Monthly Archives: February 2009

Embracing a Life Without the Roller Bag

Via the New York Times By JOE SHARKEY Published: February 23, 2009 WILLIAM A. ALLEN III has deplaned, returned the rental car and unpacked the suitcase he always kept ready to roll at home in Raleigh, N.C. Mr. Allen, business … Continue reading

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Improving your first page of search results

Via Gerry McGovern If your customers can’t find what they want on the first page of results, very few of them will go to the second page. More people have reached the top of Mount Everest than have been to … Continue reading

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HOW TO: Deal With Social Media Conflict

Via Mashable February 22, 2009 – 12:00 pm PDT – by Sharlyn Lauby Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com. No matter … Continue reading

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Yelp Gets a Bad Review: Embracing a Crisis to Shape Perception

Via PR 2.0 by Brian Solis This post highlights the nuances associated with crisis communications and not the merit of either case. In the era of socialized media, brands and businesses are now vulnerable to a new era of influencers … Continue reading

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Facebook Withdraws Changes in Data Use

Via the New York Times By ALAN COWELL Published: February 18, 2009 After a wave of protests from its users, the Facebook social networking site said on Wednesday that it would withdraw changes to its so-called terms of service concerning … Continue reading

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View * view my profile * view my articles * Facebook * Twitter * LinkedIn * MySpace Facebook Responds to Concerns Over Terms of Service

Via Mashable February 16, 2009 – 3:47 pm PDT – by Adam Ostrow oday’s hoopla over changes to the Facebook Terms of Service have prompted a rare blog post from Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In the post, Zuckerberg … Continue reading

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In Web Age, Library Job Gets Update

Via the New York Times A group of fifth graders huddled around laptop computers in the school library overseen by Ms. Rosalia and scanned allaboutexplorers.com, a Web site that, unbeknownst to the children, was intentionally peppered with false facts. Ms. … Continue reading

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Tweetups Can’t Touch Facebook Flashmobs

Via Mashable February 9, 2009 – 1:15 pm PDT – by Jennifer Van Grove If you thought Tweetups were viral and picking up steam, you’ll never believe what one Facebook member was able to accomplish with a simple idea, a … Continue reading

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As IM Finally Begins To Open Up, Yahoo And Microsoft Cling To The Stone Age

Via Tech Crunch by Jason Kincaid on February 9, 2009 Last week Meebo and Facebook teamed to launch the first integration of Facebook Connect + Chat, allowing Meebo users to chat with their Facebook friends from the popular web-based IM … Continue reading

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