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This blog for now is mainly going to be about my job search and networking efforts. I will throw in other things from time to time that I find interesting or want to post about.

Once I am working again, this blog will be about ongoing efforts in networking, and of course, items I find of interest.

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JibberJobber Gets LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype, Google and Anagram 01/14/2010

I find myself regularly pointing people to three of my most favorite features in JibberJobber. In this post I want to share how JibberJobber interfaces with five outside tools: LinkedIn – in various places in the JibberJobber experience you can tap into your LinkedIn network. You can do a quick search on LinkedIn for companies or names, or you can see who […]

December Topic – Blogging Deep Dive 12/01/2009

The December 10th topic for Social Media Club Phoenix is “Blogging Deep Dive”, taken from one of the user suggestions in our Uservoice forum. This talk assumes you already have a blog, and want to develop your skills and reach. It will talk about the reasons and motivations for blogging. How to build a consistent voice on your blog? Should you cover one to […]

Upcoming Events in Dec & Jan 12/11/2009

We have a bevy of organizations in Phoenix that are hosting fun and interesting events in the next few months – Check them out! December 12/12 ImprovAZ will be doing their first mp3 Experiment at 2pm on Mill Ave in Tempe: ImprovAZ 12/12 Sunlight Hackathon at Gangplank: Hackathon09 January 1/10 No Pants AZ Ride. More details to follow soon: No Pants AZ 2010 […]

To Cross-Post or Not to Cross-Post 11/21/2009

I’ve noticed a lot of people automatically cross-posting from one social media site to another lately. They have all their Twitter updates feed to Facebook, all their LinkedIn updates feed to Twitter, or all their Delicious tags updating Facebook. I’ll say right off the bat, that I find this frustrating (especially when it comes from savvy marketing people). […]

Social Media and the Law of Attraction 12/07/2009

I had the distinct honor and pleasure of presenting on Social Media and the Law of Attraction at The Bob Proctor Matrixx event this past weekend. What a first class operation this is that attracts top level businesses from all over the world to get together for 6 days to learn and strategize on how to grow personally and professionally. If you are familiar w […]

SJN Adds Three Board Members 06/25/2009

Shared by Marty Congratulations to the newest board members of Southwest Job Network (SJN) SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Christine Vicari, Founder-Executive Director Southwest Job Network ____________________________________ (Scottsdale, AZ – June 22, 2009). It is my pleasure to announce the addition of three new board members to the SJN executive team. With this ac […]

Top 5 Best & Worst of Valley Social Media 06/10/2009

Francine has done a fantastic job starting the local Social Media Club chapter and running it for so long, but while she has handed over the reins to me for the summer I'd like to try a few things to see if we can reinvigorate involvement. My goal is to reach out to people who have not attended in a while, and get in a wider mix of people than the […]

My Bad Media Manners 06/22/2009

I screwed up. I am admitting it here in hopes that maybe someone else will learn from my mistake and not do the same thing as me. Last week I was able to finally get a client and a key industry expert to have lunch with a business reporter who had been searching for some new local hard news story ideas. I didn’t know a lot about the topic at hand because the […]

How to interview practically anyone 06/25/2009

I was voted “Quietest” in high school. So you can imagine the 1,000 deaths I died when I first had to write case studies after grad school. I was working for a mainframe company, Data General (now owned by EMC Corporation) , and sent out to various locations around the U.S. to interview engineers. These are people not known for their ability to make you f […]

Men losing jobs at twice the rate of women 06/18/2009

Men have been losing jobs at about twice the rate of women in this recession, or "man-cession," says Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., a Chicago consultancy. Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of unemployed men 20 and older grew 103 percent to 7.5 million from May 2008 to May 2009. The number of unemplo […]

CEOs missing the boat on social networking? 06/24/2009

From Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer: A new study says top CEOs should do a better job managing their presence online, on social sites like Twitter and Facebook and even Wikipedia. Sharon Barclay, who runs the executive public-relations firm Blue Trumpet Group and the blog UberCEO, took Fortune's 2009 list of the top 100 CEOs and found what she ca […]

Gas prices: Back to the future? 06/11/2009

Buckle up folks, energy prices are starting to soar again. AP energy writer Chris Kahn notes oil prices, for starters, have broken free of the fundamentals that usually rule the market, rising despite a glut in surplus crude oil. It touched $73.23 a barrel today. Naturally, gas prices at the pump have been surging too, reaching a national average of $2.63 a […]

SJN Get Wired to Get Hired - Hands On Workshop 06/18/2009

When: Monday, June 22, 2009 from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (MT) Where: Jobing.com Office4747 N 22nd StPhoenix, AZ 85016 Hosted By: Scottsdale Job Network (SJN) The Scottsdale Job Network (SJN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community group of job seekers and others volunteering their time to help them in their career transitions. The group attracts speakers from industry […]

3 million job openings? 05/23/2009

Business Week magazine reported in a recent cover story that employers have 3 million openings for jobs. With the millions of unemployed Americans, why is that number of unfilled positions so high? AP economic writer Christopher S. Rugaber says: Even in a deep recession, there are still jobs available. The figure reflects what economists call “churn” in th […]

Vetting a potential employer 04/22/2009

Got a job interview in this economy? Congrats, you’ve beaten the odds. Before getting too far in the process – and getting too excited you may have work – make sure to investigate your new employer. You want a good understanding of its culture and business decisions before the interview. And, it's a useful way to gauge a business’s health. It might not […]

Dan Schawbel’s First Book: Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success 04/07/2009

Personal Branding has really come a long ways in the last few years! I remember when William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson wrote “the bible” on personal branding, back when there were really just a handful of personal branding blogs. Fast forward to today and we have (probably) hundreds of blogs that have some element of personal branding, and the latest book o […]

Marketing and Social Media “Tip of the Week” 03/23/2009

Every Monday morning I’ll be publishing a Marketing and Social Media “Tip of the Week” on Twitter and my Facebook public profile. I’ll use hashtag #msmtip on Twitter. Here we go! Before asking should you use tools like Twitter and Facebook, you need to be clear on what your objectives are. (3/23/09) Email subject lines are the most important factor in deter […]

Apr 16, 2009: Maricopa County Fair at Arizona Exposition & State Fairgrounds 04/09/2009

There are many exhibits at the Maricopa County Fair, including farm equipment, Four C's, farm tours and livestock exhibits. Kiddie Koral and Farm Tours will delight the younger children. There are marionettes and dog shows, fire safety demonstrations, and more. Finally, there are two stages of entertainment in addition to grandstand events, where you […]

4/21 SLOW Networking 04/06/2009

SJN Meeting: Tues, April 21, 2009 Temple Chai 12:30 PM – 3 PM On the morning of Tuesday, April 21, SJN is presenting the curriculum session on Networking which ends at 11:30 AM. Bring a bag lunch or go out and then rejoin us at 12:30 PM for a special hands-on networking practice session. Heard of speed networking? That’s great when you want to meet 20 or 50 […]

Huge JibberJobber Upgrade Last Night 03/05/2009

Last night we had the biggest upgrade to our system yet. In the last 2.5 years we’ve had a bunch of upgrades, but this one required us to actually take JibberJobber offline for a while so we could make some database changes… huge thanks to my team for their efforts in this release, and for working in the wee hours of the night to do the upgrade! Here’s a p […]

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