You never get a second chance to make a first impression, the saying goes. In our increasingly digital, socially networked world, your avatar or profile picture is frequently your first impression. How important is it? What if we told you that optimizing your profile picture could increase the number of visits to your online resume […]
A couple of day ago, I posted 6 Examples of Creative Resumes and one of those was a candidate who “…crafted his resume to look like Google search results for the ‘perfect candidate.’” I thought today I’d share that resume with you and deconstruct some of the reasons why I think Simone Fortunini‘s is the best online […]
Having an effective website – whether you’re a business, organization or individual – depends on your definition of “effective.” Unfortunately, most website owners skip this fundamental step of defining success. If you don’t know what success looks like, how can you build something to help you get there? If you’re currently in the process of […]
The home base for your Internet presence is your personal website. At #CareerGravity, we highly recommend using WordPress to build your site. While WordPress is the world’s most popular blogging software, you don’t necessarily need to use it that way. You can use it to create an online WordPress resume. Once you install WordPress, you’ll […]
[nonmember]The economy isn’t exactly going gangbusters, but the online environment is, and that’s what #CareerGravity is all about—you, going gangbusters online, creating a loud, disruptive, impressive and effective digital footprint. Those who attended Thursday’s presentation heard Jon DiPietro and yours truly, #CareerGravity’s co-founders, discussing all that. We used the terms “online footprint” and “digital footprint” […]
Once you’ve completed your #CareerGravity design (by creating and selling your online personal brand), it’s time to gather together all of the materials you’ll need to build your #CareerGravity generator. In this post, you’ll have to decide whether you want to go with the free or paid route. If you’re apprehensive about your technical prowess […]
Creating #CareerGravity involves the following three steps: Build a website as your home base Establish social media outposts Measure and improve Blogger and best-selling author Chris Brogan has been talking about home bases and outposts for years. In an article titled “Outposts and Home Bases,” Brogan says: If you think of your main website as […]
