Beat the biggest problem people have with networking events.
Some ideas on how to break the ice at your next networking event or just on the street.
After a recent all-day conference, I was about to head home when a friend there, Natasha Shine of Rounds, said she was on her way down the street for the evening networking event at another all-day conference.
“Well… I’m pretty tired,” I told her.
“Come on, you’ll meet a lot of entrepreneurs,” she pushed back, and that was all it took.
Good thing I went.
Continue reading >> 15 Conversation Starters That Make Networking Events Great
--Jacob Share
A creative way online to describe and brand yourself in just a few clicks.
Why would you want to make your own infographic?
5 benefits of a personal infographic
* A creative way to describe yourself
* Upload it to Facebook and compare with other creative, innovative friends
* Use it as a desktop background, or as the base of your Twitter background image
* It’s fun, only taking a few clicks and a few minutes
* It just looks cool
Now let’s make yours.
Continue reading >> 10 Easy Steps To Design Your Own Personal Infographic
--Jacob Share
There’s probably one not too far from you right now.
Have you visited your local chamber of commerce or trade board office yet?
My Chamber of Commerce job search story
In 2001, I moved back to Israel from France after leaving my web development production manager job at Amazon.com. I took a break for a few months before starting my job search in December of that year.
As I sat down to think about how to plan my job search, one of the first questions that came to mind was:
“For which employers would I be most valuable?”
Put differently-
“Which employers would most appreciate my skills and achievements?”
Since I had just left a successful job in France, the answer was clear.
Continue reading >> The Most Under-Used Resource To Find Jobs Here or Overseas
--Jacob Share
See ‘intellectual dishonesty’ if you think this list isn’t for you.
We’re all somewhere on this list.
And that’s not a bad thing, it means there’s still room to grow.
30 personal branding no-nos
In no specific order…
Continue reading >> 30 Painful Personal Branding Mistakes to Avoid at All Cost
--Jacob Share
Your birthday only comes once a year, so make it count.
The following tips are useful regardless of whether you’re in the birthday industry (entertainment, gifts, etc.) or not.
Your birthday
1) Tell people about it
Unless your entire brand audience has friended you on Facebook – and happens to login specifically on that day – they’re not going to know automatically when it’s your birthday, so you need to tell them.
Blog about it, tweet about it, mention it in your email signature.
Continue reading >> 5 Cake-worthy Personal Branding Birthday Tips
--Jacob Share
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