Today there are over 120 LinkedIn members and growing everyday. LinkedIn is a free professional social networking website that allows you to add people you have worked with or invite people to join LinkedIn. LinkedIn allows you create a professional network that connects you to other professionals.LinkedIn is sorted by industries schools business partners friends and co-workers.
LinkedIn allows you to create a profile and update your work history, resume, websites, twitter, and ask friends for recommendations. Whether you are looking for a job or just networking LinkedIn be very helpful. You can view your friends connections on LinkedIn which allows you to ask you friend for an introduction instead of searching the internet and reading reviews of strangers. LinkedIn can allows you to add you industry and your personal expertise.
Jobs on LinkedIn. LinkedIn has a jobs tab that allows you to post jobs search for jobs and receive emails about jobs. LinkedIn has over 120 million members and mangers and recruiters still like to hire someone who has been recommended by someone they know.Headhunting. LinkedIn also has a paid edition LinkedIn Premium normally used by headhunter to locate high quality professionals from one company for another.
Companies have LinkedIn pages and groups where they can post jobs and add news about there business on there LinkedIn page.
LinkedIn has a Learning Center that allows you to view where they are going with the website and what is currently available to you. The site goes in detail on how to propel your career using your LinkedIn Account. Tutorial videos are available with most of the sections and it can help you optimize your LinkedIn account.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Teamwork Online, the Link Between You and the Sporting World
Not many people know of teamwork online, but that is okay. For those of you who don't know what teamwork online is here is a brief description. Teamwork online is just like Linkin except it is designated more towards the sporting world. It ranges from football and baseball, to hockey, basketball and even motorsports. Many professional teams and their small leagues use Teamwork online to help sift through the people who are looking to get into professional sports.
Teamwork Online has a profile where you can set up information about yourself and upload a photo, but it also has a place where you can upload your current resume and cover letter. This function allows for businesses to look at all your information without having to request it from you, just makes the process go along a little quicker.
Along with the function for the resume and cover letter, Teamwork Online also has you fill out a questionnaire asking you about what field or fields you are interested in and what type of background you have. Based on your answers, Teamwork Online matches your answers with companies that are seeking people with your specific wants and qualifications.
This site if free to the public and is easy to operate, but don't think that it is just for looking up jobs. Teamwork Online can also search for internships throughout the different sports and can point you in the right direction based on what you are looking for.
Overall this site is a great tool to use if you are looking to get into the professional sports world. Go give it a try, you never know who is looking through the profiles. You may get selected for the job that you always dreamed of.
Written by Jesse Willems
Teamwork Online has a profile where you can set up information about yourself and upload a photo, but it also has a place where you can upload your current resume and cover letter. This function allows for businesses to look at all your information without having to request it from you, just makes the process go along a little quicker.
Along with the function for the resume and cover letter, Teamwork Online also has you fill out a questionnaire asking you about what field or fields you are interested in and what type of background you have. Based on your answers, Teamwork Online matches your answers with companies that are seeking people with your specific wants and qualifications.
This site if free to the public and is easy to operate, but don't think that it is just for looking up jobs. Teamwork Online can also search for internships throughout the different sports and can point you in the right direction based on what you are looking for.
Overall this site is a great tool to use if you are looking to get into the professional sports world. Go give it a try, you never know who is looking through the profiles. You may get selected for the job that you always dreamed of.
Written by Jesse Willems
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
YouTube
Youtube is the leader in online video worldwide. Over 100 million videos are shown daily. Youtube first started as a video sharing website an now offers a personal profile page. Your personal profile is called a channel page and it allows for friending. You are able to comment on other people's videos world wide which can help create new connections. You are able to share videos worldwide or with just a select people, you can control your limits to who you want to see. The more frequent you upload videos the more potential viewers you can have and that will lead to a relationship called a viewership. You are also able to use youtube with other social networking sites, such as facebook or twitter. You are able to post a link leading to the video on someone's wall on facebook or tweet it. This is a great way to get your videos out there. Youtube is a great way to stay connected with your family and friends. You can upload videos of virtually anything and be able to share it with your friends and family from all around the world. This is allowing you to keep connected with loved ones all around the world. Youtube is not only a good way to stay connected with other people but it is also a good way to stay connected with people if you have a business. Youtube now has commercials during some of their videos allowing companies to get their names and products out across the world. It is a great way for you to personally get known but also for a business to get known.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Google and Social Networking, What's the Link?
