by Margaret | Jul 11, 2009 | Business, Employment, Social Media, That's Ridiculous
Have you noticed that over the course of the last few years, communication via the internet seems to be expecting us to express more using fewer words? It has become commonplace to see yellow smiley faces to represent happiness and other moods, acronyms such as roflol...
by Margaret | Dec 11, 2008 | Business, Employment, Social Media
Most of us sign up for social networks because someone whom we trust invites us or we learn about it through reading. However, most of us do not take the time to do any due diligence about the ownership of the social network. Conducting “due diligence” on the...
by Margaret | Dec 3, 2008 | Business, Employment, Social Media, That's Ridiculous
When social networks first began to emerge, there appeared to be relatively clear distinctions between personal and business networks. For example, MySpace was considered to be a personal network and Xing (formerly OpenBC) was considered to be a business network....
by Margaret | Nov 21, 2008 | Business, Employment, Social Media
Way too often people will assert that they do not participate in groups and forums as posters, but as “learners,” otherwise lurking or sitting on the sidelines, i.e., reading but not actively contributing. Frequently, they claim that they do not have anything to...
by Margaret | Nov 14, 2008 | Social Media
Sometimes we want to post new topics or respond to posts in a group or forum. We may submit our post and it might immediately show up because the group is not moderated or we are pre-approved to post. However, our postings may be subject to the approval of a...
by Margaret | Nov 5, 2008 | Business, Employment, Social Media
Many social networkers connect with the concept of keeping in touch or “paying it forward.” They may simply respond to requests to connect, or they may be proactively seeking connections. These networkers intend to assist their connections as needed in...
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