Scarlett Wilson December 15, 2014 When you start your job search it can be very easy to focus most of your attention on your CV – it’s important to make sure your CV is up to scratch, but don’t let this get in the way of creating a stand-out cover letter. You have to … Continue reading 5 Cover Letter Clichés To Avoid
Readers share stories of weird, scary, and embarrassing office conversations. By Rose Pastore This week at Fast Company, we’ve been talking about challenging conversations, from “Your performance sucks” to “Hey boss, I’m pregnant.” We learned the common mistakes managers make when delivering bad news, and what to do when a coworker has a … Continue reading The Most Difficult Conversations You Have Ever Had At Work
Marketing Land on November 18, 2014 Our sister site Digital Marketing Depot recently released a new Market Intelligence Report, “Enterprise Call Analytics Platforms 2014.“ Smartphone ubiquity has changed the way consumers communicate with brands. It is also now changing the way brands view the telephone as an inbound marketing channel. As consumers increasingly use … Continue reading Call Analytics Platforms- New Market Intelligence Report
By Sifiso Mazibuko November 18, 2014 Last week was pretty tough for actor Bill Cosby and television show host / cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Mehmet Oz. In what can only have been a fit of self-delusion, the celebrities went down a rather ill-advised path towards Twitter hashtag infamy as they tried to promote … Continue reading What lessons can brands learn from Dr Oz, Bill Cosby’s recent social fails?
By Anton Koekemoer November 17, 2014 When starting with a social media or personal branding strategy, one of the first things you should do before creating or optimising your online profiles is to decide on your online persona. Are you going to build your social media strategy around an actual person or use … Continue reading Do you have a worthwhile online persona?
Megan Marrs November 17, 2014 Online surveys are a great way to engage your audience and get feedback from them. You can use online surveys in any number of ways, including using them to: Find out what topics your readers want to learn more about Get product feedback Conduct market research Get customer service feedback … Continue reading Top 7 Survey Tools: Create Awesome Online Surveys!
With Fuck Up Nights and other storytelling venues, people are sharing stories of business disaster like never before. By Camille Diane von Kaenel For most entrepreneurs, a $10,000 typo isn’t something to brag about. But when One Hope Wine co-founder Brandon Hall told an audience of 150 young startup enthusiasts about the expensive misprint—his … Continue reading Failure Has Never Been More Successful
By Kristen Gramigna November 15, 2014 Time is one of the most valuable resources you have. When you make an effort to figure out how make more of every minute, you can find ways to get more done. Here are six business tips for managing your time better: 1. Shun Constant Connectivity Our world is … Continue reading 6 Business Tips For Managing Your Time Better
By Gillian Meier November 14, 2014 Over the past six weeks Google has launched a number of attacks on SEO spammers resulting in harsh penalties for some, while those who have been following the straight and narrow over the past year have awaited these updates with much elation. Google Panda 4.1 forces Companies … Continue reading Google is still changing the way we do SEO and online PR
By Karri Stover, Published November 7, 2014 Learning to write well is not a quick and easy process. It takes time and experience to know which writing tactics to keep in your toolbox and which ones to avoid. The following common mistakes are ones most writers make when starting out, but whether you’re a new … Continue reading 7 Writing Tactics You Are Wasting Your Time On
