Miscellaneous – Page 4

Eight biographical words to avoid

Writing a blog on BNET, the CBS Interactive business network, (http://www.bnet.com/blog/small-biz-advice/8-words-that-should-never-appear-in-your-twitter-bio/1752#ixzz1Qm50ze6D), Jeff Hayden revealed that, after some extensive research into Twitter users’ biographies, he dislikes the following – over-used – words: ‘Passionate’ You can have one passion. Four ‘passions’ are interests. And can anyone truly be passionate about ‘delivering lasting customer value’, ‘teaching small businesses [...]

Business Buzz Word generator

Brett Tudor’s recent plea to members of the ‘Simply Business’ group on LinkedIn – ‘Can anyone think of some examples of office slang, or phrases peculiar to the corporate environment? I'm doing some research on the subject for an article’ – prompted me to recall a ‘Buzz Word Generator’ that I was given when I [...]