Technology has made significant changes in the way we do work. Various workplace trends have appeared through the years like the rise of work-life balance, the popularity of remote work, and the importance of a work culture that improves employee productivity. That said, managers still consider attendance and absence managementContinue Reading
Productivity is generally thought of in terms of, “How do I get more done?” If we’re lucky, we work in teams and environments where that perspective is at least softened by combining it with a measure of efficiency or impact, but even then we don’t fully escape the rat-race-like pursuitContinue Reading
“Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, to soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.” ~William Congreve, The Mourning Bride Music moves. It flows, lilts, rises in crescendo, and fades in decrescendo. It moves quickly, then slows, then resumes it’s original tempo. Behind all of this is a steady, constant,Continue Reading
This is one of my brain dumps. It’s not organized with literary brilliance, it’s a brain dump. But it’s important stuff, and I think it needs to be shared immediately. I’ll clean it up later. Maybe. Here we go: When facing a tough economic challenge, part of you might wonder whatContinue Reading
Despite the ever-present advice that long-tail keywords are king, many businesses still struggle to strategically use them to get content to the top of organic and paid search results. The truth is, tackling these long-tail keywords feels hard when you know you’re up against the giants. I know. I workedContinue Reading
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Work events are really hit or miss. Let’s be honest: How many times have you found yourself anxiously fidgeting with a paper napkin in the corner of a stuffy networking happy hour? That’s why I was not only relieved, but also surprised and delighted, when I attended a holiday partyContinue Reading
Chances are, if you spend time on Instagram, you’ve come across influencer posts on the platform. You know the kind I’m talking about — featuring a product or service, usually with the hashtag #sponsored or #ad in the caption. These influencers typically have hundreds of thousands of followers — or,Continue Reading
If you’re serious about living your purpose, then isn’t it time you learned principles that make it possible? Together with my long-time friend and mentor Marnie Pehrson, we come together to help you believe that what you need is really much closer than you think. Principles discussed on this audioContinue Reading
List of Blogging Websites HubSpot.com WordPress.com Squarespace.com Medium.com Wix.com Typepad.com Tumblr.com Ah, the job search. Some refer to it as a full-time job in itself. Others compare it to dating. And several cats over at BuzzFeed think it just plain sucks. But it doesn’t have to be that way. When you’reContinue Reading
In case you haven’t already heard, bots are the new black. Seriously. The new strategy of providing 1:1, instantaneous assistance to users and customers is proving successful for brands across industries. And although we’ve rounded up AI and bot use cases for you as they relate to productivity and marketing,Continue Reading
Email is still the workhorse of digital marketing. In fact, the number of emails sent and received per day total over 205 billion, according to The Radicati Group Email Statistics Report. There are no other marketing channels as effective and efficient as email — but there still might be a useContinue Reading
Sometimes, I wonder if the internet can be boiled down to a single sentiment: “Oops.” That was certainly the underlying theme of some major news items this week, like the one our headline alludes to — more on that below. After all, the digital landscape is a setting that canContinue Reading
Last week, while I was using a website’s chat feature to get some much-needed customer service, I realized something shocking: I couldn’t tell if I was chatting with a human or a bot. Before 2017, my notion of bots — and chatbots, specifically — was that they could only provideContinue Reading