Category Archives: Blogging

7 Resources for Bloggers

I already posted today but I have been noticing things on my wanderings on the web. If you are a blogger or a wanna-be blogger, there are lots of resources on the web for great advice. This post is just my personal advice list and a bit of a rant. I know some really great…

Have You Googled You Lately?

You will find many blog posts on “Googling” yourself but I still find people who look at me with a quizzical look as if I am speaking a foreign language. Why would you want to “Google yourself?” In today’s world, you want to know what other people who Google you will find. You want to…

Why I Moved to Headway

I’m one of those self-taught people. I have taught myself more software than most people use in a lifetime. But I don’t have a desire to figure out code, I like to write — not learn complex computer languages. I’m not a stranger to web design software either. I taught myself and worked in Dreamweaver…

Value of Social Media? You Tell Me

I’ve talked about how social media has worked for me in past posts. I am passionate about social media and I know that makes it seem like I have a bias. But I have used all forms of marketing for years. I’m not a new kid on the block. My Design Resumes business is more…

And the Thank you goes to Kim!

You may have noticed that the face of this blog and my entire website has changed. Kim Woodbridge played a huge role in making it happen! I determined that I wanted to move the site to Headway, after seeing the blogs of people like Jim Connolly, Danny Brown, John Haydon, and hearing them explain how…

Changing your Focus

Job Stickiness #3 a series to help you keep jobs or tips to make you sticky in the next one. For anyone who really pays attention, there was a different blog post here this morning. But after reflection, I decided I didn’t like the post enough to keep it. I’ve never done that before, annihilated a…

Maximizing Your Energy Levels

Job Stickiness: Post 1 – a series that can help us keep jobs or tips to make us stick in the next one We all have times that we are most effective. Some of us are morning people, some of us are night owls, some of us will suffer if we drink too much caffeine…

Dream within a dream

Did you ever have one of those dreams where it felt like an endless cycle and you felt like you were wide awake even moving forward on tasks you would do and then realize that you are still asleep? I was having one of those dreams this morning and I was literally up writing a…

I'm on hold

Hang in there… I didn’t forget you… I will write again soon. We are in transition time and there are piles of files all over my office as I start the hand-off to Ashley, my summer intern who will be Wausau Whitewater’s new Operations Manager… I’m excited to be in charge of me soon again….

Job Seeker or Job Keeper?

Choices? You face them everyday! Sometimes we think about customer service as it relates to Breaking All the Records. Jim Connolly wrote about customer service in What’s your Experience, asking you to analyze what makes you choose one service or business over another and what makes a wonderful buying experience. Jim’s post inspired Robin Dickinson…