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May 26, 2009

Are you an A, B or a C?

While everyone can agree that networking is an important part of a job search, the members of these organizations actually go a step further to develop the individual into a better and more educated job seeker readying them for the challenges of today’s job market. I have a strong belief that tomorrow’s economy will be driven by those between the ages of 25-45 and also that the positions that these individuals will eventually have are not even currently envisioned. Think all new job titles, new responsibilities and new focus.

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April 30, 2009

Network Dayton a Success

Wrap-up of the Network Dayton meeting in Kettering.

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April 20, 2009

Social Media Tips for Recruiters

I was asked on Friday by a private recruiting firm exactly how Social Media could find better qualified candidates, and obtain them quicker. Of course while time to money is important, I wanted to identify what other areas were key in recruiting the best and the brightest.
Who participates?
By definition, social media is meant to [...]

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April 17, 2009

Ashton Kutcher hits 1,000,000 followers on Twitter

I have to eat some crow this evening. (morning)
It is 2:22AM EST and Ashton Kutcher hit 1.000,000 Twitter followers before CNN. This competition was tracked live and Twitter even helped by blocking any attempts to “unfollow” either Ashton or CNN as the race to one million got closer. Seriously though, beyond the sort of moronic [...]

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April 16, 2009

Social Media Today and Community Strategist

While I usually try to dedicate one theme per blog I have been really cranking out the Foo today and have to combine two very cool things in one blog.
Social Media Today is a moderated social community that allows you to start building a personal network with your peers, create a profile and promote your [...]

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April 16, 2009

Testimonials

Often as a Community Manager I have an ability to impact not only the clients I work for, but also the members of the Community as a whole. It is a passion of mine to enable and educate others in Online Reputation Management and the use of all of the Social Media tools available today.
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April 13, 2009

Keep it Social

Social Media has an opportunity to “corral” self-indicated consumers around products they want and desire. Now, can it replace traditional salesmanship?

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April 13, 2009

Harness the Social Web

Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content. – Wikipedia
From a commercial sense, advertisers look to drive customers to their content through a few standard vehicles:
1. Stating [...]

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April 11, 2009

Added BashFoo.org feeds to LinkedIn

The newest technology innovations today all call for loosely coupled integration points. For lay folks, loosely coupled technologies refer to an approach to designing interfaces across modules to reduce the interdependencies across these modules or components. This essentially ensures that changes made to one system do not cause fault within another. Social media and Social [...]

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