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The LinkedIn Prostitution Ring
BREAKING NEWS: Attorney Generals from all 50 states, fresh off their high of censoring first amendment rights by…
Don’t Be That Guy – The Booty Call Networker
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
Don’t Be That Guy – The Seven Deadly Sins of Networking
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
Don’t Be That Guy: The Unprepared Graduate
I'll spare you my horrific karaoke rendition of "the children are our future".
You're welcome.
One of the…
The Recliner Principle
There really is nothing better than sitting back in a comfy, oversized recliner. Feet kicked up. Back tilted at…
Don’t Be That Guy – More Human Than Human
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
The Ten Commandments of Networking
As I sit here watching History of the World, Part 1 for, oh, it must be the 8,173rd time...it dawned on me.…
Everyone Is In Sales. Yes, Even You.
Anyone who's known Bob and I for more than two weeks has heard me give him a hard time about being "overhead"…
Don’t Be That Guy: The Drive-By Recruiter
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
Announcing International Prune Your Network Day!
It's time to prune your network.
Networks are like trees, folks. Sure, they're nice to look at, provide shade…
The Dating Corollary: Stop Trying To Change Me
As mentioned in the introduction (and you read the introduction, right? No? Go read it over here), in the first…
How Not To Suck At LinkedIn
Continuing our (relatively new) tradition of helping you not suck, we now move into How Not To Suck At LinkedIn.…
How Not To Suck At Networking
"See this? Our website? I just want it to suck less. Can you make it suck less? I have a big bag of money for…
Greedy Networking Guy
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank
Reason number…
Don’t Be That Guy – Mister Magoo
"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there." - Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank.…
LinkedIn Is Not A Video Game
This blog post is a result of a conversation that I wind up having around once a month. A conversation that…
Don’t Be That Guy: King of ASSumptions
"Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too…
The Dating Corollary: Desperation and Jealousy
As mentioned in the introduction (and you read the introduction, right? No? Go read it over here), we're going to…
Always Be Yourself
So, we've told you once or twice that the most important thing you can do when it comes to networking is pretty…
The New and Improved 10 Commandments of Networking
As with everything that we do, this has evolved over the years.
Because we don't believe in revisionist history,…