Oh hello November! What on earth did you do with October? I swear I was just about to sit down and have a coffee with him. So *coughs shamefully* here I am blogging about communications and I’ve gone and committed the cardinal sin myself. It’s been 33 days since my last post which I know is pretty rubbish really. In fairness, and some attempt to cover my tracks, I have been blogging over at Battling On which you could loosely describe as a Parent Blog, and those that categorise these things certainly do. But in terms of business blogging I’ve slacked off. [Read more…]
Not LinkedIn? oo-ar-ya? (and other stadium chants..)
Still thinking that LinkedIn is just for recruitment agencies and social media addicts? Go sit on that naughty step and think again.
If you’re trying to make new contacts the chances are that they’ll look you up on LinkedIn first. Google searches typically throw up LinkedIn profiles amongst the top hits and you need to ensure that you’re not unwittingly damaging your reputation by your absence. It could be that as you use it more extensively you realise that you are indirectly linked to potential clients, making it an invaluable networking tool. [Read more…]
caring and sharing….
My mum & dad obviously did a good job in dragging me up as (for an only child) I’m a great believer in sharing. I’ve often thought that if hard cash were not the currency of choice in our modern world then I’d happily do what I do for free – *Pauses* – Let’s be absolutely clear here, I don’t do what I do for free but neither am I so miserly that I’d refuse even to talk to someone unless I thought there was ‘something in it for me’.
