Untemplate Your Life

Untemplater is a brand new site focused on helping you break free of your “template” lifestyle to start living the life you are really passionate about. It was founded by six twentysomethings who have achieved this untemplated status first hand.

Don’t know what I’m talking about? No worries. They’ve put together a manifesto depicting just what the untemplated lifestyle looks like. You can grab a copy of this free ebook here.

Honestly, before reading the Untemplater Manifesto I wasn’t exactly sure what the template lifestyle was. It turns out that the template life is what I’ve always dreaded but have been unwillingly hurling towards my entire adult life. It’s the traditional ‘American Dream’, the one that everyone seems to chase after whether they want to or not.

Those who live the template life work really hard in jobs that they generally hate, putting in long hours to work their way up the corporate ladder until they can retire in their mid-sixties. Does their hard work pay off? Sure; and taking the conservative path is perfectly fine for some people, but a lot of people would rather fulfill their dreams if they could.

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2010
01/12
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Steve
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Self Improvement
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Brazen Careerist: Career Management for Generation Y

The last few years we have been experiencing a social media revolution. As a result of this, more and more companies are incorporating social media into their business models. Why? Because Social Media = Positive ROI.

Generation Y is at the forefront of this movement. We use social networking sites for just about everything these days, and companies are jumping on the wagon. In fact, many companies (over 80%) already use social networking sites to help locate worthy individuals to work for them.

LinkedIn is a great career management site that has over 55 million registered professionals, but what if you are looking for something a little more personalized? Are you a member of Generation Next? If so, Brazen Careerist might be for you.

What is Brazen Careerist?

Simply put, Brazen Careerist is a career management tool for next-gen professionals. The company was founded by Penelope Trunk as a refreshing way to allow companies to brand themselves as employers to Gen Y bloggers. It offers its users a way to showcase themselves and build a network through their ideas and conversations.

From a social standpoint the site incorporates a lot of features you might be familiar with from sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. This is no accident, and if you truly are a Gen Y’er you should feel comfortable in this aspect. Let’s take a more in-depth look at some of the site’s features:

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2010
01/11
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Steve
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Career Management
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Google Is Skynet

With todays release of the newTerminator Salvation movie on Blu-ray/DVD I got to thinking about the whole Google versus Skynet complex. Now I know I’m not the first to explore this phenomenon and I certainly won’t be the last, but how did this comparison come about? Here’s what I think…

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2009
12/01
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Steve
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Business
Innovation
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I’m A Marketing Technopologist. Wait, What?!

Check out this presentation by Paul Isakson entitled What’s Next In Marketing And Advertising (2009). It offers great insight into how social technologies have changed the marketing mentality.

What’s Next In Marketing And Advertising (2009)

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Marketing has changed drastically over the last handful of years. There are just so many new technologies that simply weren’t around before. This brings to mind the questions: Where is marketing headed? …And, are we already there? Read more

2009
09/17
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Steve
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Business
Marketing
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How To: Build Your Social Community (Part I)

If you’re like me, social media is a big part of your life on the web. It’s where you go to check up on your friends/contacts, get updated on the latest news, and it’s where you show your character and express your feelings.

But social media is much more than that. Each network you’re a part of is different in its own way. Facebook is better at keeping track of people/relationships and Twitter is better at keeping track of the latest trends/news.

So, wouldn’t you like to be able to leverage each of these websites’ strengths in order to achieve a more positive persona on the web?

In this article, I’m going to show you a few things you can do to connect your networks and build your web. Let’s get started. Read more

2009
09/16
POSTED BY
Steve
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Personal Branding
Social Media
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