Imagine: you’ve been hard at work on something for weeks, months, sometimes even years, and one day you sit down to get started and…nothing. You try to push through, but you don’t like anything you make. And then you get frustrated because you know you need to work, but nothing feels right. How do you hop off the Struggle Bus and get back into the Productive Nation? I'll be sharing some of my best creativity-boosting strategies in today's post.
Networking professionally is like being in a relationship. It is not something to be taken lightly. It requires authenticity, communication, dedication, hard work, and time. If any of those components are missing, your relationship with your network falls apart. And you can’t expect your network to do all the work for you. So how do we find the network that’s going to fit us best? And how do we make genuine networking connections once we get there? That’s what I’m talking about in this week’s post.
If social media is the new resume, is using social media self-promotion attention-seeking and embarrassing? No! Social media is the new reputation – the new way to get noticed, get references, and get our feet in figurative doors. So what is the best way to go about building a personal brand that attracts all of these things? Let me give you a few suggestions...
Most job interview strategies suggest discussing the value a prospective employee can provide for a company. The same can be done for social media. What is the ROI (return on investment) of social media? What’s the big benefit of being online? Luckily for any of you skeptics out there, there’s more than one benefit to being on social media. And I’m going to cover the biggest benefits right here, right now.
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