Tag Archives: social networking
Career Branding: Say Hello to New Connections by Spicing Up Your Online Branding
Feel like you’re not getting anything from your social networks? Here are some techniques that you can use to spice up the way you think about career branding and your online brand.
Is Twitter A Good Tool For Your Personal Brand?
What Is Twitter, Really? As you continually work to improve your personal brand, you are going to consider many social media tools to utilize. Along this journey, Twitter will be one of them. Twitter is such a good outlet because it gives you a means of expressing both personal and professional views. The personal and
Top Tips for Efficient Speed Networking
During a speed networking session it is extremely important to be well prepared, efficent and goal oriented. There is very little time for small talk in contrast to other networking sessions.
How To Generate Leads for Your Small Business through Social Media
But in thinking beyond strict marketing and branding efforts, social media is a valuable means to generate leads for your business. Here are 5 ways in which your small business is able use social media as a lead-generator.
What Your Company Should Know Before Hiring A Social Media Analyst
For most companies, social media is still an emerging platform. Yes, many brands are visible, however, while some brands are faster to the social media market than others, everyone recognizes the importance of having a presence on at least a few social media sites. But who will run such a campaign? Marketing (or Public Relations)
Is Creating Your Personal Brand Complicated?
Personal branding should be something that each of us does every day, in both our professional and personal lives. Whether you realize it or not, nearly everything you do impacts your personal brand. I was reading a blog post from Bill on EmploymentDigest.net regarding personal branding and how it is too complicated and over-thought. In
Lies, Damned Lies, and Social Media Statistics
Here are 3 social media statistics that might be outright lies, and 3 counter-metrics to turn to for a more truthful measurement.
Online Reputation Management Tips Help Introverts Connect
Social networking will always be a great way for anyone to connect and build relationships, but it may be extra powerful if you are an introvert. Take me, for example. I am neither introvert nor extrovert but feel that I fall somewhere in the middle. So I am pretty good at forming real-life relationships. However,
The Job Search Strategy, Reconsidered
While monitoring a lot of chatter on Twitter recently regarding the usage by companies of social networking to fill jobs, something struck me that I had not processed previously: not everyone is doing it!
But what does this mean for you as a possible job candidate? For one, don’t exclusively use social networking to find your next position. Yes, social networking is important to get you in contact with the right person/people within organizations. However, you still need to continue to use more traditional job searching tools.
Social Media Strategy – Old Tools in an Evolving World
I recently listened to an ERE social media presentation which was presented by Penelope Trunk. I thought the vast majority of the presentation was excellent, with great insight and interesting thoughts on social media as a whole.
I always try to leave a presentation with one or two items that stand out and leave me with something to build off of. In this case, I walked away with two topics on which I did not agree with Penelope’s feedback. Now I hope to provide you with my thoughts on the issues.
