Do your interviewing skills still hold up?

Clair Schwan has interviewed his share of job candidates, and he’s still not convinced that there is a best way of doing it, but he’s certain there are some wrong ways to go about finding a good match between a candidate and a job opportunity.

Your dumbest SEO moves (and how to avoid them)

Most people know that search engine optimization (SEO) techniques help in achieving just that. But not many know that their techniques are quite dumb and actually pulling their website down on the rankings.

Thank you Google Panda

Reasons why Google Panda makes us all better bloggers.

Need to tune up those rusty interviewing skills?

If you’re rusty on interviewing after a couple years of working just to keep the ship afloat, small business blogger Clair Schwan offers up some great advice!

Want to grow your business? Stop selling to your clients.

Craft messages that influence your buyer’s influencers to grow your business.

Tools to improve your Twitter engagement

Monitoring Twitter traffic for queries relevant to your field and location is very easy. Tools like Monitter.com and TweetBeep can be set up to watch for them.

I just got burned by my Hooters past

My experience writing for Hooters Magazine just turned off a potential client. Does that mean I should bury it from view online?

Don't look like an old fuddy duddy online

The most important thing that keeps you looking “hip” has become the content quality and variety of your online presence.

Guest posting made easy

You may not be sure HOW or WHERE to guest post. And you may also be banging your head against the wall at yet another social media tasks that has no immediate ROI.

Consulting firms missing the boat with social media

Content curation is the biggest way services firms can compete today, especially when the content comes from their own consultants.