Google has join the social networking game, by creating Google +. The basis behind Google + is to create small subsets or as Google calls them "Circles", for users to invite friends, family, and coworkers in a small circle where they can share anything and everything, without other circles seeing it.
The one thing that Google + has done is improve the social networking multimedia options, allowing the users to view all the photos that they have uploaded or shared, as well as any photo that they have been tagged in. It goes beyond this though, by allowing users to use different effects on their photos, and enabling them to sent certain photos to different privacy levels.
Google + has also created what they like to call "Hangouts" allowing people to open a video chat and invite people from their groups, telling them they are just hanging out. Takes the typical chat to the next level.
Now if you are still asking what the link is, then here it is. Google + is Google's version of Facebook except it tries to involve their users in different ways. Hangout takes simple chatting to the next level and turns it into video chats that only certain people from circles can see, getting rid of the big group chats that are open to everyone in the group, small or big.
Google + vs Facebook vs Twitter, let the Social Networking battle begin.
*article written by Jesse
Source: Google Plus on Freebase, licensed under CC-BY
Source: http://mashable.com/follow/topics/google-plus/
The one thing that Google + has done is improve the social networking multimedia options, allowing the users to view all the photos that they have uploaded or shared, as well as any photo that they have been tagged in. It goes beyond this though, by allowing users to use different effects on their photos, and enabling them to sent certain photos to different privacy levels.
Google + has also created what they like to call "Hangouts" allowing people to open a video chat and invite people from their groups, telling them they are just hanging out. Takes the typical chat to the next level.
Now if you are still asking what the link is, then here it is. Google + is Google's version of Facebook except it tries to involve their users in different ways. Hangout takes simple chatting to the next level and turns it into video chats that only certain people from circles can see, getting rid of the big group chats that are open to everyone in the group, small or big.
Google + vs Facebook vs Twitter, let the Social Networking battle begin.
*article written by Jesse
Source: Google Plus on Freebase, licensed under CC-BY
Source: http://mashable.com/follow/topics/google-plus/
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Facebook. Period.
Facebook. Enough Said.
Entertainment Weekly states it perfectly with this quote, "How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a rousing game of Scrabulous before Facebook?"
In 2004, a conversation about Facebook would have gone similar to this one,
College Student 1- "Hey, have you heard about Facebook?"
College Student 2 - "Face what?"
In 2011 if someone asked me "What's Facebook?" I would blankly stare at them for a couple minutes before bursting out laughing.
As of July 2011, Facebook has 800 million active users. My 92-year-old great grandmother has a Facebook, and so does my 8-year-old little sister, as well as my parents, friends, etc. The real question is who does not have a Facebook? Facebook has become a cultural phenomenon to keep friends, acquaintances, peers, and family connected.
So since many already know what Facebook is, where is Facebook going, and who is going with?
Facebook is taking many companies with it to the top, but the most recent and popular website rumored to be attaching them to the Facebook name is eBay.
“Facebook and eBay will deepen their relationship at a developer conference this week, according to a person familiar with the e-commerce company, cited by Reuters.”
Facebook teaming up with eBay will create even more of a user-friendly and “right at your fingertips” experience via Facebook. More information is to be announced after the developer conference about the partnership between Facebook and eBay.
Facebook will continue to bridge partnerships and build relationships with other large internet businesses to further grow and develop their company. In reference to my second post on this blog, this was MySpace's downfall. MySpace could not generate new ideas and innovations. Facebook is booming and will continue to boom due to it's ever evolving company and ideas.
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*Written by Catie Beth
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
When Twitter Accounts are Hacked!
In my last post, I briefly spoke about some of Twitter's features like the retweet, trending topics and the hashtag. So these are some features that you can use to help you reach a larger audience. But what happens when your twitter account is hacked and the wrong message is sent out to your followers?
