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Sunday, March 23, 2008 11:34 AM

Recommendations as Relationship Builders...

There's a lot of debate in the blogosphere about the value of a recommendation on LinkedIn. Are they fluff pieces? Are they valuable? Obviously, you should take them with a grain of salt (but that's true of traditional references as well, I suppose),
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Monday, March 17, 2008 5:42 PM

It's the Headline, Stupid!

And I'm talking to myself on that one. In this attention economy , when the headline of my blog posts are syndicated via twitterfeed , to Twitter and then on to FB, Skype, and Plaxo, the key is to have a good headline (and now I've added FriendFeed to
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 9:56 PM

What makes a good status update?

I know I said that the purpose of a status update is to stimulate conversation , but, I am going to modify that slightly. The purpose of the status update is to build your online brand. Or, as Hugh MacLeod might say, your " global micro-brand " So, how
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Monday, March 03, 2008 4:29 PM

The 6 Billion Channel Universe...

People often say something to the effect of "networks are dead, we're in a billion channel world now," when referring to Internet/YouTube, etc. I'm going to postulate that the universe of channels is actually much, much larger than that. Why? Because
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:26 PM

On Social Networking and Social Lubricants...

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times..."The #1 reason why people go to events is to meet other people." It's not about the (often boring) powerpoint presentation. It's about your ability as a host to create an environment that is a social
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:13 PM

Meeting Your Idols...

When I interview people for a position, I often ask them about their passions outside of work. You know why? I like to find people like me. People who, in their own free time, pursue activities that are similar to what they get paid to do. On my own time
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:31 PM

The LinkedIn Business...

People OFTEN ask me about the value of LinkedIn Here's a testimonial from a guy whose entire business is based off of it. HT to Andy Sernovitz-it's his interview
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