Does Your Business Blog Need CPR?

  Is your business blog alive and kicking – or – barely breathing? As the 1st quarter ends, now is a good time to take the pulse on your business blog. 1. Planning – Finding the Reason Last week’s post offered ideas for conducting a 1st...

Is Your 1st Quarter Communication Plan on Track?

The end of March is approaching – the end of another 1st quarter. Hard to believe, isn’t it? Is your business communication plan on track? Do you have a communication plan? Check the Schedule Is your business communication plan chugging along or still...

Communications is No Longer a Fluff Job

  There was a time when a communications job was considered “fluff.” Fluff is a technical term that means – The first job to go when there are budget cuts A job that is not a “real” job The job where you play with pictures all day Some...

Is Good Business Writing Lost?

You see it all the time — the battle of the traditionalist versus the new age. I probably lost major credits with the use of “new age.” There are grammar purists And Be Yourself bliss There is 140-character marketing And predictions of email death What...

Typos in Resumes Still a Hot Discussion

In a post written seven months ago, the topic was typos. The post shared very early results of a question presented in a LinkedIn® Group for human resource (HR) professionals. It asked if HR professionals automatically rejected candidates with typos in their resume,...