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Connect: Networks Matter
My coworker, Colin Bower, has a problem that I’m fairly sure you’ve never faced. Last year his children were abducted by his ex-wife and taken to Egypt against his will. It’s been over a year that Colin has been working on getting his kids back. And how will he do it? Using a network.
So far, every bit of success we’ve had in moving the story forward has come through our networks, which were built by years and years of relationship building and development. We had access to the Vice President of the United States, several media outlets such as NBC, CNN and USA Today, and several other business and industry leaders, all via our work on social networks.
If that’s too obtuse, how about the world of job searching?
The economy is not nearly recovered, and even as it attempts to pull itself up and out of the muck, it’s a largely jobless recovery. That means that many people are still out of work, for more time than they’ve ever stayed unemployed in the past. The jobless rate is around 1 in 9 in the US overall, and much worse in places like Detroit, Arizona and California. How do people use their networks to keep opportunities alive?
Let’s talk about the online tools and what you can do to build a better network. Continue…
- Brogan: Your First Moves in Social Media
Okay, so you’ve decided I’m not crazy, and you’re going to try out some of this social media stuff. Where should you start? I’ve got some advice.
Grow Bigger EarsFirst and foremost, read this post about how to grow bigger ears. By that, I mean, create a free listening station. If you don’t start with listening, you’ll miss all the very best parts of social media: the serendipity and moments of “listening at the point of need,” as Radian6 CEO Marcel Lebrun calls it.
By that, I mean that people are talking about you, your brand, your company, or mentioning something they need help with that you can solve. Set up some listening tools to monitor for certain phrases and terms, and you’re on your way to finding opportunities that your competitors don’t even know exist…
- Brogan: Why Social Media Aids Success
You’re hearing about social media everywhere. First it was blogs. Now, you’re being told that you have to be on Facebook and Twitter and a whole bunch of other services that don’t exactly make immediate sense. Wasn’t LinkedIn supposed to be the one-stop business site of choice? What’s the answer? How can you use social media to improve your success?
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Priority 1: Stop the Chaos.
Priority 2: Live with Purpose.
by Erin Casey
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I’m a serious student of time management. I was hooked the first time I attended a Franklin-Covey seminar—I was 23. Using a system that included life planning (not just a calendar), I was able to get more done without feeling so scattered.
But since then, “more” has turned into a lot more. And it’s not just my stuff that that I have to keep track of… it’s my kids, my husband, work, school, writing deadlines, travel schedules, etc. Keeping everything organized in one online calendar helps, but the warning light on my mental-stress indicator was flashing OVERLOAD on a regular basis.
So it’s no wonder that the title of Patrick Lencioni’s book The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family caught my attention. Frantic is exactly how I felt. Maybe Lencioni and his book could offer some guidance for getting back to that not-so-scattered state.
It’s ironic that the day I was to interview Patrick Lencioni on the topic of frantic families, I realized I had a schedule conflict; I had to pick up my oldest son from driver’s ed. Lencioni was able to push the meeting back by 20 minutes, and when he called I was ready with my first question: Is frantic simply a way of life for today’s busy families, or is there a better way?
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Have you ever noticed the incredible influence that a coach has upon the performance of athletes? It’s no different in business.
If you take a close look at any successful business owner, there is a good chance they’ve had a great mentor somewhere along the way. I can attribute a large part of my business success to the many mentors and coaches I have had in my life. My personal journey is one of countless examples of how mentoring is an integral part of the growth and development of any business.
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