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DECEMBER 28, 2008

Posted by Irene Koehler in LinkedIn on December 28, 2008 | 5 responses 1. LinkedIn is: a) Something for people looking for a new job b) Facebook for old people c) Nothing more than another source of email spam d) Kind of confusing 2. LinkedIn is a powerful tool, but that’s it. If only it worked that way!

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DECEMBER 30, 2008

Posted by Irene Koehler in LinkedIn on December 30, 2008 | 9 responses You meet someone at a conference or a networking event and want to stay in touch. You exchange business cards and decide to connect on LinkedIn.? She asks for the link to your profile on LinkedIn so she can send you an invitation to connect.

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DECEMBER 29, 2008

Posted by Irene Koehler in LinkedIn on December 29, 2008 | 7 responses Dear Professional, You and I were set up on a blind-date of sorts. Fondly, Your (incomplete) LinkedIn profile The number of incomplete profiles I see on LinkedIn is huge, but not surprising. Related articles which may interest you: LinkedIn-apalooza!

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JANUARY 6, 2011

You’ve methodically built your professional network of connections on LinkedIn. Unless you happen to know their email address, you have to go to LinkedIn or Facebook to send that email. Would you like to have access to the email addresses of your friends and connections outside of Facebook and LinkedIn?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I want to make it incredibly easy for the email recipient to learn more about me, so I include links to find me on my own website , my professional profile on LinkedIn , Twitter ( two accounts ), and the Almost Savvy page on Facebook. You’re able to include all the links to your online presence and drive traffic to those sites.

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JUNE 5, 2009

With that in mind, I realized it was time to take my own advice and seriously up my game on my own site. Until now, my site was created and managed by a relative tech novice – me. Registration for the webinars was on another site ( Eventbrite ) and payment to attend required visiting a third site ( PayPal ).?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

We’ve set up our LinkedIn profiles, started blogging, created websites, invited others to be our friends on Facebook and tweeted like crazy on Twitter. First, it is important to understand that registering a.tel domain is similar to registering any domain – it is not free, unlike the other sites I’ve listed above.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

If this is the case when our kids or parents say something “inappropriate&# in person, imagine the widespread humiliation (and hilarity) that ensues when this all takes place on a social networking site for all of your friends to see. Twitteleh – Twitter for Your Jewish Mother Why answer the simple “What are you doing?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The site is well organized, allowing you to search for an app by category, read reviews and share your own experiences with the apps you’ve used. There are so many services/sites/apps out there, it’s good to have them all in one place and rated by users. I encourage you to take a look. link] is just what I needed.

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JULY 12, 2010

Should I connect only with family and good friends on Facebook and only business contacts on LinkedIn? Facebook while I do use it for business, I am more social with my various groups than on LinkedIn. LinkedIn I use to connect with others building business relationships through my networking efforts. shameless promotion.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Interested in reading up on how to get the most out of LinkedIn ? The opportunity to discover wonderful bloggers you’d never otherwise have stumbled across is part of the beauty of a site like Social Media Informer. I’m already reading many of the blogs on the site, but I’ve found a few new gems as well.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The primary networking platforms which many of us use – Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn – have all undergone huge changes, seemingly at a breakneck pace. With an array of buttons to click here and there to manage privacy, sync updates with other sites, and manage spam – how is a person supposed to keep up?

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JUNE 12, 2009

Be prepared for the site to be running slowly as you’ll be joining as many as hundreds of millions of people around the globe doing exactly the same thing at that time. Wouldn’t it be nice if linking to your Facebook page was as simple as directing people to www.facebook.com/yourname?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I’ve been using this just a few days and have already connected to a few people I know and like on LinkedIn after receiving their email and realizing we weren’t connected online. social networking sites) and private (e.g. If you use Chrome, Firefox or Safari, you can easily add Rapportive by visiting their site.

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MAY 23, 2011

You’re the professional you on LinkedIn. In addition to finding the professional you on LinkedIn, I may easily find content you shared on Facebook which you thought was only visible to friends, your ranty comments on YouTube videos and blog posts, and all sorts of photos of you (whether posted by you or someone else).

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MARCH 11, 2010

The festival has three primary tracks: Interactive (Tech/Social Media): March 12- 16 Film: March 12 – 20 Music: March 17 – 21 I’ll be attending Interactive events and will be blogging one of them (my blog posts will end up on the SXSW site, not here).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

You cannot be one person on LinkedIn (the hire-me-I’m-very-accomplished professional) and another on Twitter (the I’m-posting-endlessly-about-every-mundane-detail-of-my-life tweeter). If you don’t have your own site, it can be a link to your profile on LinkedIn (assuming you’ve completed your profile there).

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APRIL 6, 2009

Whether at a live networking event or connecting with people through virtual social networking sites, no one want to receive sales pitches, marketing emails, and links to buy the “latest, greatest product on the market guaranteed to make you rich in just 10 days.&# tune us out. Ready to rev-up your profile? Who Influences You?

