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The Future of Personal Branding: 5 Predictions
By Dan Schawbel | 23 Comments | June 9, 2011
Personal branding was originally conceived in 1997, which tells you that it’s not a fad. Despite the mainstream adoption of social media globally, the basic principles of personal branding still apply. Read »
10 Common SEO Myths
By Jared Brickman | 15 Comments | June 8, 2011
You want to drive a lot of traffic to your website and you already know that search engines are a powerful referral source. However, secretive Google algorithms, unscrupulous “SEO experts” and the plethora of varying industry resources have made it difficult Read »
How Twitter Chats Can Improve In-Person Networking
By Ruth Harper | 15 Comments | June 7, 2011
For millennials raised on AOL Instant Messenger and Facebook, the idea of face-to-face professional networking can be scary. The important role nonverbal communication plays in human interaction is well documented. This is one of several reasons why face-to-face networking tends to allow people to build stronger relationships. But that doesn’t mean online networking is useless. […] Read »
How Your Blog Can Land You a Job
By Amanda Abella | 28 Comments | June 6, 2011
Blogging has come a long way since the teenage angst ridden days of Xanga and Livejournal. If you haven’t heard of someone making a living from his or her blog, you must be living under a rock! Read »
How Not to Ruin Your Political Career on Social Media
By Julie Germany | 6 Comments | May 24, 2011
People who came of age in the aughts tend to realize that their stupid life decisions and emotional tirades are unlikely to generate Huffington Post homepage fodder. Though they’re aware that a friend may post photos of their more inebriated moments on Facebook, they have the perspective to realize they won’t look like too much […] Read »
3 Predictions on the Future of Nonprofits
By Whitney Parker and George Mitchell | 11 Comments | May 24, 2011
The number of college graduates going to work in the nonprofit sector continues to rise, and will likely remain a preferred job sector for entry-level workers in 2011, according to a recent study by the New York Times. Nonprofits are also growing in terms of economic impact around the globe, adding more than 5 percent […] Read »
3 Easy Steps for Using Twitter Lists to Network and Find a Job
By Adam Zuckerman | 9 Comments | May 23, 2011
Unless you live under a rock you should be familiar with Twitter lists, that handy tool which enables users to group and track streams of tweets from others without following them directly. Sure, lists are great for keeping tabs on communities that interest you or identifying them, but did you know that they’re much more […] Read »
The Anti-Stalker’s Guide for Converting Online Contact into Real World Collaboration
By Noël Rozny | 3 Comments | May 16, 2011
It has probably happened to most, if not all, of us: you jump onto a Twitter chat or other online networking event and five seconds later you have a direct message from someone you just met asking you to meet for coffee tomorrow. Or maybe you’ve made a new connection who has suddenly friend requested […] Read »
Why Every Company Needs to Embrace Social Media
By Ryan Healy | 1 Comment | May 29, 2008
This post was originally posted at Employee Evolution Social media is changing everything. Business Week recently published an article about the power of social media and how companies are beginning to embrace it, because they really don’t have a choice. Not everyone has a blog, or wants to blog, but you would be hard pressed to find […] Read »