This video chat will take place Friday, March 12, 1pm eastern. (Sign up here.) This chat will be about how to get a job by looking in the right places. (And, I am experimenting with mysterious titles for my video chats. Do more people sign up if the title sounds like a Nancy Drew mystery?)
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Browsing category "How to blog"Live video chat: How to find the hidden job market
Posted to: How to blog
March 11th, 2010
Live video chat: Blogging Bootcamp, Tuesday March 2
Posted to: How to blog
March 1st, 2010
Yep, that's right. I'm going to tell you how to write a blog that will help you meet your goals. Tuesday night at 8 p.m. eastern. The chat will be upbeat and inspirational. At the beginning. And then I will rant about my pet peeves. For example: Why you should not try to make money from [...] How to be more creative at work
Posted to: Fulfillment | How to blog
February 18th, 2010
My current favorite blogger is Dave Portnoy at Barstool Sports. (Not safe for work.) His topic, as far as I can tell, is smut and snobbery. I think that even though my blog is pointed at the intersection of life and work, I wish it were at the intersection of smut and snobbery. Because I am [...] How to write about your life
Posted to: How to blog | My book
February 11th, 2010
Agents contact me on a regular basis to ask me if I want to do a book about my life. Being an expert takes time, not talent
January 28th, 2010
I've been walking around with the July/August 2007 issue of the Harvard Business Review constantly, for close to three years. Sometimes, if I’m getting on a plane, I’ll put it with the other heavy stuff into my luggage, and then get it out later. When my last car broke down in the middle of an [...] Workplace news you cannot use
January 25th, 2010
I collect data points constantly, and I index them by topic, and I always hope that they will come together in an interesting, useful way. Lots of times, that doesn’t happen, and I just have to throw ideas away, because I have a rule for myself that I have to be useful in every post. How to make yourself more likable
January 6th, 2010
I am back with the farmer. My birthday post
Posted to: How to blog
December 10th, 2009
It's my birthday. I'm going to give a gift to myself today. I'm going to post five posts that make me happy. I hope you will like reading them. I hope you haven't read all of them already. What makes a blog successful?
Posted to: Goal setting | How to blog
November 17th, 2009
I have always thought that blogging is a way to reach your career goals. It’s hard to write a blog if you don’t have a goal. You need to know what blogging success looks like to you, so you know what you're aiming for. Blogs without topics are a waste of time
Posted to: Finding a career | How to blog
October 6th, 2009
Stop thinking that you are such an incredibly wide-ranging thinker with so many interests and insights that you cannot be pinned down to just one topic. The top bloggers are all wide-ranging thinkers. That’s why they are interesting. The more information and angles you can draw from, the more interesting your insights are. All-new launch for my company. Hooray!
Posted to: Entrepreneurship | How to blog
August 25th, 2009
My company just launched, all-new, at BrazenCareerist.com. For those of you who have been asking for the past year: "What's your business model?" You can read about it on TechCrunch. If you want the full pitch, you can read the press release, (and you should know that all last week, when I wasn't blogging, I was [...] How to decide how much to reveal about yourself
Posted to: How to blog | Knowing yourself
July 21st, 2009
People ask me all the time how I can be so honest about my life in my blog. They want to know how I can write about marriage, sex, abortions, or running out of money over and over again. It’s an endless list really, of the stuff I write about that people can't believe I’m [...] Conflict of interest doesn't apply to blogs (another reason newspapers are dying)
Posted to: How to blog | Journalism
May 28th, 2009
Why is anyone concerned that I tell you who is paying me when I write about something? Tips for coping when your startup is out of cash
May 15th, 2009
My company is running out of money again. Well, really, it already happened. But it’s happened so many times that I am sort of used to it. It's a routine. You may recall that part of the routine is not paying my electric bill. But there is more. How to write a blog post people love
Posted to: How to blog
May 13th, 2009
People always ask me why I have an editor for my blog posts. The big reason is that I don't want my posts to suck. But what he does more than anything else, is make sure that my posts adhere to a set of five rules. And if the post does not adhere, he [...] How to blog about a co-worker (or someone else close to you)
Posted to: How to blog | Office Politics
April 27th, 2009
What you know the most about is what you can offer the most insight about. And you probably know that telling stories is always more compelling than talking in generalities. But if you tell stories, you need people to be in the stories. So if you want to write insightfully, then using stories about people [...] Reality check: You're not going to make money from your blog
Posted to: How to blog | Journalism
April 21st, 2009
Almost everyone should forget about making money directly from blogging. It's so unlikely that it's a total waste of your time trying. I am actually shocked at how ubiquitous the idea is that blogging is a get-rich-quick scheme. Or even a get-rich-slowly scheme. It's not. Blogging is a great career tool for creating opportunities for [...] Where I’ll be speaking in March, and check out my weekly radio show
Posted to: How to blog
March 10th, 2009
People always ask me when they can hear me speak. Most of the time the events are closed to the public. Like, the American Bankers Association, or the Public Relations Society of America. But this coming month I happen to be speaking at a lot of places that you can get tickets to. So, here’s [...] Here's what's rising from the grave of traditional PR
Posted to: How to blog | Journalism
February 24th, 2009
I love RealSelf. It's a site that educates women about choices for looking younger. Solve most of your problems by solving just one
Posted to: Goal setting | How to blog
January 30th, 2009
This month I broke my record for the most traffic to my blog. Ever. About 375,000 page views. Hooray. Ironically, I spent most of the month garnering high-traffic by writing about what a hard time I've been having. So I want to take a day to pat myself on the back, because if I only [...] |
My 4-year-old hides under a table with Sports Illustrated. Then he says, "Mom! I can do that! I can wear only my swim suit and ride a bike!" 2 days ago
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