Archives for April, 2010


Understanding Those Mysterious Facebook Spam Messages You May Be Receiving

April 14th, 2010

Image via Wikipedia If you are one of the 400+ million people on Facebook, you have probably already figured out a way to deal with filtering out the many potential notifications that you could be receiving.  Going to the “Account Settings” page under your personal profile leads you to a complex screen like the one [...]




How Much Would You Pay for 10,000 LinkedIn Connections?

June 11th, 2009

I hope the title of this blog post did not shock you.  No, I am not trying to sell you anything.  But this is the question I have been asked twice now in the last month from a gentleman who is apparently living in Bulgaria. I was first contacted on May 22 and offered a [...]




How Do I Make a Private LinkedIn Profile?

March 31st, 2009

I was a little confused when I received this question recently from a former colleague.  I mean, LinkedIn is really about getting plugged-in to a huge database of professionals.  Why would you want to be part of this huge network but not want anyone to see your profile?  I suppose that for some, the ability [...]