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How Building My LinkedIn Personal Brand Prepared Me for Getting Fired Lorax-style costume close-up with exaggerated yellow eyebrows and mustache, humorous expression.

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How Building My LinkedIn Personal Brand Prepared Me for Getting Fired

The Yapper Gazette September 17, 2025

In March I built a personal brand on LinkedIn. In September I got fired. Here's why I...

A National Treasure – That Time Nicolas Cage Was At My Wedding Illustrated artwork of a bride in glasses and a white dress smiling next to actor Nicolas Cage, who holds a sign with his name on it. They stand in a warmly lit wooden barn decorated with string lights.

Illustrated artwork of a bride in glasses and a white dress smiling next to actor Nicolas Cage, who holds a sign with his name on it. They stand in a warmly lit wooden barn decorated with string lights.

A National Treasure – That Time Nicolas Cage Was At My Wedding

The Yapper Gazette September 9, 2025

From renting Con Air on VHS in ’97 to a Nicolas Cage cardboard cutout stealing the spotlight...

The Haunted Millennial: Why Spooky Season Hits Harder for Us Vintage Halloween postcard illustration showing a surreal scene of imps, a skeleton, and a ghost riding a black cat through the night sky. A witch on a broomstick flies across the full moon in the background, while smiling jack-o’-lanterns and a wide-eyed black owl float below.

Vintage Halloween postcard illustration showing a surreal scene of imps, a skeleton, and a ghost riding a black cat through the night sky. A witch on a broomstick flies across the full moon in the background, while smiling jack-o’-lanterns and a wide-eyed black owl float below.

The Haunted Millennial: Why Spooky Season Hits Harder for Us

The Yapper Gazette September 2, 2025

Why do millennials treat spooky season like a two-month festival instead of just Halloween? From Goosebumps and...

7 Tips for LinkedIn Growth That Don’t Involve Going Viral Person wearing sunglasses peeking out from behind trimmed bushes decorated with Hamburger Helper boxes, with large gold balloons spelling ‘5K’ and a giant inflatable Hamburger Helper hand mascot displayed on the lawn.

Person wearing sunglasses peeking out from behind trimmed bushes decorated with Hamburger Helper boxes, with large gold balloons spelling ‘5K’ and a giant inflatable Hamburger Helper hand mascot displayed on the lawn.

7 Tips for LinkedIn Growth That Don’t Involve Going Viral

The Yapper Gazette August 25, 2025

“If I was starting on LinkedIn today, I wouldn’t obsess over metrics or wait around for people...

What Being on Social Media Has Taught Me About Mental Health (And How to Protect It Before You Spiral) the phrase mental health on a sheet of fabric