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Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

cash flow investing — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:25:59 -0000

still holds true today. Thanks for an excellent post with proactive results that are as valid today as ever

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Kevin Jobs — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:49:46 -0000

Excellent Information Chris, Some of the ideas stated I have implemented to good effect, Offering Job Services can be a good option for those prepaired to put in the time and effort, given the global market.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

chrisbrogan — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:55:23 -0000

That's for a write-in answer. : )

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Liz — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:16:02 -0000

What's #25? Or is the blank space meant to speak for itself ("nothing")?

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Ed Walker — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:17:15 -0000

Chris, great post. But on the googling point, what if you've got a really generic name like mine - 'Ed Walker' - it's hard to get up there in google terms? I'm currently on page 6 after four months.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Brent Harrison (@SmokeJumper) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:18:25 -0000

Thanks Chris for the great and practical tips!

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Devin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:46:24 -0000

You're right. With the economy in a slump now is the time to stop fearing, stop complaining, and stop procrastinating. Get proactive. Setup an online business, update your profiles, find something someone wants and needs and go for it. With most people hunkering down in the fox holes, you can come out and make it happen. With people scared to start businesses, people afraid to expand and grow their business, not is your chance. Why not start online where overhead and startup costs are minimal, and there are great resources everywhere to help you succeed.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Ethan Gardner — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:15:24 -0000

Good advice, Chris. I noticed that I have been subconsciously following a lot of the advice in your post, especially the "3 hours of future planning" by writing and adding some more polish to my online profiles. Unemployment can stressful enough, but it's always best to be prepared.

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Conference Coordinator — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:14:42 -0000

Some great points, particularly great when you see things that you may have overlooked and it makes a light go on in yer head.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Rachel Fienberg — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:46:34 -0000

Linkedin was included with 2 sites into About.com's Top 10 employment site list. Linkedin is still the only social network on the top 10 list though -

www.linkedin.com (professional networking)
www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
www.realmatch.com (matches you to the perfect job)

Complete top 10 job site list here:
http://jobsearch.about.com/...

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Carlos R Hernandez — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:00:31 -0000

Chris,

Your post hightlights the range of services I am providing to Baby-Boomers who desire to be tech savvy, i.e. apply new tools to foster their job/career search.

Great to meet you at BlogWorld too.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Carol Morgan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:14:49 -0000

Great post Chris... All practical and usable advice.... I find myself filtering out the incessant negative news and surprisingly I am able to focus on my business and be more productive….. As a small business owner I have to stay focused and optimistic.

Twitter ID: TheLookHandM

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Nicky — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:04:40 -0000

Chris - Can we have you on the news instead of the doom-and-gloom talking heads? All they've done is whip up what's now become a self-fulfilling prophecy. They're having a field day.

To your points...Only yesterday I started on 11, 12 and 13 - nice confirmation.And my business is going into overdrive.

May I add few more suggestions... choose your attitude and your thoughts. Thoughts are powerful and fearful thoughts attract nothing but fear - and paralysis. Success thoughts attract success. We DO attract what we dwell on. (Yes, the Law of Attraction is alive and well. I know it.

Visualise what you want. Every day. In detail. Even 7 minutes/day does wonders. Meditate. And Take Action - every day. Get together with like-minded success oriented people, or a Mastermind group. Or start one. And as far as possible avoid turning on the news...it's like quicksand, it sucks you down.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

genieyclo — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:38:40 -0000

Awesome list Chris, as usual.

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pamslim — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:32:35 -0000

Fan-freaking-tastic advice Chris!

The more time that this horrible economy rubbernecking goes on, the more I am seeing a few people quietly but powerfully pulling forward and putting their careers/businesses on high gear.

In the meantime, everyone is huddled around the water cooler, watching how many points the stock market is dropping today.

I love being proactive. And staying scared does nothing but breed paralysis.

Thanks for sharing!

-Pam

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Chel Wolverton — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:47:28 -0000

Yes, someone mentioned LinkedIN but I saw the photo and that's all I could think about. If you are looking for a job buff up your LinkedIN profile. If you are looking for company advice a good place to find it is LinkedIN answers. Lots of good people willing to answer questions and give advice to others who are worried about staying afloat.

I linked to a few of them in my post today. It's also a good way to build a network, subscribe to the answers that best match the category where you can give useful answers and take a few minutes to go through them twice a day and give answers. Helping people will make you feel better *and* help them make better decisions with great information.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Rob Metras — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:46:24 -0000

Great contribution Chris. If we watched CNN and MSNBC the world would be ending rather than a recession starting. The prime thing to do is remember that every crisis or problem is an opportunity. Like the market- for every seller there is a buyer.Social media is like the old fence you talked over...now you can have millions of fences.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Jean Gogolin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:33:07 -0000

Good stuff, Chris; thanks! One more Do and one Don't from me:
The DO: If you're anywhere near Boston, attend IDEASBoston at the end of October. (Google it.) I went to the first one last year and it was a wonderful mind expander. Brilliant people all.

The DON't: Tempting as it is, don't get obsessed with Sarah P. I'm fighting this one myself, and clearly that way lies madness.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Nicholas Chase — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:58:20 -0000

Hi Chris,

I understand Jim Kukral is helping Leon with his product launch, thank you for recommending Jim, he is the real deal.

On your post, I'm in that full-time blogging, part-time income slump right now, with a pending bankruptcy in January 2009.

Capital expenditures are down in my core skill set, Senior Technical Project Management for Google and others.....

Your advice is solid and honest, I will begin to apply these techniques today. Thank you for your clarity.

Respectfully, Nicholas 'the video guy' at BlogWorld Expo 2008

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Brett Tilford — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:23:01 -0000

good thoughts Chris. Now is definitely the time to engage rather than give up.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

sebastian — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:56:17 -0000

Hey Chris, nice list! But, what about linking to your twitter profile at #3 instead of the lame twitter HP?

Cheers, sebastian

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Tynisha Thompson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:50:44 -0000

Hi Chris,
This was so helpful. I've been a little lazy with Linkedin lately, but you've reminded me of some things. Going to crave out time to upgrade the profile and make connections.

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Candi Sparks — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:42:06 -0000

This was so helpful. It reinforced an idea for me - creating good relationships and networks can happen in an upswing or a downturn. Yet the value of the relationship will endure throughtout them all. So it really becomes about creating enduring value through relationships. Nice!
Candi

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Jason Egan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:27:42 -0000

Great comments here, Chris. Your 20th point on using your "spare" time in the evening to get a lot accomplished in terms of work outside your 8-5 job reminds me a lot of a couple of recent videos from Gary Vaynerchuck:

http://garyvaynerchuk.com/2...

Saying that you don't have time to improve/create your personal brand or to create a new business is an excuse. One of Gary's best quotes here is, "stop F!%@ing watching Lost!"

Re: 25 Ways Social Media Prepares You for the Downturn

Tumblemoose — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:20:21 -0000

Hi Chris.

How do you do this? I mean, seriously. The amount of research and time just to put together the resources must be significant. Is it based on experience? Is it snippets of info from reading the blogosphere?

I guess I'd like to see a Yea-Me post from ya 'splaining how it is you work your magic.

Cheers.

George