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  • How To Harness Change For Success, In The Workplace And In Business

    Fast Company

    Before I delve into Chicago Ideas Week, allow me to digress into a brief anecdote: I’ve been feeling under the weather the past few days. It’s nothing the chicken-noodle-soup treatment can’t handle. But being sick doesn’t stop the rest of the world from turning, so I had to find a way to tell my employees to work from home instead of coming into the office.

    Fortunately, I have about a million separate mechanisms I can use to inform my employees about the schedule change: email, text…

    Before I delve into Chicago Ideas Week, allow me to digress into a brief anecdote: I’ve been feeling under the weather the past few days. It’s nothing the chicken-noodle-soup treatment can’t handle. But being sick doesn’t stop the rest of the world from turning, so I had to find a way to tell my employees to work from home instead of coming into the office.

    Fortunately, I have about a million separate mechanisms I can use to inform my employees about the schedule change: email, text, Facebook messages, tweets… and if I want to be old school, I can even call them. Heck, it wasn’t long ago that working from home was impossible, and computers were magical, clunky boxes of luxury.

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  • 3 Ways To Become An Authoritative Leader, Even If You're Under 30

    Fast Company

    I started and sold my first company, ChiTown Deals, before most of my peers had finished college. Not only did I have to secure investors and convince others of the profitability of a "group coupon" before sites like Groupon became well known, but I had to prove myself as a leader despite being under the age of 25.

    Young entrepreneurs--myself included--can be seen as having a lack of professional experience; however, many are turning that idea on its head through a combination of hard…

    I started and sold my first company, ChiTown Deals, before most of my peers had finished college. Not only did I have to secure investors and convince others of the profitability of a "group coupon" before sites like Groupon became well known, but I had to prove myself as a leader despite being under the age of 25.

    Young entrepreneurs--myself included--can be seen as having a lack of professional experience; however, many are turning that idea on its head through a combination of hard work, knowledge, and confidence, paired with results. Here's how they do it.

    Establish Yourself at Your Company

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  • Pinterest for Business: How to Pin Your Company to the Top of the Hottest Social Media Network

    Que: Pearson

    Perfect for companies with small marketing budgets, Pinterest is soaring in popularity: it's this year's hottest new social media platform. Businesses that capitalize on Pinterest today can build devoted fan bases that keep them "pinned at the top" - driving more sales, revenue, and profits for years to come. In this book, two leading Pinterest experts offer practical, start-to-finish techniques for making Pinterest work for any company. They explain all the basics, and offer specific…

    Perfect for companies with small marketing budgets, Pinterest is soaring in popularity: it's this year's hottest new social media platform. Businesses that capitalize on Pinterest today can build devoted fan bases that keep them "pinned at the top" - driving more sales, revenue, and profits for years to come. In this book, two leading Pinterest experts offer practical, start-to-finish techniques for making Pinterest work for any company. They explain all the basics, and offer specific techniques for businesses in a wide range of industries, from crafts to hardware, wedding planning to groceries. Packed with up-to-the-minute case studies, Pinterest for Business shows entrepreneurs and marketers how to: * Pinpoint your targets and captivate your audience * Win by "pinning" within Pinterest's most important categories * Reach "the power behind the pins" * Go viral to supercharge reach * Stand out on a crowded "pinboard" * Use low-cost Pinterest campaigns to replace high-cost conventional advertising * Integrate Pinterest with other social media marketing programs * Understand Pinterest's etiquette and avoid its pitfalls * And much more

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  • 6 Simple Tips For Better Branding On Pinterest

    Fast Company

    There are several ways to find, create, or combine images in order to grasp the right kind of feel for your boards. There are also many programs to assist you in creating a high-quality image. You don’t have to limit yourself to just a basic, everyday picture.

    If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, there’s an app in the iTunes store called “Pic Stitch,” which easily creates multi-frames for images. This is one of our favorites.

    You can add or remove color, add special text…

    There are several ways to find, create, or combine images in order to grasp the right kind of feel for your boards. There are also many programs to assist you in creating a high-quality image. You don’t have to limit yourself to just a basic, everyday picture.

    If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, there’s an app in the iTunes store called “Pic Stitch,” which easily creates multi-frames for images. This is one of our favorites.

    You can add or remove color, add special text, combine more than one image—basically, anything you can think of (within legal rights, of course) is fair game. Pinterest is a place full of creativity, so why not throw your own into the mix?

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