by Shane Grantham | Dec 19, 2017
I use the social media platforms, Swarm and Instagram on my smartphone quite often . Swarm used to be called Foursquare and is location-based. It allows you to check-in to locations, businesses and venues to find information and get points. Instagram allows you to...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 16, 2017
This summer I received a phone call from someone new who owned a local business in Allen County. Their IT person passed away and they needed a replacement. They found my company on the Internet and liked what they saw. He had a question for me- “Who are some of...
by Shane Grantham | Oct 1, 2017
I learned early in my work life that it’s important to collect recommendations from people who know your work. My father relied on colleague’s opinions of people he was hiring and he taught me to ask my employers for recommendation letter’s when I...
by Shane Grantham | Sep 20, 2017
I received a phone call one Friday afternoon from someone I didn’t immediately recognize. The caller had a computer issue they needed fixed. They mentioned we were connected on LinkedIn and then I realized where I knew them from. They didn’t ask many...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 14, 2017
Last month a networker mentioned they may have a project for me with two other companies. I wasn’t sure how much they or the other two companies knew about my company. I wanted to make it easy for them if they did not. I didn’t want to lose this...
by Shane Grantham | Aug 12, 2017
I must be doing something right with Social Media because over the past few weeks I have been asked to speak at two different networking groups on LinkedIn. In the networking group arena when I meet a new business person, I ask them if they are a member of LinkedIn...
