Janet Fouts

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Linkedin Launches Blogs for Members

Janet Fouts

Videos, images and original SlideShare presentations can be embedded right in your blog post. Members can follow the blogs of other members even if they are not in their networks and interact on their blog posts. A really important part of this is the ability to finally post rich content that is seen on your profile. How does this work?

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Wanna learn about Google+? I’m your girl

Janet Fouts

I’ve embedded the course below and it’s all free, so have fun. Right now it’s just 4 segments, but I think you’ll find it’s pretty useful and I will be adding more videos to the series as time goes by and Google+ adds more features. Google+ for Business.

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Social Media Drinking Games

Janet Fouts

I can understand the angst about social media and how it’s embedded in our lives. And then we talked about the things you don’t talk about on social media sites. Job issues, family squabbles and the things we share only with our closest friends. But here, in Silicon Valley, it’s a way of life.

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Are you Blabbing up a storm yet?

Janet Fouts

Streaming right into Youtube is nice, to be sure, but I’ll give it up for downloading the stream from Blab or embedding it into my website. Switching between users allows only one person to be seen at once in the broadcast, so you lose some of the responses from others in the group.

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Fast Company Pulls a Fast One

Janet Fouts

People are already gaming it by adding shortened links to the page with their user ID embedded so they get more influence rankings. You will receive partial “credit&# for subsequent clicks generated by those who register as a result of your URL.&#. What’s the big deal?

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This Is Social, Watch Your Mouth

Janet Fouts

If you should find yourself embedded in a social media nightmare keep your cool. The Red Cross has learned how to use the power of social media to manage any number of situations. They are always listening for opportunities. As always in a social situation. If you can’t say something nice say nothing.

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