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The Impact of Social Media on Selling

In the process of working on The Emergence of The Relationship Economy, we had the pleasure to meet and collaborate with Cluetrain Manifesto coauthor and social media visionary Doc Searls. Besides writing a terrific foreword to our book, Doc has also been working with my business partner and coauthor Jay Deragon on several initiatives, including Doc’s . . . → Read More: The Impact of Social Media on Selling

Scott Allen Video Interview

Seems my 25-minute interview at the Electronic Retailing Association annual conference last November has made its way to YouTube:

I cover a lot of ground — the state of social media and social networking, internet radio, working for b5media and About.com, and more. If we haven’t gotten to meet face-to-face and you ever wondered what I look . . . → Read More: Scott Allen Video Interview

Wordless Wednesday – Power of Nature

I was poking around looking for something else and stumbled upon this . . . → Read More: Wordless Wednesday – Power of Nature

LinkedIn Connections 1-19-2008

Educational Value of Social Media

Adam Metz presents the value proposition for social media for educators and some tips for how early adopters can “sell it” to their team. Interesting factoid regarding LinkedIn:

“Education management is one of the top five fastest growing segments on our network,” said LinkedIn’s director of corporate communications, Kay Luo. The “education . . . → Read More: LinkedIn Connections 1-19-2008

LinkedIn Connections – 1-18-2008

Entrepreneurs Need Both LinkedIn and Facebook

In the sea of ongoing debate as to which is “better”, LinkedIn or Facebook, one of my favorite business bloggers, Anita Campbell, has the best, most balanced analysis of the two systems that I’ve seen. Her conclusion:

I can see value in both Facebook and LinkedIn. Facebook seems suited for furthering relationships and for getting to know the complete you. LinkedIn is suited for maintaining an online resume of your professional credentials and for finding employers, employees, service providers, and those who can introduce you. My plan is to use both.

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The LinkedIn Blogosphere

Who Owns Your LinkedIn Profile?
09/09/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
Just read an article on RecruitingBlogs by Hung Lee titled Who Owns Your LinkedIn Profile?  What EVERYONE Needs To Know . By the ominous title I'd suggest that you already know the answer… YOU DON'T. Well, let's clarify that a bit.  ..

Perfect Job Postings
08/09/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
The act of finding a job through LinkedIn has many scenes. You can search, research, and get introduced through one relatively easy process. The one thing that people seem less familiar with is the actual job posting interface, and thatR..

LinkedIn: Job Titles, Company Culture and Fun
07/09/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I was doing research on one of my target companies (Vimeo) so I went to LinkedIn and did this search: Midway down the second page of results something jumped out at me… either a misspelling or something fun: Cute… then I notice..

LinkedIn’s International Membership
06/09/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
My recent coverage of international connections caused a reader to ask about LinkedIn’s international membership – how big is the site outside the US? A little searching gives some good numbers… Network Statistics This was..

Worst reason to connect on LinkedIn?
03/09/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I get this regularly.  I think this is poor logic and irresponsible connecting. Just because we share a group means we should connect? Please… please give me a better reason.  Tell me how you found my Profile (same group – that..

International LinkedIn Connections – Go Big or Stay Home!
03/09/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Most LinkedIn users have some International connections, but a few have a lot;-) And that discrepancy highlights the result of August’s poll on The LinkedIn Personal Trainer – and we know polls must be right, right? So let’..

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Linked Things
30/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
If you haven’t guessed, I’m working through the lyrics of the video – because in order to make it in, I really did have to think highly of each favorite thing;-) This line gives me a chance to reflect… By the numbers..

Is LinkedIn Broken… or is it just a TOOL?
30/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I read this post a few days ago: My Problem with LinkedIn . The author ( Tom Nixon ) presents the idea that it's not really “the social network's fault,” it's really our fault because we are using it wrong. Tom suggests there a..

Wonderful Coworkers Recommending
27/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Some skeptics seem to think that LinkedIn recommendations are not worthwhile, but to me – they’re golden. As I mentioned last post – if you’re connecting to people you know, the things they write will absolutely supp..

What do recruiters think about LinkedIn?
25/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I'm always intrigued to see how a specific group uses or thinks about a tool. Job seekers think about LinkedIn a certain way, while wondering if their target audience (hiring managers, business owners, recruiters, HR) will find them and se..