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Nov. 13, 2009

Amber Naslund researched social media job vacancies and, among her findings, wrote:
In my research, I saw several job descriptions (most, frankly) that focused heavily on how social media benefited or could impact the company and their aims to be better known. They were largely focused on tactics and tools, and few actually referenced anything from [...]

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Cautions on the Chamber of Fun

Nov. 10, 2009

Among the echoes of pundits extolling the virtues of synchronizing your LinkedIn and Twitter status updates, PCWorld includes a noteworthy clause in the second paragraph:
Twitter integration with LinkedIn makes sense, but don’t forget these two services are very different from each other. Twitter is a very casual and fun network with its short burst messages, [...]

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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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