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LinkedIn is a marvelous social network for business people who hope to make new contacts, stay in touch with colleagues (past and present), keep their “career options” open, and pick up some free tips, advice, and information. As with all social media, however, it is important to understand that a LinkedIn  account will not govern [...]

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Microsoft will soon be adding the ability to use Facebook and Twitter on their Xbox 360 game console, bringing social media to the living room. We got access to a preview of this update and have taken a little test drive of these two new programs.
First up is Facebook:

The interface in Facebook is set up [...]

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Last week’s Facebook Friday’s focus was on getting Facebook fired. This week, let’s concentrate on the relationship between Facebook and getting hired.
To begin, I would like to come completely clean and admit that I have looked up potential job applicants’ Facebook profiles. Once in a while I lurk okay? I am not alone; a lot [...]

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For our last Facebook Friday blog entry, we touched upon such matters as Facebook acquiring Friendfeed and where to go on Facebook to find items like your privacy statement or your rights as a Facebook user. For the purpose of this blog, I would like to go in a different direction and talk about stupid [...]

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This topic was first was brought to our attention via Twitter by @Alex_Zubarev. It is an MSNBC article discussing the magic behind all of those “friend” suggestions that we have been getting on our sidebar. Of course, we have been getting suggestions for a while now, but lately they seem to be getting a little more….relevant.
There are [...]

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First, lets make sure everyone is on the same page about exactly what twitter is and what it isn’t.  According to Twitter, its social media designed to answer the one simple question, “What are you doing – right now?’ in 144 characters or less. A mini-blog, so to speak.  
 So, why do these timely updates become [...]

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The following is a Facebook conversation that was kind of funny so I decided to repost here on our blog. The converstation started with a status update about the new iMark site.
Darcia Armstrong We have FINALLY uploaded some new pages (mostly to our copywriting section), added a new section (blogging set up and social media tutorial), [...]

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Ever feel like broadcasting an all caps tweet “TMI FOLKS! TMI!!!” ? If so, here is a very cute YouTube video called Let Me Twitter Dat, pointed out in the Blog of Mr. Tweet. May be some course language…but just a bit!

Thanks for tweeting about this @markress!
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I have one particular Facebook friend who sends out about a million status updates per day – almost all via Twitter. It would be annoying except he sends some very useful and interesting stuff. Today he sent out a link to PCMAG.com’s Top 13 Twitter dont’s which they collected by asking prominent twitterers. Although we [...]

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I will be speaking tomorrow at a networking group event for business professionals in the Peel region. My presentation will cover the basics of marketing yourself and your small business online through the use of blogs and social media.
If you are interested in learning more about networking opportunities in Vaughan region, please visit The Peel Professional [...]

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