Books

10.06.08

For the past few weeks I have been a part of an awesome campaign and project. Being a Social Media Consultant and running an Entertainment Marketing Firm we bring in a fair share of cool clients and off the wall projects. But this one tips the scale.

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10.02.08

If you’re sitting there – fresh out of college or in the middle of a career transition – trying to figure out whether it’s better to get a job or start a business, I can assure you that you’re not alone. In fact, in the past week I received emails from twentysomethings across the globe asking me what’s the right thing to do – that’s why I decided to write a post.

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09.29.08

We live in a culture that claims to hate Mondays and live for Fridays, so it’s no surprise that you would think dreading work was perfectly acceptable. Listen up – it’s not! If you count yourself among the disgruntled masses that can’t get it up for their business you’re in the wrong business. And if you stay in that business anyway, it’s going to suck.

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09.24.08

We’ve all heard the insufferable phrase: it’s not about what you know; it’s about who you know. If this statement is true, it seems a little counter-intuitive to even bother with college. Even after years of education and training for the professional world, knowledge has nothing to do with your professional success?

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09.22.08

Product placement—or embedded marketing—has been around since the early days of motion pictures. Some references pinpoint its origin to the 1890s when Unilever soap was first seen in silent films. However, if you include product placement in novels and other written forms, its birth would extend back almost another 100 years.

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09.17.08

We get it all the time and we give it all the time. Yet, there seems to be some confusion over what exactly a request for feedback is as well as what it isn't. Here's two things it isn't followed by one thing it is.

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09.15.08

I’ve been asked more than once why on earth do I switch jobs so often. To set the record straight, in this post I’ll let you in on the biggest secret of my career so that hopefully a. people stop dropping their jaws when they hear that I’ve had 12 jobs in 10 years and b. you learn a few tricks that will benefit your own career.

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09.12.08

Wednesday night I had the rare honor of hearing New York Times columnist, best-selling author and three-time Pulitzer winner, Thomas L. Friedman speak at the OSU Executive Management Briefing.

I’ve been a fan of Friedman’s work ever since 2006 I when decided to picked up The World is Flat to see what all the fuss was [...]

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09.10.08

The best coaches have a unique way of knowing just what to say, what to ask, and when to shut up. They create a culture of trust in which you can say whatever’s on your mind and they can challenge you in a way that is often unfamiliar in almost any other relationship.

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09.10.08

Barack Obama’s new campaign book, Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama’s Plan to Renew America’s Promise,is now available for purchase at amazon.com.

The book contains his written plans for America, transcripts of a number of his speeches, and a new foreword by Sen. Obama.

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