Here’s the final 3 “How to Invoke Response” tips from the blog entry I started on April 21st.
How to Invoke Response Tip #7: Don’t expect miracles with one message.
Say it in different ways, and say it multiple times.
As kids we knew this well. When we were really little, we’d break our parents down by continually asking [...]
When I was growing up, good manners were expected. Today they can be a competitive advantage.
That’s no joke. Today recruiters can generate a battalion of applicants for every opening. You need a way to stand out from the crowd. Having good manners might do the trick.
A couple of summers ago my grandsons came to visit. [...]
“You can observe a lot just by watching.”
Yogi Berra
Our new guide dogy puppy Ajax is now 9-weeks old and continues to provide valuable insights about leading (and being led).
Ajax seems to be in three modes right now:
1. Mischievous-Kinetic: He makes rapid decisions, moves rapidly without considering consequences, runs into obstacles in front of him (literally), [...]
Sometimes it helps to look beyond our own industries to discover what marketing tactics others are using successfully. According to an OMMA research brief, a recently published Forrester report, called Retailing Online 2009: Marketing Report, provides a good opportunity to do that.
Amidst all of the data included in the report, two things have real significance [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about using Twitter in your job search, [...]
“Being politically savvy is a good hedge against unemployment.” B. Bradley
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Survival of the Savvy: High-Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success
Competencies: building strategic relationships, interpersonal effectiveness, political skills, influence skills
Who benefits: people who struggle with “office politics” or need to develop political skills at work
Consultant Usage: coaching, career development, [...]
When the Great Depression hit with gale-force economic winds, it swept away many visions of the future. Some of those dreams belonged to my mother and her brothers and sister.
Before the Great Depression, their father had thriving businesses. Life was good. Prospects were unlimited.
After the Great Depression hit, my grandfather’s business was gone. He went [...]
“Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
My wife and I are back “seeing” things differently again as we begin the journey with our new 8-week beautiful black lab guide dog puppy we are raising for the blind.
Well, I’ve continued to learned a lot about “seeing” through some [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about looking good on the web, getting [...]
In my last article I talked about inbound links and how, rather than just putting links onto random websites, it would be better to create what I call a word-of-mouth link campaign. In a word-of-mouth link campaign, instead of just going for a large volume of links, the focus is on creating links that will [...]