OK. I have a list now. You can view the list here... http://goo.gl/Wh5th
There are 376 items! O wow, I have really shot off my mouth this time. How am I going to catalog and write about 376 items???
the truth is I'm not. This is a master list of all the sites i could find. Many do not apply to my focus which is "Get Chester a Job or help someone else GET THE JOB".
First I will run through this list and remove all the sites that do not apply. That section you see for "Shopping"? GONE. Is it a place for kids/teenagers to talk to each other? GONE
After I trim the list down, I'll post a new file with the list of sites I plan to check out.
Wish me luck and feel free to volunteer to help anytime!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
what is "AddThis" and how can i use it to learn more about the web?
Did you know there is an Internet tool called "AddThis"? I bet you did, you see it on dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of websites you look at each day. the tool will let you "Tweet This" or "Facebook Like" that or "share on LinkedIn!".
Well, I just found out (while doing some research anyway) that they have a website. "http://www.addthis.com/", kinda obvious, really. You should check it out. If you have a space on the 'net you might want to consider adding the "AddThis" tool to your space, they have some nice looking analytics.
TO BE 100% CLEAR. AddThis did not approach me to write this article. I am NOT writing about AddThis, I am simply using their Services List as a resource. My original plan was to use Wikipedia as a resource and make a list of social networking sites, that is where my fun started...
Did you know...? (links are to Wikipedia definitions)
There are Social Networking sites? Of course you did. How about Blogging Platform? Well, yes Chester. Please stop asking stupid questions. (Remember reader, there ARE NO stupid questions. Just stupid people who don't ask questions) OK, so you knew about those. I didn't know about Bookmarking Sites(services), did you? (It's called "Social Bookmarking") why would I need a website for bookmarks? My web browser handles that! But what if I'm on a different PC? or what about my smartphone? or what if I want to SHARE this bookmark? OK, so now we have Bookmarking Sites (services), new one for me but I bet I can find a way to use it to help me get a job! What about Social News? I thought all news was social? or Aggregators? And not all Social Networking sites or Blogging Platforms are the same, some specialize or even have different features than others.
Ok. I am an OCD kinda guy. I like to organize things and define them and make lists. So I am gonna do A LOT of work for you! Just because I am a helpful kinda guy.
I plan over the next few weeks (or however long it takes!) to go through the list I found on Wikipedia and the list I found on AddThis and I plan to categorize and define all of those sites. Just because I am an OCD kinda guy. I might even write a short review of a few sites and/or subjects. This list is over 350 items long so it will take me some time. I will first categorize the list. Then I will break it down by category and start reviewing sites. I WILL NOT REVIEW OR EVEN POST ALL THE SITES. I am sure many of them are for school students, dating, or other social activities that do not interest me. I will be looking for the site and/or tool that will help me (AND YOU) FIND A JOB (like my friend RK says, "Not just A JOB but THE JOB"). If it can be used to help me or someone find a job, I'll talk about it.
How does this help YOU, my faithful reader??? Well, if you didn't know about a site or service, you will when I am through. quick example, did you know there were social networking sites out there that are designed to help you learn a new language? How you ask? By pairing you up with someone that speaks that as their first language. WOW!
Keep watching this blog folks. Watch my Twitter account and maybe even my LinkedIn account too. I will always post update alerts on my Twitter account, and I may start posting them on LI as well.
I'll see you soon with LOTs of interesting new information.
P. S. Feel free to reach out to me if you want to help me out with the research. I'm ALL about giving credit where it's due, so if you do help, I'll paste your name everywhere it should be!
(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)
Well, I just found out (while doing some research anyway) that they have a website. "http://www.addthis.com/", kinda obvious, really. You should check it out. If you have a space on the 'net you might want to consider adding the "AddThis" tool to your space, they have some nice looking analytics.
TO BE 100% CLEAR. AddThis did not approach me to write this article. I am NOT writing about AddThis, I am simply using their Services List as a resource. My original plan was to use Wikipedia as a resource and make a list of social networking sites, that is where my fun started...
