Networking

LinkedIn profile crucial: social media expert

LinkedIn may have had a security breach, but it remains one of the most-used sites by professionals. Despite a $5 million class-action lawsuit launched by Illinois resident Katie Szpyrka—along with a filing by her lawyers claiming the site uses weak encryption formats and improper security measures—I have maintained my profile. And I’d bet most advisors […]

June 21, 2012

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Ten tips on building your network

The idea that we are but a few links away from everyone else forms the whole basis of networking. In fact, the professional website LinkedIn is hinged on this very concept.

By Natalie Jamison |February 1, 2012

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New social media trends for 2012

Those who predicted unstinted growth for social media in 2011 got it spot on. The global appeal and adoption of social media continue to create a hyperconnected world where, LinkedIn tells me, 240 connections can link you to over four million people. The ‘six degrees of separation’ theory, thanks to social networking sites, is all […]

By Vikram Barhat |December 30, 2011

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Social networking not delivering the goods

Financial services industry has been slow to adopt social media and has so far been unable and unwilling to leverage the medium to its fullest potential.

By Vikram Barhat |December 29, 2011

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