http://goo.gl/mE8fc "The Biggest Mistake People Make After Receiving a Favor"
The article above hit me so hard, I not only shared it the first time I read it, but reading it a second time I have to add my own thoughts...
First, let me say I agree 100% with every word Jodi Glickman wrote. No matter what profession you are in or even if your still following the school route, you should ALWAYS follow up with any source that has offered you a connection.
Remembering my focus is helping myself and others in their job search, I feel compelled to add a few words on the subject of following up...
When we are On The Hunt, we are focused. Pressures come at us from everywhere, our children, spouses, friends, extended family. Everyone means well but at times their questions and/or supporting words only increase our "Get A Job NOW!" internal pressure. This causes us to always look forward, always look for the next connection, job to apply for, meeting to attend, phone call to make or whatever.
In our constant thrust to move forward, driven by the need to 'Get That Job!', we may forget where we came from or how we got where we are at...
Ask yourself before stepping into a networking meeting or arriving at an interview that someone helped you land (or any other destination that you did not reach by yourself). "How did I get here?" No one reaches any destination alone. Even those who have been fortunate enough to land an interview or meeting 'on their own' have still received help, God is always there opening a door or creating an opportunity.
So, ask that question "How did I get here?" ask "Who helped me get here?". Remember the answer to that question, make a mental note to not only follow up with that person but to tell them "Thank you" (yes, remember to tell the Big Guy "Thanks!" too!!!).
It's a big world out there and every day it seems to me that it gets a little bigger and a little smaller all the time. We all need to remember that communication is the key to keeping everything running smoothly. Someone helped you because they are interested in you. Keep them in the loop on your progress good or bad. If it's good they will be very happy to hear it. If the progress isn't what you hoped, maybe they can help you again.
I'd love to hear your comments about how someone has helped you, you have helped someone or about giving/receiving follow up on that help.
(Remember to ignore this, it's just all my tags. No need to read this, its just SEO. Employeer, internet, Job, Jobseeker, Lifehacker, Online Reputation Management, ORM, Recruiter, Social media, Wikipedia, chester, chester paul, chester paul lohman, paul, paul lohman, lohman, trainer, manager, Landing page, internet, internet tools, blog, blogging, bookmark, bookmarking, email, IM, shopping, social network, social networking, social news)
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Notes on Social Dashboards #3
My list is Hellotxt (web-based), Netvibes (web-based), Yoono(web-based or add-in), Brizzly (web-based), RockMelt(webbrowser), Seesmic(web-based, PC-based), Digsby(PC-based), TweetDeck (web-based, PC-based) & HootSuite (web-based).
There are also phone tools for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm and in some cases, others. I will not be reviewing the phone tools.
In my final article on this subject, I will cover Seesmic(web-based, PC-based) & TweetDeck (web-based, PC-based). Please remember this is a general overview plus my opinions. Don't consider this a "full review". I just don't have the time to go into that much detail. I will give you a general idea how the dashboard functions and highlight points I find important.
Seesmic (seesmic.com)
Seesmic has a few options, you can go web-based or install it to your PC. I have already tried the web-based version (not reviewed in my blog) and found it to be too limited. For example, you cannot connect your LI profile in the web version.
So, on with the PC install version.
It's not bad. I have Google Reader, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google Buzz. I could add Facebook, Foursquare, Ping or a second of the accounts I already have. For example, I could have two different Twitter accounts and monitor both through Seesmic.
The interface is fairly simple. I can keep it minimized and it will popup new messages coming in which is a nice feature, this lets me go on about my day without having to worry about checking my sites for updates. Everything is in it's own column along with an "all" column at the far left. There is a quick switch button that allows toggling between looking at all columns and just the "all" column. Tweets show a Klout score, when you click on the Klout icon you see quite a bot of information about the person sending the tweet. This is a nice feature if your interested in Klout (my score is currently 28, I'm working on it). The Google reader column allows for adding a star to an item, you can also "Like", "Share" or add tags. Impressive integration with other services. LinkedIn appears to only allow Status updates but you can also add columns for for Applications (I. E. John Smith voted on a poll...), connections (see who is connecting with who) and Jobs. I would say that Jobs is a very nice feature if you are On The Hunt. I tried using this but didn't see any jobs, odd. I know I have at least one search saved in LinkedIn, I know the search has results (I checked). you can send status updates from any connected service, you could also choose an individual service or any combination. I could send an update through Twitter, LinkedIn & Buzz all at the same time, or I could just update my Buzz status. I update Buzz on different criteria so this is a really nice feature.
