Why Digital Natives are on eBay’s Wish List
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on December 22, 2012. Millennials – often derided as entitled praise junkies who can’t stop playing with their iPhones – have a bad rap in the...
View ArticleScoble: Why Facebook Won’t Fade
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on February 13, 2013. It’s a parlor game in tech circles: when will Facebook flame out? Its lackluster IPO last year gave plenty of ammunition to...
View ArticleHow Big Data Is Transforming the Hunt for Talent
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on March 8, 2013. Big Data is suddenly hot, winning Harvard Business Review’s recent “sexiest job of the 21st century” sweepstakes. It’s been slow to...
View ArticleNetworking Should Never Be Forced
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on April 17, 2013 and was co-authored with Lisa Chau. To many professionals, networking seems like a painful chore. When marketing and PR...
View ArticleWant More Business? Create More Content
This post originally appeared on the Edwin Dearborn website on April 24th, 2013. Developing your own content – i.e., intellectual property – is a powerful tool for any small or medium-sized business...
View ArticleHow to Reinvent Yourself as a Freelancer
This post originally appeared on the LiveNinja Blog on April 27, 2013. A recent study predicted that by 2020, 40% of Americans will be freelancers. If you’re planning to reinvent yourself by going...
View ArticleReset Your Expectations – It’s the End of Big
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on April 25, 2013. Potential rock stars, take heed: no one is ever going to sell as many records as Michael Jackson. On the other hand, there’s a lot...
View ArticleHow to Make It In the DIY Economy
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on April 28, 2013. Would you take your marketing lessons from an artist? They’re either starving, as the stereotype has it, or rely on their...
View ArticleHow to Fill the Information Gap During a Crisis
This post originally appeared on the Sparksheet website on May 2, 2013. During a crisis, everyone is riveted. We keep watching the news or scrolling through our Twitter feeds, desperate for a new...
View ArticleSo What Is the Future of Business?
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on May 3, 2013. Business is changing fast enough that “if you’re not asking questions about what’s different today, you’re on a path of complacency,”...
View ArticleAmanda Palmer: Proof That Social Media Is The Future Of Business
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on May 9, 2013. I first “met” Amanda Palmer in 1997 – though I didn’t know her name – when I was a graduate student walking past her as an “8 Foot...
View Article8 Ways to Reinvent a Career When You’re Older
This post originally appeared on the The Washington Post website on May 9, 2013. It’s no secret that the economic upheaval of the recession wreaked havoc on many Americans’ retirement plans. Between...
View ArticleFor Public Schools, Twitter Is No Longer Optional
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on May 20, 2013. This post is co-authored with Joel Gagne, the owner of Allerton Hill Consulting, a leader in communications & marketing for...
View ArticleHow To Become A Successful Professional Speaker
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on June 10, 2013. If you want to learn about building a successful professional speaking career, talking to Chris Widener is a good place to start....
View ArticleHow To Stay Relevant In A Changing Business Environment
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on July 9, 2013. From technology to globalization, it’s a truism that today’s successful companies must adapt to – and embrace – rapid change. One of...
View ArticleReputation 3.0: The Internet Is Your Resume
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on July 19, 2013. Resumes are quickly becoming a thing of the past, says executive job search consultant Debra Feldman. “Before anyone asks to see...
View ArticleFour Things You Need To Know In The Big Data Era
This post originally appeared on the Forbes website on August 8, 2013. Big Data has been declared the “sexiest job of the 21st century” and it’s already reshaping corporate decisionmaking and even...
View ArticleCMOs On Social Media – Where’s The ROI?
By: Glenn Harper – CC BY 2.0 A decade after the advent of social media, Chief Marketing Officers still can’t figure out if it’s doing them any good. That’s the startling finding of The CMO Survey, a...
View ArticleSecrets to Continuously Improving Your Business
By: dominik kobas – CC BY 2.0 In the 1980s, as America’s automotive industry fell behind Japan, a new vogue emerged: copying their manufacturing tactics. The U.S. may have spawned Henry Ford and the...
View ArticleIs This The Future Of TED?
By: Davis Staedtler – CC BY 2.0 The high-powered TED conference, which extended its reach in 2006 by posting videos of its TED talks online, has dramatically reshaped the public’s ideas about what a...
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