Archive for the "Personal Branding" tag
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016
My ongoing job search lately has lead me to do a lot of Googling and a lot of lying in bed unable to sleep, which sometimes leads to me getting up and sitting in front of my computer more. There are a lot of self proclaimed experts online, some of them actually know what they are talking about, some of them just talk a lot. Separating the wheat from the chaff is still a billion dollar problem online, as someone who continues to spend too much time online, here is how I manage my personal social media firehose…
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Posted in Marketing |
and Tagged: Flipboard, Job Search, Klout, Personal Branding, Social Media |
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Monday, November 14th, 2016
During my never ending job search I sometimes get questions or comments about something on my website, sometimes the comments are positive, sometimes less so. In fact I think people who don’t value honesty and integrity probably never interview me at all. That said a lot of effort has gone into this website over the last ten or fifteen years. The ROI has not been enough…
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Posted in Marketing |
and Tagged: Klout, Online Reputation, Online Social Networks, Personal Branding, Social Media |
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Saturday, November 12th, 2016
Although I and indeed the whole world have much bigger problems, I’ve continued to tweak and try to improve my WordPress install and theme. I am waiting for replies or updates for several plugins or support threads as detailed in my previous post. What I should probably be doing is studying but my heart isn’t in it and what I’m really waiting for is the company I interviewed with last to get back to me…
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Posted in Information Technology |
and Tagged: Personal Branding, Plugin, Social Media, Web Design, WordPress |
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Friday, June 3rd, 2011
I decided to write another blog posting elaborating on one of my all encompassing theories from yesterday’s post. The theory in question I dubbed “Concentric Circles of Coolness” and it was developed late one night in Nuremberg Germany while listening to Townes Van Zandt…
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Posted in Information Technology |
and Tagged: Google, Personal Branding, Popularity, Social Media, Twitter |
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
So it is Wednesday and I pick up the Globe and Mail and to read at Subway, I get to the Careers section and what does it advise? Tweeting! I’m still trying to blog my way to a better career, now I’m supposed to tweet to my army of fanatical followers about needing a job. Color me skeptical…
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Posted in Marketing |
and Tagged: Job Search, Klout, Personal Branding, Social Media, Twitter |
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Blog your way to a better career, not bloody likely. Now I have one person in particular telling me I need to be on Twitter. I’m online too much…
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Posted in Marketing |
and Tagged: Blogging, Depression, MBA, Personal Branding, Sauder School of Business |
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
I actually got the idea behind these photos from something I saw over at Blackmoor.ca. Angela Imrie, an excellent female miniature painter from Calgary Alberta, took a picture of one of her miniatures positioned beside a quarter, no a US penny…
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Posted in Information Technology |
and Tagged: Blogging, Job Search, Miniature Painting, Online Social Networks, Personal Branding |
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