Maren Hogan's Blog – March 2015 Archive (8)

14 Things You Need to be a Great Co-Worker

I have been studying up on being a great leader and just how, precisely that is done. While I don’t have any tried and true battle theories (yet) I did think I would tackle some things that help make a great leader…being a great co-worker. Here are 14 things you NEED to be a great co-worker (which I sincerely hope begets great leadership skills cuz…you know):

SELF-AWARENESS

If you don’t have a handle on who you are as a…

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Added by Maren Hogan on March 31, 2015 at 11:52am — No Comments

Tom Petty, Blogging Copycats, and YOU

Recently, Sam Smith, a young UK crooner had to pay royalties from his hit “Stay with Me” to Tom Petty, due to similarities in the chorus to “Won’t Back Down”. This isn’t the first instance where Tom Petty, his lawyers or his fans have insisted that the rock legend was being copied by a younger musician or band. And while when listening to the songs in question, you can’t…

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Added by Maren Hogan on March 25, 2015 at 6:30am — 3 Comments

Hey Business Owners, You're Doing Social Media All Wrong

By Eric Foutch

Even with all the information out there in support of social media for businesses, many are still convinced it isn’t worth their time or energy. They’re wrong, and if you’re not participating in social media, then so are you! Here are some major social media mistakes you’re making:

OPTING OUT

We are in…

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Added by Maren Hogan on March 24, 2015 at 6:30am — No Comments

7 Design Must-Haves For a Great Office Space

LOTS OF NATURAL LIGHT.

I’m not sure what it’s like where you live, but in Omaha, it can get gray for MONTHS on end. That affects people, especially me. So I like to have offices with lots of windows, tons of overhead light and lamps. Mirrors also…

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Added by Maren Hogan on March 19, 2015 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

5 Marketing Tactics for Recruiters

Automation. Branding. Target. Messaging. Nurturing. Social.

Do all these words sound familiar? If you’re a recruiter they probably do, but until pretty recently, these words were more familiar to the folks over in your marketing department. In fact, over the last few years, recruiters have increasingly been encouraged to take up the…

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Added by Maren Hogan on March 16, 2015 at 10:33am — No Comments

Is Snapchat the New Facebook?

By Eric Foutch

I recently read this awesome post on LinkedIn that said Snapchat is the new Facebook. At first, I laughed thinking I was going to argue with pretty much the entire article, and then I read it.

The Author, …

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Added by Maren Hogan on March 11, 2015 at 7:00am — No Comments

5 Ways to Ruin Twitter for Everyone

By Eric Foutch

There are tons of brands, people and companies that are taking advantage of my favorite social media outlet, Twitter. As of January 2014 there were 645,750,000 Twitter users with 135,000 new users being added daily.

Twitter is a great social media platform…

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Added by Maren Hogan on March 5, 2015 at 10:41am — 2 Comments