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Business networking guide released – FREE

August 3, 2010

Business networking just got easier.
If you’re on the Ezine list, you’ve already got your hot little hands on this one, but for everyone else…
Business Networking Laser Guide: How to create POWERFUL First Impressions
We’ve just released the first in what will be a series of professional guides — and this one is completely free to Ezine [...]

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Executive cover letters: Why getting personal gets results

June 28, 2010

At the executive level, communications skills are critical to success. So when top-level job candidates use a standard, impersonal-yet-professional cover letter template, they’re leaving a potential employer with some big doubts about their strategic communications acumen.
Managers hiring for senior-level roles look for nuance throughout the recruiting process, seeking signs of high-level skills in negotiation, persuasion, [...]

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Business networking: Stop being nice and start being successful

June 14, 2010

If all your friends jumped into a giant pit of mediocre, would you jump too?
Here’s the bad news: you would. The influence of your peers is mighty, affecting everything from your earnings to your weight. And as an adult, blaming peer pressure doesn’t get you out of any more jams than it did when you [...]

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Networking barrier-busters: 4 keys to productive networking

March 23, 2010

At a recent business networking mixer, much of the after-work crowd was perched on bar stools or huddled around tables, deep in raucous conversation. It was clear that most were feeling more “mixer,” less “business.”
I caught up with a woman I met a couple of months ago, and after a short chat she introduced me [...]

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Trust and Networking: 3 Keys to a Business Network that Works

March 11, 2010

Networking for your job search is critical, because people hire people, not resumes.
More than that, they hire people that they KNOW, LIKE and TRUST.

The problem is that most of what we learn about networking for job search focuses on the KNOW.

We’re taught to go out and meet people, exchange business cards, and then…. what?

“Well, you [...]

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LinkedIn Advanced Techniques for Job Search Networking

February 15, 2010

Even LinkedIn ninjas may not be taking advantage of some of the more advanced techniques for increasing your LinkedIn impact. If your profile hasn’t been tweaked in a while, consider these advanced techniques for your LinkedIn strategy.

Drag-and-drop reordering of LinkedIn content. LinkedIn has just added the capability to move content up or down the page [...]

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Your 5 Step Recipe for a Memorable Job Search Message

January 25, 2010

A chef makes a name by creating a unique dining experience.
Any cook worth their toque can pull off a fettucine. Just another fettucine won’t get you a write-up in the local paper, or create the kind of buzz that brings in new customers by the dozens. But a fettucine that fills the dining room, now [...]

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Facebook Friends and Business Networking: Friend is a Dirty Word

January 22, 2010

What do you share with your Facebook friends?
The endless invites to participate in Mafia Wars, to feed lonely sheep on the Farm or to taste someone’s new chocolates in their cafe are fun for the participants, but off-putting to the rest of us.
But it’s just Facebook, right? We should enjoy our little diversions.
Just keep it [...]

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Break out of LinkedIn: Using Facebook for Professional Networking

January 20, 2010

The first stop for any professional looking to network online is LinkedIn.
It’s business oriented. It’s safe. It’s structured, and easy to get your head around.
It’s also only one corner of the social media universe.
If you’d like to investigate other arenas for professional networking online, Facebook may be a good next effort.
Check out this excellent Mashable [...]

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My new favorite productivity tool: Toodledo

January 7, 2010

Productivity is a loaded word.
There are dozens of very good resources out there on productivity systems. They promise ways to get a hold of all the complex goings on in your life.
The problem is, as I’ve written before, productivity is highly personal. A system is all fine and good, if you’ll use it.
But if the [...]

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