+ member LinkedIn group MarketingProfs. …

 Career Moves,Social Media Marketing,Social Media Strategy         4 comments

Want to make money online sharing your passion?
Is this you?

“I absolutely love animals, children, cooking, gardening, investing, ______[fill-in your own]_________. But how can I make money doing it?”

George Kao recently conducted a Teleclass outlining the principles he follows to make a living by helping others do just that- put …

 Career Moves,Social Media Strategy         10 comments

One of my Loved Ones was laid off recently, and now tells me he’s bored.
NO WAY!
NO HOW!
NO EXCUSE!
Not in Today’s World where so much is at our fingertips.

Just DO IT is the Common Mantra

Suggestion One: Do NOT just “fill empty spaces” — i.e., don’t DO, just to DO.
Suggestion Two: Give …

 Best of 2009,Career Moves,Getting Started,Personal Branding,Sharisax Is Out There         16 comments

Since I subscribe to the philosophy of “Intention,” my 2010 Predictions Article will be geared to Setting Some Goals and Making Them Happen. Here are three ways to do just that:

Follow a Role Model, who’s also a Friend

Find a Buddy — or Seven

Figure out Answers to the list of Questions …

 Career Moves,Getting Started         No comments

I debated about using that title — and even asked my Facebook Friends for advice on the riskiness of a “risqué” headline. So we’ll see what happens:
Will I get more traffic?
Will I hear any backlash?
What will I learn from using a “racier” title than I might have?
What …

 Blogging,Blogging Basics,Career Moves,Getting Started,PR 2.0,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing,Social Media Strategy         6 comments

Lots of people considering social media strategies for business and personal reasons [like job seeking] may not fully appreciate the value of blogging.

the TIME
the SKILLS
the COMMITMENT

Is Blogging Worth all That?
Absolutely, according to Dean Guadagni, Social Media Marketing/Director at Inner Architect and source for two of my previous articles — Networking …

 Best of 2009,Career Moves,Getting Started,LinkedIn,LinkedIn Basics,Personal Branding,Social Media Basics         12 comments

Preparing for Professions
LinkedIn is so much more than a “resume repository” advised Dean Guadagni and Susan Hanshaw in a presentation to Marin Professionals.
The two social media marketing strategists outlined a host of ways that online networking on this Web platform can play a significant role in your …