Yes, you’ll follow others on Twitter, they’ll follow you, and your and their tweets will display in all-inclusive streams appearing on your and their computer screens. But searching Twitter through the lens of Twitter itself and its catchall, one-stream-per-page streams, is inefficient. In fact, searching and participating at all in Twitter directly via the Twitter […]
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Online Maneuvers Grounded in #CareerGravity
So, what do you do? Just go out there and start playing online? That seems chaotic, a big bite to chew, perhaps even ill-advised. And it is….all those things. Before you start engaging in online maneuvers to branch out and interact in this dynamic, newfangled online environment, you need to build and terra-form your very […]
Twitter Tactic: Chat It Like a Boss
Chat it like a boss. And be boss about it. Prompt the ’70s jive talker to say, “Man, your career gravity is boss!” OK, that was silly. But participating in Twitter chats isn’t; in fact, doing so is one of the quickest ways to generate some #CareerGravity. Strive to get really good at chatting in […]
Build the Mountain: Your Online Professional Brand
So they’ll come; that’s why. “If the mountain won’t come to you, go to the mountain,” Mohammed said, paraphrased. It’s a useful, humble approach to much in life, including your career. But balance is another useful concept in life, of which career is a part, and you want your targets coming to your mountain just […]