Estimated reading time: around 10 minutes Today, personal branding is talked about to such an extent it became a buzzword, but it still has undeniable value – especially in the context of job hunting and career building. Wherever you look, competition is harsh and you need to invest and effort to make yourself recognizablestuff
Estimated reading time: around 9 minutes Have you ever been told you have a great eye for photography? Well, you could turn it into a real business, whether as a side hustle or a full-time job. However, starting a photography business requires a fair amount of planning and dedication if you want to dostuff
Did you know that emoticons were created by Scott Fahlman, a computer scientist, who found it difficult to tell serious messages from jokes? The first spam ever sent was created by Gary Thuerk and was sent to 393 people on ARPAnet, the military computer network, in 1978. Hacking doesn’t necessarily stand for cybercrimes. It canstuff
Almost a year ago, BBC published an article called “The case against personal branding”, featuring quotes from Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook. I remember reading it, but I didn’t give too much thought about it. A few weeks ago, while doing a research on personal branding, I stumbled upon some other articles describing the wholestuff
Here’s a scary fact: every single day, even when you’re not directly interacting with someone, you contribute to the ever-evolving public presentation of yourself. Remember when you posted that semi-drunk photo from a wild night out, just because your face looked hilarious and simply had to be shared with the world? It speaks on yourstuff
I have a friend who is a freelance designer. When he decided it’s about time to start earning money from his couch, he thought he already had everything needed to kick off a successful career as a freelancer. Since I really wanted him to succeed, I had to be that annoying voice saying: “Wait astuff
Speakers, partners, bloggers… creating a conference like Spark.me means, among other things, booking a lot of flights. One of those flights holds a very special place in our hearts – the one that brought our dear Sanja Gardasevic back to Montenegro from London, where she’s working on her master thesis. Spark.me wouldn’t be what itstuff
It’s that time of the year. Sunny spring days at the end of May are always reserved for the Spark.ME conference in Budva, Montenegro! This year, the motto of the conference is – “Use your Spark, illuminate the world”, asking us to find the beauty and passion in our inner selves and showcase it tostuff
In just one day, we’re officially turning the Spark.me mode ON! 🙂 Beautiful Montenegrin coast, tons of sunlight, and two days filled with great stories from the world’s top experts from different industries. Not to mention an additional day of hands-on marketing and startup workshops on May 25, which are completely free to everyone withstuff
Spark.me 2018 is just around the corner and it’s gonna be amazing! As we’ve already announced, this year we prepared something brand new – the Spark.me Student Competition! And yes, we have the winners! 🙂 We wanted to encourage young people to make positive changes in their communities by using the perks of the digitalstuff
At domain.me, May is our favorite month, and not just because of the birth of the Star Wars franchise. 🙂 May is also a synonym for Spark.me conference, one of the most carefully curated business/internet conferences in Southeast Europe. And this year, with many surprises we have in store, Spark.me is bigger than ever! 🙂stuff
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in June 2011 and has since been given a face-lift and updated for accuracy and relevance. About.me is one of the most popular personal website builders, and it’s no wonder. It has all the most important features, it’s very intuitive and looks great. Basically, it allows you tostuff
We’re steadily approaching another #SparkMe conference and it’s gonna be legendary! 🙂 As always, our conference is going to bring stories from the front lines of disruptive technological solutions, innovative business models, engaging branding strategies, and world-changing initiatives. Prepare yourself for Spark.ME – the best and most wonderful time of the year; the time westuff
If you are looking for a job or new business connections, you probably know that you need a “modern” resume called LinkedIn. Although it’s a great tool for making connections, have you considered any other ways of standing out from the competitiors? If you’re thinking: “Why would I need anything else besides a great LinkedInstuff
There is no such thing as achieving a perfect work/life balance. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t find any time for yourself – you can, if you want to. March 16th is #MEday, a day when you should focus on the most important person in your life – YOU! We know how precious your free timestuff
In Ancient Rome, people believed names have a predictive power, which was captured in the Latin proverb nomen est omen. The idea survived through centuries and formed into what we today call nominative determinism. Even the great psychologist Carl Jung discussed it on the example of his friend and fellow scientist, Sigmund Freud, whose surnamestuff
Let’s imagine this. You’ve taken a kid for a walk. All of a sudden, they start yelling: “Coca-Cola!” You turn around and there it is- a huge Coca-Cola billboard right behind your back. But, how do children associate a certain brand with their logo, even though they cannot read? The answer is simple – it’sstuff
Every time life gets unbearably tough (adultlike) I like to imagine myself as a character from a fantasy world. Images of walking through the corridors of magical Hogwarts castle, flying over the mountains carried by Falcor the luck dragon, or saving the Gotham from enemies over and over again, set my mind at ease. Butstuff
While steadily approaching another Spark.me conference, we decided to refresh our memory with some great talks we enjoyed at Spark.me 2017! So let’s start with Sharad Sagar, an Indian social entrepreneur featured in the Forbes “30 Under 30” global list (in 2016), and in The Rockefeller Foundation Centennial List of “100 Next Century Innovators”. I’vestuff
Editor’s Note: This blog post was originally written in June 2016. Some things have changed since then, so we decided to update the post accordingly. Imagine buying the finest fishing equipment you can find, investing a lot of time and effort into putting it all together so that everything fits perfectly, doing your diligence whenstuff