New Research Report: Usage of Social Networking Sites Increases

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

If you are reading this blog, I’m pretty sure the headline of this post is not a surprise to you.  You’re likely one of the many that uses social networking sites.  So rather than bore you with the details, which you can read on the eMarketer website, I’ll point out a few details that you [...]

Sick of trying to find interesting Twitterers?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Here’s an interesting concept: what if you didn’t have to add all those intriguing people you want to follow on Twitter by yourself? Now there are applications that can do it for you! Introducing Twitter-pack and Mr. Tweet. These programs analyze the people you follow (and the people they follow, and so on and so [...]

Drain on Productivity or Invaluable Tools?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

If you have read the Primum. Get a Lot. blog, you have heard us sing the praises of social networking time and time again.  But is the message getting through?  A recent survey of HR execs by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a global outplacement and business coaching consultant, shows that it might not be.
When asked “Does [...]

Social Networks & What They Say About Their Users

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

I stumbled across a very interesting article not to long ago titled 10 Social Networks and What They Say About the People Who Use Them. While I don’t necessarily agree with all the author’s choices of what she describes as social networks (digg.com & wikipedia? really?), her other descriptions were dead-on. My favorite one [...]

The New “Classic” questions: Facebook or LinkedIn?

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Which is more valuable for business people? Facebook or LinkedIn?
As a product of the “Facebook” generation (I was a sophomore when Facebook hit our college), I have witnessed firsthand the unique networking tools that such a site can offer to people. In September 2006 Facebook opened up to anyone with a valid e-mail address, a [...]

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