All in all, if I were serious about using one of these services, I would put Seesmic in a 'Second Wave' list. It's long list of features would easily survive the first cut. Would it survive the second? Maybe, maybe not.
Tweetdeck (tweetdeck.com)
OK, so maybe I found one I will keep. This is really nice and appeals to my geek nature. Lots of buttons and stuff to play with. Tweetdeck works in column format, so your information displays in columns, just like the others.
I have Twitter, LinkedIn & Google Buzz running through TweetDeck. I could also add Facebook, Foursquare, Myspace or additional Twitter accounts. I miss having Google Reader but it's not a "Gotta Have". Nice feature if you are a Chrome user, you can add TweetDeck as an add-in for your browser. If your browser is 'synced', which mine is, then any chrome browser gives you quick access to your TweetDeck account when you are away from your home PC. It has a nice little pop-up that alerts me to new information, again I can go on with work and not worry about staying up to date on things. You can customize where the pop-up happens, any of the four major corners of your screen, I like top-left, it gets my attention. Status updates can be sent from any combination of accounts you have controlled by TweetDeck. Love this because I can update LI & Twitter but not Buzz. Quick buttons at the top left for "Compose an update", "Add a new column", or "Quick Profile". I tried Quick Profile; its a search feature for Twitter. "Eric Schmidt" = nothing. "Bill Gates" = nothing. "@Bill Gates" = opened a new column with Bill Gates' profile information, profile header, picture, number of followers, etc. Button at the bottom to follow/unfollow. Really nice when you need instant profile information for someone.
Top right buttons are "Refresh" (refreshes all columns), "Single Column View" (Quick switch to only one column, minimizes the window to the size of just one column, NICE!), "Settings" (easy access to Settings panel), "?" (quick access to TweetDeck help), "Log Out" (nice for security conscious people).
Standard columns are Twitter 'All Friends' (all activity), Twitter 'mentions', Twitter 'Direct Messages', LinkedIn 'Network Updates' (Home page on your LinkedIn) but this is just for me. I'm sure it opened a Buzz column but right now I'm not interested in that. Bottom of each column also has buttons (I LOVE BUTTONS) 'Move Left', 'Move Right', 'Cloud' (icon, whats popular in this column), 'Filter', 'Mark all as read', 'Clear read updates', & 'Clear All'. Click on a profile name in a Tweet or LinkedInLinkedIn offers 'Comment' or 'Direct LinkedIn Message'.
I hope my reviews have been helpful. Social media is a crazy, crazy world. Things happen in seconds and it's really easy to get lost, get behind or just get overwhelmed. My wife doesn't understand why I'm always checking Twitter, it's because if I turn my back on that monster I end up with 100+ missed Tweets! I'm only following 103 Tweeps! What are all these people saying???? (See what I mean? lost, behind & overwhelmed). Many of these services archive the status messages for later retrieval. You can miss a day or so and come back, scan through the archive to catch the important stuff.
Please share your experience with any of these services, or others in the comments. The best review comes from someone who has used a product.
(Remember to ignore this, it's just all my tags. No need to read this, its just SEO. Employeer, internet, Job, Jobseeker, Lifehacker, Online Reputation Management, ORM, Recruiter, Social media, Wikipedia, chester, chester paul, chester paul lohman, paul, paul lohman, lohman, trainer, manager, Landing page, internet, internet tools, blog, blogging, bookmark, bookmarking, email, IM, shopping, social network, social networking, social news)
There are also phone tools for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm and in some cases, others. I will not be reviewing the phone tools.
In my final article on this subject, I will cover Seesmic(web-based, PC-based) & TweetDeck (web-based, PC-based). Please remember this is a general overview plus my opinions. Don't consider this a "full review". I just don't have the time to go into that much detail. I will give you a general idea how the dashboard functions and highlight points I find important.
Seesmic (seesmic.com)
Seesmic has a few options, you can go web-based or install it to your PC. I have already tried the web-based version (not reviewed in my blog) and found it to be too limited. For example, you cannot connect your LI profile in the web version.
So, on with the PC install version.
It's not bad. I have Google Reader, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google Buzz. I could add Facebook, Foursquare, Ping or a second of the accounts I already have. For example, I could have two different Twitter accounts and monitor both through Seesmic.
