Tag Archives: search engine optimization
Social Networking Primer – LinkedIn
I actually joined LinkedIn before FaceBook, in early 2007. I figured as a “professional”, I needed to join the “professional” social network, and leave FaceBook to the teenagers. I am now of the opinion that BOTH can be useful, personally and professionally. My focus this week, however, is LinkedIn. As a long-time lingerer on LinkedIn, I was intrigued by some of the features that are now available, and started toying with them a little bit. My Profile First thing I did was update my LinkedIn profile. Some of the information was dated, some was poorly written, and some was just wrong. Tip #1: When selecting your website(s), use the “Other” …
Social Networking Primer
I spend a great deal of time going to conferences on Search Engine Optimization, Affiliate Marketing, Webmastering and so forth. Not as much as some of my crazy friends, but often enough. For the last few years, the buzz has been “social networking”. For the first few years it was “building your own social networks”. Now it’s shifted to “taking advantage of existing social networks”. You have your FaceBook and LinkedIn for your “basic” profile. Then you have your blogs. Then you have Twitter for micro-blogging (or, as I explain it to new people – like “broadcast instant messaging, only less likely to be read”). Then you have your social …