Did you know...? (links are to Wikipedia definitions)
There are Social Networking sites? Of course you did. How about Blogging Platform? Well, yes Chester. Please stop asking stupid questions. (Remember reader, there ARE NO stupid questions. Just stupid people who don't ask questions) OK, so you knew about those. I didn't know about Bookmarking Sites(services), did you? (It's called "Social Bookmarking") why would I need a website for bookmarks? My web browser handles that! But what if I'm on a different PC? or what about my smartphone? or what if I want to SHARE this bookmark? OK, so now we have Bookmarking Sites (services), new one for me but I bet I can find a way to use it to help me get a job! What about Social News? I thought all news was social? or Aggregators? And not all Social Networking sites or Blogging Platforms are the same, some specialize or even have different features than others.
Ok. I am an OCD kinda guy. I like to organize things and define them and make lists. So I am gonna do A LOT of work for you! Just because I am a helpful kinda guy.
I plan over the next few weeks (or however long it takes!) to go through the list I found on Wikipedia and the list I found on AddThis and I plan to categorize and define all of those sites. Just because I am an OCD kinda guy. I might even write a short review of a few sites and/or subjects. This list is over 350 items long so it will take me some time. I will first categorize the list. Then I will break it down by category and start reviewing sites. I WILL NOT REVIEW OR EVEN POST ALL THE SITES. I am sure many of them are for school students, dating, or other social activities that do not interest me. I will be looking for the site and/or tool that will help me (AND YOU) FIND A JOB (like my friend RK says, "Not just A JOB but THE JOB"). If it can be used to help me or someone find a job, I'll talk about it.
How does this help YOU, my faithful reader??? Well, if you didn't know about a site or service, you will when I am through. quick example, did you know there were social networking sites out there that are designed to help you learn a new language? How you ask? By pairing you up with someone that speaks that as their first language. WOW!
Keep watching this blog folks. Watch my Twitter account and maybe even my LinkedIn account too. I will always post update alerts on my Twitter account, and I may start posting them on LI as well.
I'll see you soon with LOTs of interesting new information.
P. S. Feel free to reach out to me if you want to help me out with the research. I'm ALL about giving credit where it's due, so if you do help, I'll paste your name everywhere it should be!
(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)
Friday, February 11, 2011
What is a "Landing Page"????? (and just who is planning to LAND on my Landing Page anyway?)
http://lifehacker.com/#!5534456/five-best-personal-landing-pages
Your welcome Lifehacker, there's your link right there at the top. I'f I'm going to steal someone's idea to write about, you can be darn sure I'll give 'em credit for it.
So, what is a Landing Page anyway??? Wikipedia says there are two different kinds. We are going to talk about this one here... A reference landing page presents information that is relevant to the visitor. These can display text, images, dynamic compilations of relevant links, or other elements. Reference landing pages are effective if they meet the objectives of their publishers, which may be associations, organizations or public service entities. For many reference landing pages, effectiveness can be measured by the revenue value of the advertising that is displayed on them. It PRESENTS INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE VISITOR. That's the important part.
You are "a free agent", 'looking for work', 'without reliable income'; whatever you want to call it. I am a Free Agent right now, (not exactly true, I'm actually kind of expensive, so where does "Free" come into play?) so lets use that term. As a Free Agent you need to 'get your name out there'. I KNOW you have heard this because your reading my blog. 'Get(ing) your name out there' can cover a lot of things, for us it means helping those wonderful recruiters (I love em) and employers find you when they have a job that fits you. Doing that means making sure Google likes you. One way to help make sure Google likes (IE 'finds') you is to put YOUR NAME everywhere on the big ol' internet that you can. Yes, my friend you are about to become a digital graffiti artist. It's the best kind of artist and the best place to be one because the Internet doesn't care. The internet just lays there, covering most of the globe and lets you write your name anywhere you want. "Go ahead!" says the Internet, "Everyone else already has and it's what I'm here for anyway!".
