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How To Manage Your Online Reputation By Using Google Alerts

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If you’re part of the second group, I strongly encourage you to consider using Google Alerts. This may include information posted online somewhere by you, someone you know, organizations or companies you’re affiliated with or public databases. based on your choice of query or topic. Don’t be the last to know!

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Top 5 Signs Your Business Should Not Be Using Social Media

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Did you calculate the ROI of the telephone or the company car before you invested in them? You’ve heard the stories; a bookstore ( or was it a coffee shop, no wait, it was a computer company, or was it a magazine, it’s so hard to remember ) set up a Facebook Page and six weeks later had 2.5 Image courtesy of upyernoz .

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Your Brand Screwed-Up On Social Media, Now What?

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Instantly, there were numerous complaints, some even going so far as to suggest customers boycott the company. Meanwhile, people continue to complain and the volume of unhappy voices grows louder in the absence of any response from the company. That’s what happened first. What happened next.

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I Didn't Think You Meant *That* Kind of Pink Slip

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Participate in local and industry-specific networking groups. Looking to work for a specific company? They’ll show you the career path for employees of certain companies. Cisco is a popular company to work for after leaving Apple. These are a wonderful source of support and career-related resources.

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8 Tips: How To Choose the Right Profile Photo

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Ditto for you and a group of your best friends or you riding your bike. You are in good company. Same goes for busy backgrounds. You and only you – Getting back to puppies…your primary profile photo is probably not the best use of your puppy photos.

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Blogs: I'll Show You Mine if You'll Show Me Yours

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The Virtual Writers Group ( [link] ) is a blog about writing, with a heavy emphasis on the writing business in the digital age. I’m the virtual group leader of the Florida Writers Association, and that blog is an outgrowth of that position (but I need to market it better).

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13 Signs That You're At a Tech Conference | Almost Savvy

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Nametags are awkwardly enormous as they include name, company, website and Twitter @username. Earlier in the year I got up and spoke in front of a group of 40+ people about my blogging and job search, the the room was set up with wi-fi and there were plenty of laptops there then too. Martin Piraino´s last blog. Review ?