Is Your Profile Photo Really That Important?

Does networking success depend on your profile photo? Some LinkedIn® members think so. Ready for My Close-up A question posed in the Answers section of LinkedIn® asked members what they thought was the single most important part of their profile. My immediate thought...

To Blog or Not to Blog

Google blogging tips and the results total 13 million. Are there any new tips left? Tips include — How to create a blog Blogging tips for beginners Making money with your blog Business blogging tips And on and on There are 30-day blog challenges to get you blogging...

Tuning Up Business Communication for Auld Lang Syne

Before you pop the bubbly and start singing Auld Lang Syne – Do you reflect on the closing year? Or are you someone who looks forward to the New Year? Or do you do a bit of both? This is the time businesses – small and large – review and plan. Now is...

Do You Fail the I Chart Test?

It’s customer service 101 — Take the “I” out of your writing Or should you? When the “I”s Have It Rebecca Garland wrote a recent post at All Freelance Writing about the “missing I.” She made excellent points about the...

Twisted Sister Statistics for Headlines

The use of statistics or their meaning is often amusing – and misleading. Headlines are the King to clicking. How often does the content back up the stats? How often does the headline not match the results? How often are the implications twisted? Let me give you...

It All Starts With a Single Step

After extolling the beauty of San Diego weather, the Susan G. Komen, 3-Day, 60-Mile Walk for Breast Cancer decided to throw us a curve. Monsoon-like rain Blowing winds – I’m sure I saw Shamu go flying by All of it pelting a sea of brightly-colored ponchos...

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