Linkedin is taking after Twitter by introducing a "company follow" feature. This will allow for users to keep track of new job postings, offers, promotions, or any other company happenings. Linkedin is also implementing a linking status feature, which allows the user to link all of their status updates among their favorite social media sites.

The National Wildlife Foundation (NWF) has begun using social media by engaging the employees first. Most of the company is actively engaged in Twitter and Facebook. They are also using services like Foursquare to engage people when they are out in nature. They can be updated on what wildlife to look for and what they should check out while they are there.

They are also geocaching to connect everyone with nature no matter where they are. In addition they have added something called nature find, which can be found on their website. It works with Google Maps to help people find local parks, museums, planetariums, campground, and more.

Check out what else they're using to get you involved here: 4 Ways the NWF is Using Location to Increase Engagement

Even if you have done it in the past, it's time to change your privacy settings again. Facebook recently announced it is teaming up with numerous sites to sell them your personal information. Every time you "Like" something now, Facebook hopes to sell this information to third party vendors.

To protect your information, click on "Privacy Settings" under the account tab. Change each section to say "Only Friends." The most important thing to do is under "Applications and Websites." Click on this and then navigate to the "Instant Personalization Pilot Program." Once there, deselect the box and Facebook will no longer be able to sell your info to third party vendors.

To find out what else you need to do, see the full article here.

This article is about a web promotions company called uSocial.net that creates a variety of services to help companies make online profit. The company has already generated a client list with all different size companies including the Korean Department of Tourism and several Fortune 500 companies.

Follow these 5 basic steps for a successful online presence.


1. First and foremost, your online presence reveals a lot about you, especially your negative attributes. Make sure employers, customers or partners don't come across these.

2. Social networks broke down traditional barriers of communication and enable easy connection between people, social or business networking is easily achieved and can open many doors and opportunities.

3. Your message will be heard. If you do your job right, communicating to higher ups or larger audiences can be done quite easily via the internet.

4. If you care about your social image, care about you online image. Make sure you claim your name or any name representative of what you are trying to represent online in order to avoid confusion, wrong association or slander.

5. It is becoming the standard of any industry. Not only for professionals but also for private users, having an online presence can be greatly beneficial, even if minimal. Avoiding such a low investment opportunity to stay up do date in standards can become problematic, especially in bigger industries.

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Since Facebook has become a place for users to share however much they want with other users, whether it is pictures, videos, statuses, etc., it is important that users take advantage of Facebook's privacy settings.

An important way to control what you show to different friends is to segment your friends into lists. With your friends divided into lists you can easily adjust privacy settings for that group of people, for example, work friends, college friends, friends you don't really know, etc. The article also discusses what information is appropriate and safe to share based on your relationship with the people in your segmented groups.

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What is viral marketing? The answer is simple, viral marketing is the increase of brand awareness through the use of marketing on social networks. This can be achieved by using blogs and vlogs, as well as online advertisements. There are several key points to follow when attempting to create a buzz, and if you follow these guidelines you will be successful. Offer something to the consumer for free whether it be a product or service, they will eat it up. Keep the message short and sweet; nobody wants to sift through space fillers. Use a medium that is widely known, so that your message can spread easily. Stimulate sales through the use of common behaviors; if consumers feel an offer is limited they are more likely to act now. Lastly take advantage of outside resources, if you use many channels, (for example physical advertising) combined with your Internet campaign you will be likely to multiply your success.

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This article explains the many benefits and potential pitfalls to having an online presence. The article explains how using social networking sites like Facebook, Linkdin, and Myspace can provide companies with a direct view of your life. They talk about the various steps you should follow to protect your self image when companies go to look at your profile by limiting the amount of inappropriate photos, comments, and videos that you are associated with. Also they explain how to make your profile private yet still providing basic information about you. This article not only discuses various pitfall but it also provides example of why it good to have an online presence. Placing relevant information like projects you have created, work experience, and your resume are just some of the beneficial thing you can do that might put you above the rest in the job market.

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Facebook is now using the "like links" on there website as an open graph making it easy for them to get the analytics for each page. This new feature creates a problem for google because now they do not have direct contact with the information gained anymore. The change is a good one for facebook members and staff but not so good for google and the people they sold the information they got to.
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This article lists the top ten viral marketing campaigns of all time, according to blogstorm. Viral marketing campaigns have become incredibly popular due to their typically inexpensive launch rates and potential for huge success. They can create not only buzz and brand awareness but also great profits if executed well. While most of them are youtube videos, a couple aren't even online. These ten campaigns are some of the best examples and some of them weren't even intentional. Still, each campaign shows some small hints at how to be successful in viral marketing, mainly creativity.