Category Archives: Blogging

Why I decided to launch another blog

Last week, I launched a new project. Fairly softly. I wanted to get it out there but I just wanted it to be discovered. The question is probably why would I launch another blog when my current one has been keeping me quite busy with new clients. Anyone who knows me well knows I am…

Do you have all your ducks in a row?

It has been a very busy January and though I like adding new content to my blog regularly, this was one of those days when I couldn’t get a post started before the first client was here and then all the ideas I had, flew the coop so to speak. Sometimes when I am looking…

Is it time for a Rewrite?

I was talking to my colleague, Dawn Bugni last night on Twitter and I was telling her that I was editing and rewriting some of my older blog posts. She was laughing at me because I already have a large amount of new content and now I am going backwards. This blog is now two…

Do YOU Look Credible?

Today it seems that everyone has an online presence of some sort: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, or blog comments. The growth of “social media” involvement expands daily and this leads me to my pet peeve of the day. What do you look like online? As I look at my Twitter stream, Facebook news feed, LinkedIn…

Do you Subscribe?

Like many bloggers, I use Feedburner to manage my subscriptions. I am still learning to use all the features and I was commenting to my husband that I had x number of e-mail subscribers. He said: “So people pay to read your blog?” I laughed at him. He doesn’t do computers and if he wants…

Why do you see search boxes on blogs?

I would guess that there are some people who just don’t know why a blogger would put a search engine on their own blog, isn’t Google good enough? Look over there on the right. See my search button? Just in case you missed it, it looks like this: This might shock you but I actually…

Do you comment?

Interview Angel aka Brent Peterson’s interview with Gini Dietrich from Spin Sucks reminded me of a question I have always had about comments on blogs as I continue to explore the role of blogs in a job search. See what Gini had to say and read the rest here: Brent: What are the top 3…

AN Extra from Kimba Green – a Job Mob Contest Post

I told Kimba Green and some other job seekers about Jacob Share’s contest on Job Mob. I encouraged her to write a post for the competition. Now you need to go read her post, it might make you cry. It made me have even more respect for Kimba who has become a friend when I…

4 tools to connect blog posts to readers

Every day I read outstanding, inspiring blogs by talented bloggers who leave no easy options to share their posts. Part of the magic of blogging is the ability to share what you read with others in your network. When a post is too hard to share or you didn’t see it come by in Twitter…

Should a Jobseeker Blog?

Today’s career management is ramped up from what was the norm only a few short years ago. Not only do current job seekers have to think about new tools but future-thinking career professionals should realize that no job is forever. You need to have many tools in your arsenal. 1. → The well-written, keyword-infused, accomplishment-focused…