Don’t Stop at the LinkedIn Personal Profile!

Don’t stop at the LinkedIn personal profile! You probably have seen the posts, the emails, and the training announcements where ‘specialists’ are horn blowing about building up your LinkedIn profile. They are directing you to get it filled out completely, get certain sections added, and the ...

Loving Weird Al Yankovic’s Word Crimes Video!

Word Crimes are committed on purpose or accidentally – but we can all poke a little fun at ourselves! Watch it here: Enjoy!

Print On Demand Publishing: A Unique Business Marketing Tool

Print On Demand: A unique marketing tool for business? Why should entrepreneurs think about creating their own book? Did you know a self-published book is a unique marketing tool?  When you start a business, you are banking on yourself as the subject matter expert (SME), you are ...

Social Media Management – Who Should Do It?

Can’t take the heat? Stay out of the social media kitchen! How much have you budgeted for advertising, marketing, and branding and have you identified and planned social media operations in relationship to your business goals? As a small business mentor, I can spot mentees who ...

Social Media Management – Why Small Businesses Need It

STUDY SHOWS INCREASE OF 70% BUSINESS TRAFFIC WHEN A BUSINESS USES SOCIAL MEDIA Did you see the research noting consumers are be more likely to shop and spend money with independent businesses if those businesses did a better job of marketing themselves on social media sites? Consumers ...

Advice and Bartering Could Be Costly Endeavor

Asking for advice and trading for services.   If you are an entrepreneur or struggling to start a business, you want access to as many resources as possible – especially if free or at minor cost.  It is accepted business practice to meet with other professionals ...

Research You Must Do Before You Write Your Resume

 Research You Must Do Before You Write Your Resume Yeah – you gotta do it, research your next job before you rewrite your resume for your next job search. But – it’s all good – you’ll be amazed at what you find out, and what you ...

Virtual Introductions Make You Memorable

Providing Virtual Introductions Make You Memorable.   One of the capabilities LinkedIn (LI) provides is ‘virtual introductions’ between parties for business, a career promotion, or developing relationships for future business. Unfortunately, LI will only allow a limited number before charging the user for ‘additional’ introductions. To ...

120 Powerful Resume Words

120 Powerful Resume Words For Your Next Job One of the issues I encounter, as a resume writer, when reviewing amateur job seeker’s resumes are descriptions loaded with subjective, misleading inclusivity, or passive language.  Examples are … performed ‘flawlessly;’ … conducted ‘all’ tasks; or ‘hand-picked’ to be ...

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