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When I Was Hired Sight Unseen

Ari Herzog

To the corporate CEOs and decision makers who refuse to hire new employees without meeting them in person, such as the startup profiled in this article , I share a story of being hired in the spring of 2001 before the end of the dot-com bubble. LinkedIn wasn’t yet born but Monster.com was two years old so maybe it was there.

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When I Was Hired Sight Unseen

Ari Herzog

Considering the multiple steps of job searching today — telephone screenings followed by multiple levels of in-person interviews followed by an offer or rejection — I think back to the spring of 2001 before the end of the dot-com bubble. I don’t remember how I found the company.

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Using social media across cultures

Janet Fouts

However, the majority are still only focusing on major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. This is actually quite a surprising statistic given that a separate study from Common Sense Advisory found that companies typically see a return of $25 for every $1 they invest in localization. About the author.

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5 Steps to Launch Your International Social Media

Convince & Convert

Launched in 2001, Lingo24 has clients in over sixty countries, and translated over forty million words in the last year. Even though Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google are American companies, social media doesn’t begin and end at the shores of the USA. Orkut – the major player in Brazil, also very popular in India.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First (Real) Stop: Friendster In 2001, I took the plunge into Friendster , and as an early adopter, I befriended just about anyone I had some sort of association with and reciprocated every friend request. Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic.

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10 BtoB Marketers Predictions for 2010

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Facebook ads today remind me of Google AdWords in 2001 with low CPC’s on topics and segments many marketers will want to reach. There is a huge opportunity here that some company needs to fill fast. Share this on Linkedin. Here are 10 concrete ways I think the environment in which BtoB Marketers operate will evolve in 2010.

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The Top 130 Minnesota Tech Companies on Twitter

Webbiquity SMM

Twitter is consistently rated as the second-best social network for B2B and tech companies, behind only LinkedIn. So, not surprisingly, the vast majority of Minnesota tech companies have a Twitter presence. This research looked at 187 companies tracked over the past decade on the Minnesota Technology Twitter list.

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