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New Approach to Network Marketing

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:16:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Discover the benefits of a community when building your home based business

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The second part of this new approach to network marketing is the formation of a Co-op, a community where each member can utilize their talents and abilities. This takes care of the fact that not everyone wants to talk on the phone. It is also a source of positive energy and support when you know that you have a team of people behind you instead of just one above you.

At Occupy the City this is our approach. Harnessing the power of social networking sites which are revolutionizing the internet and our lives, and combining that with the power of community is providing a great advantage over the older ways of practicing of internet marketing. Clear, detailed training on social sites is provided, plus an online forum and access to your own blog.

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Study: Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:50:44 GMT

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A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist.

"We found that people who are narcissistic use Facebook in a self-promoting way that can be identified by others," said lead author Laura Buffardi, a doctoral student in psychology who co-authored the study with associate professor W. Keith Campbell.

The researchers, whose results appear in the October issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, gave personality questionnaires to nearly 130 Facebook users, analyzed the content of the pages and had untrained strangers view the pages and rate their impression of the owner's narcissism.

Shareaholic

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:03:31 GMT

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Shareaholic

by Jay Meattle

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Updated June 16, 2008

Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:27:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Friendfeed can gather updates from dozens of social Web sites, making it simple to arrange all my Twitter posts, Gmail Chat status updates and other online tidbits in one profile.
Profilactic: People looking to funnel the most social Web content onto one site may like Profilactic.

The site can tap into almost 200 social media sites, which run the gamut from social review site Yelp to ones I had never heard of, such as TwitPic, which lets you share images on Twitter. Users can also add feeds from other sites.
Swurl: Though it can't gather information from as many sites as FriendFeed or Profilactic, Swurl's looks set it apart.

The site was my favorite in part because of its very clever "Timeline" feature, which let me see all my online activities on one page, organized into a calendar-like grid. I could then click each square of the grid to see details, like the full text of a review of a bar I wrote on Yelp, or larger versions of photos I had uploaded to Flickr

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Slowly but surely, my online life has spiraled out of control. Between posting photos on Flickr, updating my status on Facebook, blogging and commenting on and perusing various other sites, I'm having trouble keeping all my activities straight. And keeping track of what my friends are up to on the Web gets even harder.

But there is a way to keep it all together: lifestreaming sites. These online destinations, many of which are quite new, are like overlooks that offer a panoramic view of what you and your friends are doing on social media sites across the Internet.

They aggregate information not only about what you and your friends are up to

all over the Web

I tested several of these sites to see whether they would help me get organized - better in touch with what my friends are writing and doing. It turns out lifestreaming is useful, though definitely not for everyone.

FriendFeed is an easy-to-use starting point for organizing your Web life and sharing your thoughts about it

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Sue Thomas, e-lit professor

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:15:13 GMT

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For others, like Sue Thomas, professor of new media at Leicester's De Monfort University, the way forward (or sideways) is precisely to abandon our print fixation. This is why she rejects the term "e-lit" (with its reference to an old-fashioned notion of 'literature') in favour of "new media writing" or, better still, "transliteracy" - which covers all forms of literacy ranging from orality to social networking sites. Amerika, pope of avant-pop-cum-new-media guru has referred to himself as a designwriter, a remixologist, a visual jockey (VJ) and, of course, a net artist, over the years, whereas he used to be a plain old writer in his younger days. This isn't just a question of semantics. As Grigar points out, "one of the most difficult aspects of e-lit is the ability to talk about it fast enough, so fast is the landscape changing".

Boomers Network Online and Stream Video, Ripe for Web Entertainment

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:52:06 GMT

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Boomers Network Online and Stream Video, Ripe for Web Entertainment

A majority (61%) of Baby Boomer internet users in the US have visited sites that offer streaming or downloadable video, while 41% have visited online social networks, according to a report from The NPD Group.

Those figures show significant usage of online entertainment media among Boomers and make them a key demographic segment for more digital products and marketing, NPD said.

More than half of all web users (57%) visited a social-networking site, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, or MySpace, in past three months:

72% of all web users visited a video streaming/sharing site - such as YouTube or a TV network website - in the previous three months. These types of sites were visited more than gaming sites, on average:

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Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:53:06 GMT

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Some of Our Favorite Sites

craigslist

Comprehensive local classifieds and forums for hundreds of cities worldwide.

Yelp

Community-powered reviews of your local restaurants, shops and just about everything else.

Facebook

A social networking site to help you stay connected with friends anywhere.

Social Networking is the new porn

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:03:06 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More young people are using social networking sites so they don't have time to surf for porn.

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CANBERRA - Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru.

Bill Tancer, a self-described "data geek," has analyzed information for over 10 million web users to conclude that we are, in fact, what we click, with Internet searches giving an up-to-date view of how society and people are changing.

He said surfing for porn had dropped to about 10 percent of searches from 20 percent a decade ago, and the hottest Internet searches now are for social networking sites.

