92 percent of businesses use social media to help find prospective employees.  70 percent check social media profiles at some point during the hiring process.*  If you’re serious about your career, you need to be on LinkedIn and Facebook at least; and most likely Twitter too.  Astounding. They are expensive.  MORE >>

You’re a lot more concerned with mechanical engineering that social engineering and you don’t care if you ever know the lyrics of a single Justin Beiber tune.  And you figure that social media may be useful for companies that market retail but is a time-suck for you. First, your engineers are heavily involved in social media. MORE >>

Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home Popular Posts About Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter Ripple 6 says the timing of my report is off [link] Ive observed most vendors are optomistic, brands the opposite. who is attending? As Web 2.0 thanks! MORE >>

Make Sure Everybody Knows Company’s Social Media Rules by Roger Pike on February 1, 2011 Clients have been lost.  At the same time, social media has dramatically improved the communication between companies and fostered the explosion of a whole new way to build bridges between business and client.  Check it out! MORE >>

She blogs at Speaking about Presenting and has written a free eBook “ How to Present with Twitter and Other Backchannels.&# Follow her on Twitter. Pioneer presenters are using social media to engage their audience and extend the reach of their ideas. But social media is a great tool to encourage audience engagement. MORE >>