Social Media Archive

  • Social media not only connects consumers with each other, but also with just about every place they go and everything they watch and buy. Nielsen’s new Social Media Report looks at trends and consumption patterns across social media platforms in the U.S. and other major markets, exploring the rising influence […] 0

    The State Of Social Media Report Q3-2011

    Social media not only connects consumers with each other, but also with just about every place they go and everything they watch and buy. Nielsen’s new Social Media Report looks at trends and consumption patterns across social media platforms in the U.S. and other major markets, exploring the rising influence […]

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  • Is recruiting via social media effective? And how do you determine wether those efforts are succesful? That’s the question being asked as more and more businesses are investing in increasing amounts of social media recruiting.  With no standard means of measurement, there’s a wide variety of goals and metrics used […] 2

    80% of all companies use Social Media to recruit

    Is recruiting via social media effective? And how do you determine wether those efforts are succesful? That’s the question being asked as more and more businesses are investing in increasing amounts of social media recruiting.  With no standard means of measurement, there’s a wide variety of goals and metrics used […]

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  • “We believe that the traditional text resume is boring, lengthy and long overdue for a makeover. We are creating an online resume format that is beautiful, relevant and fun. We want to enable people to express their professional accomplishments in a simple yet compelling personal visualization. Our vision is to […] 6

    HOW TO: Create your own infographic resume

    “We believe that the traditional text resume is boring, lengthy and long overdue for a makeover. We are creating an online resume format that is beautiful, relevant and fun. We want to enable people to express their professional accomplishments in a simple yet compelling personal visualization. Our vision is to […]

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  • Without a doubt, a positive online brand experience creates loyal customers and potential candidates. As several studies have discovered, the majority of consumers who engage with a brand in the digital space – whether by participating in a contest or by ‘liking’ a brand on Facebook – tend to not […] 2

    What makes people want to follow a brand? [Infographic]

    Without a doubt, a positive online brand experience creates loyal customers and potential candidates. As several studies have discovered, the majority of consumers who engage with a brand in the digital space – whether by participating in a contest or by ‘liking’ a brand on Facebook – tend to not […]

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  • A question often asked to me is “when is the best time to post on social media?“. Data suggests that there are distinct windows in which to share content if you want to achieve to get maximum exposure. It’s important to know when the highest percentage of your audience is […] 1

    When to post on Facebook and Twitter? Science tells us

    A question often asked to me is “when is the best time to post on social media?“. Data suggests that there are distinct windows in which to share content if you want to achieve to get maximum exposure. It’s important to know when the highest percentage of your audience is […]

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  • The Referral Engine from LinkedIn will be available end of 2011 and promises to ‘Unlock the Power of Your Employees’ Networks. It was first announced on 3rd of November 2010 and is solution that has been developed in partnership with Accenture to pilot the product and get the final details […] 0

    LinkedIn Referral Engine

    The Referral Engine from LinkedIn will be available end of 2011 and promises to ‘Unlock the Power of Your Employees’ Networks. It was first announced on 3rd of November 2010 and is solution that has been developed in partnership with Accenture to pilot the product and get the final details […]

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  • It’s no secret that LinkedIn is developing more Recruitment and Talent Management solutions to strenghten their portfolio in this important, revenue making, market. One company that’s making use of this is Korn/Ferry, who developed a leadership assessment tool which is now available if you have a LinkedIn profile. You can […] 0

    Korn/Ferry’s leadership assessment tool (on LinkedIn)

    It’s no secret that LinkedIn is developing more Recruitment and Talent Management solutions to strenghten their portfolio in this important, revenue making, market. One company that’s making use of this is Korn/Ferry, who developed a leadership assessment tool which is now available if you have a LinkedIn profile. You can […]

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  • It’s back! From the acclaimed Social Media Revolution series, see here from 2010, there is an updated and slightly shorter version for 2011. This video shows the progression in the field of information technology, globalization and the information age we live in today and includes new social media statistics for […] 1

    Social Media Revolution 2011 [VIDEO]

    It’s back! From the acclaimed Social Media Revolution series, see here from 2010, there is an updated and slightly shorter version for 2011. This video shows the progression in the field of information technology, globalization and the information age we live in today and includes new social media statistics for […]

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  • Lately I noticed a fast growing trend that companies are creating personal (user) profiles on LinkedIn and start connecting with people and joining groups. As an owner of a large Recruiter group on LinkedIn, Recruitment Consultants with over 64.000 members, I’ m getting 100+ requests per day to join. More […] 2

    Bad Idea: Companies creating Personal Profiles on LinkedIn

    Lately I noticed a fast growing trend that companies are creating personal (user) profiles on LinkedIn and start connecting with people and joining groups. As an owner of a large Recruiter group on LinkedIn, Recruitment Consultants with over 64.000 members, I’ m getting 100+ requests per day to join. More […]

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  • If you are an user of the professional LinkedIn Recruiter solutions you’ll notice some improvements when posting jobs. I like thefact that it’s now easier to post jobs with a new one-page flow including rich-text formatting. Next step is sharing them to your LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter networks, LinkedIn Groups, […] 0

    New LinkedIn Jobs dashboard includes more metrics

    If you are an user of the professional LinkedIn Recruiter solutions you’ll notice some improvements when posting jobs. I like thefact that it’s now easier to post jobs with a new one-page flow including rich-text formatting. Next step is sharing them to your LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter networks, LinkedIn Groups, […]

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