http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog Blogs, social network sites, social software---and how to use all of these tools to become dramatically more successful Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:41:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For all the popularity of blogging, social networking, Twitter, etc., email is still the killer app (or at least the workhorse app) for building and maintaining relationships virtually. And yet, so many people use it so ineffectively, or at least so much less effectively than they could. ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/28/email-etiquette-and-productivity ...this one does. This is from the opening ceremony of the Dallas ISD kickoff meeting for teachers, staff and administrators. All I can say is "Amen!" I have hope for the future of America. http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/27/if-ever-a-video-deserved-millions-of-hits It's an old cliche, but it still holds true, even in the virtual world. One of the things we discovered in the process of researching The Virtual Handshake is that one of the best ways to build strong relationships with other people is to help them actually get ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/17/actions-speak-louder-than-words-even-virtually I know there are quite a few people reading this blog who, like me, have several different virtual points of presence. The challenge I’m having is that no single one of them really feels like “me” – all just “a part of me”. This site (TheVirtualHandshake.com) and my ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/17/personal-virtual-hubs If you're reading this blog, odds are that you're already familiar with LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites. But what I constantly get asked, even from people who have been participating in these sites for a while, is, "How do I use these to generate real business?" It's easy ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/17/maximizing-linkedin-and-other-online-networks-teleclass-922 I had a fun experience last week -- my first virtual video interview. Bill Vick, who I had the pleasure of working with on LinkedIn for Recruiting, interviewed me via Skype for XtremeRecruiting.tv, his video blog "about the collision of recruitment and technology". We talked about the importance of ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/15/scott-allen-interview-on-xtremerecruitingtv I met the guys from NutshellMail earlier this year at SXSW and immediately knew they were on to something. For all of the social networking, blogging, tweeting, Skyping and so on that I do, email is still the killer app of the internet. I spend the bulk of my day ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/15/nutshellmail-debuts-at-techcrunch50-opens-private-beta I hope you can join us on Sep. 22 evening  in New York for a presentation on "Where are the Deals?  Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds' Best Practices in Deal Origination ".  We'll be discussing preliminary findings from a white paper we're writing on this topic.  I'd like to ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/12/sep-22-where-are-the-deals-private-equity-and-venture-capital-funds-best-practices-in-deal-origination Following are my notes on last night's MIT Enterprise Forum event: "Lead Generation 2.0: How Entrepreneurs are Fueling the Next Wave of Innovation in Internet Marketing" Moderator: Brian Hirsch, Managing Director, Greenhill SAVP Brian Hirsch is a Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP and a Co-Chairman of the Fund`s Investment Committee. Prior ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/09/10/lead-generation-20-how-entrepreneurs-are-fueling-the-next-wave-of-innovation-in-internet-marketing In case you've been trying to reach me, my phone number is currently being held hostage by one of the big telcos (and I'm not even sure which one). I was trying to switch service providers, but they missed the install appointment and the change order went through anyway. So ... http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/08/28/my-phone-number-is-being-held-hostage