Jun
11
Through the countless resumes received and interviews conducted in society, being remembered by a business professional can be very difficult. With an average of 1,750,000 individuals graduating from college each year, how many of those grads are going after your dream job? Professional Networking is a way for job seekers to connect and converse with [...]
May
30
One of the hardest aspects of professional networking, aside from making quality connections, is maintaining relationships with your connections. It might seem simple to stay connected in a digital marketing driven society filled with countless social networks – when really the adverse is often true. Like other job related items, professional social networking requires persistence. [...]
Feb
15
Good news for job seekers! LinkedIn Jobs made some excellent upgrades that make searching for a job a little easier. Employers with an optimized LinkedIn Company Page can also benefit from the new features. Improved search functions and usability make the upgraded and redesigned LinkedIn Jobs tools a valuable resource for any job seeker to [...]
Feb
06
The world is going mobile. Mobile electronic devices are more prevalent than ever, and between tablets, smartphones, glorified MP3 players and netbooks, the market is still growing: almost a million people become smartphone users every day, and about 44 percent of American homes have a tablet. Reaching this inherently on-the-go market effectively poses some challenges, [...]
Jan
28
LinkedIn is an excellent tool for both professionals and for companies. LinkedIn’s new Company Pages make it easier for companies to network and increase sales leads. According to a LinkedIn US survey based Follower report LinkedIn members are 50 percent more likely to purchase from a company they interact with on LinkedIn (Jan 2012 and [...]
Jan
24
Nowadays, if you read the news, attend conferences and seminars, all you hear are conversations about so-called “big data”, its importance and growth especially in technology and services markets. It’s hard to believe, but… In 2013, as the Digital Era progresses, customers, businesses and devices are generating more and more digital data, a volume of [...]
Jan
03
In 2012, most social networks took great strides in becoming more visual mediums. Facebook moved everyone over to the timeline format, which gave profile pages a huge space for pictures and created a time-focused visual orientation. LinkedIn launched a similar restructuring for brand and profile pages. Twitter redesigned their profile pages too, to give a [...]
Oct
11
LinkedIn launched their new company pages last month, and they’ve finally rolled out to over 2 million companies with pages on the networking site. The new company pages feature a streamlined design, a stream of posted information on the front page, and more opportunity for visual branding on the products page. Need to get your [...]
Jun
24
New research from Saatchi & Saatchi shows users do not mind learning about new brand products within social games. Infact, 2 out of 5 respondents actually prefer that as a method of content delivery. Social challenges seem to be particularly pleasing. Offering a discount for completion of a challenge is rated by 57% as very [...]
Mar
30
LinkedIn, the social network for business professionals, recently reached 100 million users. This milestone was lost on many because it pales in comparison to FaceBook and Twitter. However, this milestone is an important one because LinkedIn is fundamentally very different than either of those other platforms. Of the 100 million users, 44 million of them [...]