According to an article on Mashable.com, Twitter has banned 401 passwords for being "too obvious", as of July 2011.
Twitter's top users (by followers) are Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Barack Obama, Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, Brittany Spears, Shakira, Taylor Swift, Ashton Kutcher and Ellen DeGeneres. According to the Mashable article, 8 out of the top 10 Twitter users have been hacked. Shakira and Taylor Swift are the only two that haven't.
Famous Twitter Hacks:
NBC News:
On September 10th, 2011, NBC News' Twitter account was hacked and the following message was sent out:
"Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking, more as the story develops."
As it turns out a group calling themselves "The Script Kiddie" decided to take credit for the event. The same group had also tweeted from a hacked @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account that the President had been assassinated.
Anthony Weiner:
Everyone has probably heard about Sen Anthony Weiner's sex scandal by now. Back in May of this year, Sen Anthony Weiner's Twitter account send out lewd photos of someone's "buldging" underpants. The Senator soon came under harsh treatment by the media. Weiner eventually admitted that he tweeted the picture himself. The Senator later resigned after some embarrassing media coverage.
It looks like Weiner isn't too tech savy.
Brittany Spears:
Two years ago, Brittany Spears' Twitter account was hacked with the following message:
"I give myself to Lucifer everyday for it to arrive as quickly as possible. Glory to Satan."
Ashton Kutcher:
In early March of this year Ashton Kutcher's account was hacked with this message:
"Ashton, you've been Punk'd. This account is not secure. Dude, where's my SSL?"
*This article was written by Matt
Sources:
http://mashable.com/2011/09/26/twitter-account-hacks-infographic/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/31/anthony-weiner-twitter_n_869008.html
http://mashable.com/2009/11/12/britney-spears-twitter-hijacked/
According to an article on Mashable.com, Twitter has banned 401 passwords for being "too obvious", as of July 2011.
Twitter's top users (by followers) are Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Barack Obama, Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, Brittany Spears, Shakira, Taylor Swift, Ashton Kutcher and Ellen DeGeneres. According to the Mashable article, 8 out of the top 10 Twitter users have been hacked. Shakira and Taylor Swift are the only two that haven't.
Famous Twitter Hacks:
NBC News:
On September 10th, 2011, NBC News' Twitter account was hacked and the following message was sent out:
"Breaking News! Ground Zero has just been attacked. Flight 5736 has crashed into the site, suspected hijacking, more as the story develops."
As it turns out a group calling themselves "The Script Kiddie" decided to take credit for the event. The same group had also tweeted from a hacked @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account that the President had been assassinated.
Anthony Weiner:
Everyone has probably heard about Sen Anthony Weiner's sex scandal by now. Back in May of this year, Sen Anthony Weiner's Twitter account send out lewd photos of someone's "buldging" underpants. The Senator soon came under harsh treatment by the media. Weiner eventually admitted that he tweeted the picture himself. The Senator later resigned after some embarrassing media coverage.
It looks like Weiner isn't too tech savy.
Brittany Spears:
Two years ago, Brittany Spears' Twitter account was hacked with the following message:
"I give myself to Lucifer everyday for it to arrive as quickly as possible. Glory to Satan."
Ashton Kutcher:
In early March of this year Ashton Kutcher's account was hacked with this message:
"Ashton, you've been Punk'd. This account is not secure. Dude, where's my SSL?"
*This article was written by Matt
Sources:
http://mashable.com/2011/09/26/twitter-account-hacks-infographic/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/31/anthony-weiner-twitter_n_869008.html
http://mashable.com/2009/11/12/britney-spears-twitter-hijacked/
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
MySpace. What Went Wrong?
"MySpace is like the wild, wild west or the Las Vegas of social media, dirty and ghetto."
MySpace: Falling from Grace
This quote, taken directly from "Social Network Failure: What Happened to MySpace #fail" perfectly describes MySpace's decline since it's launch in 2003. By 2006, MySpace was the largest and most popular social media site according to trends and active monthly users. Pretty quickly Facebook quickly gained attention over it's newly found younger and nerdier social networking sibling. As of August 2011, MySpace has 31 million active users, Facebook with 800 million users and Twitter sits at a cool 200 million.
