It was a normal morning for me at my home in beautiful Kelowna, BC. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I brushed my teeth quickly before going to the kitchen prior to my routine morning workout. When I walked into the kitchen, the site of my boyfriend cooking bacon fully naked rudely awakened me. Not only was this a dangerous idea (I mean, who cooks bacon without even a shirt on?) but it was absolutely hilarious and out of the norm. I reached for my iPhone to take an equally unwelcomed photo that I could save for future blackmailing. The next time a hockey game interrupted The Young & The Restless, I was sure to win the remote control. He was quicker than me and ran to put on some clothes, so I was out of luck with getting any good blackmail material. To my horror, the next day I realized that every one of my pictures taken on my iPhone auto-uploaded to Google+. Uh oh! I said a short prayer thanking my lucky stars that I didn’t get the chance to take that photo. Can you imagine the embarrassment [...]
Social Media For Job Seekers: Interview With Career Expert Brenda Blackburn
Brenda Blackburn has been a workshop facilitator since 1991 in Vancouver and specializes in career topics with specialties in facilitating career exploration, job search strategies, professional development, and life skills. She’s a regular guest on radio and has been sharing her knowledge with career success radio and many other media outlets for years, so she was a natural selection for me when I decided to do a feature piece on someone with great advice on using social media for job seekers. Full Podcast Interview of Brenda Blackburn: Social Media for Job Seekers Brenda and I connected through a mutual friend on LinkedIn and decided to combine our efforts to address the challenges job seekers face today. We discussed how they can use the new social media tools that are available to leverage their networks to bring them closer to their goals, aka getting their dream job! This article is the product of our long discussion and has been written in a long-form blog format rather than the common “interview style” so that job seekers can skim through and get the info that is most relevant to their situation. Be sure to listen to the full podcast to get all the [...]
Twitterrific Social Media Marketing Ideas
Wonder why social media marketing companies love Twitter now more than ever before? That’s because it is proven as one of the most useful social media marketing tools on the web. It is free, simple to use and truly effective. Here are some of the brightest ideas for Twitter marketing. CEO online Engaging your CEO online can be quite hard. Maintaining a blog can be pure drudgery because of how time consuming it can be. This is why most social media management companies recommend Twitter. Remember that Twitter is only limited to 140 characters so updates can be made very quickly. A CEO who interacts directly with its consumers is always a favorite. This will make your company appear to be consumer friendly, which is what is needed in today’s social world. Stay connected to the media As you may know, it is very easy to follow someone on Twitter. Really, it only takes one click. This way, you can always be updated on the latest happenings within your industry and in the news. Any social media management company will agree that Twitter is a convenient way to connect with the important people in media often getting much better results [...]
