Reid Hoffman, creator of network LinkedIn, offers some great tips on how to get the most out of LinkedIn and traditional networking. With co-writer Ben Casnocha, Hoffman writes in The Start-Up of You (excerpted on Fortune) that the best thing to do is to maintain an active, up-to-date network, and that most professionals have five to ten …
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Jan
30
Google+ Now Open to Teens
Google+ was previously open for those 18 or older. Google said they wanted time to “get it right” before allowing 13-18 year olds onto the service. Today, Google has opened its doors to the social networking service- with some safeguards- to the same ages as Facebook. I wonder if they originally want to seed the …
Jan
29
15 Valuable Twitter Tips
Mark Schaefer has written some valuable tips on how to use Twitter to outgun your competition. 2) Customer service is a popular use of Twitter by many companies and other organizations. There are many well-documented best practices you can find by doing an Internet search on the topic. When people are “calling you” on Twitter, are you …
Jan
27
How Small Businesses Can Thrive With Google+
One of my favorite sites to stay on the cutting edge of social media is www.socialmediaexaminer.com. I found a video interview with a gentleman named Chris Brogan on their site. Chris gives many valuable tips in this quick 8 minute video, and also gives an introduction to his book. If you haven’t made the dive into …