Who Wins the Oklahoma Social Media Govenor Battle?

Using Basic Social Media Indicators to Evaluate the Oklahoma Governor 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 […]

Career Advice for College Grads

How College How College Grads Should Prepare for the Reality Check

Career Advice for College Grads   Many thanks to Sanjeev Himachali for the great advice… ### Fresher in the Market – Reality Check So, you have already completed your graduation or post graduation and now looking for a job. What do you think that the corporate world is looking in you? Are you actually ready […]

Inbound Marketing vs. Spray and Pray

Effective Inbound Marketing

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 […]

Do You Know If Your Employees Are Dissing You on Facebook?

Social Networking and Employer Risks

In Pietrylo v. Hillstone Restaurant Group d/b/a Houston’s, two non-managerial employees of a New Jersey restaurant created a password-protected MySpace page to air their grievances against their employer. They invited other current and former employees to join and talk about all the “crap/drama/and gossip occurring in our workplace, without hav[ing] to worry about outside eyes […]

Just Dance–The First Follower & Leadership (video)

The role of first follower in your leadership journey

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 […]

Was Online Education Made for GenY Students?

Online education was originally made for GenX’ers

Last week #genychat discussed the differences between for-profit and non-profit educational systems. Mission, purpose, and structure were all discussed as major differences between the two. There were also multiple insights about a stigma that seems to arise when one’s entire or even partial educational background comes from for-profit institutions. Why does this stigma exist? There has been […]