According to LinkedIn, users with complete profiles are 40 times more likely to receive opportunities than those with incomplete profiles. Taking the time to optimize your profile increases your ranking within the LinkedIn system, increasing your odds of being found in search results. Think of your profile as a mirror – you want it [...]
To protect user accounts from unwanted hacks, two-step verification is an easy way to add an extra layer of security to your Google account. Google’s two-step verification “helps keep the bad guys out of your account by using both your password and your phone.” Once enabled, anyone who attempts to sign in to [...]
The hashtag has come a long way! It emerged as a way to organize tweets on Twitter from disparate sources into one view as they are clickable due to the use of the # sign - i.e. #regegqanda (we use this for our webinars so folks can ask questions on social before, during [...]
Move over Twitter, hashtags aren’t just yours anymore! As many social media users have seen over the past months, hashtags have made their way onto platforms such as Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, Vine and Instagram. The question many people are asking is why – what’s the point of using hashtags and do they even [...]
Facebook has once again enhanced its search engine with it’s most recent upgrade, Graph Search. This introduces many intriguing features for those with personal profiles, and as always, also prompts some thoughts about privacy. In our view, Facebook handled this upgrade effectively by deploying an information page (see the show notes) that defines [...]
A hat tip to Leo Laporte and Twit.tv - definitely tune in to the first 15 minutes of episode 414 of This Week in Tech. Prepare for an eye opening discussion on what appears to be deceptive practices from a trusted web destination. Our focus is to encourage you to keep honing your own good habits online: 1) [...]
