I have a lot of people ask me where I went to school, and what I studied in order to set myself up for the career path I have now. So it’s time for me to come clean with my dirty little secret: I don’t have a college degree. Read more »
Displaying all posts for February, 2010
Earning Your Stripes for a Social Media Job
More and more social media-related jobs are coming on the scene, from social media directors to content marketers to community managers to everything in between. And there are bunches of folks with an interest in these jobs, but unsure how to best position themselves to get one. The quick, hard Read more »
How I Made $100K With Twitter
Sigh. I know some of you are here for the get-rich quick answer, and if you are, you can stop now. That headline was bait, pure and simple. Sorry. But the claim is true, and I’ll explain. Today on Twitter’s #SMChat, DJ Waldow asked about professional uses for Twitter and Read more »
My Best Of: Social Media Learning
Over the course of the last year or so, we’ve accumulated quite a few posts over here, many of which I think can really help you put some social media stuff in play for your business. Or at least, that’s what I’m trying to do. The trick with blogging Read more »
6 Principles of Selling In Your Project
You have an idea! You’ve thought it through, and you’re excited. You’ve uncovered something that’s really going to help your company or your boss or your client achieve their goals. You want your project to get attention and action. It deserves it, right? Wrong. Having an idea, unfortunately, doesn’t in Read more »
It’s Hip to Be Contrarian
Tell me how many times you’ve seen one of these statements: Social media needs less talk and more action. We need better case studies. Businesses (or People) need to be more human. We need less pundits and more practical examples. We need to do more good with the tools Read more »
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