"As social networking traffic has increased, visits to porn sites have decreased," said Tancer, indicated that the 18-24 year old age group particularly was searching less for porn.

60 Social Networks, 60 One-Liner Description

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:45:29 GMT

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60 Social Networks, 60 One-Liner Description

Facebook, MySpace, Hi5,Friendster, Orkut and Bebo are six of the top major social networking site as of comScore’s June statistics. But did you know that there are more general-oriented social networking sites other than these six mentioned? Here are 100 social networking sites including the major social networking sites in a one-sentence description each.

Facebook - The top social network which recently got a facelift, that’s all we can say.

MySpace - What used to be the top social network now plays second fiddle to Facebook.

Hi5 - is an international social network with a local flavor that enables members to stay connected, share their lives, and learn what’s happening around them.

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More Bosses Using Social Media Profiles to Evaluate Potential Hires

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:08:12 GMT

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The thin line between personal and professional social networking just got thinner, as the use of sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to get the inside scoop on job candidates is on the rise.

A new CareerBuilder.com survey found that 22% of all hiring managers have combed through social media profiles to help evaluate potential hires, up from just 11% two years ago. HR execs from media and creative agencies like MediaVest and AKQA weighed in on the practice, identifying LinkedIn as their site of choice for new hire research.

"We look at their handles on Plurk or Twitter," Misukanis said. "They can be very telling, because they're quick sound bytes about how a person feels, what they like or don't like, and whether they're a generally negative or positive person.

Fotonauts crafts Wikipedia for photos

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:34:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: still in beta but looks so promising!

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Fotonauts crafts Wikipedia for photos

An estimated 500 million images are captured every day, but less than 5 percent end up on major photo sharing sites. Uploading photos is not the easiest task and most photos are locked into a specific photo sharing service and have all rights reserved licenses. Jean-Marie Hullot, wants to liberate photos from silos and offer news ways to organize and discover images.

The former CTO of NeXT and Apple's application division, Hullot showed off fotonauts,a kind of Wikipedia for photos at TechCrunch50. Currently in private beta for Windows and Mac users, the Web application stores 1080p thumbnails of photos from major services and provides synchronization of photos across multiple services. As a result, fotonauts allows users to share, remix and reuse and enrich images across multiple services, Hullot said. Fotonauts includes an event stream for people or albums a user is following, and a drag and drop facility for moving image into different albums.

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The Social Network as a Career Safety Net

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:02:07 GMT

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The Social Network as a Career Safety Net

In a world of economic instability and corporate upheaval, savvy professionals like the technology consultant Josh So epitomize the benefits of brushing up your online image and keeping it polished.

Within hours of updating his job status on the social-networking site LinkedIn, Mr. So won four job interviews through his contacts there. Within a week, two of the interviews resulted in offers. And within less than a month, his employer counteroffered with a position in another division and a $25,000 bump in his annual salary.

While it lacks the glamour of more popular sites like MySpace and Facebook, LinkedIn “is the place to be,” said the JupiterResearch media analyst Barry Parr, if you want to make professional contacts online. LinkedIn is a “Chamber of Commerce mixer,” he said.

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Parenting in the New York Times

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:09:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The NYT spotlights 3 new social networking sites for parents of young children. Parenting is in vogue, but is there a compelling vision of what ought to guide that venture?

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“We are at a very pro-parenting moment in time,” said Pamela Paul, the author of the book “Parenting, Inc.” “It’s reflected in our offline culture and on the Web. We are all screaming about it at the top of our lungs.”

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Social Networking and Employers

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:42:52 GMT

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Twenty-two per cent of hiring managers said they use social networking sites to research job candidates, up from 11 per cent in 2006, according to a US survey.

additional nine per cent said they don’t currently follow this practice, but intend to start.

CareerBuilder.com surveyed more than 3100 employers

survey showed that hiring managers are increasingly using non-conventional methods to gather information on potential employees.

Of the hiring managers who have screened job candidates via social networking profiles, one third said they had found information which caused them to dismiss the candidate from consideration.

evidence that the candidate drank or took drugs (41 per cent), provocative or inappropriate photographs or information (40 per cent), and poor communication skills (29 per cent).

24 per cent of hiring managers

found content that helped to solidify their decision to hire the candidate.

impressed by good communication skills, creative online profiles and a professional image.

Social Networks and Fraud

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:17:20 GMT

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The success of social networks such as MySpace and Facebook has created a fertile ground for predators, scammers and identity thieves

“The problem is this rapid, widespread adoption of social networking sites has a number of dangers.” Threats include predators seeking young people, identity thieves who can harvest personal information from sites to use for criminal gain, scammers and hackers stealing identities by using a virus or malicious link to “hijack” computers; inveigle passwords; trick users into providing credit card or bank account details; or use photos or personal information to impersonate users on the web.

Social networking sites allow people to build a personal profile, chat and send messages and share photos and videos with friends.

Facebook and Myspace are the two largest, general purpose social networking sites

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Study: Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism

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