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The Social Media Content Calendar Every Marketer Needs [Free Template]
By Corey Eridon, Thursday, April 30, 2015 08:00 AM

We have a 9 a.m. meeting? Yikes! Hold on -- let me just click around the internet like a maniac to find something for the morning tweet. 

Sound familiar? Scrambling for social content is not a new phenomenon. We have meetings. We run late. Things come up. And it's really hard to get any meaningful amount of work done when you have the next social media update looming over your head every 30, 60, 90 minutes. It all moves so fast that you might periodically feel a case of the vapors coming on, which is why pre-scheduled social media content should be your new best friend.

 
Want to Get Promoted? Impress Your Boss by Doing These 7 Things
By Carly Stec, Thursday, April 30, 2015 06:00 AM

I once made a really big hiring mistake.

After a series of promising interviews, I took on an intern whose level of professionalism, performance, and overall demeanor quickly took a turn for the worst.

After a discussion with my supervisor, we agreed that it was in the best interest of everyone to not move forward with the internship.

 
Inside Warby Parker: How Vision, Mission & Culture Helped Build a Billion Dollar Business
By Katie Burke, Thursday, April 30, 2015 05:00 AM

Most business school conversations over beers end with a hangover -- Neil Blumenthal's ended with a billion dollar business.

If you aren't familiar with Neil's name, you're likely familiar with the brand he and his co-founders started: Warby Parker. Because Warby's brand is ubiquitous thanks to the company's product and marketing success, many consumers all over the globe think of the company as an overnight success. In reality, the brand is a product of years of blood, sweat, and of course, a few beers.

 
Hashing Out Hashtags: What They Are & How to Use Them [Infographic]
By Carly Stec, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 12:00 PM

What do overalls, Mariah Carey's Christmas album, and hashtags all have in common?

Believe it or not, they are all products of the 90s.

While hashtags didn't rise to popularity (with the help of Twitter) until after 2007, they were actually first used during the late 90s to categorize items into groups on IRC (Internet Relay Chat.)

 
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