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How To Build & Destroy Your Brand On The Web

February 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Books I Like, Communications, Social Media, Tips, strategy

Gerry McGovern provides this week’s guest article. You build a brand on the Web one click at a time. You destroy your brand by wasting your customers’ time. I am a customer of a number of banks. I judge these banks, at least partly, by the experience I have with them online. I used to [...]

12 Steps To Getting Started as a Consultant

February 24th, 2010 · View Comments · Books I Like, Career, Communications, How To, Linkedin

Most people think it’s difficult start a career as a business consultant. I used to think the same in my early 20s when I started in IT. In retrospect, I should have made more efforts to establish myself as a consultant earlier; the benefits certainly outweigh the downsides. As luck would have it, I was [...]

Using Google’s Wonder Wheel for Mind Mapping & Generating New Ideas

February 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Books I Like, Business Process, Communications, Google, Tools, strategy

Google’s Wonder Wheel is Search and Mind Mapping combined together. The Wonder Wheel was introduced in May 2009 and is one of Google’s best kept secrets. This search/mindmapper tool shows search results in a Wheel with different Spokes for each associated search result. Fantastic tool for brainstorming, studying trends, and idea generation.

Al Gore’s Gentle Guide to Killer Presentations

January 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Books I Like, Communications, How To

Speaking in public is the last thing most of us want do. So I was surprised to read how AL Gore, an experienced speaker, reached out to Nancy Duarte to improve his public-speaking skills. The next time you have to give a presentation, remember the following.

How To Differentiate Yourself As A Technical Writer

January 18th, 2010 · View Comments · Books I Like, Career, How To, Productivity, Snagit, Social Media

Tom Peters says, “the value of services will continue to fall” and that the only way to survive is to differentiate yourself from the competition. Is this true? How do you as a technical writer make yourself stand out from the crowd? If you don’t, what impact could this have on your career?

4 Hour Work Week – Downloadable Checklists to be More Productive

October 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Books I Like, Productivity

I avoided reading Tim Ferris’ blog, the 4 Hour Work Week, for the longest time. My mistake! If you want to learn how to save time and be more productive, this blog is gold-dust. It’s a cut above the rest as it backups up his philosophy with real case studies that demonstrate how his methods work.

How to Get Your Email Answered

October 6th, 2009 · Comments Off · Books I Like, How To, Microsoft Excel, Productivity

Chris Brogan (read and bookmark!) just hit a new milestone. He’s now getting over 600 emails a day on average. 50% were people asking me his time, 25% were “really nice people,” 20% were business opportunities, and 5% were friends. A quick bit of math: if he answered 1 email a minute, 600 emails would [...]