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Re: 5 Essential Steps To Turn 360 Degree Feedback Into Action

Jo Dodds — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:20:41 -0000

In any situation where you need to ask probing questions I try to ensure that I have the 'full picture', enough to explain it to someone else. That helps me to continue to probe rather than to accept superficial first responses.

Re: 5 Essential Steps To Turn 360 Degree Feedback Into Action

Jo Dodds — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 03:19:13 -0000

I think the 5 Whys are so important, and so underused - especially with time pressed line managers. Thanks for a helpful article.

Re: Branding and Recruiting Fall in Love

Jo Dodds — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:59:47 -0000

I presented to some HRDs a few weeks ago from organisations where their marketing dept hasn't really got on board with social media yet and they were even more behind the curve in thinking about their employer brand. Or at least the manifestation of that now that online is so important. As HR professionals we have always known that our 'name' in the recruitment marketplace is really important but that used to be a much narrower, more easily manageable place! Thank you for a really useful article Maren.

Re: 21 Social Media for HR Tips You Ought to Know

Jo Dodds — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:45:39 -0000

I love this post.Thanks Ben. You're really saying it how it is. Social media is such an opportunity for HR professionals but there is such a way to go...this definitely helps 'the cause'!

Re: Engage for Success

Jo Dodds — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:50:13 -0000

Thanks for commenting Julia. It's great to see how much interest there has been already in the Engage for Success movement. Really excited to see the impact in organisations.

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Re: Engage for Success

Jo Dodds — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:43:51 -0000

Thanks Rich. Good to hear from you and thank you for your kind words. The Engage for Success movement is a really exciting project to be involved with, and it's just the beginning. Let's keep in touch on this.

Re: Should Employees be Allowed Access to Facebook at Work?

Jo Dodds — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:51:48 -0000

Hi Amanda

Thanks for commenting (especially with the background challenges!). I agree it can be very positive and the ideal is for people other than the marketing department to realise that it's their opportunity too. Something I'm keen to promote as you know.

I think the really big companies are getting there - many of them have internal social networks - and the solopreneurs have been the early adopters. It's the big group in the middle of small and medium size businesses where the opportunity lies I think.

Thanks for commenting.

Re: Should Employees be Allowed Access to Facebook at Work?

Jo Dodds — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:11:14 -0000

I'm a little confused as to whether you agree they should have access or not!

Re: Why Women Make Better Marketers

Jo Dodds — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:59:31 -0000

Hi Igor

Thanks for contributing. Being a bit techie myself and quite pragmatic, I'm thankful that I'm female to give me half a chance of following the NICE model! I really appreciate hearing your perspective on this Igor.

I guess this reflects that thing about a man offering up solutions when a woman often just wants some empathy. Not sure where I am on that spectrum as the solution bit does sound more appealing, albeit when offered up to me I'm often less than enthusiastic about taking the advice!

As you say, I guess it's about being aware of these things and working on the bits that we need to do differently to best effect.

Re: Adding The Hootsuite Hootlet To Safari, In Your iPhone Or iPad

Jo Dodds — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:51:27 -0000

Thanks - just what I was looking for!

Re: Business Blogging – Consistency is the Key

Jo Dodds — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:49:10 -0000

Most definitely Earlene. Thanks for commenting.

Re: Email Marketing with AWeber, MailChimp and Constant Contact

Jo Dodds — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:01:04 -0000

Just use one of the links in the text above, or search for them online. Thanks for asking.

Re: Business Blogging – Consistency is the Key

Jo Dodds — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:46:54 -0000

It's definitely about being on message for the most part, Staci. Thanks for commenting.

Re: Why Women Make Better Marketers

Jo Dodds — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 06:54:47 -0000

Hi Tom, hope you're well. Thanks for commenting. I agree there can be a lot going on behind the scenes with women. In general terms I think a man's agenda at a networking event can be worked out quite easily, and as you say quite often with women what may appear to be the agenda on the surface is not the reality! As I said this is a generalisation though. Thanks for the book reference, I will check it out.

Re: 10 Email Marketing Blunders That Kill Open Rates and Click Throughs

Jo Dodds — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:51:55 -0000

I'm always really paranoid that I'm going to send an email with errors and often send myself loads of test emails. Trouble is I'm often working on the move and they don't always come through quick enough before I need to send the email. But rather than get it sent I usually wait to make sure it's right...not sure that's the most pragmatic solution, just my paranoia! Great, really useful post Stu. Off to share it with my community! Thanks

Re: Email Marketing using Mailchimp

Jo Dodds — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 13:03:25 -0000

That it is!

Re: Business Blogging – Consistency is the Key

Jo Dodds — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 12:54:44 -0000

Most definitely Darryl. Blogging creates such a great opportunity, when done properly. Thanks for commenting.

Re: Email Marketing with AWeber, MailChimp and Constant Contact

Jo Dodds — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:05:50 -0000

Thanks for your comment. Happy to help!

Re: How to Create Compelling Content

Jo Dodds — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:36:30 -0000

Thanks for commenting. Yes, blog content needs to be a balance between writing interesting, relevant content for real people and optimising the writing for the search engines.

Re: Is Social Media a useful business tool or is that just what the ‘Social Media Experts’ say?

Jo Dodds — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:59:56 -0000

I had to think hard about this one Tom, until I re-read the blog post! Absolutely...he didn't get it through (or at least he pretended not to!).

Re: The Trials and Tribulations of Small Business Web Design and SEO

Jo Dodds — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:00:29 -0000

Thanks for commenting.

Re: Social Media Images: Examples of Great Visual Content

Jo Dodds — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:52:17 -0000

Hi Jojo

Thanks for taking the time to comment, and to explain where you came from! Great to 'meet' you :-)

Re: Email Marketing with AWeber, MailChimp and Constant Contact

Jo Dodds — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:06:20 -0000

I've added an iContact column too. I've not had actual experience if iContact but it does look good, and the functionality list looks comprehensive. They have good social media integration too.

Re: Email Marketing with AWeber, MailChimp and Constant Contact

Jo Dodds — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:01:36 -0000

Probably not but there may be some sort of algorithm to check links in emails against length of text or similar. You never know...big brother and all that!

Re: Email Marketing with AWeber, MailChimp and Constant Contact

Jo Dodds — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:01:52 -0000

This is interesting and backs up what Amanda was saying. Sometimes I send an email that is about just one thing - with an affiliate link - so I would fall foul of this rule in that case. I can't imagine AWeber has a similar rule as many internet marketers send many solo mailings without any problems. I guess they are trying to ensure quality content and no spam, but it is a harsh rule if they apply it. Thanks for asking them Rob.