What I’m listening to: Remedy by Adele Saturday. Isn’t there something so satisfying, so decadent about waking up on a Saturday and knowing you have the entire day to do what you want? Or do nothing if you want — that’s always my goal. So why would I be giving you a business-boosting strategy on…
Tag: social networks
The Virtual Networker
What’s on the iPod: Ooh La La by Counting Crows I’m currently operating in a fog of Alka Seltzer Plus and Mucinex — welcome to cold season. Luckily the workload is relatively light this week. And luckily for you germs aren’t transmitted over the Internet (not human germs, anyway). So what makes marketing different from…
The Point of Social Media
What’s on the iPod: Chloe by Grouplove Photo: The Next Web Quick note — you’ll notice the word verification is back for comments. Had to do it. I was inundated with spam comments in the past two weeks (over 5,000 of them), and I’m thinking it’s time to get the spammers off my scent for…
3 No-nos of Networking
What’s on the iPod: Love Interruption by Jack White Hockey is back! Even if it’s an interrupted season, I’ll take it. I love hockey as much as (if not more than) football. Amen for the end of the lockout! I won’t wax on about what I think about the entire mess because it’s boring for…
Not Always the Joiner
Busy yesterday with admin work and a little project in the morning that took no time to complete. After that, Anne and I worked out some of the technology kinks in our upcoming webinar. I was feeling good for the first time in weeks, but I didn’t push it. I gave myself plenty of breaks….
Interview: Susan Johnston, LinkedIn Pro
There are some people you bump into in cyberspace that you just feel instantly at ease with. The Urban Muse Susan Johnston is one such person. I don’t remember how we “met” but I’ve enjoyed watching Susan go from new freelancer to successful veteran in what feels like just a few short years. If you…
The Selfish Networker
What I’m reading upstairs: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherWhat’s on the iPod: Floating in the Forth by Frightened Rabbit Twitter has become a really effective tool for more reasons than you realize. It connects us to our colleagues, introduces us to new ones, helps us find work, and helps us weed out…
Close the Door, Open Another
Last week I heard from another one of my regular clients and yes, the news wasn’t great. I’d sent out the “can I help with anything?” email, and heard what I’d expected – the budget went south and there aren’t the funds for freelancers there once was. I feel bad – two great clients in…
Just Ask
One of the top tenets of the sales world is “ask for the job.” So I took this idea to the social networking world last week. There’s something to this asking stuff. Within hours of my Twitter post about being available to “rock your insurance articles” I was approached by a new client to write…
You’re Looking at a Twit-iot
The Great (?) Social Networking Experiment, Chapter 5 How many weeks now into my Twitter experience – three? I still don’t get it. Maybe I’m truly not cool enough, as my son would say. Or maybe I’m not working it correctly, but so far it’s proving to be no more than another attention-stealing reason why…