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LinkedIn is, arguably, the most important social media channel for B2B professionals. Originally started as a job search network, LinkedIn has evolved into a gathering place for a wide range [...]

Byline: Vince Bond Jr. Selling cars is only part of what Lindsberg Pettway does in his job as a Chevrolet salesman. A former high school principal who's now the floor [...]

Companies have used social media to engage the customers and get people talking about something important to them and to the business. A good social media strategy and employee guidelines must focus on the core messages of the company wants to portray and determine the best ways to spread that core message. How to create the guidelines is also presented.

It is believed that Facebook and other online social networks are on the front line of privacy wars due to their size. Generally, chief information officers (CIOs) do not care about privacy because their work focuses on technology. Some contradictions also make some CIOs skeptical that privacy needs to be an overarching concern.

Tumblr is aiming to follow in the footsteps of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter with an attempt to attract UK brands, and make more money from the site. The five-year-old micro-blogging [...]

Vigilance, not technology, can best counter spam and the criminals who send it BILL GATES, then still Microsoft's boss, was nearly right in 2004 when he predicted the end of [...]

It's fast, resilient, and usually cheaper--plus, it's the backbone of many Web 2.0 sites. But many IT pros don't know much about it. NoSQL systems are still in an early [...]

While everyone is convinced of the marketing potential and power of the web, few airlines are experimenting with social marketing to interact with customers. It may be a frightening step, [...]

By Scott Traylor Age distinctions smooth success in social media Social networking, social media, virtual worlds; the Web 2.0 world is on fire, and sites that touch on some part [...]

Friends Reunited, the social networking site owned by ITV, is set to undergo a name change as part of a strategic overhaul in response to growing pressure from rivals. ITV [...]

Just What Is Zopa? Zopa, which gets its name from the business acronym for 'zone of possible agreement,' calls itself the world's first online social finance company. Though Zopa got [...]

Byline: Ed Frauenheim Taleo's product news this month is another sign that usability and social networking are hot topics in the HR tech world. The Dublin, California-based company announced September [...]

Byline: Daisy Whitney The player: Alex Blum, CEO of KickApps The play: KickApps provides Web sites with a full suite of social media tools to enable social networking, widgets, user-generated [...]

It made its official debut a little under a month ago, but BigLickU.com, the student oriented social networking site from The Roanoke (Va.) Times, is finding itself in the thick [...]

Social networking entered a new virtual realm this month, the world of intellectual role-play. But banish any images of Dungeons and Dragons-style get-togethers. This was a strategy game with a [...]

At the heart of social networks are their enormous repositories of data: personal details and messages, huge quantities of photos and videos, and the complex web of connections that reflect [...]

It might be hard to believe, but one reason NPR was inspired to build its social media community is what it found in personal ads like this one--'Female golfer, loves [...]

Companies must establish a policy about social networking sites while considering third-party monitoring and methods for investigating concerns. However, companies must be aware that social networking sites are legally different from e-mail communication. Insights on a case regarding improper use of the sites are also given.

If our focus on social media is primarily about how to use them as 'tools' for journalism, we risk getting it backward. Social media are not so much mere tools [...]

Online social networks can pose awkward situations for users. These include instances such as getting a link request from someone you do not know, having a contact post embarrassing information on your site, and a contact asking you to be refer him to one of your business contacts. Tips on how to deal with these situations are discussed.

Humans have an innate need to organize--our stuff, our thoughts, even each other. I kept my record albums organized by genre and then by artist, and I knew I had [...]

Salt Like City--Local startup CROWDHALL was accepted into The Brandery, a 14-week program that includes $20,000 in financing as well as access to the partners, mentors and resources typically reserved [...]

There are very few reasons why a professional or a business should permanently delete its social media footprint from Twitter. Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn. or any other platform. It's better that [...]

Online social networks and social media have simpli fled business communication in many ways, yet have also made it so complex that a new role has emerged to make sense [...]

Gist.com engages in customization of social networks for businesses. The company can aggregate contact from different inboxes, social media websites, and address books. Gist also offers integration of clients' preferred business software tools and messaging platforms.

Socializing at conferences can be awkward for even the most adept hobnobbers. A new service called pokenEVENT aims to make it easier. Here's how it works: Event organizers order branded [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Latinos on the Move NE[TM]--what a fantastic group! What? You haven't heard of it? Let me start by telling you how the organization formed. Robert Santiago had a [...]

I haven't warmed to the idea of becoming Facebook friends with politicians, sources, subjects, and flaks. I really do not need them to know about my recent trip to Walla [...]