Instead of blowing $50,000 on the staff Christmas party, companies offered employees the option of a smaller bash and donated the rest to a local charity.
Instead of sending employees on a team-building exercise to the woods, companies sent them on a team-building exercise to renovate a playground in a run-down area.
Instead of always using interns [...]
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Creative Social Sharing to Promote Your Blog
How are you sharing your blog? How are you making sure your content is found and then shared?
Are you promoting yourself via social networks, or are you leaving that to your readers? Do you make sure potential clients know about your blog, if you’re using it as a business platform?
Are you simply using the standard [...]
You Scratch My Back
How much information is free information?
How much should be guarded and how much should be shared?
If you’re asked by someone, “How do you do this?” or “What methods work for you?”, should there always be an answer?
Say you receive a request from someone asking about some of your business practices or approaches.
Do [...]
Welcome Back, #12for12k
Back in December 2008, I launched the 12for12k Challenge with the help of some great friends.
A social media-led charity initiative, it was a project that I always had belief in, but you never know how something like that will go. Thankfully, because of you, it went better than I could have ever hoped for.
It’s been [...]
Headway, Thesis and Genesis – A Non-Coder’s Take
With Thesis 1.8 now out, Headway 1.7 about to launch and the Genesis WordPress theme picking up steam from bloggers switching to it, I thought it’d be fun to see how they compare.
Not from a framework point of view – all three themes have proven how adaptable they are in the hands of coders.
No, for [...]
Are You Selling Baldness Cream to Seth Godin?
You like Seth Godin.
You hear he’s speaking at an event in NYC so you sign-up for your ticket. Others have signed up too because, well, Seth Godin always offers excellent knowledge and you want to catch up with the latest news from him.
There’s you and 200 other folks in the audience. Seth’s talking, and it’s [...]
Social Media Roadmaps
This is a guest post by Kapil Apshankar, an innovative social media strategist. He writes about tips, tricks and techniques that help his readers score higher in social media at Social Media Notebook.
Kapil also maintains a personal blog, Spring Rainbow, which captures his life away from social [...]
Could and Need
There are two basic ways of deciding on a course of action. I call it the Could and Need Effect.
Both similar. Both different. Both entwined. Both separate. But each one defines your success and longevity.
Ask yourself a question and approach it from Could and Need to decide your next step.
This bill could wait until next [...]
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