Posts Tagged ‘Communication’

10 Ways to Pimp Your Blog

A couple months ago, I wrote a newbie’s guide to blogging to help you get started with blogging. If you’ve been blogging for a little while now, you might be looking at how you can take the next step. To that end, this post offers 10 ways to “pimp” your blog, both in the sense of “tricking out” your blog to make it more attractive and more useful… » Continue

April 23 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: blog, blogging, Communication, community, marketing, promotion | 30 comments»

How to Write a Business Letter That Gets Results

I can’t tell you how many truly awful letters I’ve had to read in my life. As a former administrative assistant, I was responsible for all the unsolicited submissions to a major New York museum. Artists and collectors all over the country (and abroad) wrote to have their work considered for display or acquisition, and to be honest the decision frequently rested more on the quality of their cover… » Continue

March 10 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, Communication, letter, persuasion, writing | 16 comments»

How to Be a Good Neighbor In an Attention Economy

These days, everyone has too much on their minds. Gone are the days when woke up, went to the factory, put in your time, came home, and sat down with a selection from the three TV shows on that night. Gone, too, are the days when a long-distance call from grandma in Wisconsin was an event, something to look forward to and to put everything on hold for. Or… » Continue

March 3 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: attention, Communication, email, interruption, promotion | 11 comments»

The Simply Effective Guide To Reaching Anyone Online

Networking online is very similar to networking face to face. You’re ultimately trying to connect with people and forge relationships. The only real difference is that you’re using slightly different tools to communicate, and have to compete a bit harder to get their attention.

It’s not always easy, but it’s never impossible, if you commit to being a certain type of person, and taking appropriate measures to reach your goal… » Continue

February 27 2008 | By Alex | Tagged: Communication, email, networking, online, tool | 7 comments»

The Newbie Guide to Blogging

We live in a blogging world. Whether you’re a business startup, an established business, a freelancer, an intern, a musician, or anyone else, blogging can help you:

Make your name or brand visible
Connect with others in your business or interest
Reach out to the public about issues you’re passionate about
Express yourself
Update clients or an audience about projects you’re working on
Share your knowledge
Learn to write better
Share

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February 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: blog, blogging, Communication, software, tool, web-app | 46 comments»

T.H.U.M.P. - 5 Ways to Deal with Irresponsible People

Yep, we’ve all been there. Whether it’s a co-worker, a family member, or even a close friend, we’ve all had to deal with people whose stark irresponsibility causes anger, annoyance, and even chaos everywhere they go.

These individuals are constantly late, they don’t follow instructions, they miss appointments, they forget to call, they make drastically uninformed decisions, and they just generally create negativity and angst for the rest of us.

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February 11 2008 | By Aaron | Tagged: chaos, Communication, irresponsibility, people, planning, relationship | 20 comments»

How to Break-Up With a Friend

Friendships make up a huge chunk of our support system. They are the glue that holds it all together. If one friendship disappears, a gaping hole is left in the support web. But sometimes in life, it is necessary to let go of people that no longer serve as a support, but instead lead to stress and to problematic situations commonly referred to as “drama”… » Continue

January 28 2008 | By AJ | Tagged: Communication, friendship, support | 15 comments»

Lifehack Live for January 28, 2008

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This week on Lifehack Live I talked with Liz Strauss of Successful (and Outstanding) Blog. Liz and I talked about the importance of relationships, both online and off, and how to create and maintain the relationships that nurture and provide meaning to our work, our lives, and our selves. (Note:Liz’ voice is a little muffled at the beginning, but gets better a few minutes in… » Continue

January 28 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, creativity, Podcast, relationship | no comments»

Save Your Sanity: Have a Communications Blackout Day

Technology is great, but there can be too much of a good thing. E-mail results in faster communication, but it also leaves overflowing inboxes, spam attacks and the need for lengthy messages. RSS, Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and instant messaging programs can also be great, if the 24/7 uninterrupted stream of information doesn’t drive you crazy first.

My suggestion is that for one day each month, have a… » Continue

January 15 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, e-mail, internet, messaging, network, simplicity, stress, unplug | 9 comments»

Using Questions To Control Communication

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Through reading numerous books on communication and field testing hundreds of techniques, a few fundamental patterns have become very apparent to me. If you’ve ever been on a date, an interview, or a networking event, you may have noticed some of these social patterns as well.

Before getting involved in an interaction with someone, ask yourself a couple of questions:

How can you make a person feel important

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December 21 2007 | By Alex | Tagged: Communication, conversation, question | 6 comments»

How to Choose the Perfect Gift

It is almost Christmas and many of us are still scrambling around trying to choose the perfect gift for a friend or relative. What do they want? What do they need? What can we buy? We can spend hours in shops asking ourselves these questions. There is another way to select the perfect gift but it involves changing our perception of… » Continue

December 18 2007 | By Tom | Tagged: christmas, Communication, gift, giving, relationship | 9 comments»

How to Offer your Sympathies Following a Bereavement

When attending the funeral of someone we know, the thought of going up to express our condolences to the friends and relatives of the deceased can often fill us with apprehension - it’s not exactly the kind of experience we go through every day. However, with the right approach it can actually be a very inwardly rewarding experience. Here are a few pointers:

The words “I’m sorry for your loss”

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December 12 2007 | By Shane | Tagged: bereavement, Communication, feelings, funeral, loss | 9 comments»

Defusing a Relationship Bomb

Relationship Bombs. We hit them all of the time - or rather they hit us. They are tensions ready to snap, anger ready to boil over or cold, calculated vengeance waiting for opportunity. A relationship bomb is on the brink of exploding in most confrontations because people simply don’t understand each other.

This is our first mistake. We look at a conflict and all we… » Continue

December 11 2007 | By Tom | Tagged: anger, Communication, relationship | 14 comments»

Using Compliments To Control Communication

Over the past few years I have been reading books on personal development, relationships, communication, and the power of manipulation. I took things a step further, when I began to experiment with some of these techniques in real conversations. The thing to remember when your experiments involve other people is to have fun, treat it as a learning experience, and not be harmful or disruptive to other people as… » Continue

November 23 2007 | By Alex | Tagged: Communication, compliment, conversation, manipulation | 36 comments»

How to Cut Crutch Words When Giving a Speech

“…um…” “…you know…” “…like…” “…ah…”

You’ve all seen it before. What would otherwise be a great presentation becomes one interrupted jumble of syllables. Instead of taking those key pauses to let the audience digest, every moment of hesitation is filled with a crutch word. Maybe it happens to you.

Eliminating crutch words is one of the fastest ways to improve yourself as a speaker. Not only… » Continue

November 8 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, crutch-words, presentation, public-speaking, speaking | 42 comments»

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