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Live U2’s YouTube Grabs 10 Million Live Streams

Did you tune into YouTube on Sunday to catch U2 performing live form the Rose Bowl? If you did, you had some serious virtual company. The LA Times reports that Sunday’s show generated 10 million streams across 7 continents. The whole show was archived on YouTube Monday and has been viewed...Read More >>

MySpace’s Tom Joins Facebook

Tom might have been officially removed from power at MySpace, but he’s still officially a “friend" to millions of the site’s members. However, he’s now poking around the social network that supplanted his own as top dog: Facebook. At least in the world of satirical...Read More >>

Facebook Warns of New Viruses (ALERT)

Earlier this week we reported on a new type of Facebook scam making its way around the Web that masks itself as an email from Facebook but actually contains a virus as an attachment. Today, Facebook has warned users of two different viruses that users should be aware of. The company writes...Read More >>

Facebook Reveals Its Next Six Months of Platform Features

Facebook has just published a detailed roadmap of the features it expects to add to its Platform over the next six months, along with projected launch dates. While the roadmap is intended largely for developers of applications – both on Facebook and on third-party sites and mobile apps...Read More >>

New To Blogging? Where To Start?

What is the best blogging platform??? When first starting a blog, choosing which blogging platform to use is one of the most important decisions that you can make as a new blogger. The right platform can make blogging a breeze, and the wrong platform can make blogging a chore. Because the...Read More >>

Monetizing WordPress

While there are bloggers on both sides of the monetizing-of-blogging fence, there is no doubt there are those who take the route of running ads. Those that are using WordPress have a seemingly endless supply of themes to choose from, but not all the selections lend themselves to ad placement. There...Read More >>

HOW TO: Measure Social Media ROI

Companies and executives are finally beginning to really jump on the social media bandwagon, and that’s fantastic. However, for social media to fully work (for everyone), businesses and brands need to be able to evaluate the impact their social media use is having, both positive and negative....Read More >>

HOW TO: Build the Ultimate Social Media Resume

Social media resumes are important for attracting hiring managers directly to you, without you having to submit your resume, blindly, to them.  The problem with submitting your resume online to job postings is that most job postings aren’t even vacant, might not exist, and 80% of jobs offers...Read More >>

Social Media Recruiting- Is your company saying “We don’t care!”

You NEED a Social Strategy! Even a basic one! Your top recruits are already using sites like LinkedIn, FaceBook, and Twitter. They're out there looking for you! What are they finding? We are here! We are a great company to work for! Come, see for yourself! or We don't get it!" We don't...Read More >>

HOW TO: Oraganize an Event on Facebook

Some people wonder if all this social networking is really making us more social — we’re just sitting in front of our computers, after all. But Facebook, the web’s largest social network, plays host to 3 million event listings each month. And these are offline events, ranging in...Read More >>