Sorry, I tend to ramble sometimes...
Anyway, back to Landing Pages. Are we flying planes now? I mean "Landing"... what exactly is going to LAND on my LANDING PAGE??? Hopefully an employer.
A landing page is a nice central location on the 'net where anyone can find out about you. Please, take a few minutes and read the entire Lifehacker article in the link at the top. I LOVE those guys and they did a great job listing the top 5 landing pages.
Darn it! I'm not getting to the point! OK, focus, Chet, get to the point, what is a Landing Page and what does it do?
A Landing Page is a business card, for the internet, that you never have to hand out. (people 'ask' for it, when they Google YOUR NAME). It lists your name, a little about you, and offers links to the rest of your online life (or at least as much as you want to link to anyway). When Mr. Prospective Employer does a Google search for YOUR NAME, hopefully that Landing Page of yours will end up somewhere in the first 6 links. When Mr. Employer does a Google search for "Top Level Something Executive" if that "Something" is YOUR "Something" than, hopefully that Landing Page of yours will end up somewhere in the first 6 links. When you give someone your resume, it has your Landing Page URL on it. A Landing Page is a place for people looking to learn about you or looking for people with skills like you to LAND.
Why do you need a Landing Page? There are so many outlets on the internet I can't count them. There are Profile sites and Networking sites and Facebook and LinkedIn and Blog sites (like this one!) and Twitter, and, and, and, well I just don't know what else but you get the point. The Landing Page offers a pretty, visually appealing start point for people to learn about you.
You can link ALL your other stuff, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, favorite articles, etc etc, back to your Landing Page.
You can post your Elevator Speech on your Landing Page.
You can post a picture as the ENTIRE BACKGROUND of your Landing Page. (Hmmmmm, I think most people put up pictures of themselves, doing what they are passionate about!)
Think of a Landing Page as your front door to the Who Am I section of the Internet. In one nice, easy to look at, simple page. (Wait, in proofreading this, I think I should say that again. A Landing Page is your front door to the Who Am I section of the Internet. In one nice, east to look at, simple page.)
What makes a Landing Page better than X (where 'X' could be any other site/service)? I'm not saying it IS better, but here are my opinions.
A Landing page is not X site/service, and that makes it better. It's not a site, it's ONE PAGE. It's your Elevator Speech for the 'net. It's short, simple, to the point and highlights ALL your best features. No, links to click through, no different sections on the site to find, no membership required. Just simple, and all about you.
A Landing Page is better than that FB site because you have 100% complete control over every single inch of that real estate. No posts from friends. No "oops, someone hacked my page again". No Ads. Unless you put it there, it's not there.
A Landing Page is better than that LI site because that LI site is about activity. Join this group. Follow that company. Answer this question. Nope. One page, all about you, no chasing/answering/joining/following anything.
A Landing page can push the viewing to any of those other sites.
To wrap up this mad rambling, I'm not saying you have to get a Landing Page. I don't even have one yet. I may not get one. I'm just saying a Landing Page is one more place on the big ol' 'net where Google will find YOUR NAME when someone searches it.
I hope this has helped someone in their jobsearch.
(they put me at a 200 character limit for labels so I'm putting all of them here. 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)
Your welcome Lifehacker, there's your link right there at the top. I'f I'm going to steal someone's idea to write about, you can be darn sure I'll give 'em credit for it.
So, what is a Landing Page anyway??? Wikipedia says there are two different kinds. We are going to talk about this one here... A reference landing page presents information that is relevant to the visitor. These can display text, images, dynamic compilations of relevant links, or other elements. Reference landing pages are effective if they meet the objectives of their publishers, which may be associations, organizations or public service entities. For many reference landing pages, effectiveness can be measured by the revenue value of the advertising that is displayed on them. It PRESENTS INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE VISITOR. That's the important part.