So what went wrong? Where did MySpace begin to lose it's appeal to the social media consumer base and begin to be the less popular social networking site. Two major factors launched MySpace to the social media graveyard to allow other sites to grow into the spotlight.
- Spam, Advertisements, and Viruses.
- Lack of "user friendly" qualities involving MySpace.
- Spam, Advertisements, and Viruses.
- Lack of "user friendly" qualities involving MySpace.
When MySpace began to decline in 2006, a major factor was the massive amount of advertisements (albeit, inappropriate ones) that would flood your screen as soon as you logged into your page. Why would you want to visit a site multiple times a day where fifty percent of your time is spent closing out of pop-up advertisements. Then, once you closed your advertisements, many times a virus would take over your computer, causing the user to never want to visit MySpace again.
In addition to the advertisements, MySpace became so non-user friendly that only the smartest computer programmers could figure out how to change the background of their MySpace page. One of the article's below states that MySpace simply ran out of ideas. While competing with Facebook, who's ideas were innovative and constantly changing, MySpace ran out of key things that would alter the vision and ease of their site, causing more and more users to leave MySpace's site.
What's Next for MySpace?
In July 2005, MySpace was bought for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. In June 2011, Specific Media with the partnership of Justin Timberlake bought MySpace for a measly $35 million. That's 93% loss on one social media site. So where do Timberlake and Specific Media plan to take MySpace? On October 4, MySpace (backed up by it's new owners) released a statement regarding its marketing strategy to emerge once again. MySpace wants to begin to be the "Hulu of Music."
"Specific Media’s strategy relies on Myspace’s prior licensing agreements with the four largest music labels in the world as well as over 20,000 independent music labels. Myspace will also compete against a variety of companies, like Vevo, MTV, Spotify, Rdio, MOG, Rhapsody, Grooveshark and more."
The new MySpace will feature an updated look and focus on music distribution and discovery. Only time will tell if this social media site will ever return from the internet graveyard, or if it's doomed to failure forever.
What do you think about MySpace's new endeavors? Do you think it will succeed? Will it fail? Tell us your thoughts!
Sources:
http://techland.time.com/2011/07/15/could-what-happened-to-myspace-happen-to-facebook/
http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/04/myspace-future-plans-music/
http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/04/myspace-future-plans-music/
Monday, October 3, 2011
Life Happens. Get a Twitter.
Life Happens. Get a Twitter.
Some of the most important things in life occur in between Facebook status updates, blog posts and emails. This is the basis behind the concept of “Twitter.” Twitter is a micro-blogging that allows you to post “tweets” of 140 characters or less.
Developed in the Summer of 2006, Twitter has become an outlet for celebrities, Presidents, businesses and the everyday Joe that wants to share his life with the world. Taking the concept of “going viral”, Twitter has developed a few really cool functions into their site.
The Hashtag:
The first one is the hashtag (#). When a user places a hashtag in front of a word it turns the word into a link. If you click this link it will allow you to see all the posts in the world with that hashtag in it.
Trends:
Ever read Malcolm Gladwell’s book “The Tipping Point?” In Gladwell’s book he speaks about how trends start and spread. He takes the concept of a connector (a person that is well connected to different groups of people) and applies it to specific examples (i.e. Hushpuppy shoes trend in the 90s, crime cleanup in NYC). Twitter lets this concept go online in an easy to read fashion by placing a “Trends” section on the right hand side of your main page. These trends cover what people are posting about in larger cities, entire countries and the world.
As I am typing this the Baltimore Ravens played the NY Jets last night. Ray Lewis must have had a good game because he is trending right now on Twitter.
The Retweet:
Have you ever saw a Facebook status, loved it and just wanted to put it as your status? Twitter allows you to do that with the retweet function. It’s a really interesting function because everyone does it and its not considered creepy. In fact, I have found it flattering when people retweet me. If your tweet is retweeted enough times it will show up at the top of some of the hashtag searches.
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