Robert Weiner

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Lame spam of the day: Facebook notifications

Robert Weiner

Similar to the notifications from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare I got a few weeks ago, I'm getting lots of fake Facebook notifications. According to this article , they're phishing messages. Here are a few examples: Sender : Facebook (confirm+robert@ig.com.br). Thanks, The Facebook Team. And that's it!

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Pinterest and privacy

Robert Weiner

I can only sign up by linking a Pinterest account to my Facebook or Twitter account. The Facebook signup page isn't nearly as informative. The author of this article says "when I used my Facebook account to create my profile, Pinterest used my personal information to automatically have me start following common connections."

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. Perhaps|Maybe} you {could|can} write next articles referring to this article.

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Separating Personal and Professional Lives on Social Media

Robert Weiner

Do you "friend" your co-workers, clients, or service recipients on Facebook? " His article and the comments provide some suggestions about how to separate the two. What about LinkedIn? Are your tweets appropriate for all audiences? His basic advice: "Be Prepared. " Tags: Social Media.

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Online Alumni Communities in the Age of Social Media

Robert Weiner

We are purchasing Net Community for some of the other things it offers, and we're trying to decide if we should pursue social networking through it or use Facebook, etc. You can also set up a Facebook page and/or group, and a LinkedIn group. FYI, here's an article on using LinkedIn for alumni groups: [link].

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So You Want to Be a Consultant?

Robert Weiner

Build a presence: Public speaking, a lot of writing of books and articles, blogging, volunteering, client referral, meet fundraising consultants if you’re a product consultant and product consultants should meet fundraising consultants, LinkedIn, Google, Facebook, apply for open jobs.