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Hi Jim, Thanks for the DVD! I'm going to sharpen my skills with your training DVDS! -Sana
February 9
Jim, I couldn't agree more with this post. I have experienced some of these things first hand while being "in the trenches' of proving social media consulting for the last year and a few months. We mostly helped small businesses, but I have realized…
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If you're a consultant, this little piece of advice is going to help you make a lot of money this year. Stop selling Social Media to your clients. You heard me. I started doing this in 2006, and while I was able to generate dozens of clients who w…
January 13
Jim, I would be very interested in checking out your training DVDs. I can offer to send you 3 training DVDs of mine in exchange: * Boolean Strings * Twitter Techniques * Social Media Sourcing - more on http://booleanstrings.wordpress.com/dvds/ Iri…
December 23, 2009
Sr. Executive Assistants better brush up your Internet skills! "The Sr. Executive Assistant position is for the executive staff of the company. The Sr. Executive Assistant joins a web based news service company. The Executive Assistant position is…
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Well congratulations folks - you're all part of a 1,000 member Ning group, grown organically and with a minimum of fuss. To celebrate - I'm giving away Training DVD's to three lucky winners The first is Selling Products Using Social Media. This i…
December 16, 2009
I'm looking for innovative ways to use social media to promote my sites. I know I could be doing more but I can't figure out where to begin.
December 15, 2009
What I would like to see would be a more global network. Obviously the nationality of the people who join the group is not something you can do anything about, but the e.g. the approach to the job listing is quite american. Right now this is quite m…
December 15, 2009

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Placing people who understand the business applications of social media
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St Louis, MO
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I own a social media consulting firm in St Louis and with my recruiting and online employment background, have added executive search to our services. I can train staff, execute a social media campaign, or find the person who can build your team and run your program.

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Stop Selling Social Media To Your Clients

If you're a consultant, this little piece of advice is going to help you make a lot of money this year. Stop selling Social Media to your clients.

You heard me.

I started doing this in 2006, and while I was able to generate dozens of clients who would pay for my services. The benefits were online exposure, SEO ranking, and clients leads, but these were small benefits compared to what I really wanted, which was to transform their marketing services and boost their profitability. The problem was… Continue

Posted on January 13, 2010 at 1:27pm — 1 Comment

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Jobs In Social Media Reaches 1000 Members! New Contest

Well congratulations folks - you're all part of a 1,000 member Ning group, grown organically and with a minimum of fuss.

To celebrate - I'm giving away Training DVD's to three lucky winners


The first is Selling Products Using Social Media.

This is great for those of you who either work inside or are pitching to small business owners. This covers some basics on using social media sites, auction sites, and local classifieds to boost your marketing dollar. It's an hour and a half of prime… Continue

Posted on December 15, 2009 at 3:43pm — 6 Comments

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On Being Negative In Social Media

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday - he was talking about the commercial potential of Foursquare, and even noted that Mashable thinks FourSquare will be the next Twitter or Facebook.

I guffawed - or snorted, or something, because my wife felt it important enough to give me a bit of a dressing down later. As she pointed out, not everyone has been in the trenches as long as I have, and the wonder of social media, which is so important for the initial success of new softwa… Continue

Posted on November 23, 2009 at 9:09am — 2 Comments

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More Banned Members and Spammers

I should probably be more upfront about this on the sidebar, but if you're posting links to drugs, or sex, or making money through google I'm just deleting and banning you without a second thought.

Let me know if someone is doing this in their profile - this is for real people, not the scum of the internet. And yes, if that's you, you're the scum of the internet. I do sometimes make mistakes, or run into someone who writes me, and I reinstate them, but I just don't have time to chase them down.… Continue

Posted on September 6, 2009 at 7:02pm —

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How Facebook Changes Will Alter Recruiting Strategies

I had the distinct pleasure of joining Michael Kelemen on the Recruiting Animal Show yesterday to talk about Facebook. If you've never listened to the show, prepare yourself. It's a call-in show of rowdy miscreants and the occasional unsuspecting guest, all run by the Recruiting Animal himself. Yesterday's show had some technical difficulties, but the callers jumped in and grilled me, argued with me, and asked a lot of great questions.

There's a segment of the online recruiting world that just… Continue

Posted on August 20, 2009 at 5:10pm — 2 Comments

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At 3:16pm on February 26, 2010, Sana Ahmed said…
Jim,

I'd love to see a community manager here!
At 10:19pm on February 9, 2010, Sana Ahmed said…
Hi Jim,

Thanks for your training DVD! I just got it in the mail. Your products are great! Thanks for contributing useful content to members in this community!

-Sana
At 8:36pm on November 12, 2009, Sana Ahmed said…
Hi Jim,
I've been self-studying internet marketing and social media for the past 12 months now. Thank you for this community since it seems like the most useful community I came across in this area on the web!

I'm looking for my next job to be in social media. I'd like to be a social media manager and run a few fantastic communities (such as GreenlightCommunity.com for which I'm a moderator). I'm an educated media user. I really would love to do more with social media and a combination of my creative ideas.

What advice do you have for me? How can I build my portfolio to walk into my next job in 6 months?

Thanks so much,
Sana
At 11:14am on March 3, 2009, Connie Crosby said…
Hi Jim: Some great things happening on this site! Do you also maintain the jobs listing? I notice that jobs for Toronto, Ontario, Canada are listed under Toronto, OH instead of the correct Toronto, ON. Is that something you can correct?

Cheers!
Connie
At 12:07pm on February 3, 2009, Erika Kerekes said…
Thanks, Jim - it certainly would be ideal if I could marry my experience in online communities with my food/cooking obsession. I've heard through the grapevine that CondeNet cut a huge number of staff at the end of 2008 and is pushing a lot of their online content/community stuff down to the magazine staffs, who have themselves had to cut and are now wondering how they're going to do it all. I do think there's an opportunity there. Just have to figure out how to snag it!
At 1:57am on November 10, 2008, Penny said…
I noticed your post on Blogger Jobs Wanted. Are you still needing a mom to write for you?
At 12:43am on July 19, 2008, Cecilia Pineda Feret said…
Hi Jim, Figured we could connect here as well as Linked In. Celia
 
 

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