James Enck of Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe quotes an institutional investorwho says:
“I find I increasingly get a lot more out of reading blogs than sell-side research. I am doing more and more primary research myself, and blogs form a very important part of that process.”
I agree with Enck’s thesis, but that’s only part of the Read More...

We are adding this profile of ContactSpan to our Social Networking Site Guide

Web site:

ContactSpan.com

Summary:

ContactSpan is a secure and private professional networking service that helps individuals facilitate new business relationships from their existing business networks. The online business network facilitates introductions by and for people interested in new partnerships, recruiting teams, finding jobs, raising Read More...

We’re down to the wire — we have turned in the final manuscript to our publisher, AMACOM, and we have about a month to copy-edit our book, The Virtual Handshake. We’ve got an exhaustive book, but we think a few more real-world examples and stories will help make it a great book.
Many thanks to Read More...

Maybe I’ve missed this before, but my friend Bill Vick was just featured in and called my attention to these LinkedIn case studies. The examples include several areas, including hiring employees, finding a job, making deals, and finding experts.
I teach classes in conjunction with LinkedIn (we’re on hold at the moment and will start Read More...

According to a new study from Harris Interactive and metasearch engine Dogpile, 23 percent of U.S. adults have used the Internet to search for information about their customers, co-workers, potential employees, and supervisors. 

Reasons for Searching Employees

Why did you search forinformation about thefollowing person or people?

Curiosity
52%

Researching the backgroundof a job candidate
48%

Looking for specific information
(i.e. address or Read More...

Heather Hamilton, a senior recruiter for marketing talent at Microsoft, just did one of the most unusual recruiting ideas I’ve ever seen. Heather has asked her readers to link to this post from their blog resumes, and she’ll check out the resumes by reviewing her referrals.
The implication of this? If you don’t understand Read More...

The Seattle Times reports that United Online is buying Classmates Online. Of its 38 million registered members, only 1.4 million paid a subscription fee. Translation: this is an attempt to monetize Classmates eyeballs.
We profiled Classmates as part of our network site guide.

David had a chance to have a conversation with Greg Head, ACT!’s former General Manager, about the need for increased privacy, interoperability, and personal responsibility as contact management and social networking software converge:

Contact management software will always be centered around a database of contact information that tracks basic name, addresses, and other data — combined Read More...

Stever Robbins has a lengthy and very useful Guide to Mastering E-mail Overload.

We are adding this profile of Monster Networking to our Social Networking Site Guide

Website:

http://network.monster.com

Summary:

Monster Networking is a general-purpose professional networking community, offering highly customizable personal profile pages, private messaging, and public discussion boards. Monster’s Instant Messaging Functionality allows members to reach out to an extended network of Read More...