What can I say this is just plain smart. Why wouldn’t you attached yourself to a network that is reaching 10 million monthly visitors/followers who pin and re-pin posts? You are reaching a market you might not have been able to reach before. Pinterest is reaching more people than Facebook and Twitter. Vogue and Marie Claire joined as well and why wouldn’t they.

Apparently Martha Stewart thinks it’s a good thing, she’s thrown her had in. I broke down this week and joined myself, I’ve been avoided it because I know people who are seriously addicted. As soon as I did I already had 27 followers and I don’t even have any boards yet. The reason is because Pinterest is building off Facebook’s friends circles. Pinterest does the work through your contact lists for you. They make it so easy to share, and isn’t that the point. I’m impressed.

Well of course collaborative storytelling is the future of marketing. You are creating a relationship with your consumer. If you listen to them and form that bond they will feel apart of that process and be your best advocates. If they are sharing their stories, it gets your brand across in a more meaningful way.

Zuckerberg had to grow in order to grow Facebook. Facebook is all about sharing yourself through online communication. He had to foster and create communication within Facebook’s staff.

It was nice to read that he didn’t have all the answers and how he found them. He studied up and worked on himself  by hiring an executive coach. I didn’t know there was such a thing and he did something different, he became more open, asked others what worked for them.

He instituted processes and frequent all hands meetings  as well as formed collaborative groups. THAT IS GREAT, IT FOSTERS INNOVATION!  I like that he wasn’t above getting down and dirty with coding all with the employees.

He even had an eye on future recruits, going as far as creating a wiki for feedback and free flowing information about potential candidates to make sure that they’ll be hiring the right people who’ll answer future issues.

I like him, he isn’t afraid to get in the trenches and can still make fun of himself by having comedian Andy Sandburg parody him at a conference. He takes his job and company seriously but is down to earth enough to not take him self too seriously.

I loved this article. I loved it so much I reposted it on my LinkedIn account when I first saw it a little more than a month ago.

I completely agreed with this article.

Leadership can be shown through ignoring job descriptions. If I had a nickel for every time I heard  others say “that’s not my job” I’d be rich. People who feel justified by saying that line don’t instill faith or loyalty from others, and are shocked when someone uses that same line on them.

Being a little be different is a good thing. One of the best engineers I’ve ever worked with reminded me of Clark Kent. This man had the same glasses and everything. He even had a set schedule that he stuck with everyday. You could set you clock by him. He was great. He was the go to guy for equipment design.

People who operate outside of the invisible office group respectable zones get canned. Being loud, obnoxious and throwing tantrums are a good ways to lose your job and future references.

Praising others for good deeds is a no brainer. I know I do this outside of the office as well as in. How much better would your day be if you heard a few kinds words. There is a serious lack of appreciating others in this world.

I hate when that one guys goes off on a tangent on a conference call which derails the whole call and the rest of us are picturing ways to patent a shock therapy treatment through the phone and sharing our ideas of the volts needed over Instant Message. All this could have been avoided by scheduling a separate call at a later time. SO SIMPLE.

Speaking when others won’t can be risky. But if you don’t do it you’ll only have your self to blame later when your project fails. Better to be safe than sorry.

I don’t think employees really like to prove others wrong so much as they want to find the right answer. You don’t have to tear somebody down, rather give someone with an opposing opinion examples of what you’re talking about to show them your side.

This is my favorite. People are always big on processes and chances are that they’ll get dictated to you. Why wouldn’t you suggest something that makes sense as well as making your life easier. You also don’t have to be the only one to make the suggestions. You can elicit your coworkers in on it to. This helps you to build relationships with them.

Imagine a whole group of employees with remarkable qualities. I’m lucky enough to be in such a group and it is AWESOME.

So I think it’s important to remember that we constantly sell ourselves. We sell ourselves everyday through every interaction. It’s really who we are. People buy into it or they don’t. We can tailor our message through our dress, our body language and our tone. Communication is an art form.

The tips from the article will help anyone build better relationships and ultimately sales.

1. Negotiate
2. Close
3. Persistence
4. Self-discipline
5. Self-confidence

These are great tips and AREN’T THEY JUST WHAT YOU TELL SOMEONE FOR A PERSONAL OR PHONE INTERVIEW?

1. Be appropriate
2. Don’t just read your résumé. Give them a real feel of what you’re about.
3. Keep it short. AMEN!!!!!!
4. Be creative
5. Make it sharable

I loved these points and the video resumes in this article. This is a vehicle to sell yourself without having to pitch yourself over and over. You can present yourself under your terms, on your time without stress or pressure.

Employers already dig deeper to get a feel of potential candidates through Facebook and LinkedIn.  Employers would be more apt  to click on a video than by reading another boring resume. I had a friend that said, after a while they all look the same.

You are in control of your own spin with a video and using video instead of paper will get you remembered.

JUST MAKE SURE YOU’LL BE REMEMBERED FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR.