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Blogging: The Ultimate Brand Builder

| May 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

Blogging has taken the internet by storm, as a way to share thoughts and information and market individuals and businesses online. Blogs have many uses, from acting as an online diary for individuals, to driving business to a website. Marketing yourself, or your company, is the key to success, and setting up a blog creates [...]

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Is There a Purpose Behind Your Actions?

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau Are you feeling good about your work – and your company? Take a few minutes to remember . . . 1 [...]

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How to Identify and Leverage Your Strengths

“Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.” – Peter Drucker At work, do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? This is the [...]

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7 Reasons Why You Should Consider a Brand Message

“…the core of branding, beyond telling truth, is to be true to yourself.” – Dr. Seamus Phan, author of DotZen Personal branding was just an idea in the ’90s when Tom Peters wrote one of the first articles about personal branding (in Fast Company magazine). Since then, personal branding has become essential. A brand is [...]

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Defining Your Mission: The Key to Success

Preparing for the Apollo XI mission to the moon, workers involved at all levels were averaging 30-50% increases in productivity. Adequate to good performers were suddenly doing great work, yet they were paid poorly and the working conditions were lousy. Why were so many people doing the best work in their lives? …. Because they [...]

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How to Avoid Being a Square Peg in A Corporate Culture Circle

Do You Fit the Corporate Culture? Have you ever worked in a company where you just didn’t fit in? Most people in their job searches don’t spend enough time evaluating whether the corporate culture of a prospective employer is a good fit for their own personality and workstyle. If a company culture is a poor [...]

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