08/01/2021
Let’s face it: there are some marketing tasks that you could do without. In fact, online surveys (which you’ll read about below) often find that search marketers do have some tasks that drive them crazy. And even self-driven entrepreneurs only have so many hours in a day.
What is someone in a position of small business leadership to do? How do you run a company and keep up with your social networks and incorporate a smart marketing strategy when it feels like you only have time to tackle one thing at a time?
We have a few ideas. But first, let’s find out what the experts say their most annoying digital marketing tasks are. Then we’ll explore some of the best ways you can outsource them to experience great marketing results without the frustration.
10 Most Annoying Marketing Tasks and How to Outsource Them | Delegated (formerly Red Butler)
You might like marketing. But that doesn’t mean you have to like everything that comes with building a marketing strategy.
26/09/2020
When you’re trying to keep your resume length down to accommodate that one-page limit, it’s easy to want to put your skills section on the chopping block. You might wonder why you ever included one in the first place. After all, it’s full of information that can be gleaned from other parts of your application, right?
Not so fast! Before you axe your resume skills section to make more space, read on to get the full picture of what you’d be giving up. And once you’re convinced not to scrap it, find out what types of skills you should include on a resume, how you should format a dedicated skills section, and how to figure the right skills for each job application. Plus, see a list of skills for your resume depending on what type of job you’re after.
Every Question You Have About Resume Skills, Answered
Plus over 200 example skills by job!
11/09/2020
Employee engagement is arguably one of the most important factors in your company’s bottom line, but it can also be one of the most challenging things to quantify. Knowing how to measure employee engagement is crucial, though, if you want to get (and stay) profitable. Here are seven steps to get you started.
How To Measure Employee Engagement: 7 Steps
Measuring employee engagement requires time and effort, but it is worth both. Here are seven steps for how to measure employee engagement.
29/08/2020
Facebook is the #1 social network in the world. It's where you'll find 2.6 billion potential customers. Find out what DON'T you know about Facebook. Facebook is huge. In fact, it’s the number one social media site in the world. Facebook is where you go to stalk your ex, chat with your BFFL, and post your post-vacation selfies. If you’re a marketer, it’s the platform where you can find 2.6 billion potential custom.
25 Amazing Facts About Facebook
Facebook is the #1 social network in the world. It's where you'll find 2.6 billion potential customers. Find out what DON'T you know about Facebook.
23/08/2020
Work in your PJs, avoid the commute, answer emails from a hammock while sipping a pineapple daiquiri—you’ve heard the common benefits of working remotely (and yes, they’re true!). But there are some things that might surprise you about what it’s like when you don’t have to go into the office every day.
Take a look at these 10 ways your life can be different when you work remotely, then go out and get that great remote job you’ve dreaming of!
10 Reasons Working Remotely Is Better Than You Thought
Did someone say "avoid office politics?"
03/07/2020
No matter what your job or industry, we all want to learn how to be effective at work and achieve our professional goals. But true productivity is more than simply checking tasks off a to-do list—it’s about doing more of what matters.
How to Work Effectively: 13 Simple Strategies to Work Smarter
No matter what your job or industry, we all want to learn how to be effective at work and achieve our professional goals. But true productivity is more than simply checking tasks off a to-do list—it’s about doing more of what matters. Luckily, all it takes is a few adjustments to your daily work...
07/06/2020
Successful people must restrain themselves and their thoughts to act carefully, thoughtfully, with the end goal in mind – not momentary, short-term gratification. A visual example would be someone who is obese versus healthy people who can exert self-control and restraint over eating patterns and follow through with commitment to daily exercise and healthy choices.
In a less obvious example, successful people can reject fun activities that create no lasting result or return on effort invested. If someone overshoots the “fun” and leisure part of life like socializing, partying, indulging in time-consuming past-times and hobbies, their real life, wealth, and career may suffer.
7 Personality Traits of Highly Successful People
No matter how hard we try, nobody is perfect. That’s why success indeed is all about the journey, not the result.
31/05/2020
In the modern workforce a lot of emphasis is placed on the importance of hard and soft skills for success.
Interviewers and hiring managers are looking for candidates with a mix of these critical skills that will allow them to work as valuable assets for their employer.
Hard skills are measurable, role-specific skills that allow employees to perform specific tasks within their industry. Soft skills are personal qualities and traits that help employees succeed, regardless of their profession.
When merged together, hard and soft skills can win jobs and further careers.
But first we should look more closely at these two types of skills and how to incorporate these skills to your resume to optimize your hireability.
Hard vs Soft Skills: How They Differ (Examples Included) - ResumeGo
In the eyes of employers, you’re only as valuable as the skills you possess. This guide will allow you to determine what skills should go into your resume to give yourself the best shot of landing more interviews.
29/05/2020
pages help your brand or business promote and share its value-add and to assist in customer support. You should continue to make Facebook a part of your overall marketing mix – to reach your existing and future customers.
Features like Location Pages, Messenger, Featured Images, and Boost are only a few of the many things you can do to optimize your page.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/social-media/completely-optimize-facebook-page/
Use this guide to make sure you’ve set up your page correctly, and optimized all possible areas of the platform to get the best results for your business.
How to Completely Optimize Your page
Use this guide to ensure you’ve set up your page correctly and optimized all possible areas to get the best results for your business.
16/05/2020
The Corona virus is impacting all of us in many ways right now. We’re following guidelines to stay healthy and avoid spreading the disease. If you’re job-hunting, you may think you should put it all on hold. Companies aren’t hiring now, right? And job search preparation may be the last thing on your mind.
But companies ARE still hiring. And, if the ones you’re interested in are not, you can still make inroads by working on networking your way in. In this way, you become a somewhat known entity within those companies.
What better time to focus on learning more about job search and improving your chances of landing a great-fit job, once things open up again?
Executive Job Search Preparation is Hard Work. Accept it!
First thing, accept that today's executive job search preparation is complicated, has many components, and requires hard work.
15/05/2020
Are you convinced you can write the best executive resume possible?
Maybe you can.
If you’ve been in on the hiring process at your company for some time, and have been in a position to review resumes of candidates, you may have a good handle on what should and shouldn’t be in a resume . . . and resume writing strategy, in general.
Best Executive Resume Writing Tips and Strategies
Are you writing your own executive resume? Tap into my 25+ year’s experience writing resumes that position executives as a best-choice candidate.
14/05/2020
Thousands of talking heads and self-professed experts pounded us with misinformation, adding to the confusion about personal branding.
But savvy job seekers and others began, little by little, to embrace branding and its value in positioning themselves as a good-fit for target employers.
And nowadays, personal branding is hitting home with more people. It’s becoming more embedded in the fabric of healthy career management, job search and career marketing.
What Personal Branding is NOT - Executive Career Brand™
More and more job seekers "get" what personal branding is, and how important branding is to differentiate the unique value they offer.