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I am a small business Conversation Consultant and public speaker that uses the power of the internet to leverage your success. Productivity in Context is a web magazine focused on Productivity and tools for organizing. Make this your headquarters for improving your life and work through increased mindfulness, education, and workflow practices.
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Put Stephen Smith to work for you
Work? What kind of work? “What can Stephen do for me” you ask.
About Stephen Smith . . . forward-looking, adventurous, creative
You can follow me on twitter @the_future
send an e-mail to stephen @ hdbizblog.com - let’s talk!
If you are looking to develop a Social Media Strategy, or just to gain some Social Media Literacy, then you have come to the right place.
My name is Stephen Smith, founder of Business Development in Context, and productivity guru at Productivity in Context. (Context and perspective are important, if you hadn’t noticed!)
I’d like to help you invest your time and effort, promote yourself and your business, and get a return on that investment.
This is what I do:
- I consult on how to get involved with on- and offline communities,
- Use Twitter and Commenting strategies without being a spammer,
- Increase your online presence to attract and generate more business,
- Teach you to create and implement a blogging platform for your business and your community,
- Teach actionable steps that you can use to improve your productivity workflow
Take Advantage of Social Media with Personalized Web Consulting
- I know how to use Twitter and StumbleUpon to build communities for Social Networking. I can help you learn how to get involved with these communities that can bring more traffic to your website/blog and increase your business.
- I am an avid user of LinkdIn for professional networking and job-seeking. I can help you learn how to increase your web presence and improve your chances of being noticed.
- I have built several WordPress blogs on self-hosted platforms. I can do this for you to create your own blog or website for yourself or your business. I can handle the URL registration, hosting set-up, and theme-design through my own extensive network of graphic- and web-designers.
Through trial and error - as well as under the coaching of some of the best web-designers in the biz, I’ve found that not all blog platforms are created equal. WordPress represents a great platform for managing content, not just blogs – but websites. If you do not have a website yet, check out these services and options.
Why would you use a blogging platform for your website?
- It is easy to update,
- It is easy to personalize for your business or brand,
- Keyword friendliness for Google searching,
- You generate your own fresh content.
Ask me about Social Media, and tell me a little bit about how we can work together on your Social Media presence. Personal telephone coaching starts at $50 per hour for technical services, $100 per hour for Social Media Strategy.
Top qualities: Personable , Expert , Creative
Laura Donna
hired Stephen as a Business Consultant in 2008
Learn the Best Productivity Practices
- Your calendar is a tool, not a prison. I can show you the best practices for how to get the most out of what you put into it. This can even include designing a customized calendar page that fits your specific needs if necessary, or simply how to get the most out of your current system.
- Your workflow should be just that, a flow. I can help you identify the bottlenecks and determine how you spend your time, then we work together to discover how to best invest your time. I can teach you how to get your work done in less time so that you can a.) do more work, if you want to, or b.) do more living!
- Your workspace needs to be designed to improve how you work and what you get done, it should not be something that gets in the way of your productivity. I can show you how to organize your workspace, your files, and your supplies in a way that helps you, not hinders you.
Join in on the weekly Productivity Mastermind conference call. Find out more via Upcoming! (in the sidebar)
Ask me about productivity, and tell me how we can work together on your productivity skills. Personal telephone coaching starts at $40 per hour.
Interview Skill Training
- Do you need to improve your interview skills in order to land a job? I can teach you how to put your best foot forward, what kinds of questions to expect, and how to determine if this is the job for you in the first place.
- Do you need to hire someone to fill a position? I can teach you how to ask specific, job- and performance-related questions to find the best person for the position. I can work with you to identify the skills and attitudes that best qualify a candidate for your organization, then turn this information into a performance-based interview template.
Ask me about improving your interviewing skills, and tell me a little bit about how we can work together to prepare for your next interview. Personal telephone coaching starts at $40 per hour.
Security Guarantee:
Whether or not we choose to work together the contents of your call will be completely confidential.
All of these skills are available to you via telephone, e-mail, video-conference or in-person, depending on your specific needs.
Please send me an e-mail, and tell me a little bit about how we can work together to develop your business or your own personal skills.
Free Telephone Consultation
Our first 30-minute telephone consultation is free and we will determine a budget for your project or training at that time.
You can see my old-school resume (last updated October 2007), or you can see the 21st century resume here at LinkedIn. You can also see more of these recommendations there:
Thank you very much for considering my services, I am looking forward to working with you! Click here for a contact form, and tell me a little bit about how we can work together on your future.
