Can Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter Really Get You a Job?
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The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic
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Class Of 2011: If Social Media Were a High School {Infographic}
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Sparrow: Bringing FUN back to your email!
I simply love Sparrow Mail – the new Mail for Macs! And the first social email client. Just updated my latest 1.1 version on my iMac and MacBook Air and even used the Facebook integration. Also found some great Sparrow Mail tips for you if you really love it as much as I do! The ease! The efficiency! The coolness factor! Not to mention full IMAP support, a unified box, quick replies, multiple accounts, labels and now, Facebook profile pictures! We have also included a great Cheat Sheet on this post. There is a cost for Sparrow Mail, but….
Top 10 Reasons to go to Geek Girl Boot Camp…
Here are the Top 10 Reasons to go to Geek Girl Boot Camp on Saturday, March 19th from 8 am. to 6 p.m. at the Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable: 10.) Not a Geek? Not a problem. It’s meant for all types of computer users; newbies, the hesitant, the self-taught, hard-core geeks, and people just wanting to empower themselves with all things geeky. Knowledge is Good! 9.) Not a Girl? Not a problem. The demographics of Boot Camp range from our youngest at 10 to our oldest at 84. And guys are totally welcome! 8.) Open schedule. Go….
Find amazing people to work with through your friends – Try Shoutworthy!
ContentsSocial Media is all about finding great people to connect with, right? Well now there is a new web application where you can find amazing people to work with through your friends! It’s called, Shoutworthy! (This is only in Beta at this time, but let us know if you want an invite). Shoutworthy works best when you engage and post awesome Shoutworthy comments about what makes your friends so great, that others will find out what they do best. If they are the best Rails programmer, shout it out and let them know! Maybe your friend is the best blogger?….
How do I Post Updates from my Facebook Fan Page to Twitter?
Posting your Facebook Fan Pages to Twitter is an easy and effective process for combining your social media message. However, just be sure you are only using it for certain circumstances and not all the time to flood your stream or else people will start unfollowing you. And never post like 10 updates in a row, then it really looks like you are trying to drive people away. Unless you are a news service with an RSS feed, stay away from multiple updates and perhaps use Twitter instead. Twitter itself is a much more viable way to get out short….
Add a "." Before Your Tweet so Everyone Can See Your @ Reply Dialog
If you use Twitter, you will see that it allows users to see a reply only if they are following both sides of the conversation. But, if you want everyone to read and engage in your @replies to another person, just add a period “.” before the tweet so everyone can see. Even if people are not following the other person, they can still see your tweet!
Who's Coming to Boot Camp Southeast Mass? Tickets on Sale Now!
POSTPONED – will have new date soon! Who’s coming to Boot Camp Southeast Mass 2010? Registration is now open for Boot Camp on May 22nd at Bristol Community College in Fall River, MA, from 8am-6pm. If you are interested in learning about the following, then Boot Camp is for you! What is it? Geek Girl Boot Camps are technology “unconferences” for women of all ages and knowledge levels where you can go to take classes on everything to do with computers, PC and Mac, the Internet, marketing, consumer electronics, software, social media, Photoshop, blogging, podcasting, digital photography, and more. It….
I'm Styling Now in my TwittaBling!
So, I just get my mail and what did the mailman bring? My @GeekGirlCamp necklace from TwittaBling! TwittaBling is a new company run by my friends Shelley Shafran and Yoni Wiseman from Jerusalem, Israel. They design your custom Twitter handles into custom stylish jewelry; necklaces, rings, bracelets, wedding bands and earrings in sterling silver or yellow or white gold. Got a special order? Just email them and one of their “Bling Specialists” will assist you in customizing your TwittaBling jewelry with diamonds or Swarovski crystals! TwittaBling stepped up as a sponsor for this Saturday’s Boot Camp and we are so….
Meet Geek Girl Corvida Raven
Corvida Raven will be teaching some of the workshops in the Social Media Series including Getting Hired in a Web 2.0 World, Social Media Time Management, and Apps, Apps, and more Apps. See all workshops here 1. How and when did you become a Geek Girl? I was born a geek girl in 1987. It started with books. Sci-fi and mystery books to be exact. Any book that would take me to another world, show me something new, or had a good puzzle in the mix was perfect for my beginning geekness. Then I found out about MP3 CD players,….
ThinkGeek Joins the Long List of Sponsors for Boot Camp
Where do the Geek Girls go to buy geeky gifts? Why ThinkGeek of course! Where else can you get “The Personal Soundtrack Shirt” as worn by Raj on the Big Bang Theory, a Tauntaun sleeping bag (because you’re never too old to want to be Luke), or your own micro plus microbes so you can cuddle up with your favorite malady? ThinkGeek has been the place where geeks go to shop for geeks since since Bill Gates was hot. Um, well since 1999. Bill Gates is still not hot. But he is geeky! Thanks to geek girl Carrie Gouldin and….
Meet Geek Girl Catherine Weber
Catherine Weber will be teaching some of the workshops in the Social Media Series including Social Media Primer, The Power of Facebook for your Business, The Power of LinkedIn for your Business, YouTube for Business, and Twitter for Business. See all workshops here 1. How and when did you become a Geek Girl? As a marketing professional, it was crucial to understand technology as a communication tool. From the beginning of my career, I have had to learn how to use the internet to help my clients. We built our first website in 1994 for ourselves and our first client…..
The new annoying way to spam on Twitter and how to stop it
Originally posted on SocMedia101 Once again, we have a Twitter epidemic. Spam accounts post tweets asking for action or promoting their links and they include as many twitter handles as they can fit. The pick big name Tweeple and little ones. Their strategy is that we will see them because they included, for instance @writingroads, and so their tweet shows up in my @replies tab. Here’s what one of these spammer’s Twitter page looks like: What can we do to stop this? Aside from getting out the pitchforks (and violence is never the answer), we can report them as spam….
Ways you can help in Haiti
We have assembled a list where you can help online or from a mobile device – use these and watch out for the scams. Please use #Haiti if you tweet this. Here is a great post on how the text messages work and the promise from the cell companies they are not taking a cut, however the money may be delayed in getting to Haiti. Haiti Text Donation Campaigns Face 90-Day Delays How you can help: Websites: Yele Haiti – http://www.yele.org AmeriCares – http://www.americares.org Friends of the World Food Program – http://www.friendsofwfp.org ONEXONE – http://www.onexone.org Pan American Development Foundation – http://www.padf.org….