Sat.Apr 09, 2011 - Fri.Apr 15, 2011

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Eight Tips to Reboot Your Resume

PR Job Coach

'You are what you write. I recently did a search on resume tips on a popular search engine that starts with a “G” and to no surprise found more than 37 million pages dedicated to some form of tips for resumes. Everyone has an opinion and I am no different. As I coach though, I have seen literally hundreds of resumes and have come to consensus about their content.

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Surveys: Essential to the PR Pro’s Toolbox

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest post by Andi Narvaez. During last week’s #pr20chat , Justin Goldsborough asked how PR professionals can best identify and cater to the needs of their target audience. My response was something only a current public relations graduate student, fresh out of taking her comprehensive written and oral examinations, and appropriately trained in methods by her “We mean business when we say research&# university would respond: The response led to a comment by Justin, who shared that the prac

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How to Cut Through Social Media Hype with Simple Math

Waxing UnLyrical

If you read the news or popular blogs, you get a lot of numbers thrown at you. Social media talking heads and agencies will use fancy numbers because they look impressive, and it benefits their businesses. Social networks will also do the same, partially to attract news coverage, members, and investors. But those numbers do nothing for your business.

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2 Gr8 2 B 4Got10: Will Texting Kill Language As We Know It?

Waxing UnLyrical

Guest post by Conway Wigg. My wife, Clare, is a linguist. One of the superstars in the field of linguistics is a man by the name of David Crystal. Image: Maggie Hannan via Flickr, CC 2.0. Mrs. Wigg is a big fan of the good Professor, and was always keen to hear him speak whenever he was in London. A few weeks ago, Professor Crystal turned up in Malta.

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Peter H. Paulsen’s Inspiring Tale Continues to Resonate in 2024

Two years after its initial release, Peter H. Paulsen’s book, From Brick and Mortar to Prosperity, continues to inspire readers around the globe.

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Make Your WordPress Blog More Readable in 3 Clicks

Waxing UnLyrical

This is part of the Blogging for Grasshopper series. This post isn’t about adding visuals or video into your WordPress blog , or using Cincopa , or judging a blog post by its cover. It’s about something I never thought I could do… and when I realized I could, well, of course I had to share it with you. You know by now that I don’t consider myself a “techie.&#.

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Why Congress Sucks

Waxing UnLyrical

I apologize in advance if you were expecting a nice, feel-good read for your Saturday morning. Because this is a rant. Two of them in one week ! Well, at least Lisa Gerber should be happy. Until midnight last night (or this morning), we didn’t know if the federal government would be shutting down. And I was tired of it before it even had a chance to begin.

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Weekly Roundup: Opinion, Use and Humor

Waxing UnLyrical

I don’t really have a theme this week for your Weekly Roundup. It’s been a busy week , both online and offline, and the entire budget debacle was also a bit concerning. But it was a good week for opinionated posts, so I’m sharing those I enjoyed the most (out of those I read, of course). And then there are a few more that are just plain old helpful… and hilarious.

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