Career Moves, LinkedIn         28 comments

If you were in a position to hire a new employee for your company, what would be the most important quality (in your opinion) the candidates you interview should have?

Recently Al Bagocius, CEO of The A & I Consulting, posted the question above to the 6800+ member LinkedIn group MarketingProfs. …

 Blogging, Facebook, Getting Started, LinkedIn, Sharisax Is Out There, Social Media, Social Media Basics, Twitter         21 comments

My Laney College students are participating in social media to build writing and reading skills. For many of them, however, this is a significantly new experience, i.e., creating blogs and signing up for Twitter.

What is Social Media and why is it important?

and . . . here are many of their …

 Blogging, Blogging Basics, Guest Post, LinkedIn         1 comment

“Blogging is a way to share your thoughts, knowledge and information like never before.  We blog for many reasons which are  unique to us as people, but yet share a community that is a part of us.” — Suzanne Vara

Suzanne Vara is one of my new online friends/collaborators/role models, whom …

 Best of 2009, Blogging, Facebook, Getting Started, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter         8 comments

CHART YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRESS:
Want to manage your social media sites? Yesterday’s post reviewed Chris Brogan’s 19 tips: Resolve to Manage your Online Presence.
Today you’ll find a handy spreadsheet to use for weekly check-offs. And there’s space to add other tasks . . .  like writing your blog post

Now …

 Blogging, Book review, Facebook, Future of Marketing, Getting Started, LinkedIn, Reading, Social Media Basics, Social Media Marketing, YouTube         No comments

You’ve got to be more than a Social Media Newbie to appreciate the depth and breadth of research that went into compiling the 334-page compendium The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web.
Author Tamar Weinberg is a community manager for Mashable, clearly the best source for Social Media …

 Facebook, Getting Started, LinkedIn, Social Media, Social Media Basics, Twitter         7 comments

It almost doesn’t make a difference where you are on the Social Media learning curve, there’s always more to discover and integrate into your strategy . . . even if you are just getting started.
"I am always doing that which I do not know how to do in order …

 LinkedIn, Personal Branding, Sharisax Is Out There, Social Media         No comments

Getting your LinkedIn ???s answered is a piece of cake

It all started because I couldn’t “link in” to the new Twitter/LinkedIn sync.
I checked “here” and I checked “there” and VOILA, I found that Help [in the upper right hand corner of the LinkedIn home page] has 728 Frequently Asked Questions …

 Getting Started, Guest Post, LinkedIn, Social Media         1 comment

Photos by Howard Blum
No matter what level of social media understanding you are at, you will ALWAYS find exciting new information and ways to get the most out of your online experience.
Sometimes it’s a matter of being READY to appreciate the information.
And I, personally, am ready to dive into …

 Blogging, Facebook, Guest Post, LinkedIn, PR 2.0, Personal Branding         6 comments

Migrating from wordpress.com to wp.org was one tough challenge — and then finding my ideal template was an even bigger one.
Thank heavens for all the support available online — especially via the LinkedIn Q&A feature. [See previous guest post.]
One question led to another once Australian problem solver James Hilton offered …

 Getting Started, Guest Post, LinkedIn, Personal Branding         5 comments

I was talking with my brother Chuck yesterday about how many features LinkedIn offered that so many people were still unaware of — AND one of the big ones was the ANSWERS [and Questions] section.
Chuck said I should write a post about it, and VOILA, one already written appeared …

 Best of 2009, Blogging, Facebook, Featured, LinkedIn, Social Media Basics, Social Media Marketing, Twitter, YouTube         17 comments

As a Bay Area Consultant myself, I was thrilled to attend my first BACN breakfast meeting and hear Patrick Schwerdtfeger tell 80 of us all about his “Social Media Victories.”
Patrick’s one-hour talk featured case studies where organizations leveraged Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube to increase revenue and brand awareness . …

 Best of 2009, Career Moves, Facebook, Featured, Getting Started, LinkedIn, Personal Branding, Social Media Basics         12 comments

Preparing for Professions
LinkedIn is so much more than a “resume repository” advised Dean Guadagni and Susan Hanshaw in a presentation to Marin Professionals.
The two social media marketing strategists outlined a host of ways that online networking on this Web platform can play a significant role in your …