Can you believe that the first Web page is now more than twenty years old? That means that websites, blogging and social media have gone way beyond the point of being trends – they are as valuable to the future of your business as a phone.
When you blog, you’re delivering a version of yourself.
Life’s first moments leave indelible marks on the memory. From baby steps to the first day at school….from the first kiss at a dance to the firstborn in your family, you certainly have strong feelings about your own personal milestones. So it makes sense that with increasing numbers of people starting businesses, many would recall business milestones such as their first partnerships. Many connections are formed over Skype, email and Google Docs. And it makes sense that someone would develop a book focused on a specific first step in starting a business: working with someone new for the first time. Brian Tolle, a management consultant who specializes in team dynamics, change management and collaboration, has written Shortcut: Getting Through to People Who Slow You Down to help us get better at working in teams
Marcus Sheridan , who goes by @TheSalesLion on Twitter, is not your average BlogWorld speaker. He doesn’t run a social media agency. He doesn’t run a marketing agency. He runs a pool company. In Virginia
Whether it’s the economy causing the rise in freelancers these days, as Business on Main reports, or just the ability to hire someone virtually at a fraction of the cost of a full-time employee, freelancing is hotter than it’s ever been. And while the unemployment rate may be hovering at just over 9 percent, the news about the percentage of freelancers finding work is much more positive. In fact, as The Christian Science Monitor points out, it’s been estimated that freelance roles will make up half of all the new jobs created during the period of economic recover y (whenever that starts)