by Kristen Jacoway on September 1, 2009
What is digital dirt? It is anything on the Internet that is unflattering about you. Run a Google search on your name and put your name in quotation marks (i.e. “Kristen Jacoway”). What did you find? Are the results consistent with the personal brand story you want to portray? What if you have the dreaded [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on August 28, 2009
You know you want to blog, but you are not sure how to start or maintain your blog. Why even start a blog? If you are serious about career management, one of the best ways to demonstrate your expertise and market your strengths is through blogging. How do you get started, though?
First, choose a platform. [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on August 26, 2009
I’ve received emails asking me about how I’ve done a few things with my blog, so I wanted to share some of the WordPress.Org PlugIns that I use and have enjoyed. The following are my top 7 plugins that I’m currently using on my blog / website:
1) All in One SEO Pack – this one [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on August 21, 2009
When I first started blogging, I felt like I was blogging to a blank wall. I wondered when I would get a comment and get to engage with others on my blog. So many tools exist now that really help to promote your blog on other social media platforms quickly and for free. Let’s look [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on August 20, 2009
Blogging is really a vital social media marketing tool. Google loves sites that are growing. Having a web and blog site into one site, such as www.typepad.com, www.wordpress.com, wordpress.org, etc. is really ideal as each blog post is indexed as a page. Blog posts will show up in Google results as well. To optimize your [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on August 19, 2009
In this blog post, I want to show you how you can easily import your blog into Facebook using the “Notes” application found on your personal page. By “Notes,” click on the little pencil and select “Add Application.” Then you will click the pencil again and select “Edit.” From here, you will be directed to [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on August 17, 2009
photo credit: Mathieu Ramage
I have to admit–I’m hooked on Website Grader by HubSpot (www.websitegrader.com). The information I get on optimizing my website is pretty cool. I had never configured a 301 redirect (so if someone types careerdesigncoach.com instead of www.careerdesigncoach.com, they end up on my website and not get an error message) until I [...]
by Kristen Jacoway on August 13, 2009
This is a 3 minute tutorial on how to insert a video into your blog post on Wordpress.org and edit the html code so that the player fits within your page.
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