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The Possibilities
June 11, 1998
Using the internet as a way to connect to others has enabled an
outpouring of innovation which has never been seen before. This new
medium fosters, and indeed, dictates that we begin to think of new ways
to use computers and information systems.
There's a whole new world waiting to be discovered, explored, and
defined. Sure, some are old pros at maneuvering their way around this
new medium. Plenty of others are just starting or have yet to start.
The ‘net offers an opportunity to think of new ways to extend our value
chain. We can cut across and through traditional business models. In
other words, we can use the ‘net to cut out middlemen. We can contact
companies directly about open positions or marketable ideas. Or, we can
invent new kinds of middlemen to work between us and them. Or, we can
even create new businesses or industries.
The possibility of near-immediate contact through email, chat rooms,
listservs, and newsgroups, offers abundant opportunities--if we but know
what to do with them. We can easily meet people from around the globe
who share similar ideas, attitudes, dreams, and goals-- making most
anything possible.
Get Your Wet Feet
June 10, 1998 Researching your target companies is as pleasant as a novocaine free dental visit. The folks over at WetFeet Press know this and have gone to great lengths to remove the "BS" from the process. The company publishes "Insider Guides" targeted at MBA graduates but useful for lots of other job hunters. The Website is more like the Web "ought to be" than most employment related sites and includes
Getting Flamed
June 09, 1998
If you broadcast your resume, you will get "flamed".
According to Joe Vitale, Houston net marketing specialist and author
of the new book, "CyberWriting: How to Promote Your Product or
Service Online (without being flamed)" (AMACOM, $18.95) there are
several appropriate ways to handle flames:
1. Remember the new prime directive of cyberspace.
2. Delete the message before reading it.
3. Forget it.
4. Save them for fun.
Vitale's 180-page new paperback also offers an adapted 1903 secrets for
making money online, shows how to write cyber-sales letters and
e-news releases, and describes a new formula for writing ads online
that get results.
"CyberWriting: How to Promote Your Product or Service Online
(without being flamed)" is Vitale's seventh book. He also wrote "The
AMA Complete Guide to Small Business Advertising" for the American
Marketing Association.
"CyberWriting" is published by AMACOM, the book division of the
American Management Association, and will be available in bookstores
on September 1st. It can also be ordered online at
http://www.amazon.com.
Job Security.Com
June 08, 1998 JobSecurity.Com is dedicated to the proposition that:
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