by Sue Horner | Dec 17, 2007 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
A recent study reports that 47% of adult Internet users in the U.S. have Googled themselves. This shouldn’t be a surprise, when experts advise that this is one thing you MUST do, especially if you’re looking for a job. After all, you don’t want a...
by Sue Horner | Dec 4, 2007 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Are you a Twitter fan? I’m always interested in reading about the experiences others have with this so-called “microblogging platform.” Colleague Joan Patch pointed me to an article about building your online profile by AdAge “editor at...
by Sue Horner | Oct 2, 2007 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
I’m struggling a bit with what to do when contacted by someone I don’t know — say on LinkedIn or Melcrum’s Communicators’ Network — asking to add me as a contact. On LinkedIn, you can edit the note sent to include some context (such...
by Sue Horner | Sep 25, 2007 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Those of you who are early adopters and enthusiastic fans of blogging, podcasting, Twittering, Second Life etc. etc. will be appalled. I had dinner recently with three friends, two of whom had no clue about Second Life. Not one was aware of Twitter. They had little...
by Sue Horner | Sep 5, 2007 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
I ran across a funny comment about Twitter the other day (and I’m sorry, it was commenting on a blog but I can’t remember which one): “Is it just me or is the Internet becoming more and more like passing notes in 7th grade?”
by Sue Horner | Jul 23, 2007 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Glad to find more company in confusion. Thanks to Judy Gombita for pointing me to a copywriter in tech PR, the blogger behind The Friendly Ghost, who asks, “What is Twitter for, exactly?” He speculates it’s a form of micro-blogging, which I can see...
by Sue Horner | Jul 19, 2007 | The Red Jacket Diaries blog
Glad to find out I’m not the only one somewhat confused about how to use/make the most of social media — you know, LinkedIn, MyRagan, Facebook, MySpace, [oops forgot Melcrum’s Communicators’ Network] etc. Pamela Slim at the entertaining Escape...
