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Google+ book by Guy Kawasaki Most people in my workshops have either not heard of Google+ or do nothing after signing up. They feel this way because like 850 million other people, they invested heavily in Facebook profiles Google’s new social network arrived. They lament, not another social network, another profile to update. Does anyone even remember Orkut? Google+ launched in June 2011, 7 years after Facebook, and 8 years after LinkedIn opened their doors. Read More →

Social network interview about Facebook

Every now and then students contact me while doing research on articles I've written on this blog or interviews published on my work. So this one started out very interesting although the eventual questions were not asking the right questions I believe.

Student Request

I'm studying journalism at Stellenbosch University, and have to write an in-depth article about something, and I chose Facebook . So it's not for any publication and the deadline is Wednesday.  Read More →

Linkedin Coach makes your Recruitment Agency irrelevant

When you think about how much money is spent on the recruitment process, you may feel like there is no other way. Well with the rise of business social networking sites like LinkedIn, you have more power in your own hands than you ever dreamed. As a Linkedin coach I've helped CEO's of major corporations to show them the power of Advanced Search using LinkedIn, and how to do targeted searches. When management sees the benefits so clearly, they realise this is one Read More →

LinkedIn Coach helps you capture business opportunities

LinkedIn is the global leader in online business networking. In 2011, the company successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and announced it has over 120 million active users. According to some reports there are more than 1.1 million South African business people using LinkedIn and the growth continues. Business networking has never been more critical as more and more people are trying to find the right business partners, the right staff or the right leadership. Your LinkedIn Coach is a valuable partner to sidestep the complexity or Read More →

Operation Facebook, Hacktivists Rise Up!

Over the years I've noticed a love-hate relationship with Facebook developing. On the one hand, it seems like a marketing dream. On the other hand it's a parent's worst nightmare. When you consider the amount of information Facebook can now access via a user's cellphone it indeed becomes scary. Smartphones with their tight integration into social networking sites allow for much more access to be shared than most users imagine. Every application you install on your phone has your implicit permission to access your data. Anyway, a hackers group, Anonymous, is promising to take down Facebook on Guy Fawkes Day, 5 November. And the story Read More →

A Prayer for Peace Using Social Networking

Recently I received a very interesting press release about a new social networking website to promote peace. So I emailed the founder Hasitha Amarasena to request an email interview and give this a better context in a world flooded with Facebook.

1. What is your motivation to start this project? In the knowing that having a thought is in itself a powerful influential act. From that thought came the idea to create a social network that displayed the world's problems and giving the whole world an opportunity to contribute positive words or prayers to each world issue. I believe with Read More →

Some tips to avoid problems on social networks

Here's some tips for children:
  1. Never give out your full name or physical address. The less information about you on social networks the better.
  2. Ensure that you use the maximum amount of privacy and only invite/accept friends that you actually know in the real world.
  3. When someone posts a nasty comment on your social networking profile, delete it and remove/block them so they cannot do it again.
  4. When someone talks to you about sexually explicit topics, stop talking and block them.
  5. Tell your parents about anything unusual so they can help you deal with it.
Here's some tips for parents:
  1. Sit with your child and ask Read More →

Connecting with… Sam Gosling: Facebook Psychologist

This is originally from the Facebook Blog: Sam Gosling researcher psychologistAt Facebook, we're constantly connecting with interesting people—from experts in their field, academics and researchers to celebrities or visitors to our office. Occasionally, we'll share these conversations on the Facebook Blog in our "Connecting with...." series. I had the opportunity to speak with Sam Gosling, professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin and author of "Snoop: What your stuff says about you." He recently published research that Read More →

Joburg Tweet-Up Name Tags and Event Tweets

Received this email from the eminent Ryan A. Gibson, organiser of Joburg Tweet-ups... This is our second tweet-up (#JHBtweetup) and it is looking great for attendance. I want to welcome the new members as you have helped this group double in size. Please send your twitter name to me so that I can prepare your name tags for the event. You can email it to ryan@publishknowledge.com or DM me @ryanagibson. Also, for the sake of helping market the event I would appreciate a tweet either letting people know about the tweet-up which people can register or Read More →

Twitter is indeed a disaster waiting for happen

This morning I read some good insights about the continued failure of Twitter by my industry colleague Paul Jacobson. Paul is easily the top attorney-blogger active in the South African social media scene. So now I am once again seriously considering a shift of focus from Twitter back to my own blogs, where I have 100% control. This thinking is also in line with the ideas on FREEDOM from Technology Terrorism I've been developing in my upcoming book, The Psychology of Technology. Why do you think Twitter is going to keep falling over and eventually Read More →