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Archive for August, 2009

OWCH – avoid those growing pains!

August 25th, 2009 – 10:42 am
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As entrepreneurs muse over whether to throw caution to the wind and start their own business, there’s no better way to deaden the inevitable pains of being an owner manager than by being  forearmed
Below is a compelling list of top 13 ‘learns’ (everyone does 10 and I’m not superstitious!) from members of my business development [...]

Why the news that ‘teens don’t tweet’ shouldn’t come as any surprise

August 17th, 2009 – 3:55 pm
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Nielsen Ratings responded to the claim by Morgan Stanley that ‘teenagers do not use Twitter’ with their own survey. Despite having a much wider sample than 15 year-old intern they came up with some pretty similar results.
My problem with the initial claim was down to the financial services giant taking the word of a lone [...]

Job interview – Are you a ‘wow’ or a ‘go now’?

August 3rd, 2009 – 1:17 pm
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It still brings me out in a sweat when I remember my first interview for a PR job. Inexperienced, both in PR and interviewing, I have no doubt at all that I made a less than memorable impression (or if it was memorable it was probably for all the wrong reasons).
This week at Quest we’ve [...]