The article highlighted in the effortless HR had a good list and great explanations.
As a new business owner, you might not be aware of the many options available to help you find your employees. The following is a list of resources to consider when you are looking to add employee(s) to your company.
Your Own Website
Employee Referrals
Print Media
The Internet
Professional Organizations
Educational Institutions
Job Fairs
Networking
Recruitment/Temporary Agencies
The people over at ChangeThis sent this free offer over and I thought I would pass it on. ChangeThis is a great site that gives away e-books that are typically excerpts of content soon to be published. As an example I read David Meerman Scott 32-page e-book on The New Rules of PR, 6-months or so before it was published.
Enjoy! ChangeThis http://www.changethis.com/
Greetings Everyone! Beginning tomorrow, and running through August 4th, Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Macmillan Audio will be offering the audio edition of Thomas Friedman's THE WORLD IS FLAT for free. Listeners will receive the audiobook in three easy-to-download sections, and soon after that, as an added bonus, will also receive an exclusive prepublication audio excerpt of Friedman's HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED: WHY WE NEED A GREEN REVOLUTION AND HOW IT CAN RENEW AMERICA. The book itself will be released by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on September 8th. Jeff Seroy, Senior Vice President of marketing and publicity at FSG, said the purpose of this audio giveaway is to "celebrate Friedman's enormous influence on our lives and times. And in preparation for the release of his new book, a green manifesto and a continuation in many ways of his thinking in THE WORLD IS FLAT, we want to enable anyone who hasn't already read THE WORLD IS FLAT to catch up with Friedman's argument and vision for the future." If you'd like to receive these free audio downloads, sign up at the address below: http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/giveaway
Lauren Zettler has returned from New York to host a fundraiser for the Indiana Flood Victims on August 15th in Carmel, IN. Please click on the News releases to learn more.
Singer/Songwriter Lauren Zettler
The show times for our new TV Show, Cool stuff.
Here is our link on Facebook.
We have the following show times for you;
2:30 PM July 21 on Access 1
- 5:30 PM July 22 on Access 1
- 9:30 AM July 23 on Access 1
- 2:30 PM July 26 on Access 2
- 6:30 PM August 15 on Access 2
- 4:00 PM August 18 on Access 2
- 9:00 AM August 21 on Access 2
- 12:30 PM August 22 on Access 2
Access 1 is Comcast 55 and Verizon FIOS 25
Access 2 is Comcast 57 and Verizon FIOZ 27
Grammar Girl Uses Podcasting to Grow Information Business
via The Life's Work Group Blog by Matthew Scott on 7/15/08
My Escape From Cubicle Nation friend Pam Slim wrote a great post today on Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty.
What a great example of using podcasts to enable people to know, like, and trust you.
Mignon did something very creative from a business process standpoint.
1. She created a 5-minute weekly podcast. She now receives 800,000 visitors a week.
2. Mignon created an audio book on audible.com.
3. She wrote a print copy book.
I love this creative approach.
You can view her YouTube video on Matthew's site it might give you some inspiration and ideas for your own business.
Confluence! Networking Event
7/30/08 Workshops at 3PM, Networking at 4PM
Free Registration Nearly-Full!
Workshops Already Full, Jam-Packed
Over 150 Registered, Stopping at 200!
REGISTER TODAY
Confluence! is a free event designed to bring together Indy’s best networkers and associations. Over 150 attendees have completed their free online registrations. Partnering with fortyfive degrees, a brand new restaurant and nightclub on College & Mass Ave, the event is expected to draw a couple hundred top-shelf, well-connected, business professionals. Confluence! networking will kick-off at the venue at 4PM and run for a couple hours. Complimentary appetizers along with a cash bar and many event gifts and door prizes will riddle the evening.
Pre-event workshops, currently closed and jam-packed, from 3-4PM will be provided to attendees interested in professional development and education. Presenting speakers and companies include Lorraine Ball of RoundPeg & Rainmakers speaking on “The Web 2.0 Phenomenon”, Linda Rendleman of Business Women Connect speaking on “Stand up and talk like a girl: Using your unique feminine strengths for success”, and Ginna Fenton of Express Employment Professionals facilitating a panel discussion on the topic of “Are you an ‘Employer of Choice’?” Ginna’s panel discussion includes professionals from the following organizations: May’s Chemical, Bingham McHale, Angie’s List, Liquid Transport Corp, Dashr Solutions, David Anderson, SPHR, and Preferred Sourcing.
