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6 Tips to Build Your Social Media Strategy

With so many social media options, how do you pick the best one(s)? IT executives and social media experts share their top six tips for selecting the social media platforms that will provide the greatest return on your investment of time and resources. Full Story »
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Why It's Time to Take LinkedIn Seriously

You're missing out if you're not using this social network to benefit your business. Here's why and how.

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LinkedIn Looks Back at 10 Years of Growth

LinkedIn celebrates several major milestones this week: Its 10th birthday and 225 million users. Not bad for a site that started with 4500 members and has grown into the world's largest professional social network.

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How to Add Video, Images to Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn's newest feature lets you showcase your professional achievements by uploading presentations, documents, images and video to your profile. Here are step-by-step instructions for improving your LinkedIn brand.

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5 Quick Steps for Using LinkedIn for Recruitment

If you're only using LinkedIn as a glorified business-card collector, an email replacement or some kind of Facebook counterpart for business contacts, you're missing out on its recruitment potential.

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5 New LinkedIn Tips for Power Users

Have you kept up with LinkedIn's latest features? To help you zero in on the most significant enhancements and maximize your social networking success, here's a rundown of the latest changes and updates.

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How to Turn Off LinkedIn Endorsements

If your connections are endorsing you for skills you dont want to be known for (or dont have), removing the feature from your LinkedIn profile is easy. Here's how to do it.

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How to Become a LinkedIn Power User in Five Easy Steps

Use our guide to squeeze maximum value from the career networking service.

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LinkedIn is Down, Then Up, Then Down Again Wednesday Morning

LinkedIn, the professional social media network, is suffering intermittent service disruptions Wednesday morning.

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5 Tips to Job Hunt Using Social Media

LinkedIn may be the go-to place for many job seekers, but dont stop there. Here's a look at how you can use Facebook, Twitter and Google+--as well as some lesser-known social networks--to attract recruiters and land a job.

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6 Ways to Add Social Media to Your Web Design

Web designers, social media experts and marketers discuss the impact of social media on Web design and offer tips on how you can integrate the two to reach more customers and prospects.

Editor's Letter

LinkedIn Open Sources its Database Change Capture System

OK, lots of interesting stuff for you this week. First up, LinkedIn has open sourced a system called Databus, a real-time database change capture system that provides a "timeline-consistent stream of change capture events ... grouped in transactions, in source commit order."

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The How-To Guide for LinkedIn

Our LinkedIn guide delivers expert advice on the site's features, step-by-step how-to instructions, details on its apps and proper LinkedIn etiquette. Also included: tips and tricks for your job search and company analysis.

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4 New LinkedIn Features for Job Seekers

LinkedIn's redesigned Jobs page sports a new look and a handful of updated features, making it easier for you to find the perfect job.

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LinkedIn Revamping Jobs Tool to Open More Doors for Workers

LinkedIn has some good news for job seekers. It is making it easier to find and get jobs using the online professional networking service.