Tag Archives: people

LinkedIn Works Best When You Connect With the Right People

by James Potter Follow @thelinkedinmanOctober 2, 2016 It may sound like I’m stating the obvious in saying so, but on LinkedIn who you connect with is everything. You’d be surprised how many people I meet that don’t even give this a moment’s serious thought. The key point here is that the most powerful aspect of … Continue reading LinkedIn Works Best When You Connect With the Right People →

4 Tips I Learned While Mentoring 2,000 People

Coaching Techniques

by Tony Delmercado Follow @tdelmercadoOctober 1, 2016 Like so many things in life, finding a dedicated mentor today may not be as simple as it was for previous generations. But it’s still just as crucial for your professional development. It’s no surprise that a whopping 82 percent of people acknowledge mentorship as a critical part … Continue reading 4 Tips I Learned While Mentoring 2,000 People →

30 Proven Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Ecommerce Store: Acquire, Convert, and Bring People Back

eCommerce Strategies

by Andrew ScarbroughSeptember 22, 2016 The famous psychophysicist Dr. Howard Moskowitz once said: “There is no perfect Pepsi; just different kinds of perfect Pepsi for different groups of people.” His point is that every visitor that comes to your website is different –– bringing along with them various life experiences and points of view that … Continue reading 30 Proven Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Ecommerce Store: Acquire, Convert, and Bring People Back →

What Value Are You Creating For Your People?

Employee Engagement

by Dave Brock Follow @davidabrockSeptember 9, 2016 Some managers reading this title will be thinking, “Dave, you’ve got this backwards, they’re our people, our employees, they work for us. They need to be creating value for us. That’s what we hire them for, to bring in orders!” It’s this very attitude that creates the challenges … Continue reading What Value Are You Creating For Your People? →

Nobody Wants To Admit This, But Good People Are The Ones Who Kill Startups

Startup Success

by Dennis Yu Follow @dennisyuSeptember 7, 2016 You keep your great people and terminate the bad people- we all do that. But it’s the merely good people that will kill you. “Steve is a good guy”, you tell yourself. He didn’t do anything so egregious that he deserves getting fired. And maybe his performance will … Continue reading Nobody Wants To Admit This, But Good People Are The Ones Who Kill Startups →

Designing dashboards people will actually use

Business Tools

Columnist Nick Iyengar discusses three common issues with dashboarding projects and how to find a data visualization solution that satisfies all the stakeholders within an organization. Nick Iyengar on August 15, 2016 Dashboarding and data visualization are hot-button topics in the analytics industry, and for good reason. Effective dashboards can democratize access to data … Continue reading Designing dashboards people will actually use →

What is a Process? A Non-Boring Guide for Regular People

Business Development

by Benjamin BrandallAugust 7, 2016 Processes are a lot more interesting than you’d first think. That isn’t some kind of joke — they’re interesting, I swear. Although they’re defined as “a collection of interrelated work tasks initiated in response to an event that achieves a specific result”, there’s a bit of a backstory that helps … Continue reading What is a Process? A Non-Boring Guide for Regular People →

The Digital Guide to Winning Friends and Influencing People

Customer Engagement

by Michael LambourneAugust 6, 2016 Relationships are the building blocks for happiness in life, but will also largely determine the success of your SEO and online marketing content promotion campaign. Whether you want to build backlinks or increase the social shares for your new post, you will need a lot of good relationships. Real relationships, … Continue reading The Digital Guide to Winning Friends and Influencing People →

Digital HR Ecosystem: Empowering People Through Technology

Human Resources

August 4, 2016 Instead of fearing the machines, let’s use them to build a digital HR ecosystem that empowers people through technology. At the close of 2014, we began focusing on the trends that would shape the staffing industry in 2015 and beyond, particularly as firms of all sizes began investing in performance management software … Continue reading Digital HR Ecosystem: Empowering People Through Technology →

9 things most people don’t understand about SEO

Search Engine Optimization

New to the world of search engine optimization (SEO)? Columnist John Lincoln explains some things you might not know about this online marketing discipline. John Lincoln on August 1, 2016 SEO is a complicated discipline. There are many components to it, and best practices change from time to time. Add to that the fact that … Continue reading 9 things most people don’t understand about SEO →