The annual quest for the perfect tree! This year, the Universe smiled upon us; no snow, bright sunshine and crisp weather without wind!
By the way, I took this panorama shot with my Sprint Galaxy Nexus S…
Do you relate?
Sometimes when I’m not feeling so happy
I do something to make someone else feel happy
then I find I’m suddenly feeling happy again. – Karen Salmansohn
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On time…
“You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the magic tissue of the universe of your life. No one can take it from you. No one receives either more or less than you receive. Waste your infinitely precious commodity as much as you will, and the supply will never be withheld from you. Moreover, you cannot draw on the future. Impossible to get into debt. You can only waste the passing moment. You cannot waste tomorrow; it is kept for you.” Thomas Arnold Bennett via On time…………….
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Honorary Canadian, eh?
e1evation, llc is pleased to have been chosen to design the new blogging home of DX3 Canada — the place where Canadian business gets digital. Click the image to go to the site…
Simple Pleasure
Here’s another wildflower from the forest floor. Delicate…simple…natural beauty. Click on the photo to view a larger version. via Simple Pleasure.
Click the image for some valuable reflections on the ritual of spring cleaning…
The biggest mistakes you can make while traveling in Ireland
A little bit of local knowledge goes a long way – and with this in mind, we at IrishCentral have prepared a brief guide to vacationing in Ireland.
Although remember – if you really want to fit in with the locals, you might want to avoid expressions like “vacationing” – use “going on holiday” instead.
You might also want to include the expression, “Where are yar’ lucky charms?” in as many conversations as possible – the Irish will surely love you for that. (Note the sarcasm here…)
via irishcentral.com
Follow the ‘via’ link for a list of mistakes to avoid…
Wisconsin sheds 8,200 jobs
July was a rough month for Wisconsin’s economy, giving up much of the big employment gains the Badger State boasted in June.
Uncertainty and worry about the national economic picture played a part in last month’s disappearance of more than 8,000 jobs, Gov. Scott Walker and others say.
Bloody numbers
Wisconsin shed 8,200 total jobs in July, according to the latest seasonally adjusted data from the state’s Department of Workforce Development.
The private sector cut 12,500 jobs last month on a seasonally adjusted rate, but public sector growth made up the difference.
It’s a monthly reversal of fortune for an economy that saw the creation of 9,500 jobs in June, more than half of the meager job growth nationwide.
“Wisconsin is not immune to the national economic slowdown this summer, and we are seeing the effects of the national economy in our July numbers,” DWD Secretary Scott C. Baumbach in a news release.
…does a great job of inventorying social media tactics and tools…
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Sorry for being so goofy lately, but after speaking on ‘Facebook for Fun and Profit’ for ‘Link Greater Green Bay‘ on Wednesday, I couldn’t pass this one up…
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“As a lead generation tool, your website provides a virtual wonderland of sales and marketing opportunities. It’s easily accessible, available 24/7, highly visible, and gives you the ability to present your company and services in your most positive light.
Plus, your site gives prospects the ability to find you whenever they need to. All this makes it one of the most powerful lead generators at your disposal.
So… is your website, this powerful lead generating machine, doing all it can to bring new clients to your doorstep?” Click here to read more…
via gizmodo.com
Woot! I can’t imagine what would have happened if Apple would have picked a competent partner like Sprint…
…through our partnership with AGCO around ‘socializing’ — using social media to cover — trade shows. Here are some interesting thoughts from Kipp Bodnar on the topic…
“Almost every B2B company invests part of its marketing budget in trade shows. It is one tried and true method of lead generation. The problem with trade shows is that they aren’t cheap, and they are a big line item on the marketing budget. So if your company is making the investment, then it should do everything it can to squeeze out every last drop of value. This need for value, combined with cut travel budgets across all industries, means that the solution to this problem is social media.” Source: 5 Ways To Make Your B2B Trade Show Social | Social Media B2B
Go to the source for the rest of the article. Questions? Feedback? Leave a comment or use the contact page to reach me…
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“A common perception is that in the aftermath of the dotcom crash of 2001, the market remains flooded with information technology (IT) workers with skills, but no jobs.
However, the reality is just the opposite. In fact, an IT worker shortage is hitting companies across the nation, including southeastern Wisconsin.
As the baby boom generation drifts off into retirement, the next generation is not as large, and the talent pool is not as deep. That equation recently prompted Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates to declare that North America has a “pretty significant shortage” of IT workers.
The Wisconsin Department of Work Force Development projects that there will be approximately 12,745 IT jobs in Wisconsin by the year 2014, which would be up 12.3 percent since 2004.” Click here to read more…
Want a Raise? Find Out What Your Job is Worth
As a blogger, I get paid in bags of stale Tootsie Rolls. Is that good? I have no idea. Actually, I am getting a better idea of what my job is worth now that I have checked out some salary comparison sites. Specifically, I I’ve found out that there are places you can blog where you’re paid in fresh Tootsie Rolls.
If you want to see how your salary compares to the industry at large, be sure to visit MySalary, a site where you can find salary ranges for virtually any career. There’s a lot of stuff on the site — job search and education information in particular — but be sure to click the Salary tab and enter your job title and zip code. You’ll instantly get access to a slew of job titles that are similar to what you searched for.
The resulting histogram shows national averages for salary ranges, like this one for speech writers (I always wanted to know what Ben Stein used to make).
via bnet.com
You can follow the ‘via’ link above to go to the source and read the rest of the article if you’d like to dig a little deeper…
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Framing your social media efforts
When Chris Brogan speaks, I listen. This time I take issue…
“There are three main areas of practice for social media that your company (or you) should be thinking about: listening, connecting, publishing. From these three areas, you can build out your usage of the tools, thread your information networks to feed and be fed, and align your resources for execution. There are many varied strategies you can execute using these toolsets. There are many different tools you can consider employing for your efforts. But that’s the basic structure: listening, connecting, publishing.” Source: Framing Your Social Media Efforts
Why? I think publishing goes BEFORE connecting — your online brand is a big part of what people want to connect to, so I think you have to publish first [after listening of course!]. What say you?
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Stop doing random acts of lead generation!
“I don’t know about you but I seldom meet a B2B marketer who time to think. And it seems that the pressure keeps building as more of us seek to do more with less.
That said, it’s vital for us to think before we execute. It’s not about doing more campaign activity… it’s about doing the right things repeatedly better.
The simple act of a sales and marketing team finding time to think and collaborate together is vital to developing a solid lead generation program. Our results will improve because we’re following this approach: ready, aim, aim, aim, and then fire.” Click here to read more…
Welcome…
…to all my new friends from the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce ‘How to be a social media rockstar’ event — it was great to meet you all at St. Norbert yesterday! Your heads are probably all swimming from all the content I crammed into the preso yesterday. Is there anything you’d like me to document? Comment on this post and I’ll do a quick screencast to answer your question if I can…
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