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My favorite public speaking improvement tip

December 3, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

When you finish speaking before a large group it's not uncommon for several of the audience members to approach the front of the room to engage you one on one. Since hearing Penn Jillette speak at Blog World I can assure I will never leave the front of the room until everyone who wants to has had an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: public speaking Tagged With: engage, my favorite, penn jillette, public speaking, public speaking tips, tip, tips

My favorite Linkedin tip

December 2, 2010 By Jim Raffel 5 Comments

Take a look at my "headline" which is the text below my name in the image above. Many folks I know just put their title in that space. I think that's a mistake. It's probably the most read part of your profile. Heck, they call it a headline because like a newspaper headline your goal with this text … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media Tagged With: community websites, favorites, headline, linkedin, my favorite, newspaper headlines, Professional, profiles, social media, tip, tips, title

My sharing threshold

December 1, 2010 By Jim Raffel 4 Comments

Sometimes I hear that I share too much in my blog posts. Other times I hear from people that wish I would share more details. How much I share and how I share it is a bit of a balancing act with several factors to consider. My general sharing guidelines I share stories about past successes and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Writing Tagged With: inspirational stories, share, share story, sharing information, story, threshold, thresholds

Offline listening

November 30, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

There has been a great deal written about setting up online listing stations in recent years. I've set one up myself and have found interesting information about competitors and located prospective speaking engagements. You can listen offline as well it just takes a bit more effort and practice. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer, sales Tagged With: linkedin, listen, listening, listening skills, offline, online and offline, social media, speaking engagements

Changing your business

November 29, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Would you rather sell the coffee maker or the coffee? How about the coffee maker and then get a license fee from anyone who distributes coffee that works with your coffee maker? This is what Keurig has done with their K-Kup coffee brewers. Because K-Kup brewers are convenient, I and plenty of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketer Tagged With: business, consumable products, flagship, keurig, revenues, your business

Social Media Activity Increases Blog Traffic

November 28, 2010 By Jim Raffel 2 Comments

An unscientific analysis of traffic on this site shows a 20 to 25% downturn when I am less active on the various social media channels I utilize. I have observed these downturns in blog traffic when I am traveling. When traveling I post fewer status updates to Facebook and engage less on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, social media, Twitter Tagged With: blog traffic, connections, engagement, Facebook, increases, linkedin, social media, traffic, Twitter

Creativity and Coloring

November 27, 2010 By Jim Raffel 3 Comments

When you were young how did you color? Did you color inside the lines? Did you color the grass green and the sky blue? Did you color the background or just the object? How would you color today? I believe we can find answers to our creative outlook in questions like these. Photo Credit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: cognition, color, coloring, colors, creativity, outlook, problem solving, psychology, questions, sky blue

Foursquare badges, what's all the fuss about?

November 26, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

On a recent airline flight, after completing a couple hours of work, I decided to surf the interwebs a bit, courtesy of gogo Inflight Wi-Fi. Upon checking my Twitter stream I quickly realized there was a Foursquare Mile High badge that could be earned. Here's a little story of how I learned about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: social media, Twitter Tagged With: badges, foursquare, geolocation, Twitter

Thanksgiving

November 25, 2010 By Jim Raffel Leave a Comment

Yesterday I wrote about what I am Thankful for. Today I am going to address the "giving" part of Thanksgiving. As I've thought about writing this post in my head it occurred to me that giving is every bit as tabu a topic as religion, politics and how much we make. Regardless, here's my personal take … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: causes, ideas, tabu, thankful, thanksgiving

Thankful

November 24, 2010 By Jim Raffel 6 Comments

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving (here in the States) so today I am writing about what I am thankful for in 2010. Tomorrow I'll address how I am handling giving back at this point in my life. I'm thankful for Health - Everyone in my immediate and extended family is basically healthy right now. Because I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: personal development Tagged With: extended family, family, health, listing, nerd, social media, thankful, thanksgiving

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