Can Social Media Find You a Job?
Well can it? In a word, yes. It’s really not that simple though. Possible yes, but how, is the question. We know from many personal stories that is has been done, so we can look at these examples and find how it is possible to engineer your own digital presence and how people can accomplish their own success through social mediums. It’s all about risks, and being willing to take those risks. Some have landed jobs just because they IM’d the right person at the right time. Some have taken their blogs to new, more profitable, heights. The point here is you’ve got to be...
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My second precept: I will be conscious of my relationships in the social media environment and remember that there is a real human attached to that avatar. I’ve already spoken about flame wars so I will not touch on that here. I have a belief that since the population of the web is tired of of what I call shouting, and of the billboards, we need to figure out what will work to drive traffic to our sites. Twitter’s catch is sharing information. Retweets can help topics spread at an incredibly rapid pace. Friendfeed allows for the same kind of sharing and used in conjunction...
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