When on a social networking panel last week I said something that can be seen as stupid or insightful.
Ideal Networking Tips for the Creative Entrepreneur
These tips are ideas that I have used successfully and often recommend to other creative entrepreneurs.
IBM’s Enterprise Social Networking Offerings
Big Blue has announced that they are working on a new product called “Lotus Connections,” which is targeted for a late 2007 release. From the IHT:
BBC Weighs Its Social Networking Options
When I think of the BBC, I think of great television . . . of shows like “Monty Python,” “As Time Goes By,” and “Top Gear.” Then there’s MySpace, the social networking site that is most commonly associated with giggling teenage girls. Well, the BBC has announced plans to pursue social networking, but adults need not worry that the corporation is chasing after “that crowd.”
Hearst Acquires Social Networking Site
Hoping to capitalize on the online teen market Hearst Magazine’s digital unit has acquired eCrush.com a conglomerate of entertainment and social networking sites for teens and young adults. The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Girls Dominate The Social Networking World
The growth in membership and usage of social networking sites has been driven by teens, and older teenage girls figure prominently in driving their rise.
Teens Savvy On Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites have generated controversy and concern for many parents and teachers. Just who is your teen chatting with on MySpace? Is it a friend from school or some dirty old man down the street pretending to be someone else?
Toyota Introduces “Hybrid” Social Networking
Social networking is a bandwagon; the number of companies that haven’t taken a shot at it is decreasing on what seems like a daily basis. But in its newest incarnation, social networking may have become a reliable and fuel-saving bandwagon: Toyota has gotten on board with a redesigned site for the owners of hybrid vehicles.
Social Networking Meets Stock Investing
TheStreet.com, Inc. has announced an agreement with A.R. Media, a New York-based media holding company, in launching a new Web site entitled Stockpickr – “The Stock Idea Network.”
The Career Networking Bandwagon
Networking for your job advancement in your career development path offers big benefits and outstanding career employment advancement opportunities that in most cases would never come your way otherwise.