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Home Office - Day 5

One of my pet peeves are fake personal emails--you know the ones that someone tries to make personal, but it is very obviously a mass email? I got one such email yesterday from a past colleague that has vehemently avoided contact ...READ»

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Business Networking To Grow Your Business

I posted today on the different avenues of busienss networking Five Technology is taking part of both offine and online. From utilizing sites like LinkedIn (and now Fast Company) to BNI meetings, read our full post: ...READ»

When Does Paying Referral Commissions Raise Ethics Questions?

At LinkedIn, a great discussion on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=54066&discussionID=2031924&commentID=2462364#commentID_2462364">when it is or isn't OK to pay ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

Work/Life: Business Travel and Social Media

Do you really want people to know when you're not home? Or where you are going to be? You need to consider that if you are using online tools which circulate that level of detail to a social network. I'm sure a lot of ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
LINKEDIN   |  1 comment

5 Marketing Tips and Tools for Making a Connection with LinkedIn

While Social Network Ad Sales Slow, LinkedIn Presents Marketers New Opportunities to Reach a Powerful DemographicREAD»

WEB 2.0   |  3 comments

Effective Networking in your Underwear

It sounds like everyone’s worse nightmare…. You go to the office and suddenly realize you’re just wearing underpants, or worse nothing at all. I think we’ve all had that dream, am I right? BUT, in reality it doesn’t ...READ»

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The New FastCompany

I'm really happy about the new FastCompany website.  The clean design is aesthetically pleasing, and really invites people to join in.  Hey, it got me to sign up! I like the concept of being "where ideas and people ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
SEO   |  2 comments

SEO & Social Media: The PB&J of Web Marketing

Search engine optimization and social media marketing go together like, well, peanut butter & jelly. Find out how this powerful combination can increase your business's online visibility.READ»

Are Our Expectations of Social Software Too High?

Are our expectations of social software too high? And as a corollary, are our expectations of ourselves and software users too low? Even some of the seemingly simplest applications - 43 Things, LinkedIn, WordPress, et al., still ...READ»

BLOGGING   |  Comment

Social Capital 101

Social Capital 101 “Let me introduce you to someone who might be able to help you.” Some people build their entire reputation around this one line. As Malcolm Gladwell outlined in his breakthrough work, The Tipping Point, those who say this line most often are called Connectors. Essentially, Connectors are match makers. They have an enormous amount of…READ»

Ivan Glickman
CAREERS   |  Comment

The Open Frontier in Hiring Today

The exploding popularity of social networking sites has created a new Wild West in the recruitment landscape, where few boundaries, guideposts, and rules exist. But recruiters and job seekers are rushing in for possible rewards.A ...READ»

When Does Paying Referral Commissions Raise Ethics Qeustions?

At LinkedIn, a great discussion on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=54066&discussionID=2031924&commentID=2462364#commentID_2462364">when it is or isn't OK to pay ...READ»

Gen Y Entrepreneurs: Here Are the First Steps to Starting Your Own Business

Gen Y Entrepreneurs: Here Are the First Steps to Starting Your Own Business

While some people decide to dive head first into entrepreneurship, others feel more comfortable dipping in a toe, then an ankle, then a knee before swimming solo. The choice is very personal and depends on your experience, finances and overall comfort with risk.READ»

Ivan Glickman
CAREERS   |  Comment

Careers: Personal Branding for the Gray Hairs

How do you reinvent yourself if you’re a middle-aged, non-techie working in yesterday’s business?Just ask Flyn Penoyer who five months ago at age 58 reincarnated himself as a web marketing guru helping small businesses harness the ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Great Debate: Quality or Quantity?

p>Experts have long debated just how big your professional network should be. Should you focus more on the quantity or quality of your relationships? The easy answer, of course, is "both." Unfortunately, though, there are only so many ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
LINKEDIN   |  1 comment

Get More Out of LinkedIn By Joining Groups

In the hip world of social media, LinkedIn sometimes feels like John Hodgman's PC in the Mac vs. PC ads. It's Facebook in khakis. As hip as business casual. Unlike other social media sites, you can't upload photos, you can't post ...READ»

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AMAZON   |  Comment

Test-Driving LinkedIn's New Apps Platform

Throwing sheep and swapping vampire bites? Not so much. But early this morning, business-networking site LinkedIn unveiled its new developer platform, loaded with apps aimed at wooing the buttoned-down crowd to its site more often. ...READ»

Selling Skills are Never Out of Fashion

Face-to-face selling skills and prospecting skills will never be replaced by online social media. Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of social media and online networking with LinkedIn, Digg, Twitter, and all the rest, but these are ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
LINKEDIN   |  3 comments

How to Generate Business with LinkedIn

This month's flyte log (our email newsletter) has arrived and the subject is Six Simple Steps for Getting Business from LinkedIn. Although I've had a LinkedIn account for a few years, I really didn't use it much except when ...READ»

BUSINESS   |  Comment

LinkedIn Users Make More Money

Social networking has become an invaluable tool for businesses and individuals alike. Anderson Analytics recently confirmed that members of the business focused social networking site, LinkedIn, are likely to have a high personal ...READ»

BIMSHAS   |  2 comments

Can Gen X Lead?

I first posted this question on LinkedIn earlier in the month and have been getting some great responses. "Do you feel those in Generation X (let’s say the core being born between 1965-1975) now aged 33-43 are not willing ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

New Policy Allows Market Researchers Access to Information on LinkedIn Users

Research firm Anderson Analytics has taken advantage of a new policy that permits market researchers to survey LinkedIn users and find out who they are/target them for both research and marketing according to AdAge. This ...READ»

For Recruiting on the Social Web - add some innovation!

For Recruiting on the Social Web - add some innovation! This post has a twist. It's not so much about advise for recruiters, 'cause I'm not a recruiter. It's about engaging in relationships with others and letting our ...READ»

the line

i've noticed my online communications are stratifying between my social and techie relationships.  neither group has a particular interest in the other. once upon a time we went to work do "do our jobs" and came ...READ»

Have You Defined your Social Architecture?

The world of business discovered social media in 2009. Business professionals are setting up professional Facebook pages, groups and fan pages for themselves and their companies in a way they never did with LinkedIn, MySpace or Plaxo. ...READ»