Did you know that the first blog ever written was in 1994, by Justin Hall, a student at Swathmore? Justin continues to blog about a variety of subjects. Justin—along with millions of others—realizes that blogs are a great way to communicate with others. Business people use blogs as a way to share their knowledge and…
Time to come clean folks…when dealing with people you’re connected with on the various social media sites, which picture shows how you communicate? If you’re the first picture, you post and post and post and virtually never interact with those who follow you. You use your blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other sites simply as…
When I first started using social media several years ago, I was certain that I knew the acceptable way that someone should post online: what to post, how to post and so on. And of course, I tried to tell people that! Over the course of time, I figured out that there is only one…
It’s that time of year when many people are posting online about being thankful for their friends and family. While it’s great to see this, I’d argue that it’s a great business practice to do this year round! I’ve often said that social networking is like “word of mouth on steroids.” Why not use these…
No matter why you use LinkedIn, you should take advantage of the Recommendations feature. It’s a great way to let others know what you’re like to work with and to highlight your accomplishments. We’ve all see client testimonials or read reference letters and thought “Yea, right, they wrote this themselves.” The nifty thing about LinkedIn…
