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By Janet Barclay. New bloggers often ask me, What should I blog about? Another question that seems to come up a lot is How often should I blog? Although many experts (self-appointed and otherwise) claim to have the definitive answer, you actually need to answer a few other questions before you can determine the blogging frequency that’s right for you. 1 – Why are you blogging? If your primary goal is to improve your search engine optimization, the more often you blog the better. Every time you publish a post,…
By Janet Barclay. I recently participated in the Social Media Success Summit, a four-week online conference featuring 45 sessions by top social media experts. As you can imagine, I learned about a lot of different strategies and tactics, but one thing that really stood out was the many tools that are available to support us in our social media marketing endeavours – and not just the well-known ones like HootSuite and Buffer. This is by no means a complete list, but I’m sure you’ll find a few here that you…
By Janet Barclay. To grow your network, you need to constantly meet new people and nurture your existing relationships. Here are 10 tips to help you get the most from your networking activities. 1. Make an effort. Networking doesn’t just happen. Apply your organizing skills to your own business by planning a schedule of events to attend or other opportunities to network, along with following up and developing your new relationships. 2. Face-to-face networking is better than virtual. Social media makes it easy to network, but it shouldn’t be the…
Daisy Wright | Tell Stories, Get Hired Innovative Strategies to Land Your Next Job and Advance Your Career Paperback / PDF Book | #TSGH #tellstoriesgethired “What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and poet How many times have you heard that “actions speak louder than words?” It is true. Our thoughts and feelings, and the messages we send through non-verbal body language, tell a more authentic story than the words we speak. Body language consists of non-verbal communication such…
“We only need to look at what we are really doing in the world and at home and we’ll know what it is to be Canadian.” ~ The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada Welcome to our new PROFESSIONAL Members: Anoma Mudalige Christine Cristiano David Quinn Deanne Acres Dorothy Maciag-Zwolski Karen Archer Kathern Hunter-Wolff Raminder Bahl Tahira Nawaz Thank you to our renewing PROFESSIONAL Members: Catherine LeBrun Maureen Farmer Natalie Roper Vanessa Boila Congratulations to our newly CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL Members: Adrian Schuurmans, CCS Christine Cristiano, CCS Much gratitude…
The Canadian Human Rights Commission’s 2014 Report on Equality Rights of Women finds that employment inequality still exists for Women in Canada. Acting Chief Commissioner, David Langtry says, “When compared to adult men, Canadian women are earning less across most employment sectors.” In the report, he goes on to say, “Canadian women have made important gains on the road to equality over the years. But important gaps remain.” Compared to adult men in Canada: Canadian women earn less income in most employment sectors Canadian women are more likely to be unemployed This…