The interface is fairly simple. I can keep it minimized and it will popup new messages coming in which is a nice feature, this lets me go on about my day without having to worry about checking my sites for updates. Everything is in it's own column along with an "all" column at the far left. There is a quick switch button that allows toggling between looking at all columns and just the "all" column. Tweets show a Klout score, when you click on the Klout icon you see quite a bot of information about the person sending the tweet. This is a nice feature if your interested in Klout (my score is currently 28, I'm working on it). The Google reader column allows for adding a star to an item, you can also "Like", "Share" or add tags. Impressive integration with other services. LinkedIn appears to only allow Status updates but you can also add columns for for Applications (I. E. John Smith voted on a poll...), connections (see who is connecting with who) and Jobs. I would say that Jobs is a very nice feature if you are On The Hunt. I tried using this but didn't see any jobs, odd. I know I have at least one search saved in LinkedIn, I know the search has results (I checked). you can send status updates from any connected service, you could also choose an individual service or any combination. I could send an update through Twitter, LinkedIn & Buzz all at the same time, or I could just update my Buzz status. I update Buzz on different criteria so this is a really nice feature.
All in all, if I were serious about using one of these services, I would put Seesmic in a 'Second Wave' list. It's long list of features would easily survive the first cut. Would it survive the second? Maybe, maybe not.
Tweetdeck (tweetdeck.com)
OK, so maybe I found one I will keep. This is really nice and appeals to my geek nature. Lots of buttons and stuff to play with. Tweetdeck works in column format, so your information displays in columns, just like the others.
I have Twitter, LinkedIn & Google Buzz running through TweetDeck. I could also add Facebook, Foursquare, Myspace or additional Twitter accounts. I miss having Google Reader but it's not a "Gotta Have". Nice feature if you are a Chrome user, you can add TweetDeck as an add-in for your browser. If your browser is 'synced', which mine is, then any chrome browser gives you quick access to your TweetDeck account when you are away from your home PC. It has a nice little pop-up that alerts me to new information, again I can go on with work and not worry about staying up to date on things. You can customize where the pop-up happens, any of the four major corners of your screen, I like top-left, it gets my attention. Status updates can be sent from any combination of accounts you have controlled by TweetDeck. Love this because I can update LI & Twitter but not Buzz. Quick buttons at the top left for "Compose an update", "Add a new column", or "Quick Profile". I tried Quick Profile; its a search feature for Twitter. "Eric Schmidt" = nothing. "Bill Gates" = nothing. "@Bill Gates" = opened a new column with Bill Gates' profile information, profile header, picture, number of followers, etc. Button at the bottom to follow/unfollow. Really nice when you need instant profile information for someone.
Top right buttons are "Refresh" (refreshes all columns), "Single Column View" (Quick switch to only one column, minimizes the window to the size of just one column, NICE!), "Settings" (easy access to Settings panel), "?" (quick access to TweetDeck help), "Log Out" (nice for security conscious people).
Standard columns are Twitter 'All Friends' (all activity), Twitter 'mentions', Twitter 'Direct Messages', LinkedIn 'Network Updates' (Home page on your LinkedIn) but this is just for me. I'm sure it opened a Buzz column but right now I'm not interested in that. Bottom of each column also has buttons (I LOVE BUTTONS) 'Move Left', 'Move Right', 'Cloud' (icon, whats popular in this column), 'Filter', 'Mark all as read', 'Clear read updates', & 'Clear All'. Click on a profile name in a Tweet or LinkedInLinkedIn offers 'Comment' or 'Direct LinkedIn Message'.
I hope my reviews have been helpful. Social media is a crazy, crazy world. Things happen in seconds and it's really easy to get lost, get behind or just get overwhelmed. My wife doesn't understand why I'm always checking Twitter, it's because if I turn my back on that monster I end up with 100+ missed Tweets! I'm only following 103 Tweeps! What are all these people saying???? (See what I mean? lost, behind & overwhelmed). Many of these services archive the status messages for later retrieval. You can miss a day or so and come back, scan through the archive to catch the important stuff.
Please share your experience with any of these services, or others in the comments. The best review comes from someone who has used a product.
(Remember to ignore this, it's just all my tags. No need to read this, its just SEO. Employeer, internet, Job, Jobseeker, Lifehacker, Online Reputation Management, ORM, Recruiter, Social media, Wikipedia, chester, chester paul, chester paul lohman, paul, paul lohman, lohman, trainer, manager, Landing page, internet, internet tools, blog, blogging, bookmark, bookmarking, email, IM, shopping, social network, social networking, social news)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Notes on Social Dashboards #2
My list is Hellotxt (web-based), Netvibes (web-based), Yoono(web-based or add-in), Brizzly (web-based), RockMelt(web-browser), Seesmic(web-based, PC-based), Digsby(PC-based), TweetDeck (web-based, PC-based) & HootSuite (web-based).
