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. [...]
May
22
Whether it’s mingling at professional associations, conventions, socials or with colleagues, the job of networking is never done. Sure, you may already have a career, but that’s no excuse to stop forming new relationships or nurturing the old ones. When building a business, you can’t rely solely on old contacts; you have to make new, valuable connections [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sep
13
Of all the web destinations — social networks, games, email, etc… — social networks are the dominant destination. 23% of the time Americans are online is spent dealing with these networks. The top 5 of these networks are not a surprise, in descending order: Facebook, Blogger, Tumblr, Twitter and LinkedIn. Of the 10 most popular [...]
Aug
12
Klout is considered one of the industry leaders for measuring a Twitter user’s online presence. Last year, Klout added Facebook to its available service followed a few months ago by additions of LinkedIn, Foursquare and YouTube. Now Klout is offering its metrics for more: Last.fm, Blogger, Flickr, Instagram, and Tumblr. Klout plans to soon offer [...]
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 [...]
Mar
22
LinkedIn has announced it now has 100 million users. While only the size of a fraction of Facebook, LinkedIn has a different user base that makes it a valuable platform for marketers. A social network for business minded users should be enough of a niche to be valuable, but there are some other differences than [...]
Mar
18
Online advertising is now a $16 billion per year industry, but Google’s Schmitt thinks that number can reach as high as $200 billion. That growth will be led and caused by display ads, which are able to update in real time even if a user has remained on a single web page for quite some [...]
Dec
29
If you’ve ever experienced a fatal computer crash, you know how vital backing up your information is. What about your social information? How do you keep that safe in the age of digital resumes and online profiles? Here are a few steps you can take to make sure you don’t lose all of your social media information: [...]