You are "a free agent", 'looking for work', 'without reliable income'; whatever you want to call it. I am a Free Agent right now, (not exactly true, I'm actually kind of expensive, so where does "Free" come into play?) so lets use that term. As a Free Agent you need to 'get your name out there'. I KNOW you have heard this because your reading my blog. 'Get(ing) your name out there' can cover a lot of things, for us it means helping those wonderful recruiters (I love em) and employers find you when they have a job that fits you. Doing that means making sure Google likes you. One way to help make sure Google likes (IE 'finds') you is to put YOUR NAME everywhere on the big ol' internet that you can. Yes, my friend you are about to become a digital graffiti artist. It's the best kind of artist and the best place to be one because the Internet doesn't care. The internet just lays there, covering most of the globe and lets you write your name anywhere you want. "Go ahead!" says the Internet, "Everyone else already has and it's what I'm here for anyway!".
Sorry, I tend to ramble sometimes...
Anyway, back to Landing Pages. Are we flying planes now? I mean "Landing"... what exactly is going to LAND on my LANDING PAGE??? Hopefully an employer.
A landing page is a nice central location on the 'net where anyone can find out about you. Please, take a few minutes and read the entire Lifehacker article in the link at the top. I LOVE those guys and they did a great job listing the top 5 landing pages.
Darn it! I'm not getting to the point! OK, focus, Chet, get to the point, what is a Landing Page and what does it do?
A Landing Page is a business card, for the internet, that you never have to hand out. (people 'ask' for it, when they Google YOUR NAME). It lists your name, a little about you, and offers links to the rest of your online life (or at least as much as you want to link to anyway). When Mr. Prospective Employer does a Google search for YOUR NAME, hopefully that Landing Page of yours will end up somewhere in the first 6 links. When Mr. Employer does a Google search for "Top Level Something Executive" if that "Something" is YOUR "Something" than, hopefully that Landing Page of yours will end up somewhere in the first 6 links. When you give someone your resume, it has your Landing Page URL on it. A Landing Page is a place for people looking to learn about you or looking for people with skills like you to LAND.
Why do you need a Landing Page? There are so many outlets on the internet I can't count them. There are Profile sites and Networking sites and Facebook and LinkedIn and Blog sites (like this one!) and Twitter, and, and, and, well I just don't know what else but you get the point. The Landing Page offers a pretty, visually appealing start point for people to learn about you.
You can link ALL your other stuff, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, favorite articles, etc etc, back to your Landing Page.
You can post your Elevator Speech on your Landing Page.
You can post a picture as the ENTIRE BACKGROUND of your Landing Page. (Hmmmmm, I think most people put up pictures of themselves, doing what they are passionate about!)
Think of a Landing Page as your front door to the Who Am I section of the Internet. In one nice, easy to look at, simple page. (Wait, in proofreading this, I think I should say that again. A Landing Page is your front door to the Who Am I section of the Internet. In one nice, east to look at, simple page.)
What makes a Landing Page better than X (where 'X' could be any other site/service)? I'm not saying it IS better, but here are my opinions.
A Landing page is not X site/service, and that makes it better. It's not a site, it's ONE PAGE. It's your Elevator Speech for the 'net. It's short, simple, to the point and highlights ALL your best features. No, links to click through, no different sections on the site to find, no membership required. Just simple, and all about you.
A Landing Page is better than that FB site because you have 100% complete control over every single inch of that real estate. No posts from friends. No "oops, someone hacked my page again". No Ads. Unless you put it there, it's not there.
A Landing Page is better than that LI site because that LI site is about activity. Join this group. Follow that company. Answer this question. Nope. One page, all about you, no chasing/answering/joining/following anything.
A Landing page can push the viewing to any of those other sites.
To wrap up this mad rambling, I'm not saying you have to get a Landing Page. I don't even have one yet. I may not get one. I'm just saying a Landing Page is one more place on the big ol' 'net where Google will find YOUR NAME when someone searches it.
I hope this has helped someone in their jobsearch.
(they put me at a 200 character limit for labels so I'm putting all of them here. 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)
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