BARBIE ON LINKEDIN!

Barbie

Yes, you have not misread the title. One of the most popular dolls of all time is now a business woman and, judging by the number of followers, a serious networker.

Linkedin Barbie has over 980 followers, which places her in the top half of Linkedin users.

Barbie is not the first fictional character to appear on social media. Walter White also has an official Linkedin profile, for example, while Tony Stark prefers Facebook and Twitter.

Barbie’s choice of Linkedin demonstrates her transformation from a teenage idol to a business and career role model.

So if you are still not taking your Linkedin account seriously – perhaps it’s high time to do so. For all of us girly-girls out there – there is nor one more childhood friend to follow!

LINKEDIN 上的芭比娃娃!

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是的,你没有看错标题。有史以来最受欢迎的玩偶之一现在是一位女商人,而且从追随者的数量来看,她是一个严肃的网络人。
Linkedin Barbie 拥有超过 980 名粉丝,这使她成为 Linkedin 用户的前半壁江山。
芭比并不是第一个出现在社交媒体上的虚构角色。例如,Walter White 也有官方的 Linkedin 个人资料,而Tony Stark则更喜欢 Facebook 和 Twitter。
芭比选择 Linkedin 展示了她从少女偶像到商业和职业榜样的转变。
因此,如果您仍然没有认真对待您的 Linkedin 帐户 – 也许是时候改变了。对于我们所有的女孩来说,在那里,没有一个童年的朋友可以追随!

被朋友雇佣

在当今繁忙的工作环境中,有朋友在您工作的地方感觉真是太好了。
然而,我们都听说过关于雇佣朋友的恐怖故事,总的想法是,这根本行不通。其原因之一可能是朋友在现实中往往没有意识到。让我们来看看其中的一些:
失去工作
不知何故,如果你被朋友雇用,你就会觉得你不会被解雇。并且这种情况一直存在还经常发生,而您可能会面临这样一个事实:您可能会失去朋友给您的工作,就像您可能会失去陌生人给您的工作一样。因此,依靠您的技能来帮助您完成任务,而不是建立联系。
感觉太自信
如果被朋友聘用,你可能会觉得自己与管理层有某种联系,从而“提升”自己在公司的权威地位。这可能会在会议和大会上表现为傲慢的行为,并在其他员工中造成整体消极态度。所以,请记住,无论您与管理层的关系如何,您都与公司中的同事平等,这是一个重要的成功因素。
没有戏剧性
合作有时可以创造出比我们想象的更多的戏剧性。时不时的评论,错误的语气,简单的批评性评论,加上最后期限和加班时间,可能会在您不知不觉中变成一件大事。关键是把“个人”和“公司”分开,把批评和建议作为提高绩效的秘诀。
利益冲突。
一个简单的事实是,公司管理层希望为公司做最好的事情。可悲的是,作为为公司工作的员工,它可能并不总是最适合您的。但如果您是管理层的朋友,您可能倾向于认为友谊关系会在公司事务之前出现,从而使您的管理朋友处于非常不舒服的“是我还是他们”的境地。再次强调,不要将“个人”与“公司”混为一谈。
边界问题。
拍拍背,经常一起吃午饭,办公室里的恶作剧或熟悉的语气……所有这些与友谊联系在一起时都很棒。但是,无论公司多么自由,都存在等级制度。因此,您可能面临的另一个问题是边界问题。在这种情况下,这完全是为了改变您的看法,即“鲍勃”现在是“先生”。Warner”,您的上司,您的谈话、行为和态度应在工作时间内反映出来。
您可能会发现上述一些提示很有用。最好为潜在的陷阱做好准备。但是,您可能永远不会 100% 准备好。毕竟,人际关系是棘手的,而且往往是不可预测的,商务人士也是如此。当你把它们混合在一起时……好吧,你需要加倍努力。

LOOK AT YOUR NEWSLETTERS THROUGH YOUR CUSTOMERS’ EYES

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We finished off last week with talking about handling email unsubscriptions. And as we did mention, you should not allow that or any other obstacle to stop you in your tracks.

But perhaps, you can review your newsletter and see it form the client’s point of view. Watch out for these:

Be more personal

–       Use your real name instead of your nickname

–       Use your potential reader’s name instead of just “Reader”

–       Compose a good subject, clearly presenting the content of your email (avoid spam-looking subject lines)

Don’t make them pretty, make them smart

Fancy graphics and bright colours do not impress anymore. People are on the lookout for information and benefit. So consider doing some research of what can really improve your clients’ businesses. Statistics, graphs, analyses or market research will get you more thumbs up.

3. Look for THE ONE

Find the right person who will care most about your offer. If you are not sure who that would be in a particular company, use Google or Linkedin for help. The latter would help you connect more quickly (provided you have a developed network)

Get your hands on their email address of key players and decision makers. And once you do write to them, do not forget to explain clearly how you got their email  to avoid being blocked.

