Social Media is about engagement, right? Yes, but maybe you started off with social media the way I did; quietly listening while learning the ropes, lurking and not really being social at all! In fact, my first tweet was on October, 26th 2007. Great, except- I sent 15 tweets in the first month and not Read More
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Writing Practice
Sometimes a case of writers block takes a change of scenery, a new journal and a nice pen to get my thoughts and ideas onto the paper. As you may have noticed, I write with a rational, cause-and-effect tone. This is me, this is how I write, but often I get stuck in this cause Read More
Don’t Look Like a Fool: Your Online Resume
The blending of real world networking and online social networking can be the difference between getting your first interview and getting your first job.
Self- Indulgent Marketing
Do marketers avoid being persuaded by their own art? Or do marketers love the hypnosis that comes from their own craft? Over the past 3 years I’ve worked with a lot of marketing and PR professionals. As a result of the work I see happening around me I have become much more aware of my Read More
A Brand New Deal?
Money, Money, Money. Do I get any part of this $700 billion bailout? NO?! Why NOT? Money’s tight. We all are feeling the crunch that our government and our banks have us in. Part of me wishes the U.S. had just left the banks to their own devices. Let ’em fail. I know, I know, Read More
Welcome!
Welcome to the totally redesigned MikeToner.com! This is the third redesign I’ve been through. The first website I created back in June 2002 was a static iWeb site hosted via godaddy with a blog that was really hard to update. I was having to manually update blog posts to my site via FTP. This made Read More
Juggling As A Business
In a post from August I mentioned that Tim Ferriss suggests creating a Dreamline. My Dreamline includes some of my hobbies and taking these talents to the next level. Within the next 6 months I have made a goal to get paid for a juggling gig. I used to juggle for childrens birthday’s and other Read More
Work/Life Balance for the Recent Grad
“You build a successful career, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.”- Zig Ziglar For my friends who are experiencing their first semester without returning to college and perhaps simultaneously experiencing the start to a new career, here are a couple of things Read More
Self-Responsibility
I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about self-responsibility lately. I think we can all agree that the things we choose to do each day are all to often the result of a habit. I could outline my entire morning routine, you could too I’m sure. Our morning routines are made entirely out of habit. Read More