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Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea?

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Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, July 22, 2010 Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea? Cavalli points out that social media interaction isn’t always about discussing a new movie or dishing the latest gossip.

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5 Everyday Habits That Can Quickly Derail Your Career

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Social media. Some jobs require you to use social media to promote your product or service. No one begrudges you using social media in these cases. Any personal interactions -- whether it's on the phone or through texts or social media -- should be rare outside of lunch or break times.

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6 Things to Learn from COVID-19 About Your Career

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They distract you, they constantly interrupt you and they hurt your productivity. But, wait.none of those people are around and you aren't as productive as you thought you'd be without them around.

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Self-directed Learning Puts Experts At Your Fingertips

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But other sessions, such as meeting with a productivity expert, may cost only $37 for the first session, the site reveals. The expert Twena chose spent about an hour researching her company''s social-media strategy and met with her online to show her how she could put in place a better social-media effort. "I

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How to Keep Your Job When You've Got Fickle Customers

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consumers by Accenture, for example, shows that 40% were willing to change their brand loyalty for at least one reason, such as: The customer could receive discounts or coupons via the retailer’s social media channels. (18%) A study of 2,000 U.S. 9%) The retailer allowed consumers to use bitcoin or other digital currencies. (3%)

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Brian Tracy: How Super-Successful People Get It All Done

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When you’ve been researching how to work smarter for more than 30 years as productivity expert Brian Tracy has done, you’ve learned a thing or two about how to get the best out of others – and yourself – on the job. That’s why in his latest book, “ Get Smart!: They become addicted to the rush and cannot stop.

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4 Things You Must Do for Your Career in 2017

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Writing childish and uncivil things on your social media accounts. That's not something you put on social media because it will -- I guarantee it -- come back to haunt you. But I've interviewed enough experts and read enough research to know that many people are consumed with "busyness" and aren't really productive.

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