There are also phone tools for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm and in some cases, others. I will not be reviewing the phone tools.
In this article I will cover HootSuite (web-based) & Digsby(PC-based). Please remember this is a general overview plus my opinions. Don't consider this a "full review". I just don't have the time to go into that much detail. I will give you a general idea how the dashboard functions and highlight points I find important.
HootSuite (hootsuite.com)
This is the last of the web-based services I am looking at. If you Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Ping, WordPress, MySpace (does anyone MySpace anymore?), Foursquare or mixi then Hootsuite is the service for you. If you blog and like to publish your blog, Hootsuite is also an excellent service. Setup is dead simple, layout is clean and easy to read. You can run everything on one "tab" (it will scroll left/right if it gets too big) or you can run multiple "tabs" and keep everything really organized. Twitter, for example has columns for the home feed (timeline), mentions, direct messages & pending tweets (I'll talk about "pending" in a sec). LinkedIn lets you look at network updates and "pending" status updates. What is "pending" you ask? or perhaps you have a really good idea already? yep, it's stuff that hasn't happened yet. How does this work? You can schedule status updates. Set a date & time, type a message, pick the profile(s) to update to and BAM it happens exactly when you told it too. (For what its worth, did you know one of the best times to get re-tweeted is 4PM EST on a Friday? That's what I have heard. I haven't tested it yet but it's a logical theory.) This is where Hootsuite really stands out from other services I have reviewed so far. Hootsuite is about business, and they mean it. Hootsuite has a free service or more advance services that you can get for an extra fee. For free you get sight analytics, URL shortening, tracking of who is clicking those shorter links and a whole bunch of other stuff. For pay, you get longer duration data trending (free is 30 days, pay is forever). Either one will let you send status updates to one, a combination or all of your social profiles that Hootsuite is handling for you. I REALLY like the 'update-all-at-one-time' feature. Very handy. If you blog and feed that blog as RSS (easy to do) you can push your blog through Hootsuite to your social profiles almost automatically. Also, the pay service will let you add additional users. If you are running SEO/ORM for a business and there is more than one person in your group, Hootsuite really becomes powerful because multiple users can access the same social profile accounts. You can also access multiple 'same-type' accounts. Have more than one Twitter account? Hootsuite is just for you. the free version can access 5 and the pay can go unlimited.
To wrap up, you have to check out Hootsuite if you are investing serious time into your online presence. I follow (twitter) that uses is and it appears to be very popular for a good reason.
Additional note, I checked out the Scheduled Updates, it works like a charm.
Digsby (digsby.com)
If you are young and really into IM services, then Digsby is the one for you. If not, then forget it. It installed "Gamesbar 2.0.1.73", "Shop to Win 2", "Surf Canyon Search Engine Assistant", Yontoo layers Client" & "WeatherBug" onto my PC when in installed. it also closed my browser windows during install. Then it closed them AGAIN during un-install. Very annoying install/un-install process. (At this moment, I'm very glad to be running Win 7 and using System Restore.I then realize (perhaps I should have read the webpage more?) it's an IM client! O well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. As IM clients go, it is AWESOME. works very well with Twitter, GMail, & LinkedIn; imagine getting LI updates from an Im client? Kinda weird but unobtrusive. Lets you go about your work and notice the updates as they happen.
I wish it had an interface other than an IM bar. I really like its update system. It even installs icons to the taskbar. I can hover over my GMail icon and see my email in a flash. It's nice but doesn't fit my style. In my opinion you wouldn't like it unless you have fond memories of the IM days of old.
I REALLY like the notifications though. That email/LI popup is just incredible.
As always, I hope this article helped you in your search or in your daily "What I do", whatever that may be. You can help me by posting something in the comments. Requests for new subjects you want me to write about, additional information you want on something I have written about, your thoughts about my writing. If you like what you are reading and want there to me more to read in the future, put something in the comments.
(Remember to ignore this, it's just all my tags. No need to read this, its just SEO. Employeer, internet, Job, Jobseeker, Lifehacker, Online Reputation Management, ORM, Recruiter, Social media, Wikipedia, chester, chester paul, chester paul lohman, paul, paul lohman, lohman, trainer, manager, Landing page, internet, internet tools, blog, blogging, bookmark, bookmarking, email, IM, shopping, social network, social networking, social news)
There are also phone tools for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm and in some cases, others. I will not be reviewing the phone tools.
