The Art of Sales Toronto is a one day conference geared at entrepreneurs and marketing professionals featuring five best selling authors and visionaries who share their creative thoughts, ideas, tactics and lessons based on todays most pressing marketing and sales issues. In the past I have attended The Art of Marketing in Montreal and in Toronto, two [...]
Reputation is a delicate thing. It can take years to establish, and can be destroyed in seconds. In today’s age of the Social web, everything is transparent. Developing a strong reputation on the web has become more difficult, as has gaining a high level of influence. When you think of it, we are all influenced [...]
Here at WebFuel, we love inviting guest bloggers. Why? Because they bring fresh ideas to the table, while providing great insights from their specific area of expertise. This week we welcome James Katz; a lawyer with the Ottawa law firm BrazeauSeller LLP. His practice focuses primarily on Internet, Social Media and Trade-Marks law. What follows is the [...]
The Art of Marketing is a conference that features 6 World renowned best-selling authors – Mitch Joel, Seth Godin, Avinash Kaushik, Max Lenderman, Andy Nulman and Jeffrey Gitomer – who shared a blend of inspirational, forward thinking, real-world marketing stories, tips, ideas and issues.
The Job Search
Find a job – that’s the logical choice, right? That’s what society has taught us. So, armed with a fresh degree and some previous job experience, you test the job market. However, you should first go over this check list of Job Search dos and don’ts. Perfect your resume. Personalize your cover letter. Iron your shirt before the interview. Censor your Facebook Profile. Wait what? Facebook? Why?
So you’ve recently graduated from a prestigious University and you’re ready to dive into the real world and begin your career. With a fresh diploma in hand, alongside your well-edited resume and an opportunistic mindset, you begin your search. Early into your search you discover that you are a very small fish in a very big sea – and the state of the economy doesn’t help. So how do you make yourself stand out? Use social media to improve your online visibility!
To improve people search, Google recently launched a user-created profile page for individuals. Google profiles will give you more control (sort of) over what is seen in a Google search for “your name”. In some ways, this new feature allows you to claim your online personal identity with this major search engine. It likely goes without saying, but it should also improve your name-query searches with others as well.
It seems like a simple question. And… usually most businesses respond with a quick “yes”. Since over 90% of people use the Internet to find information, it is no doubt an important place to get found. So… what’s the problem?
LinkedIn is a professional networking site. According to their website, they have 17 million members worldwide, representing 150 industries. Members are mostly entrepreneurs, executives and business owners.
What happens when someone types your name into the search box on Google? Do you appear? Or are you buried so deep in search results no one would find you for days – or even weeks? Or are there many results that appear with your name, but none of them are actually you? Or are you found for things you did in your college years – and they should be forgotten?
