Two Sides to Employee Training Programs
Remember what it’s like to be the new hire on the block? Fresh-faced, wide-eyed, quiet, and eager to hit the ground running. A one day orientation, new hire lunch, one week or on the job training, graduation, and it’s off to begin your new role as a one hundred percentage trained and effective employee. Employee […]
Who Wins the Oklahoma Social Media Govenor Battle?
Who Wins the Oklahoma Social Media Govenor Battle? I don’t normally write about political issues here at Blogging4Jobs. I am, however, intrigued by the Oklahoma Governor’s race because of social media. I thought it would be an interesting comparison to look at the candidates side by side and evaluating them using some basic social media […]
Inbound Marketing vs. Spray and Pray
I do my fair share of talking about the importance and effective uses of blogging as a form of external promotion and what analytics giant, Hubspot calls “inbound marketing.” Companies, individuals, and agencies can benefit from positioning themselves as an expert in their niche or industry field. This form of inbound marketing is certainly less expensive than […]
Just Dance–The First Follower & Leadership (video)
It takes guts to be a leader. You have a crazy idea and you begin dancing, singing, shouting, or tweeting your revelation. It’s hard work being an innovator and a leader, but the first follower is really the key to an idea, program, or new product’s success. The first follower is the guy that takes […]
Bloggers Beware–Liabilities, Licensing, & Legalese
Like most anything in this world, there are benefits as well as risk. Blogging is no different. Bloggers Beware–Liabilities, Licensing, & Legalese Earlier this month, the Associate Press (AP) announced that they are now recognizing blogging as a credible new source. By recognizing blogging as a credible source for news, the AP will provide attribution […]
Guinea Pigs, Google, and You
How do you know if that next big idea will or won’t work as a strategy in your company? Is it because you’ve tested and measured to find that result, or is it because you made an assumption ahead of time? Maybe you should give things a test run on a sample population (your guinea […]
