Lets not even think about the messages that take six minutes of work to deal with. Fortunately, being buried alive under electronic missives forced me to develop coping strategies. Writing, stamping, and mailing a letter was a lot of work. And no, it doesnt help to include the entire past conversation when you reply; its rude to force someone else to wade through ten screens of messages because youre too lazy to give them context. It helps people prioritize and manage their calendar more effectively. Tips for Mastering E-mail Overload. 10/25/2004. Really? MORE >>

'In the first post of this 4-part blog series, ( Marketing vs. Business Development: What’s the Difference? ), we learned that marketing’s overall goal is to position your firm for success by warming up the market, while business development’s focus is on developing one-on-one partnerships and strategic relationships in an effort to ultimately bring in new business.Then, in another recent post , we discovered what makes for a strong marketing professional, and in the third post of this series , we discussed what makes for a successful business development professional. MORE >>

Can we help some of them? For example, what about becoming a good writer or adept at graphics tools, in order to develop effective communication strategies for social and link building outreach? The point is that if you don’t understand the details and steps which can (not will) create good results, it is not really possible to know whether an SEO shortcut will work, hurt, or why it could do either. Understanding the steps, mechanisms, and tactics that brought your site to where it is now with SEO will help answer that question. Learn from them. Absolutely. MORE >>

I’m delighted to present today eight exciting new mini-case studies which demonstrate the power of social collaboration to create business value through new product development. Project Details : Instead of relying on traditional market research and trend analysis, Diamond Candles developed a way to crowdsource idea submission and voting from their existing customers. Project Details:   Vitamin Water’s flavor “Connect” was developed by the company’s Facebook fanbase; one Facebook fan won $5,000 for her role in development of the new flavor. MORE >>

Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You. Penn , will be the first to say that this service is sorely underrated as a place to develop business, grow your capabilities, and promote your projects and opportunities. Make Your Job Descriptions Work Two Ways. want people who read my profile to see that I’m happily employed, that I work for a “real&# company, and that my company has capabilities in certain areas. If you work for yourself, be clear about that, too. It helped me a lot setting up a group about my passion who was joined by 1000 people. MORE >>