I was just reviewing my checkbook online and saw the six month fee for Hostgator who hosts Designresumes.com and wausauwhitewater.org. It reminded me what a good investment the hosting move was. Previously, both sites were hosted by someone down in Texas who was very cost-effective – he often forgot to bill at all and a year…
In December, I detailed how I started with LinkedIn, since then my LI community has grown and I periodically take time to see what is happening with my contacts. As a career professional, I value the way social networking enables people to understand networking in general. When I am speaking with my clients, I often…
Most people who either know me or who have read other blog posts know that I play a dual professional role of being a professional resume writer with my own business, Design Resumes, while also being the Operations Manager for Wausau Whitewater. The Wausau Whitewater role is a subcontract which was originally designed to provide…
Social media has really been an adventure for me in the past couple of years. I spent much of my free time in the fall reading and commenting on blogs that I found through Twitter. I love technology! But that is a post for another day. This post is cutting it very close because the…
If you had been following this blog, you might wonder why I have been so silent for more than two months. You might think I abandoned the blog or that something happened to me but really neither of those would be right. I had plenty of blogging ideas and overall I’m fine. I did get…
A phone call from a prospective client for Design Resumes went like this: I gave a sentence or two of small talk and then responded to his question of rates. To answer his question, I said I needed to know more about him since we offer multiple packages. Tell me about yourself I asked him…
