Before I start on my Composure lesson, I want to talk about me....though I think that is anti-charisma (We’ll figure that out during the charisma lesson). Regardless, I read my last post and realized how incredibly hard I am on myself! One of the things that I want to be sure of is that I … Continue reading A Lot of Geeky, With a Touch of Levity
As I mentioned in my previous post, my first step in my journey to executive presence is self-reflection. I recently asked our field marketers to self-calibrate their skills in each of the tools in our tech stack. So it's fitting for me to honestly self-calibrate my executive presence. I think I'm self-aware enough to know … Continue reading Self-Reflection
I read an article today from an engineering professor in London that proclaimed "people under 40 expect everything to ‘just work’ and have no idea what to do when things go wrong." As with anything which maligns any generation, her comments have been met with anger among those in the generation and praise with those over 40. … Continue reading Yes, Danielle George, Young People Don’t Know How to Fix Anything
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love my job. If you've read my blog, you know that I love my job. So after I go home at night and cook dinner, I typically start part 2 of my job: catching up on my tech articles. This past Sunday, I was catching up, and came … Continue reading Responding to Twitter Criticism: How a Tweet About Bitcoin Made Me “Superficial”and “Disingenuous”
"I need that gif...jif...gift...file as soon as possible." Those shouldn't be the words of a savvy marketer, but alas, they are mine...quite often, actually. Almost daily, I have to tell the graphic designers on my team what type of file format I need a certain asset in. Because I don't quite know how to pronounce … Continue reading How to Pronounce Image File Names Without Sounding Like an Idiot
I've talked about Google AdWords many times before...everything from the basics of how PPC campaigns work to how not to be spammy when using them on your blog. In reality, of all my digital marketing expertise, AdWords is probably the one I've had the least experience with. I know the ins and outs in theory, … Continue reading Super Secret Find: Free Google AdWords Consultations…from Google!
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