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Re: Let the numbers tell the story

Bill — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:49:30 -0000

Thank you very much for the shout out. I'm so glad to find a fellow accounting visionary!

Bill

Re: Using Social Networking to Find a Job

Bill — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:18:19 -0000

I couldn't agree more. When I joined LinkedIn, I couldn't find a group for consultants like me, so I created one. I deliberately decided to allow search professionals into the group. In the early days I got a lot of calls from head hunters and even now, months later, I still get the occasional one.

It isn't that I deliberately set out to find a job by creating a group. It's more that I saw an opportunity and grabbed it. That's the advice I would offer to recently laid off professionals.

Bill

Re: Amazon doing politics?

Bill — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:20:27 -0000

I agree 100% - this type of polling just trivializes the election. The results are meaningless. I don't even think it's funny.

Re: You Can Do Your Job Without Twitter

Bill — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:19:52 -0000

Why social media? Simple -- it's an opportunity.

I tried to break into the writing scene for years. I had a book on accounting all lined up. It took a new stance on how non-financial managers should get up to speed on financial statements. I looked at the market and saw that the other books were like training someone how to drive by taking apart a car engine and teaching them to be mechanics. I had a new approach.

I quickly learned that writing well is not enough. You need to be known. I was not.

Now, slowly and patiently, I am getting known. After blogging consistently for over a year, my blog has been picked up by Microsoft, Forbes.com and AccountingWeb. None of this would have happened without social media. My manuscript would still be sitting in the "reject" pile.

Thank you, social media gods!

Bill