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Is “meeting people” enough?

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19 Jul 2010

As a member of Rainmakers, BNI, and a number of online social networks, I am constantly asking and being asked this question: who do you want to meet?
This is a great way to network because it helps others understand how to help you and who the specific person is that you want to meet. However, [...]

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Tags: bni, constantly, meeting, meeting people, online social networks, people, person, questions, rainmaker, rainmakers, scalable

Resume or productivity footprint?

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10 Jul 2010

What is the standard procedure when applying for a job? You inquire about openings and the first thing you are told is “send us your resume”, right? Is this relevant anymore?
I would argue that resumes are antiquated, lifeless leftovers from a time before rich online communications. A resume is just a simple document outlining where [...]

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Tags: facebook, jobs, linkedin, resume, spinweb

Personal Branding with Social Media E-Book

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7 Jun 2010

Personal branding is becoming more important today as people are becoming more interested in relationships and personal communication. Sales professionals, job-seekers, and professionals in a variety of industries are finding that how they relate to people and how they are perceived in the marketplace on a personal level makes a huge difference in how successful [...]

Smart, simple solutions

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30 May 2010

There is an abundance of complexity in the world. It occurs pretty much everywhere. Companies create products with way more features than we need, bosses over-complicate policies and procedures, and our government passes ridiculously complex legislation that no one even has time to read.
We do it to ourselves, too. We think we need big, complicated [...]

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Tags: abstraction, branding, complex systems theory, complexity, complicated, computational complexity, Design, Marketing, online tools, simple solutions, smart, solutions, spinweb, usability, website

Top 5 things to consider when redesigning your website

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29 Apr 2010

I had a wonderful time speaking for ISAE yesterday and serving on a panel on website redesign projects. After my keynote presentation and a great lunch, we had some excellent Q&A around what leads to a successful website redesign project. Special thanks to Katie Voorhest for inviting me to speak and for being one of [...]

So you think you’re in a ROWE?

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14 Mar 2010

SpinWeb became a ROWE a few years ago. Since then, we have enjoyed a happier workplace, more balanced lives, and improved productivity. From my perspective, ROWE is to the traditional workplace as the Renaissance is to the Dark Ages. I look back on our pre-ROWE work environment and I actually feel embarrassment at how we [...]

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Tags: ROWE, spinweb

How does building websites change the world?

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14 Feb 2010

At SpinWeb, we create professional websites and online marketing initiatives. We’ve been doing it since 1996 and have gotten very good at it. We’ve gotten so good at it that it amazes me how fast and how well we deploy new websites on time, on budget, and with amazing design quality.
Sometimes, however, I think we [...]

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Tags: Design, indianapolis, Marketing, spinweb, website

I’m tired of social media

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20 Jan 2010

Gasp! There, I said it. I have a suspicion that others are thinking it, too. At this particular moment I am tired of social media. I have taken a few days to focus on other things and it has been great. I didn’t post anything to Twitter for a few days, I didn’t spend much [...]

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Tags: blog, blogging, facebook, indianapolis, linkedin, Marketing, michael reynolds, social media, twitter

In a ROWE, every day is a snow day

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7 Jan 2010

Remember snow days? As a kid, the first big snow of the season was an eagerly-anticipated gift because it could mean that school was canceled, which would be followed by sleeping in, sledding, and other recreational hi-jinks. As we got older, snow days started to affect us in different ways. As employees, snow days could [...]

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Tags: indianapolis, ROWE, snow, spinweb

Why consider ghost blogging?

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2 Dec 2009

You’ve probably heard all the buzz about blogging by now. As you may have heard, blogging can help build visibility for you and your company through improved search engine rankings and distributed content. Blogging also helps add an element of transparency to your business because it allows your customers to learn more about the people [...]