Stay ‘til the end for the shocking Grand Prize raffle of a $4,000 DreamAuthentic’s Game Cabinet personally donated by Ginna Fenton of Express Employment Professionals! But that’s not all, other fantastic door prizes include a $500 gift certificate to DreamAuthentics donated by DreamAuthentics, 25 Control Sprayers, Paint Crews, and Deck Mates ranging in value from $99.99 to $199.99 and generously donated by FP’s client, Wagner Spray Tech Corporation, and 4 American Lung Association Golf Plus Privilege Books with discounts at 300+ Indiana golf courses and a retail value of $35 each graciously donated by another FP Client, the American Lung Association. Business cards will be drawn starting at 5:45 PM. Must be present to win. No stand-ins allowed.
For what you get this is not a bad package to consider. This is the latest Microsoft Newsletter. Take a look and browse around. If you are only going to dabble in the Internet, this is a low cost way to learn a lot and make a few mistakes.
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Nearly a quarter of the world’s population (some 1.4 billion people) - will use the internet on a regular basis in 2008 - and that number is expected to surpass 1.9 billion, or 30% of the world’s population, in 2012, according to IDC’s Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast.
“The internet will have added its second billion users over a span of about eight year...read more
The Thank You Note - It's Still Important
You are unique ... your interview experience is unique ... and your response should be unique as well. Take notes during your interview and recap important points in your thank you note. You can also mention objections you hope to overcome or new information that perhaps supports your candidacy. Write as if you were in a conversation with the recipient. Be concise and make sure that every word adds value.
The standard suggestion has been to send a thank you note / letter or email directly after the interview, which is fine. However, many candidates find that they get an EVEN BETTER RESPONSE with a simple store bought plain thank you card with their brief remarks inside. A card that comes in a non-business-style envelope stands out from all of the boring business mail and emails that are received each day and shows a more personal touch than a stuffy letter or email.
Deborah James, Leading Edge Resumes and Career Services
www.leadingedgeresumes.com
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Free Webinar by Business901 – Connecting with Permission
Several people asked me to post it here because they missed the information on my Nonprofit website www.fundingyournonprofit.com. Please join us.
What: 60 minute presentation on 7-Step Nonprofit Marketing Guide
When: Thursday, July 10, 2008, 11-00AM – 12:00PM Est.
Where: Webinar, your desk
Invitation Only: Space is limited contact info@business901.com
So, who will benefit . . .
- If you are just starting your organization
- If you want to take your organization to the next level
- If you can’t seem to get your marketing unstuck
- If you know you need different marketing but your organization doesn’t get it
- If you ever wondered why nobody talks about marketing as a system
- If you simply know that your organization could do better.
Put a permission based marketing system to work for your organization. Designed to give Non-profits a simple, effective and affordable approach to marketing.
Great quck read on managing it all if you pull 1 idea from the minute it takes you to read it, well you maybe saving a day in your life! There is more than this so click through.
I got an interesting email from Kevin Behringer from the Fly-Over Marketing Blog:
"I was listening to SPOS 110 and your point about a system to manage content and ideas really tied into a question I had for Foreword Thinking.
How do you manage it all?!?
You read a lot of books, blogs, etc. How do you record it all or track it to actually use it? One of the things I'm struggling with right now."
The truth is, I think we're all struggling with this. So, in the spirit of sharing and me wanting to learn more about how others track everything as well, I thought I would answer, but then also tag some people I know (and others who I have never met, but would be interested in learning how they handle, manage and track this vast land of information) and hope that they Blog about this topic on their own spaces and share it with their readers.
For Web-based content (like Blogs, newsfeeds, etc...) I swear by Google Reader. For tracking purposes, I'll either use the "Add star" button for
Overall, I don't record or track anything with the intent of keeping it around forever. I think that specific philosophy makes it all easier. Odds are if I saved, tracked, tagged or recorded something for future use and I have not used it after a couple of weeks, I'm comfortable purging it entirely.
How about people, Can you make a case for your city! Click here on John's blog and advertise your city, Tell them who you are!!
, Indiana, Fort Wayne, IndianapolisI use Varju's Blogs a lot. she has excellent small business sense. Here is a great post of here and you know, she always backs up what she say with statistics.
Building Relationships Takes Time : Virtual Small Business Marketing Support
I have had several blogs send me this post and I do think it is good, take a look:
Building Blocks
Posted: 04 Jul 2008 11:58 AM CDT
I love this image from David Armono's Logic + Emotion blog:
Here is the link to the original post if you have trouble seeing the image below
2 websites are associated with the program, www.FundingYourNonprofit.com and www.Business401.com. Take a look and if you know of anyone interested let me know.
More about the show: This is a bi-monthly program that I have just started on the Fort Wayne Public Access station. It is going to be an interview type format and focused on “Your Story.” The highlight of the show will be on the difference you have made in someone’s life. We recommend a staff member and a board member or a recipient of your service be involved.
If interested please call or e-mail me for this or future shows. There are more details on www.FundingYourNonprofit.com.
