Image by stefano principato via Flickr Author Heather Huhman has some good reasons as to why you should pay attention to your personal brand – especially when it comes to finding work… Here are some reasons how your personal brand can get you hired. It will make you stand out. By creating your personal brand [...]

The future of the law firm website
I saw this article and immediately thought of my good friend and client Michael Brown of Peterson, Berk & Cross in Appleton, WI – one of the hippest, techiest attorneys I’ve ever met. Michael understood the value of content marketing and business blogging long before most attorneys — he’s been blogging on H1B Visa and employee rights issues for [...]

Why It’s Okay to Be Small
…There are some definite advantages that solo professionals (a.k.a. freelancers) can offer their clients that traditional companies usually cannot. Here are seven of those advantages: Quick decision-making. A freelancer is able to make decisions very quickly. In fact, he or she is the decision-maker. In contrast, large corporations may have multiple layers of approval that [...]

Back to (the wrong) school
Of all the Labor Day analyses I’ve read this weekend, this one may be the most important. Funny, but I jumped in the middle of the article and thought “this sounds like Seth Godin”. I was right. Seth says… If you do a job where someone tells you exactly what to do, they will find [...]

How has technology affected the recession and recovery?
This Labor Day, the mainstream media will be filled with prognostications, pontifications and predictions about the state of ‘work’ in the United States. Here’s Don Dodge‘s take… “Technology is all about productivity. Getting more things done, faster, cheaper, with fewer people. This has been called the “Jobless Recovery“. Here is why. Companies have spent billions [...]

10 Steps to Successful Thought Leadership to Elevate Your Career and Your Organization
As employees seek to strengthen their identity in the workplace they must find ways to make an immediate impact for the betterment of the company as well as themselves. This requires a commitment to share your voice with others so that your influence can be naturally felt throughout your team, your department and the organization. [...]

Embracing the smartphone in advertising
Some good thoughts from the Outdoor Advertising Association on effectively combining outdoor advertising with smartphone technology…

10 Things Your Boss Won’t Tell You
That’s fairly extensive, but many firms are, at the very least, monitoring some of employees’ Internet, phone and email use, especially larger companies and those in sensitive or heavily regulated industries. The market for email monitoring software has grown more than 25% each year since 2008 and is projected to reach $1.23 billion in 2013, [...]

9 Ways To Increase Your Productivity While Working From Home
Freelancer? Here are some things to think about… Whether telecommuting or freelancing, more and more professionals are trading in the cubicle for the home office. We hear all about the perks of the work from home lifestyle — no long commutes, more time with family, conference calls in pajamas, etc. But what about the challenges? [...]

How to stop micro-managing your employees
via holykaw.alltop.com Here’s an excerpt: “Make a rule. Let your employees know that from now on, they shouldn’t bring you a problem without also offering at least two possible solutions. Having them come up with some options offers a teachable moment. Together, you can figure out why their ideas will or won’t work, and how [...]

