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LinkedIn | Does LinkedIn Even Care?

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:20:00 -0500

LinkedIn not only a Bully but Incompetent too! Over a week ago I spent nearly 2 hours leaving 86 LinkedIn groups after they sent me an email stating that they were limiting the groups I could be a member of to 50. See my blog…ShareThis

Social Networking Sites Do’s and Don’ts.

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:11:40 -0500

Let’s face it (no pun intended) Facebook is the latest place to have a profile on. It seems everyone is on at least one of these social networking sites (if not more) and they all want to add you to their friends list. Trust me, they do. The great

are social networking sites redundant or do you need to belong to more than one?

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:52:20 -0500

You should know by now that, with me, nothing is black and white. So, here’s my answer. Occasionally, there is some redundancy when you have the same certain people in more than one of your networks, but that is more the exception than the rule

How this blog changed my career

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:13:24 -0500

Photo by: psd This blog started as a hobby in April 2007. At the time there were very few blogs about the subject. A year and a half later I find myself with a new job thanks to this blog and I am very happy to share that with you. Without the thousa

Social Networks Get Down to Business

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:20:00 -0500

Think of them as digital water coolers—surrounded by thousands of workers engaged in serious business conversations.Do business and socializing mix? Apparently so. As the number of business users of social networks continues to increase, advertisin

What was the best career advice for me?

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:51:06 -0500

Guustaff Vocking, a partner at SARV & AIMS International a Management Consulting and Coaching firm in the Netherlands recently asked this question on LinkedIn: What was the best career advice for you? Here is what I wrote: Hi Gustaff, The Best ca

LinkedIn introduces Company Directory

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:52:57 -0500

LinkedIn, my favorite business social network, today announces the introduction of “Company Directory“. This is a very interesting feature by which you can easily find a company together with various information about it. For example, you

Managing Fear During a RiF

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:24:00 -0500

You have had a strange feeling that something isn't right. While things seem to be doing OK in your business, they aren't their best. All of the sudden, senior management has gotten very quiet.Then BANG! Two or three folks you know send emails th

Unlock the Full Potential of Your LinkedIn Profile

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Up until recently, my husband thought the end-all be-all of job searching was blasting his resume to tons of hiring managers and recruiters via a plethora of job sites, both large and small. Now, I’m not saying that this is... Visit the Caffeinate

VIDEO: Social networking for business tips

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:17:51 -0500

I just finished an endless series of videos I appeared in for AllBusiness.com on a whole variety of topics. AllBusiness.com offers business advice on an endless variety of topics. Here are a series of videos I appear in of which I’m giving advi

LinkedIn Group Reaches 2,000 Members

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:15:25 -0500

By Jason Buss. I am excited to share that The Talent Buzz community on LinkedIn has reached 2,000 new members, since the launch less than three months ago. This continues to be a great opportunity to expand your personal and professional network, sh

Social Networking Sites, Should I Log In?

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:13:41 -0500

To Log In Or Not To Log In: that is the question. In the last few months (I’m sure we can all picture this scenario) you meet a new contact, be it personal or business oriented. You exchange business cards, phone numbers and email addresses. More o

Must Be Redesign Week in Social Network World

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:39:53 -0500

Four sites I visit regularly have been redesigned, lately. Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning and Poynter have all gone throught redesigns of varying degrees. Poynter’s will launch on August 23rd. Bill Mitchell, Director of Poynter Online, sent an em

LINKEDIN: Groups “broken”; where competition!

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:04:08 -0500

http://getsatisfaction.com/linkedin/topics/new_linkedin_group_issues *** begin quote *** New LinkedIn Group Issues LinkedIn just changed (translation: “broke”) many things about LinkedIn Groups *** end quote *** Unfortunately, when Linked

Creating your own social network for free

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:33:58 -0500

What if you'd rather create your own social network rather than belong to an existing one - where do you start? And what if you're trying to build your own community around your own website and you want to be the one who sets the social networking ru

Adding A LinkedIn Group To Your Community

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:24:14 -0500

If you are managing a community, especially a B2B or professional community, you need to make your community friendly and available to LinkedIn members. LinkedIn is becoming the de facto social networking site where people maintain their online

Frolleagues: today’s word of the day courtesy of LinkedIn

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:20:54 -0500

Here I was thinking I am reasonably up with the play in social media and social networking spheres, so I was mildly surprised to learn a new word, or neologism, today: frolleague. Apparently there is nothing new about the word though, as the Oxford

Have You Ever Googled Yourself?

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:17:00 -0500

Looking back over the articles I wrote on Cover Letters, Resumes and Interviews I feel a need to add on a few more comments about Searches. When you are searching for a job, I’d say it’s pretty safe to guess that you would check out the company y

iSkoot Puts Skype Calling (And More) on Your Mobile

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:03:16 -0500

I love Skype for its free Internet calling services, complete with IM and SMS and conference calls that make it easy to keep up with friends and colleagues and new business contacts around the world. With a user base of over 300 million people, c

Caffeinated Poll of the Week, August 14

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:33:44 -0500

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