Debbie Weil is putting on a blogging seminar for beginners. Looks like they are answering a lot of the questions I had when I first learned about blogging. Unfortunately for me (or them), I bugged a bunch of Microsoft people to figure this info out on...

I was listening to National Public Radio on Friday on my way out of downtown and I heard this report on lobster molting (I know, this has absolutely nothing to do with marketing). I'm just saying that no matter what is going on, life could be worse.....

Thought it was time for another tip on making the transition from marketing to tech marketing. As I mentioned before, we had our Marketing Symposium on Friday. Steve Ballmer spoke (he's always good). Then we had a number of leaders from marketing across...

Perhaps I should resist the feeling that I need to tell you that I will be out of the office at a marketing symposium tomorrow (do you care?). Yeah, Microsoft actually invited it's marketing recruiters to it's marketing symposium....and I think that is...

John Cass is doing a survey on corporate blogging . If you are a blogger and have time, you might want to help him out and then check back to see why other people are blogging.

I forgot to tell you...I got my 5 year clock! For those of you that don't know what I am talking about (no, it has nothing to do with biology), Microsoft rewards employees after 5 years with a clock (you can also choose a pen but hardly anybody does)...

So maybe it's not an answer to how we measure the effectiveness of a blog, but if you are a blogger and haven't yet checked out blogshares, you should take a peek. It's not the real world, but it does help you think about the value of your blogging and...

It probably not why you think it is, actually. All of us bloggers are spending time building community outside Microsoft and they, the tech bloggers, already have a community inside Microsoft. Couple examples: -Our internal blog discussion alias is...

When you first start blogging, it's a little tough to get a sense of whether you are connecting with your readers...and who they are exactly. Sometimes it feels like you are talking to yourself...at least until you feel like you have really found your...

On Monday, I posted on what to do to manage your career during an economic upturn. And I encouraged you to take advantage of calls from recruiters (in-house and third party). I've also seen lots of posts from people complaining about recruiters...mostly...

I just e-mailed my annual performance review to my manager. And it's always a relief to hit that send button, but you also always wonder if there wasn't just one more piece of information that you would have supplied to show how awesome you are. I...

Many people have asked me for advice on morphing a marketing career into a technical marketing career. It can be tough to make a career shift when there are so many people out there looking for a new opportunity; and many of them already have a technical...

Some of the positive comments I've received about my blog have to do with showing the “human side” of Microsoft and our recruiting process. And I realize that part of that is because I've blogged on some kind of personal stuff (nothing too...

As promised, Ben Riga has agreed to a “blog interview” on his experience so far at Microsoft (I think this is week 2!); specifically his experience going through the recruiting/interview process and his on-boarding. As I mentioned before,...

Does the novelty of blogging wear off so quickly that people aren't keeping up their blogs? I notice that many of the people I have linked to have just let their blogs go. And I am actively unlinking for sure. Are we all such perfectionists that if we...

I know many of us are blogging as part of our jobs. But what will it take for blogging is recognized as a skill in and of itself? How long before you see “blogging” as an experience or skill requirement in a job description? First, let...

I keep hearing that the economy is picking up , although my life hasn't changed much lately (needless to say there are always more open marketing positions here than we can fill). But if the economy is improving (and in the interest of optimistic thinking...

I told you last week that we made a great new hire recently as a result of our work with the Software Product Marketing eGroup and the Silicon Valley PMA. I'll let Ben introduce himself a little more later, but wanted to find out what kinds of questions...

I think I mentioned before that I am speaking at a recruiting conference in Boston this September. Well, given that Boston is a great location for talent and I don't love flying, we decided to turn this into a recruiting trip. Basically, our recent trip...

Feeling a little guilty for not posting recently, especially after the disappointment I expressed over people starting and then abandoning their blogs. I have killer allergies and I am having a hard time doing anything more than work my 8 hours and sleep...

Scoble is talking about the subservient chicken website again over on his blog . It's a viral marketing tool used by Burger King. Here's a direct link to the Reuters news feed (BK says the campaign worked). In the spirit of “thinking too much”...

While Microsoft employees are delivering “unofficial” info about our functions, groups and products via blogs, there are actually some corporate newsletters that you can sign up for that will deliver news links to your inbox. I use these...

People have been asking about Resume Blogs and the hazards of putting one up when you already have a job you'd like to keep...unless your dream job comes along. Actually, this applies to resumes stored on any blog. I'm not sure I have a simple answer...

Here's an 80s pop music quiz . First let me say I'm a bit of a pop culture junkie and I turned 12 in 1980 so I remember all this stuff pretty well (and I look young for my age, so there!). Plus I have a memory for details like annoying song lyrics that...

Back in March, I told you that ResumeBlogs work . And in other posts, I've encouraged active networking as part of a career search (including networking via blogs). Even in the ProfGuilds' Software Product Marketing Discussion Group , there is conversation...