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PR is delicious.

September 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

If you’re connected to me on Plaxo, Friendfeed or Facebook or you’ve subscribed to this blog’s RSS feed, you probably already know that I’m a huge fan of Delicious. I use this social bookmarking site in place of my Internet favorites to save sites, articles, videos, blogs and other links I like so I can refer back to them at [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Networking · PR · social media

July Tweetup recap

August 3rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

How to know you’ve pulled off a successful event: 1. People give you thunderous applause for helping to organize it (totally unexpected and unnecessary, but way fun) 2. Lots of blog posts, Tweets and more raving about it 3. A steady stream of requests about when the next one will take place. Yes, it’s true, the Columbus Tweetup for [...]

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Tags: Networking · Ohio · social media

Cool news for Columbus bloggers

July 24th, 2008 · 44 Comments

It’s a crazy day in the blogosphere. Twitter is all abuzz over lost followers but if you’re a Twitterhead in central Ohio, you’re in luck. Rocky VanBrimmer, the king of social networking, has created a Twitter “lost and found” page for folks to re-connect with followers they’ve lost. Happy hunting. Oh, and Twitter? To quote the [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Networking · Ohio · social media

Seven tips to maximize LinkedIn

July 12th, 2008 · 14 Comments

I’ve been using LinkedIn for almost five years and I just hit 500 contacts this week. Since 2004, LinkedIn has evolved from a site I used occasionally into an invaluable resource I access several times a week. LinkedIn cut short my job search when I moved to Columbus three years ago, rocketing my resume right to the president of the midwest’s [...]

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Tags: Networking · social media