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Recruitmentjob Tweet Book – the first year

I’m a big fan of Twitter because this social platform has brought so many interesting things. In particular, the many applications based on this social platform, makes Twitter.com a very userfriendly and valuable social platform. I recently found a great Twitter gadget; Tweetbook.

It will let you create a diary of your own Twitter account [...]

Social Media Revolution 2010 (video)

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Erik Qualman is the man behind a great series of videos in which the the development, in facts and figures, of social media is beautifully portrait. It had been a while since he published his last video, Social Media ROI in November 2009, but now there is an updated version of the original video ‘Social [...]

Everything you wanted to know about LinkedIn – statistics and trends 2010

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On request and by popular demand, I’ve compiled a list of facts and figures about the most professional networking site; LinkedIn. Did you know that the LinkedIn.com site was launched exactly 7 years ago, on 5 May 2003, and has 66,266,528 members at this moment?

LinkedIn corporation has currently 500 employees with its headquarters based [...]

Employer Branding – Who Is Your Company’s Professional Friend-Maker?

If your organization is planning a Social Media recruiting initiative, you may have started thinking about what tools to use.  But you should really begin with the goal.  What do you expect to gain from using Social Media, be it for marketing, PR, or Recruiting?  Who is the target audience that you want to attract?  [...]

YouTube campaign: Search for the World’s Greatest Salesperson

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A great social recruiting campaign was launched on 28 March by Ogilvy on their YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/ogilvy. They are looking for the Worlds Greatest Salesperson. The task is to make a video, selling a red brick and if they think you’re the best you can win a trip to Cannes, a three-month paid fellowship — [...]

Cultural challenges with LinkedIn

LinkedIn, more than any other business networking site has a truly global reach. There are now over 60 million users throughout the world and this is growing by a staggering 2 million every month (LinkedIn claim that a new user signs up every second).

LinkedIn can be used for many different purposes (finding a [...]

Just say no to social media!

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Something to think about, is Social Media a new addiction? Are you a social media addict?

According to research from Retrovo almost half of the respondents said they check in on the social media scene in bed, during the night or as soon as they wake up in the morning. Between 15% and 23% of [...]

Social networks around the world 2010

Here are the results of a new social media study conducted in 14 countries worldwide by Insite Consulting. Some interesting findings are:

Users log in 2 times per day on average. Personal websites are visited more often compared with the professional. Sending personal messages is the most popular online activity. Watching pics second, checking status [...]

History lesson: The Story (so far) of Twitter

Twitter.com will celebrate tomorrow its first 4 years. Time for a little history lesson from Twitter in a nice overview:

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