Tag Archives: Social Networking

Which Social Network Do You Use For Professional Networking?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 10. Jul, 2011 in Uncategorized

A new infographic has been published by Lab42 which shows the growing trend amongst social media users to use LinkedIn for better job opportunities. The infographic is based on a survey which has been conducted on 500 social network users, who have LinkedIn accounts.
The infograph shows that amongst the surveyees, 61 percent thinks that LinkedIn [...]

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Personality Test Of Employees Goes Online Using Facebook

by Shabbir Akhtar on 11. May, 2011 in Facebook

A recent study by some university professors revealed that in order to know about their prospective employees, employers might check out the Facebook profiles of those people. This study was conducted by Jennifer Golbeck and her colleagues at University of Maryland. They surveyed 300 Facebook profiles and took a note of [...]

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Social Media Advertising Revenue To Reach $8.3 Bn In 2015: BIA/Kelsey

by Shabbir Akhtar on 04. May, 2011 in Facebook, Twitter, social media marketing

Social media as an industry will continue to boom, it will not be saturated in the near future. According to BIA/Kelsey, a social media advisor firm, social media advertising revenue will go up to $8.3 billion within 2015, while In 2010, revenue spent on social media advertising was $2.1 billion. So, the [...]

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Pope Blesses Social Networking But Warns Against Alienation

by Shabbir Akhtar on 29. Jan, 2011 in Uncategorized

Pope Benedict XVI offered his blessing to social networking in his speech, “Truth, proclamation and authenticity of life in the digital age.” However, being a bit stingy as he advised us not to replace real human contacts by virtual friends. According to him, Facebook and MySpace are doing great jobs in building up “opportunities for [...]

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A Walk Down The Memory Lane Of Social Networking

by Shabbir Akhtar on 25. Jan, 2011 in Facebook, Infographic, Twitter, social media statistics

Did you know that first version of MySpace was coded in just 10 days? I didn’t… not until now.
Just like it’s important for every human being to introspect, social networking also needs to look back at its past. Keeping this in mind OnlineSchools.org has created an infographic, which depicts the evolution social networking has undergone [...]

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