SkillCasting

I attended the New Landings weekly meeting back on August 11th because the topic was Blogging for Career Success by Deb Sturgess. It was a great discussion. Elizabeth Allen from MarketSmartz.com validated it even more during her discussion on The Code for Free Agents last weekend.

The bottom line is that we need to put ourselves out there. We have to increase our “Social Credit Score” and I believe, video is a great way to do that.

In this video I explain why we need to incorporate video, how to do it, and then where to share your videos. I know this is just scratching the surface, but it’s a start.

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You don’t have to use a video of yourself though. You could start just by doing some online presentations. And if there is just one book you must get on presenting, it should be Slide:ology by Nancy Duarte [Affiliate link from Amazon]. This is truly the first step in improving your physical and online presentations. However, I think if you combine these concepts with an actual video of yourself demonstrating your passion, your enthusiasm, and your subject matter expertise, you’ll go a lot further.

Either way, it’s a start.

Do me a favor though. Embed and share this video with friends that you know are looking; it may really help them. Let me know what questions you have on making videos or sharing your knowledge; I’ll help where I can. And finally, join my email list so I can make you aware of future videos I do on this subject.

If you’re looking for a job these days, and I know so many people are, video is a great way to showcase yourself and the value you bring to the table. Good luck.

After being in the training industry for 20 years, I work with a lot of trainers. One of my new clients is just starting out. I helped her move her existing website over to a WordPress.com blog. Her next set of questions revolved around how we could drive traffic to it.

I shared with her 5 simple social media techniques she could use to help drive traffic to it. I thought I’d share them with you to in this little tutorial. [If you can't see the Flash tutorial in your RSS reader, please visit the site.]

I’ll create a lot more tutorials like this because the questions she’s asking me, I believe, represent a much larger audience of experts. If you find this useful, or have a question of your own, don’t hesitate to leave it in the comments.