Author: sethmsparks

3 Tips For Entering Courses on LinkedIn

By sethmsparks

I spent some time this morning finishing up my course entries into LinkedIn, and encountered a couple annoying issues, so I thought I’d share them and how to prepare for / work through them, Issue 1 – The “pretty editor” This is the blue entry form that displays above your profile after you get the…

My Advice for Graduating College Students

By sethmsparks

Last week I received a request from Central College (sent out to all Alumni) seeking advice for the incoming freshman class and graduating seniors from former students. I sat thinking deeply for a minute, and then started writing down the “tips” that were jumping into my head. One after another, I jotted an idea with…

My Advice for New College Students

By sethmsparks

Last week I received a request from Central College (sent out to all Alumni) seeking advice for the incoming freshman class and graduating seniors from former students. I sat thinking deeply for a minute, and then started writing down the “tips” that were jumping into my head. One after another, I jotted an idea with some…

Top Take Aways from @BrianSolis Keynote – #3

By sethmsparks

3) The Connected Consumer Brian has been talking about his theory for Generation C, or “The Connected Generation” for a while now. This group is comprised of individuals from nearly all other Western defined generations like Gen-Me, Gen-X, Gen-Y and even the Baby Boomers. Connected Consumers are always “on”, and sometimes similarly coined the “Always…

Top Take Aways from @BrianSolis Keynote – #2

By sethmsparks

2) “In an era of Digital Darwinism, no business is too big to fail or too small to succeed.” Brian defines Digital Darwinism as “the evolution of consumer behavior when society & technology evolve faster than your ability to adapt”.  Basically, consumers are adapting to new technology faster than ever before, and big businesses that…

Top Take Aways from @BrianSolis Keynote – #1

By sethmsparks

1) People Don’t Look at Ads on Web-Pages (Eye Movement Visualization Heat Map) When Brian presented this slide I saw a lot of note and picture taking. Evidently a hot bit of info. It’s actually something that he had used in an August 1, 2011 blog post titled “Report: The Rise of Social Advertising“. It’s…

Top Take Aways from @BrianSolis Keynote (Summary)

By sethmsparks

Click each Take Away for a detailed post. 1) People Don’t Look at Ads on Web-Pages (Eye Movement Visualization Heat Map) When Brian presented this slide I saw a lot of note and picture taking. Evidently a hot bit of info. It’s actually something that he had used in an August 1, 2011 blog post…

Are Scheduled Posts Too Insincere

By sethmsparks

I just listened to a relationship expert on the Today Show talking about the most common complaint of of his women patients: that their men don’t text enough. His solution for men facing the relationship issue, was to utilize a service that would let you plug in all your texts (to said woman) in the…

Welcoming you to Twitter!

By sethmsparks

One of my favorite e-mails of all time! Never mind the whole “friends & family” piece, which after 3 years is still fundamentally wrong about my Twitter network. ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Twitter <noreply@twitter.com> Date: Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM Subject: Welcoming you to Twitter! To: Seth M. Sparks Hello, new Twitter-er!…