“Social media training shouldn’t be separated from existing corporate education.” – Jeremiah Owyang, Altimeter Group If you are not a part of this huge gamut of social networking sites that are present, then you are missing out your chances of making profits out of the fastest growing marketing platform. Marketing strategies have been upgraded to [...]

The concept of social networking on web started in 1997 with SixDegrees.com (however Orkut was considered the first popular social networking site among the worldwide users, though some might disagree and say MySpace was the first hyped social networking site globally). Initially, social networking sites like Orkut, FreeBBS etc. were focused on interaction between family, [...]

According to a latest study done by Harris Interactive Research Firm, it is found that 45% of HR professionals use social media to filter potential candidate’s profiles and 11% of the rest are planning to include using social media in their recruitment process. With the social networking sites like LinkedIn, where you can connect with [...]

If it is said that the year 2009 saw the rise of social media, 2010 should definitely be crowned as the graduation year for social media, when it has been emerged as a powerful marketing tool from a social interaction platform. What is waiting for us in 2011? One thing is sure, social media will [...]