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Control your brand and make Linkedin your professional...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:09:50 -0400

Control your brand and make Linkedin your professional profile.

5 Tips to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Irresistable

Spurs' Stephen Jackson Fined for Tweet

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:52:04 -0500

San Antonio’s Stephen Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA Sunday for a “hostile statement” he sent to the Thunder’s Serge Ibaka over Twitter

Top 5 Corporate Twitter Disasters of 2012

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:12:43 -0500

Top 5 Corporate Twitter Disasters of 2012:

2012 has been the year big businesses finally took the big leap toward embracing social media. But it’s also produced some of the most disastrous tweets in corporate Twitter history.

Social media can be an important and inexpensive PR tool for companies, but when used improperly, it can bring about very negative consequences.

Here are 5 of the year’s biggest corporate Twitter blunders, and some thoughts on how the right technology and some basic training could’ve helped:

OU hosts Big 12 Student Government Conference, goal to gain ideas for future programs

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:52:09 -0500

OU hosts Big 12 Student Government Conference, goal to gain ideas for future programs:

Brand University in the news.

College Admissions Advice to Students: Think Now, Tweet Later

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:44:00 -0500

College Admissions Advice to Students: Think Now, Tweet Later:

No matter how busy you are, there’s one more thing to add to that to-do list — clean up your social profiles. Kaplan Test Prep’s 2012 survey of college admissions officers finds schools are discovering information about prospective students that is negatively impacting their chances of acceptance.

Everyone sees what you are tweeting, including celebrities.

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:43:17 -0400

Everyone sees what you are tweeting, including celebrities.

Citigroup's Star Tech Analyst Mark Mahaney Fired Over Leaks To TechCrunch Through Facebook

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:31:01 -0400

Citigroup's Star Tech Analyst Mark Mahaney Fired Over Leaks To TechCrunch Through Facebook:

Mark Mahaney, a star tech analyst at Citigroup, was just fired.

He got canned because one of Mahaney’s junior associates leaked information about the bank’s views on the Facebook IPO to TechCrunch writers Josh Constine and Kim-Mai Cutler, and that led to the state of Massachusetts fining his firm $2 million.

Hastags. #KnowWhatTheyCanHurt your brand. This is an example of...

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:35:21 -0400

Hastags. #KnowWhatTheyCanHurt your brand. This is an example of how hastagging something like “#firstworldprobelms” can make your brand be judged different.

Dave is an extremely gifted clairvoyant who finds out specific...

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 23:32:05 -0400

Dave is an extremely gifted clairvoyant who finds out specific financial information. This video reveals the magic behind the magic, making people aware of the fact that their entire life can be found online. And by doing so urging everybody to be vigilant.

Party Girl Debate Questioner Loves Joose, Hates Cops and Women Who Watch Sports

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:28:19 -0400

Party Girl Debate Questioner Loves Joose, Hates Cops and Women Who Watch Sports:

During last night’s debate,Katherine Fenton asked President Barack Obama, “In what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72 percent of what their male counterparts earn?” She appeared to be unaware that Obama has a history of paying women less than men.

5 Types of Social Media Posts that Recruiters Hate

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:25:00 -0400

5 Types of Social Media Posts that Recruiters Hate:

References to doing illegal drugs—78 percent of recruiters reacted negatively.

Posts/tweets of a sexual nature—66 percent reacted negatively.

Profanity in posts/tweets—61 percent of recruiters reacted negatively.

Spelling/grammar errors in posts/tweets—54 percent reacted negatively.

Pictures of consumption of alcohol—47 percent reacted negatively.

Ellen is at it again, finding audience Facebook photos and...

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:28:40 -0400

Ellen is at it again, finding audience Facebook photos and sharing them on television. What photos would she find on your profiles?

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Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:07:55 -0400

The Ambassador Blog: 10 Astonishing Facts About Social Media Activity

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:05:02 -0400

The Ambassador Blog: 10 Astonishing Facts About Social Media Activity:

getambassador:

If you were to print the amount of photos uploaded to Facebook in a single day, they would stack taller than 8 Eiffel Towers.

Over 294 billion emails are sent each day. It would take the U.S. Postal Service 2 years to process that many pieces of mail.

Just looking at the amount of activity…

YouTube is forever and so are the videos you upload.

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:54:45 -0400

YouTube is forever and so are the videos you upload.

5 Things That Every Job Seeker Can Do

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:00:02 -0400

5 Things That Every Job Seeker Can Do:

Social Media boils down to one concept. It is all about “the view!”

Social Media is about being viewed and viewing to convey information. If you are a jobseeker, you want your resume viewed as many times as relevantly possible to help you connect to the people who will be involved in helping you get your next position.

Teen Tweets Requesting Assassination of Obama

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:33:00 -0400

Teen Tweets Requesting Assassination of Obama:

CINCINNATI — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a tweet from a high school girl that may be considered threatening toward the president.

Alyssa Douglas of Clarksville, Ohio, about 40 miles northeast of here, sent a tweet Thursday night: “Someone needs to assassinate Obama … like ASAP.”

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Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:48:29 -0400

whatshouldwecallsocialmedia: WHEN I’M NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:43:21 -0400

whatshouldwecallsocialmedia:

WHEN I’M NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND BUMP INTO SOMEONE WHILE WALKING.

The World Is Obsessed With Facebook

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:51:00 -0400

The World Is Obsessed With Facebook