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http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2012/02/make-a-good-impression-in-30-s.html

Make a Good Impression in 30 Seconds - Ron Ashkenas - Harvard Business Review

Here in the U.S., the Super Bowl this weekend showed us the power of 30-second advertisements , and how influential they can be in promoting a company's awareness.
The online space has opened up creative avenues marketers could only have dreamt about. While you’re thinking up the latest bells and whistles to make your emails stand out, consider a few simple steps that should form the building blocks of any successful campaign. http://econsultancy.com/blog/8835-three-steps-to-keeping-email-marketing-simple-but-effective

Three steps to keeping email marketing simple but effective | Econsultancy

Top 15 Job Boards for Responsible Careers | Responsible Careers

In my earlier post this week, I discussed how to transition from career success to career significance for professionals interested in responsible careers. http://www.justmeans.com/Top-15-Job-Boards-for-Responsible-Careers/24059.html
http://blogs.hbr.org/hmu/2012/01/how-to-work-with-someone-you-h.html Working with someone you hate can be distracting and draining. Pompous jerk, annoying nudge, or incessant complainer, an insufferable colleague can negatively affect your attitude and performance. Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting time and energy trying to keep your emotions in check and attempting to manage the person's behavior.

How to Work with Someone You Hate - Amy Gallo - Best Practices - Harvard Business Review

If there is a guru of networking, it is Reid Hoffman. Here he explains how to do it right -- and wrong -- in an excerpt from his new book with Ben Casnocha, The Start-Up of You. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/24/reid-hoffman-linkedin-startup-you/

The real way to build a social network - Fortune Tech

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/01/whats_your_influencing_style.html Effective leadership today relies more than ever on influencing others — impacting their ideas, opinions, and actions. While influence has always been a valuable managerial skill, today's highly collaborative organizations make it essential.

What's Your Influencing Style? - Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe - Harvard Business Review

About Evan Bailyn

http://evanbailyn.com/me.html?mid=57 Evan Bailyn is best known as a search engine optimization expert, having used his ability to rank at the top of Google to build and sell five businesses, including one of the largest children's websites online.
Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out wrongdoing, an examination by The New York Times found.

Today | LinkedIn

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Fragile and Unbalanced in 2012 - Nouriel Roubini - Project Syndicate

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http://www.recruiter.com/i/job-search-strategies/

5 Job Search Strategies You Need To Start Using Right Away

Job seekers are often their own worst enemy when it comes to finding and landing a new job.
Google has always been reluctant to call Google+ a mere social network.

Google+ Is Way Bigger Than We Thought: It's Totally Going To Change How The Web Works

Editor’s Note: When the members of the class of 2010 entered business school, the economy was strong and their post-graduation ambitions could be limitless. Just a few weeks later, the economy went into a tailspin.

How Will You Measure Your Life? - Harvard Business Review

Latest Job-matchmaking Site Will Focus on MBAs - ERE.net

We began 2011 talking about new “ matchmaker ” job sites starting up. As 2011 progressed, as Jeff Dickey-Chasins said , such sites, some more art than science, “proliferated.”
Dorie Clark is a strategy consultant who has worked with clients including Google, Yale University, and the National Park Service.

Who Should You Be Thanking? - Dorie Clark - Harvard Business Review

Free Market-Research Tools -- A Sampler | Entrepreneur.com

Before Darlene Tenes, founder of CasaQ in San Jose, Calif., sinks a lot of money into new designs for Christmas ornaments, she sends sketches to retail and wholesale clients. They report back through questionnaires she creates on the online research service SurveyMonkey, and their reactions influence which designs become decorations. "If you have four choices and there's a strong reaction [like] 'I love it.