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

Posted by Irene Koehler in Twitter on December 7, 2008 | 22 responses LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter – Wherever you are online, it’s all about networking. The basic principles of hospitality and civility apply on Twitter and other social networking sites/tools. 22 Responses to “How Can I Help You Today?&#

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JULY 26, 2009

Granted, I’m more “me&# on Twitter and Facebook than I am on LinkedIn, but I do not use social media to share every last detail of my life (which, truth be told, is pretty darn dull). Related articles which may interest you: Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends LinkedIn-apalooza! Wishing you great success, Irene.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

As part of my work helping people understand and start using social media, I do quite a bit of work with LinkedIn. I’m a huge advocate of the networking power of the site, though people are often unsure as to how to best leverage its features. One day, I noticed a tweet regarding the value of recommendations on LinkedIn.

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MARCH 31, 2010

If it works for you, your friends and audience to publish your check-ins to multiple sites, I hope you won’t take it personally if I’m not around to keep tabs on where you’re having lunch today. bentrem p.s. Found you in O’Reilly Webcast email notification for “LinkedIn: Beyond the Basics&#. But truth?

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Please Enjoy This Spam Posted by Irene Koehler in Business , Facebook , LinkedIn , Networking , Social Media on January 12, 2010 | 5 responses Over the last few weeks, I have been inundated with holiday cards and greetings of all types. “Happy holidays. Ready to rev-up your profile? 5 Responses to “Happy Holidays!

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Though she has never used Facebook, she has extremely strong opinions about many aspects of the widely popular social networking site, ranging from privacy to rampant oversharing to the implicit meaning of the Like button. She never has and has absolutely no interest in starting now. Judging from a distance. Image courtesy of Ed Yourdon.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

Still, the lyrics do include “Turn and face the strain,” which may be how you’re feeling each time you visit the site. Related articles which may interest you: 10 Steps To Create An Awesome Google+ Profile How To Opt-Out of Social Ads on LinkedIn in 5 Clicks. The good new is that you’re not alone.

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DECEMBER 7, 2008

Posted by Irene Koehler in Twitter on December 7, 2008 | 22 responses LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter – Wherever you are online, it’s all about networking. The basic principles of hospitality and civility apply on Twitter and other social networking sites/tools. 22 Responses to “How Can I Help You Today?&#

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

To give you a bit more context, you may want to check-out the line-up of speakers on the LeWeb site and watch the video below. Most sites are not optimized for browsing on a mobile device. I would like to see a list of best practices for click and mortar mobile savvy sites.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Now, we do have spell-check and it is embedded is most of the applications we use everyday – email, smartphones and social networking sites. Where was spell-check when they needed it? Additional comments powered by BackType Click ‘Like’ to join us on Facebook!

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MAY 3, 2009

jolilore Web log, a site featuring routine updates/posts, usually from an individual. Another business is on the way and definitely will be having its own blog site too. I looked at this website/blog ( [link] ) and do not find any personal blog site from Irene (or may be I did not look hard enough).

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MARCH 1, 2009

In addition to my own site URL and email address, I include URLs to find me on LinkedIn and Twitter. Granted, sharing the link to your Twitter feed may not be for everyone, but every professional should have and promote their LinkedIn presence. As more and more business is done virtually, our location becomes less relevant.

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DECEMBER 27, 2009

I did not include any links in my post, but did include the name of the allegedly malicious site. d think the fact that I only included the name of the site and no actual link might have given them a clue, but the approach seems to be ?when t tell if I was one of the good guys or one of the bad guys trying to spread it around.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

One of the behaviors that I find lacking on many social networking site is the trait of common-sense. I marveled at how they were able to stay atop those five-inch stiletto heels, despite the obvious challenges in pay. Maybe that is exactly it… the audience is not completely realised.we

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AUGUST 28, 2008

Several of the sites listed in the search engine results included information about Melanie, but each gave a vastly different picture of who she is. s profile on LinkedIn ( www.linkedin.com ) gives a more complete picture of her professional background including where she?s Even though I?ve It made me want to ask, ?Will

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Just over a year ago, LinkedIn introduced a feature allowing users to post all of their Twitter updates , also known as tweets, to LinkedIn. Not surprisingly, many people have since added the feature, causing my LinkedIn homepage to no longer be a place of value and interest to me. Sound a little melodramatic?

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AUGUST 16, 2011

As with any social networking site, your profile is your home base. Related articles which may interest you: How To Opt-Out of Social Ads on LinkedIn in 5 Clicks The #1 Reason You’ll Want to Use Google+ How Old is the Perfect Social Media Expert? It’s where you tell people what you’d like them to know about you.

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JANUARY 3, 2009

There are many online sites and free e-books available to help you on your way. Before getting into the strategic value of a Twitter presence and the zillions of software applications available to enhance your Twitter experience and options, let’s cover the basics. For some, this will be how you are most comfortable learning.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

When I’ve come across people using social networking sites who state that they yearn for interaction, yet they do not follow others’ messages, I have to ask if they are sending mixed messages?? Have you attended a networking event, made new contacts and indicated interest in connecting on LinkedIn or Facebook?

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