Job Seekers: Attitude Matters

It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the insulation of the internet allows us to be bitter, snarky, etc., with impunity. Perhaps in an anonymous environment like Slashdot that may be the case, but when all your interaction is tied to your very public identity, as on LinkedIn, guess . . .
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LinkedIn Open Networking FAIL

3 per day? How about 3 ever???

Posting open LinkedIn connection requests on Twitter is:

Noise. It’s certainly not conversation or relationship-building. Desperate. Ugh. Who wants to connect with desperate? Ineffective. What’s the value of those trivial electronic links? Referrals require trust. . . .
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How NOT to Pick Up Women

Anyway, it’s not the size of your network that matters – it’s how you use it.

How My Blog Turbo Powers My LinkedIn Connections

This week we’re having some fun in the b5media Business Channel doing a “blog scramble”, with everyone doing guest posts on another blog in the channel. My guest blogger is the inimitable Liz Strauss of Successful Blog, explaining how a well-done blog can enhance your network.

How My Blog Turbo Powers My LinkedIn Connections . . .
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Blogger Appreciation Day April 14

Problogger’s Darren Rowse has declared Monday, April 14, Blogger Appreciation Day, saying:

I’ve been chatting with a few bloggers of late who’ve been feeling a little down in the dumps about their blogging – so perhaps everyone could do with a little lift.

Lets spend today doing a few random acts of kindness and . . .
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Who Comes First in Networking?

Recently on MyLinkedInPowerForum, Vincent Wright posed the following challenging question:

How do you feel about networking with someone who puts their own interests ahead of yours?

My answer? Just fine, within reason. In fact, people who are always ready to give, but then don’t take care of themselves, concern me!

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Networking Lessons from Gene Simmons

Do you watch Celebrity Apprentice? Well, if you missed the first week, you missed a great lesson in networking from rock star Gene Simmons. The celebrities were divided into two teams — men and women — and tasked with selling hot dogs on the street in New York to raise money for the charity of . . .
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Handwritten Note? Send Me an Email.

There are a lot of networking experts out there who advocate the use of handwritten notes. I’m not one of them. Handwritten notes make me think of two things:  clutter and dead trees. If you insist on sending me a note, it had better be on 100% recycled paper with a substantial post-consumer content or . . .
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Networking Just to Network

You’ve probably heard the old saying, "Dig your well before your thirsty." It was the title of a great book on networking by Harvey Mackay.

I’ve found, though, that many people use it to justify the idea of "networking just to network". They network without any specific goal in mind, other than to grow . . .
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Character – 7 Ways to Not Just Have It, But Show It (on LinkedIn)

This month’s theme for the b5media business channel is “being august“. Dictionary.com defines “august” as “inspiring reverence or admiration”. To me, being august is all about character.

Character isn’t just what you are, it’s what you do. There is little that rings more hollow than for someone to say, in one form or another, that . . .
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