Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Facebook comes of business age

  Published: July 21, 2007, 1:09 pm

  Tags: Facebook Linkedin

  about you but I have been on LinkedIn for a number of years now and always found it a useful tool for finding old work collegues. I have invited people to join and get invites to. To be fair I never used it in 'anger' to seek business. I did get a flurry of invites a few months ago but I do not proactively contact many people in my

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• Social Networking is Not Always a Popularity Contest

  Published: July 29, 2007, 6:47 pm

  Tags: Reputation Management, Social Media, Facebook, Friending, Linkedin, Social Networks, Twitter

  to wear boxers or briefs. LinkedIn - I’m very careful with who I let join my LinkedIn network. My LinkedIn network consists of people I have met at least a few times, exchanged numerous emails with, or worked with in some capacity. If I don’t know you, I won’t accept your invitation, because at some point I may be

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• I Suck At Social Networking (and Other Social Networker's Thoughts)

  Published: August 6, 2007, 9:28 am

  Tags: Aimpages, Facebook, Linkedin, Myspace, Social Media, Social Networking, Socialmedia, Socialnetworking

  Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn pages say about me?" Since my work involves online communities and social networks, I joined all of the major social networking sites to learn about them. Because playing in my social networks is a bit like taking a bus driver's holiday, my profiles and networks suffer from deferred maintenance. Social

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• How to Search LinkedIn Like a Pro

  Published: July 16, 2007, 7:46 pm

  Tags: Linkedin, Ebay

  to apply them to another. LinkedIn is a great search engine for people. Check out this earlier post where I compare LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, and Google for people search. Something to think about the next time you are looking to learn a little bit more about someone you know (or someone you don’t). Enjoy, and let me know if you have any

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• Dr. Sharon Nash, Ph.D. Blogs About LinkedIn

  Published: July 11, 2007, 12:16 am

  Tags: Linkedin, Family, Blogging

  “My mom posted on the LinkedIn blog today…” Either version is true - today’s post on the LinkedIn corporate blog is from my mother, Dr. Sharon Nash, Ph.D. After my initial post on the corporate blog, I was surprised at how many people sent in comments about the fact that my mother was on LinkedIn. Since she is a

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• MetroProper: Give Props To Local Scene

  Published: August 14, 2007, 2:54 pm

  Tags: Beta, Business, Community, Digg, Linkedin, Local, Metroproper, Myspace, Search, Shopping, Small Business, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Networking, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Craigslist

  elements of craigslist, LinkedIn, MySpace and Digg into a one online social experience. MetroProper acts as the parent site to the 400 localized metropolitan area community sub-sites (similar to how craigslist several cities). Each site offers a  plethora of social networking features (similar to MySpace). The currency of the community

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• CollectiveX Launches Groupsites

  Published: August 21, 2007, 1:21 am

  Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Collectivex, Linkedin, Ning

  idea overlaps with both LinkedIn and Ning. CollectiveX is a good place for groups like boards of directors to share contact information, files (board minutes, financials, etc.) and share a forum for communication. Since your business contacts are shared just with the people in your group, you don’t have to worry about the

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• The DMCA on 7 Social Networking Sites

  Published: August 23, 2007, 1:48 pm

  Tags: Legal Issues, Personal Experiences, Articles, Dmca, Bebo, Content Theft, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Designated Agent, Facebook, Friendster, Linkedin, Myspace, Orkut, Safe Harbor, Xanga

  in California. Though LinkedIn’s structure makes it slightly less of a copyright danger, there are still many potential problems and their policy is beyond reckless. It is a shame that the social network targeted at business users has such a sloppy policy. Most likely, I’ll be removing my own LinkedIn profile in the coming

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• Office 2.0 Conference & Social Computing Panel

  Published: August 31, 2007, 2:00 am

  Tags: Linkedin, Silicon Valley, Product Management, Software

  Senior Director, Product, LinkedIn Shiv Singh, Enterprise Solutions Director, Avenue A Razorfish Athena von Oech, Director of Advocacy & Support, Ning Shiv has a post up already about the panel. I haven’t met any of the panelists before this conference, but I’m looking forward to it. You can find out more about the

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• Use Your Blog To Talk To Companies

  Published: August 29, 2007, 9:45 pm

  Tags: Linkedin, Marketing, Mybloglog, Silicon Valley, Google, Yahoo, Technorati, Blog

  positive on the service.LinkedIn Example:Later that month, I offered similar suggestions for LinkedIn, the leading business-focused social network. Steve Ganz, of LinkedIn, later wrote to let me know that some of the suggestions had just been implemented, and more were to come! As he kindly wrote, "These are all great ideas. Thanks so much

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• New Reality: Your Blog Is Your Brand

  Published: August 13, 2007, 2:15 am

  Tags: Facebook, Linkedin, Marketing, Work, Twitter, Blog

  helping of your content.Your LinkedIn profile is an excellent business card and resume, with job history, relationships, and recommendations. But it is not your brand. Instead, it is one, strong, contributing element to your brand.As important as it is for me to look to LinkedIn and Facebook to know about a new hire candidate, or to research

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• Office 2.0 Panel Wrap-Up

  Published: September 10, 2007, 2:11 am

  Tags: Facebook, Linkedin, Silicon Valley

  more formal for the official LinkedIn blog on this topic, but as a personal note, I’m proud of the panel for taking on real meaty questions head on, even though a 45-minute window really isn’t enough time to do the topic justice. For me, the event was my first chance to take some of the vision and excitement from my first few months

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• Arrived in Omaha, Nebraska

  Published: September 19, 2007, 8:16 pm

  Tags: Linkedin, Travel

  a couple of days to meet the LinkedIn customer service team and discuss some of the exciting features planned for the rest of 2007. I’m really excited to meet everyone in person. This is my first trip to Omaha, and to Nebraska for that matter. No flight problems, although I got moved to a middle seat on my leg to Denver, and both

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• PlugandPlay Expo Highlight: Spokeo

  Published: September 21, 2007, 1:00 am

  Tags: Facebook, Linkedin, Rss, Spokeo

  use - including Facebook and LinkedIn. Mital and I talked about Facebook and LinkedIn at the conference today, so I can only hope those two services will also soon be supported.And there's always the question of "How will they make money?" As mentioned in my last note, many of the companies, including Spokeo, are looking for advertisers. Mital

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• You Ought to Be in Pictures (on LinkedIn)

  Published: September 27, 2007, 10:57 pm

  Tags: Linkedin, Photos, Product Management

  lot of excitement tonight at LinkedIn, as we rolled out our latest release. The big new feature this week is the debut of a Profile photo. You can read more about the feature and the thinking behind it on my post on the official LinkedIn blog. The press coverage has been great, but because my photo is in the sample screenshots, it has been a

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