Business Communication Today, 13th Ed.
Chapter 8. Social Media
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"Below are some of the best social bookmarking websites I would recommend to teachers and students.
Logan Harper (photo, left) provides his answers to the question - Should you connect with co-workers on social media?
Randy Krum presents a CopyBlogger.
"It’s not just the small companies and amateurs that make mistakes on social media.
"In recent years Facebook has been mocked for copying key aspects of Twitter: hashtags, @ tagging, lists and more.
"One in five job-seekers (19.
"Want to get more followers and increase engagement on Twitter?
"When a plane is grounded or there are delays, customers sometimes vent their fury on Twitter.
"Somewhere in between the PR pitches, tech announcements, and six second video snippets, you may just find time [next] month to understand a few new social media tools and best practices," writes Susan Young (photo, left), President of Get In Front Communications, Inc.
"This is it.
Ginny Soskey presents an infographic on the topic created by WhoIsHostingThis.
"Securing a job is the tough part, but scouting an open position?
Ric Dragon (photo, left) gives a report on his conversation with Christi McNeill, project lead of social business and listening at Southwest Airlines.
"Forget distinguishing the salad fork from the dinner fork.
"It’s hardly an overstatement that social media has taken over our personal lives," writes Chris Riback in a piece at TheWeek.
"As the playfully illuminating tech writer Mat Honan writes: 'Let’s say you’re a California-based employer and you do a basic background check on a job candidate.
"A compilation of 25 basic styles of blogging from award winning blogger and author of Personality Not Included, Rohit Bhargava (photo, left).
"Knowledge seldom takes the place of experience.
"It’s easy to see that the rise of social media has changed the way we communicate with those around us.
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"A study of how older teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is “not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried” and is being replaced by simpler social networks such as Twitter and Snapchat," writes Matthew Sparkes in a piece for The Telegraph.
"If you own a small business, you've been told that you need to get on Facebook, get on Twitter, and create a presence for your brand in order to compete in today's digital landscape.
"Startups face tremendous pressure while competing with their bigger counterparts.
Lee Odden (photo, left) covers the topic.