400 posts redux; Lesson #1

Image via CrunchBase This is the first post in what I anticipate will be a 7 part series... 11 months ago, I posted this introspective piece on the results I was getting from blogging... Yesterday, I passed the 400 post mark. 400 posts over 18 months. Wow! Roughly a post a day for a year … Continue reading 400 posts redux; Lesson #1

How Businesses Are Unleashing Their Employees’ Social Media Potential

Image via CrunchBase We know it’s a brave new world for consumers and brands. If United breaks your guitar, or your Maytag doesn’t work properly, you can take on the company that messed with you via social media — and you may well win. But technology empowerment works both ways. Consumers can take a stand … Continue reading How Businesses Are Unleashing Their Employees’ Social Media Potential

The Top 3 Tools for Thought Leaders

Here's a sneak preview of a presentation I'm giving tomorrow as part of a panel discussion at the Business Assistance Center at NWTC. It will be a lot to cram into to 10 minutes... Top 3 Tools for Thought Leadershttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=top3-100922140731-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=top-3-tools-for&userName=toddlohenryView more presentations from e1evation, llc. Questions? Feedback?

Big Talk. Small Acts.

Cover of Paranormal Activity If you're going to do anything in Marketing, is it more important to focus on "how many?" people you put your message in front of or "who?" you put your message in front of? You can see this as the classic "quantity over quality" debate or you can look at it … Continue reading Big Talk. Small Acts.

We Only Trust Experts If They Agree With Us

We think we trust experts.   But a new study finds that what really influences our opinions, more than listening to any expert, is our own beliefs. Researchers told study subjects about a scientific expert who accepted climate change as real. Subjects who thought that commerce can be environmentally damaging were ready to accept the … Continue reading We Only Trust Experts If They Agree With Us

The Future of Social Media in Journalism

Image by fredcavazza via Flickr The future of social media in journalism will see the death of “social media.” That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, … Continue reading The Future of Social Media in Journalism

‘The new unemployables’: Workers over 50

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Since the economic collapse, there are not enough jobs being created for the population as a whole, much less for those in the twilight of their careers. Of the 14.9 million unemployed, more than 2.2 million are 55 or older. Nearly half of them have been unemployed six months … Continue reading ‘The new unemployables’: Workers over 50

Want a Raise? Find Out What Your Job is Worth

As a blogger, I get paid in bags of stale Tootsie Rolls. Is that good? I have no idea. Actually, I am getting a better idea of what my job is worth now that I have checked out some salary comparison sites. Specifically, I I’ve found out that there are places you can blog where … Continue reading Want a Raise? Find Out What Your Job is Worth