Good reads: Google to ding guest posts, Patch.com, sponsored content and more
Google is getting ready to ding websites that run spammy guest posts, according to a Problogger post that tops my picks for good reads for writers from this week.
RIP LinkedIn Answers: one less reason for writers to use LinkedIn
When LinkedIn pulls the plug on its Answers feature Jan. 31, there will be one less reason for writers to use the social network for work.
Reminder: #wclw chat today @ 10 am PT on how writers can use LinkedIn
In this month’s WordCount Last Wednesday chat, find out how to use the business network to find story ideas, sources and more.
Next #wclw writer chat Nov. 28: making the most of LinkedIn’s new features
If you don’t use LinkedIn, you’re missing out on lots of new features. Tune in the Nov. 28 #wclw chat to see how freelancers can use the popular social network.
Facebook biz app challenges, but LinkedIn’s fighting back
Facebook, the world’s biggest social network, wants into the business networking business. But LinkedIn’s countering with new moves – and apps – of its own.
If you’re over 40, you belong on LinkedIn
If you’ve sworn off online communities like Facebook because all people do there is goof off, join LinkedIn, the site that puts the work in social network.
New ways to use LinkedIn to find story sources
Twitter may get all the press right now, but if you write about business or need experts in any number of areas – medicine, careers, government – you can’t beat LinkedIn, the business online network with more than 40 million members, for finding story sources. Here are some of my favorite ways to use LinkedIn [...]
Is it OK to friend your editor on Facebook?
Social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have created all kinds of new work-related etiquette questions: Is it OK to post a link to that killer story you wrote for Ladies Home Journal on Twitter more than once – an hour? Does memorizing the LinkedIn profile of an editor you’d like to pitch constitute stalking? [...]
Social media 101 for small business
I spent Monday afternoon talking to small business owners at the ShopSymposium/09 conference here in Portland. The subject of the panel discussion I participated in: how small business owners can use social media without having it take over their lives. That’s not all the panel discussion covered – to track everything that was mentioned do [...]
Best of WordCount – LinkedIn tips for writers
While I’m on vacation this week, I’ll be rerunning some of the best WordCount posts of the year. Watch for new posts, including my predictions for the top digital media personalities to watch in 2009, starting January 5. Happy New Year! Today’s reruns: how writers can use LinkedIn, the business social network. The secret to [...]
