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Maintaining Relationships With Pokes, Pings, Winks, Drive-bys and Twitter

Back when I worked for a big company on a sprawling campus, I used to make it a point to stop by the offices (well, usually cubicles) of friends and other people with whom I’d worked before.
I almost never pre-scheduled these little drive-bys in advance, instead just relying on a simple calculus: I’d stick my [...]

On Office Pools, Social Networking and Productivity

Since we’re heading into the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games this weekend, I figured it’s not too late to look at how the office tournament pool, mixed in with a little social media, can be a tool to help improve inter- and intra-office communications.
Earlier this week at The OPEN Forum Blog, there [...]

Building Your Brand Series - Part 4 - Social Networking

So far in this series we’ve covered the tools that you can use to be building your business’ brand. There are also many things that you can do in relation to social networking.

Building your Brand 101 Series
Building Your Brand Series - Part 1 - Listening
Building Your Brand Series - Part 2 - Responding
Building Your Brand [...]

Alex de Carvalho talks about StartPR & offers great advice

I crossed paths with Alex de Carvalho because we were both working with the same customer segment. We both have since moved on but Alex & I continue to be connected. Alex is busy with many things: he teaches courses at the college level, has his own business & also organizes social media events in [...]

TelecomHUB presents: Social Networking in the Business Arena

The business world is quickly changing. Are you ready? TelecomHUB offers you the opportunity to attend a panel discussion on utilizing social media for:
Business Acquisition
Career Advancement
Competitive Advantage
Employee Satisfaction & Retention

Use Social Networking to Grow Your Small Business

Have you gotten a Twitter account & added a bunch of friends? Or maybe you signed up for LinkedIn or Facebook & aren’t sure how it’s going to help your business?
There are so many networks that you can join! Each has it’s idiosyncracies but they all have one thing in common: It’s all about building [...]