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SCAM ALERT: Beware LinkedIn Inbox Messages Asking You to Download Setup.exe

Aug. 11, 2009

During my daily ritual of visiting my LinkedIn account and opening the inbox, I noticed three identical messages from different people asking me to download a file. Despite no search engine results to date, I immediately recognized the beginnings of a potential phishing scam.
The message says:
LinkedTricks allows you to send unlimited messages to any person [...]

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12 Ways to Use LinkedIn Today

Jul. 16, 2009

I wrote one of my best evergreen articles on using LinkedIn eight months ago–when I shared 10 tips to use the networking site professionally.
Recollecting last night’s social media workshop led by Tyson Goodridge when more time was spent talking about Facebook and Twitter than LinkedIn, I think it’s worthwhile to expand upon the 10 tips [...]

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Guest Post by Stephen Tiano: How I Make Books with the Internet

Feb. 16, 2009

When asked whether I’d be interested in guest-blogging or answering questions interview-style on the subject of my best practices in social media, the opportunity struck me as too good to pass up. After all, I’m one who’s run both hot and cold on social media.
I know Ari thanks to social media—specifically, Twitter. We initially sparred [...]

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Your Status Updates on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter: A Snapshot in Time

Feb. 15, 2009

With 106 comments and counting, there is an ongoing discussion over on the Mr. Tweet blog (a service that enables one to find other people to interact with) where Ming Yeow Ng questions the usage patterns on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
It’s clear that everyone uses the three social networking sites differently, but the general tone [...]

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Divide This, Mrs. Whatchamacalit

Dec. 14, 2008

My mother never lets me forget the story of me and long division.
In sixth grade, and a couple years after I first played multiplication games with the “Little Professor,” my math teacher provided my class a homework exercise comprising about a dozen long division examples.
We were supposed to divide 123 into 456,781 (or some similar [...]

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Smiling on LinkedIn

Dec. 11, 2008

Fifteen months after LinkedIn began offering users the ability to display profile photos, have you uploaded yours?
I have. It’s the same mugshot you’ll see on every social network of mine, including my blog:

You can do this too, by logging into LinkedIn and following the instructions in “Edit My Profile.”
Oh, and please make it a photo [...]

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Guest Interview with Rachel Kay: How Social Media Impacts Public Relations

Dec. 8, 2008

Two weeks ago, Utah Chief Technology Officer Dave Fletcher debuted in a series on AriWriter about best practices in social media.
Today’s installment features an email interview with Rachel Kay, president and founder of Rachel Kay Public Relations, a boutique agency in southern California.
In recent months, I’ve grown fond of Rachel’s spin and spunk through Twitter, [...]

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