Category: social networks
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How to use LinkedIn to land your dream job
I was scanning Twitter this morning when I spotted a question from Adrian Weckler of the Sunday Business Post asking if anyone found LinkedIn useful and what for. I emailed Adrian the following story of how I used LinkedIn to help me get my current job. I’ve told this story quite a few times now…
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“Since you are a person I trust, I wanted to invite you to join my network on LinkedIn” – Is this a new form of spam?
In the last three days I have received 3 invitations to connect with total strangers on LinkedIn – in and of itself, that’s not all that unusual. I often receive invitations from strangers to connect on LinkedIn – most I quietly ignore. What made these invitations different was the fact that they were all worded…
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The real Facebook!
If you are getting tired of Facebook, you will appreciate this (and even if you are not getting tired of Facebook, watch this and you might start to see why it has become really annoying!).
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Are you experiencing FaceBook fade?
FaceBook opened its APIs for third party developers last year, opened its registration to all and saw a meteoric rise in use. The developers started creating all kinds of applications for FaceBook and the FaceBook Platform was pronounced as the next big thing! And an investment by Microsoft putatively valued the website at $15bn. However,…
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Twitter vs. FaceBook
While everyone talks about the power of FaceBook as a cool means of getting a message out, you hear very little about the power of Twitter as a communications tool. I inadvertantly compared the two in recent months and found that Twitter was by far the more potent communications tool (in my unscientific test, at…
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Does Plaxo flood your inbox with connection requests?
Plaxo started life as a place to hold your contact information online. That was quite handy and they allowed synchronising from your Mac or PC so your contact data were always held safe in the cloud. More recently Plaxo added a feature called Pulse. Pulse allows you to tell it where you publish photos, blog…
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OpenSocial signs up MySpace and SixApart too!
I mentioned earlier in the week that Google was about to launch OpenSocial, a Social Network API platform. Since then Mike Arrington in TechCrunch is reporting that not only is it happenning but MySpace, Bebo and SixApart are on board too! The OpenSocial site is now live and confirmed participants so far are: Engage.com, Friendster,…
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Free son to a good home
Via the FaceBook Observer comes this gem: Free to any kind of home. Lazy, slob, unmotivated, comes with no future plans, does not do chores, parties all night, sleeps all day, curses in his sleep, eats constantly, does not clean up after himself, very expensive, mouthy, knows everything, works sometimes. Added bonus – own car,…