Helsinki is the world's most honest city while Lisbon is the least in lost wallet test
Test by Reader's Digest dropped wallets in 16 cities worldwide and counted how many were given backHelsinki in Finland topped the survey, handing back 11 of 12 wallets, while only one was returned in Lisbon, PortugalNew York was joint third while London came joint ninth in the test By Kieran Corcoran Published: 14:50 GMT, 24 September 2013 | Updated: 18:06 GMT, 26 September 2013
LinkedIn and Wildfire Partner, Bringing Social Media Marketing to the B2B World
Initial results show 60% reduction in cost per lead when combining Wildfire with LinkedIn ads We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with LinkedIn to bring our Social Media Marketing Suite to the LinkedIn platform! With Wildfire, companies on LinkedIn can create and manage social promotions to generate leads and grow their followers. Coming soon, they will also be able to publish messages to continually engage their audience and measure indepth analytics about the performance of their LinkedIn company page. We have gained extensive experience building a comprehensive social marketing product on Facebook and Twitter, and are now excited to bring these tools to the LinkedIn platform. For all marketers, but especially B2B marketers, this is exciting news!
Startup Replaces Captchas With Brand Messages for Better Web Advertising
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Solve Media Quick Pitch: Solve Media replaces Captchas with Ads. Genius Idea: Web advertising that consumers literally can't ignore.Captchas are an easy way to prevent automated bots from diminishing the quality of a website, which is why you've probably spent a good amount of time squinting at their bent, fuzzy text. Current computer programs have a hard time reading them, and it turns out that so do humans.
6 Powerful LinkedIn Marketing Tips for Small Businesses
Let’s face it, LinkedIn is a very underutilized social media network. Most people believe that it’s too hard to make connections, and therefore use it more as a résumé site. There is so much more potential with this professional social media network. How many of us have created a LinkedIn account and left it dormant for months? It was my goal recently to attend more LinkedIn webinars and teleseminars to learn more about this mysterious network.
How to Go From Introvert to Extrovert
As a child I was very introverted, often spending my time on the computer, reading, playing video games, or pursuing other solo hobbies. I’d spend time outdoors biking, exploring the nearby fields and hills (which today are filled with houses), or shooting hoops, but I’d usually favor doing these things alone or with people I knew very well. I never felt too comfortable around strangers, and I never cared for big family events.
Why I’m Paying Attention to LinkedIn « Tracy Bains
digg Seven Takeaways for Marketers I’m an avid user of LinkedIn—one of over 120 million professionals from more than 200 countries and territories who have signed up to manage their business identity, keep current with industry news, or search for jobs on this social network. But when I put together a marketing plan, LinkedIn isn’t necessarily the first place I think to advertise. Since I work in the non-profit sector—higher education by day, community development by night—it hasn’t been a natural fit.
4chan Founder: Facebook and Google Do Identity Wrong
4chan founder Christopher Poole (aka "moot") says that Google and Facebook "do identity wrong," and that people should not be tied to just one identity on the web. In a passionate speech at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Poole claimed that Internet users should have a choice as to whether they want to stay anonymous on the web or use their real identities. The argument comes as Facebook and Google push to remove anonymity from the web.
Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job
Searching for a job can suck if you constrain yourself to the typical tools such as online jobs boards, trade publications, CraigsList, and networking with only your close friends. In these kinds of times, you need to use all the weapons that you can, and one that many people don’t—or at least don’t use to the fullest extent, is LinkedIn. LinkedIn has over thirty-five million members in over 140 industries. Most of them are adults, employed, and not looking to post something on your Wall or date you. Executives from all the Fortune 500 companies are on LinkedIn. Most have disclosed what they do, where they work now, and where they’ve worked in the past.
23 Little Things That Let You Know You’re In The Right Relationship
1. You never feel weird being naked around them, even when you’re in bad lighting or on a day where you don’t feel so hot overall. 2. You catch them looking at you every now and again and they always have this really appreciative, happy look on their face when they think you aren’t looking.
LinkedIn Ads vs. Facebook Ads – A Case Study
I recently ran two ads, one on Facebook and one on LinkedIn and the results couldn’t be more different. LinkedIn now has their own Pay-Per-Click advertising called . You may not have even noticed the ads and that’s part of the problem. Linked in has 3 types of ads, Banner Ads, Media Box ads and DirectAds.
5 Things To Do Every Day For Success
Fast Company wants you to have your best year yet in 2012; click for more advice and tips on how to work smarter, manage your career, and lead a more meaningful life. "You get up at what time?" I hear that a lot, along with "You are so lucky."
HOW TO: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile
With more than 85 million members in more than 200 countries, LinkedIn is a professional social network worth using, understanding and optimizing. After you've covered the basics of setting up your LinkedIn presence, features including recommendations, applications, LinkedIn Answers, and the Resume Builder can add value to your profile. Many of these highly useful features, though, are often overlooked or underused by newcomers.
