We Are Social People

Today I received an e-mail from LinkedIn urging me to try their own PPC advertising platform “Direct Ads.” I have yet to experiment, but some people already have. According to Social Strategist Andrea Vahl, LinkedIn ads cost on average 3x more per click than the of Facebook. Vahl puts together an interesting comparison on her [...]

Ever wanted to keep up with the daily trends and news in your business or social sphere? Ever wondered what your friends and business competitors are reading about and how they are keeping on top of their game? Well now Linked and Twitter have a plan to help you stay a float of all news in your niche areas. [...]

With over 116 million users, LinkedIn is still part of the big three (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and a great way to build your professional network.  LinkedIn is a social networking site designed to bring professionals together in one place.  It is a great way to get connected to people in your area, profession, or similar [...]

When asked about recommendations in LinkedIn profile optimization, I always have to swallow first before feeling like walking on eggs. Recommendations are a must for a solid and convincing profile on LinkedIn. There’s no questioning that, (anyone who wants to argue is welcome to do so though). But there are two stones in my shoe [...]

Many of you are probably wondering, what is this LinkedIn and how will it benefit me?  LinkedIn is a network of business professionals who connect similar to Facebook, but in a networking way instead of “be my friend”.  People can connect through their current connections, groups they are involved in, coworkers, and simple invitations to connect. I am here to [...]

Since filing to go public in January, LinkedIn has been steadily gaining attention as  a force in the world of social platforms, and if you haven’t already, it’s time to take notice. The apps you use certainly are. Deeper Integration Yesterday, Hootsuite announced that they will be having a broader integration with LinkedIn for their enterprise [...]

A lot of people are out there saying that Gplus is going to make Twitter into Myspace , Facebook into Friendster, but the people I really see using it, are businesses for networking. So how about Linkedin? Thomas Power, Chairman of Ecademy, (a UK company sometimes referred to as an alternative to Linkedin) recently posted [...]

I personally have come late to the social media party (I’m still hoping it’s just fashionably late). I’m a very tech-savvy person, mind you. I have been in and around the technology industry since the information superhighway was a one-lane goat track. But social media was somewhat intimidating to me, until I realized that I could [...]