In this article I will cover HootSuite (web-based) & Digsby(PC-based). Please remember this is a general overview plus my opinions. Don't consider this a "full review". I just don't have the time to go into that much detail. I will give you a general idea how the dashboard functions and highlight points I find important.
HootSuite (hootsuite.com)
This is the last of the web-based services I am looking at. If you Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Ping, WordPress, MySpace (does anyone MySpace anymore?), Foursquare or mixi then Hootsuite is the service for you. If you blog and like to publish your blog, Hootsuite is also an excellent service. Setup is dead simple, layout is clean and easy to read. You can run everything on one "tab" (it will scroll left/right if it gets too big) or you can run multiple "tabs" and keep everything really organized. Twitter, for example has columns for the home feed (timeline), mentions, direct messages & pending tweets (I'll talk about "pending" in a sec). LinkedIn lets you look at network updates and "pending" status updates. What is "pending" you ask? or perhaps you have a really good idea already? yep, it's stuff that hasn't happened yet. How does this work? You can schedule status updates. Set a date & time, type a message, pick the profile(s) to update to and BAM it happens exactly when you told it too. (For what its worth, did you know one of the best times to get re-tweeted is 4PM EST on a Friday? That's what I have heard. I haven't tested it yet but it's a logical theory.) This is where Hootsuite really stands out from other services I have reviewed so far. Hootsuite is about business, and they mean it. Hootsuite has a free service or more advance services that you can get for an extra fee. For free you get sight analytics, URL shortening, tracking of who is clicking those shorter links and a whole bunch of other stuff. For pay, you get longer duration data trending (free is 30 days, pay is forever). Either one will let you send status updates to one, a combination or all of your social profiles that Hootsuite is handling for you. I REALLY like the 'update-all-at-one-time' feature. Very handy. If you blog and feed that blog as RSS (easy to do) you can push your blog through Hootsuite to your social profiles almost automatically. Also, the pay service will let you add additional users. If you are running SEO/ORM for a business and there is more than one person in your group, Hootsuite really becomes powerful because multiple users can access the same social profile accounts. You can also access multiple 'same-type' accounts. Have more than one Twitter account? Hootsuite is just for you. the free version can access 5 and the pay can go unlimited.
To wrap up, you have to check out Hootsuite if you are investing serious time into your online presence. I follow (twitter) that uses is and it appears to be very popular for a good reason.
Additional note, I checked out the Scheduled Updates, it works like a charm.
Digsby (digsby.com)
If you are young and really into IM services, then Digsby is the one for you. If not, then forget it. It installed "Gamesbar 2.0.1.73", "Shop to Win 2", "Surf Canyon Search Engine Assistant", Yontoo layers Client" & "WeatherBug" onto my PC when in installed. it also closed my browser windows during install. Then it closed them AGAIN during un-install. Very annoying install/un-install process. (At this moment, I'm very glad to be running Win 7 and using System Restore.I then realize (perhaps I should have read the webpage more?) it's an IM client! O well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. As IM clients go, it is AWESOME. works very well with Twitter, GMail, & LinkedIn; imagine getting LI updates from an Im client? Kinda weird but unobtrusive. Lets you go about your work and notice the updates as they happen.
I wish it had an interface other than an IM bar. I really like its update system. It even installs icons to the taskbar. I can hover over my GMail icon and see my email in a flash. It's nice but doesn't fit my style. In my opinion you wouldn't like it unless you have fond memories of the IM days of old.
I REALLY like the notifications though. That email/LI popup is just incredible.
As always, I hope this article helped you in your search or in your daily "What I do", whatever that may be. You can help me by posting something in the comments. Requests for new subjects you want me to write about, additional information you want on something I have written about, your thoughts about my writing. If you like what you are reading and want there to me more to read in the future, put something in the comments.
(Remember to ignore this, it's just all my tags. No need to read this, its just SEO. Employeer, internet, Job, Jobseeker, Lifehacker, Online Reputation Management, ORM, Recruiter, Social media, Wikipedia, chester, chester paul, chester paul lohman, paul, paul lohman, lohman, trainer, manager, Landing page, internet, internet tools, blog, blogging, bookmark, bookmarking, email, IM, shopping, social network, social networking, social news)
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