 

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES HONG KONG

Zombie Run

We are not sure about the details, but we are sure it will be fun.

Run For Your Lives is the world’s premier Zombie-infested 5K obstacle course. Participants assume the role of either a Survivor or a Zombie in this one kind adventure.

Anyone can run, but everything changes when you are running for your lives.

Will you survive the Zombie Apocalypse? Find out more at www.runforyourlives.asia.hk!

Or see the teaser right here:

为你的香港生活奔跑

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我们不确定细节,但我们相信这会很有趣。
为你的生活奔跑是世界上首屈一指的僵尸出没的5公里障碍赛。参与者在这种冒险中扮演幸存者或僵尸的角色。
任何人都可以跑步,但当你为自己的生活而跑步时,一切都会改变。
你会在僵尸启示录中幸存下来吗?如想了解更多详情,请浏览www.runforyourlives.asia.hk!
或在此处查看预告片:
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事通从客户的角度看时讯

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上周我们讨论了处理电子邮件退订的问题。正如我们所提到的,你不应该让那个或任何其他障碍阻止你前进。
但也许,您可以查看您的时事通讯并从客户的角度查看它。注意这些:
更加个性化
– 使用您的真实姓名而不是昵称
– 使用您潜在读者的名字,而不仅仅是“读者”
– 撰写一个好的主题,清楚地展示您的电子邮件的内容(避免看起来像垃圾邮件的主题行)
不要漂亮,而要理性
花哨的图形和鲜艳的色彩不再令人印象深刻。人们正在寻找信息和利益。因此,请考虑对什么可以真正改善客户的业务进行一些研究。统计数据、图表、分析或市场研究会让你更赞。
3.一个合适的
找到最关心您的报价的合适人选。如果您不确定某家公司的员工是谁,请使用 Google 或 Linkedin 寻求帮助。后者将帮助您更快地连接(前提是您拥有发达的网络)
获取他们的关键参与者和决策者的电子邮件地址。一旦你写信给他们,不要忘记清楚地解释你是如何收到他们的电子邮件以避免被阻止的。

I ALMOST STARTED CRYING…HOW TO HANDLE EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBTIONS.

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I received an email today from one of my favourite women in business magazine. And was instantly captured by one of the topics – handling email unsubscriptions.

I think most of us a familiar with the feeling… You spend days thinking about the right way to phrase it, weeks choosing the most clever, yet funny pictures, dive deep into your creative spirit for the most hilarious jokes…and then you SEND it – your beautiful perfect little newsletter!

You hold your breath for a few minutes (okay, seconds) and then check the stats. And…oh, the HORROR! Somebody has unsubscribed. How could they do that? How can they think my carefully planned, tailored and just ever-so-cute email does not deserve even a few minutes of their time!

Happenings like these can throw you into the well of self-doubt for months to come, questioning not only your writing style and newsletter concept, but even your whole business approach.

But we shouldn’t. Why?

Simply because that has a “stopping” or even “paralyzing” effect. All the time you spend thinking and worrying about it is the time you DON’T spend focusing on you’re your business and even writing the next newsletter.

So focus on the good stuff. You will probably meet a number of mean comments, critical remarks, rejections and all other “NO”s on your business journey. Take them, acknowledge them, use them to get stronger and better. But never let them stop you.

如何处理电子邮件退订

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我今天收到一封来自商业杂志上我最喜欢的女性的电子邮件。并立即被其中一个主题吸引 – 电子邮件取消订阅处理。
我想我们大多数人都熟悉这种感觉……你花了几天时间思考正确的表达方式,几周选择最适合和最有趣的图片,深入挖掘你的创作精神以获得最热闹的笑话……然后你发送它– 完美的小通讯!
你屏住呼吸几分钟(好吧,几秒钟),然后检查统计数据。然后……哦,太可怕了!有人退订了。他们怎么能那样做?他们怎么能认为我精心策划的、量身定制的、非常可爱的电子邮件不值得他们花几分钟的时间!
像这样的事情会让你在接下来的几个月里陷入自我怀疑的境地,不仅质疑你的写作风格和时事通讯概念,甚至质疑你的整个商业方法。
但我们不应该这样。为什么?
仅仅因为这有一种“停止”甚至“麻痹”的效果。您浪费时间在思考和担心上都没有将时间花在专注于您的业务上,甚至没有花在撰写下一份时事通讯上。
所以专注于好东西。在您的商业旅程中,您可能会遇到许多刻薄的评论、批评、拒绝和所有其他“不”。你应该接受它们,承认它们,利用它们变得更强大、更好,但永远不要让他们阻止你。