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Don’t Be That Guy: The Wild Pitcher
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank “Hey, while you’re clearly deeply engaged with something you have an interest in, allow me to assault your ears/eyes with me Me ME!” – That Guy “You never turn a recommendation on until you have a…
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Don’t Be That Guy: Klout Score Guy
I’m just going to go ahead and get this out of the way – yeah, I joined Klout. Yeah, I still have an account. But no, I don’t give a rat’s ass what my “klout score” is. In fact, up until the other day when I read a few articles about Klout that annoyed the…
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Social Networking Class Guy
Alright, the cat’s out of the bag. The bombardment of “training sessions” and classes where people actually *cough* charge money with the topic being “Twitter/Linkedin your way to success!!!1!” has to stop. It really does. They completely remind me of the stupid Sunday morning infomercials with a guy rolling around on one of these things,…
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The Ten Commandments of Networking
[editorial note: This is the original version, as published back in July of 2009. As with all good things, it’s been updated over time. You can find the most recent version here: http://www.ITinTheD.com/2697/the-new-and-improved-10-commandments-of-networking/ ] As I sit here watching History of the World, Part 1 for, oh, it must be the 8,173rd time…it dawned on me.…
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Don’t Be That Guy: The Drive-By Recruiter
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “Be a face, not a file.” – Us, constantly What’s itinthed.com all about, people? If you said “networking” or “building relationships”, you’re absolutely right. We’ll even let you slide if you said “beer”. We…
