Finding read-worthy material in the endless vat of news sites, blogs, wikis, reviews and tweets that now clog the arteries of the internet has become increasingly difficult as the number of internet users around the globe approaches 2 billion.
How do I sort through the slush?! Where is all the good stuff, the meat, the substance, [...]
Forget contributing your paper resume to a tower of similar reading samples on some corporate recruiter’s desk, with a smart social media strategy you can place your name and credentials right in front of the people that make the hiring decisions.
The recent boom in social media usage makes it easier than ever for a job [...]
I can’t believe how often I now hear the word twitter throughout my day anymore; from the local National Public Radio station telling me to ‘follow them on twitter,’ to local news networks boasting about how they are now tweeting, even my 50 something year old boss chats up her tweeting savviness. Every blog and [...]
The current housing slump has proven to be a formidable challenge to Realtors recently. A poll conducted by Inman News in December of 2008 indicated “The number of Realtors in America is almost certain to drop by 20 percent or more by 2010.” I think most of us expect that number to be a lot [...]
Overview: Over 3 billion images have been uploaded to flickr, an online community and photo hosting website that makes images easy to find and share.
Defined: Acquired from Ludicorp by Yahoo in March of 2005, flickr has established itself as the most popular place online to upload and share photos and images. Flickr is incredibly user [...]
Overview: friendfeed is a noble attempt to bring the countless social media applications out there under one roof, to make it easy to keep up with every bookmark, video, link, review, RSS, and otherwise that your friends might be posting on the internet. Unfortunately, friendfeed still has some work to do.
Defined: Launched with huge investment [...]
Overview: Squidoo is a collection of millions of pages made by individual users about whatever topic they so choose. While setting up your own page doesn’t cost anything and does have the potential of earning revenues from advertisements, there are a number of aspects that make Squidoo a poor choice for investing time into.
Defined: With [...]
Overview: twitter is a microblogging application that is more or less a combination of instant messaging and blogging. twitter has quickly established itself as a powerful tool for communicating news, market trends, questions and answers, links, and a whole lot more with numerous benefits for business and personal use.
Defined: For many users, twitter is a [...]
Overview: Yelp is an incredible online community of locals and travelers that have honest opinions about everything. Through user reviews and ratings, you can find a wealth of information on the best and worst places to eat, visit, and do business with from restaurants to dentists. Yelp is a powerful tool with both business and [...]
