The Virtual Handshake BlogBlogs, social network sites, social software---and how to use all of these tools to become dramatically more successfulThe Fine Art of Shilling, Or How NOT to Do Social Media Marketing- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Comment spamming is bad, shilling is worse. Why Because automated filters detect 99% of comment spam. The spam filter here on The Virtual Handshake Blog has caught over 750,000 spam comments in the past couple of years. But shilling... shilling is hard to detect and often goes unnoticed the ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/06/25/the-fine-art-of-shilling-or-how-not-to-... Twitter in Plain English- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Yet another great video from Lee LeFever explaining a Web 2.0 phenomenon: Ready to try it Join Twitter (if you're not already on it) and follow me! More great Web 2.0 videos from Lee: Social Networking in Plain English Blogs ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/04/03/twitter-in-plain-english Why Your Company Needs a Blogging Policy- (Found July 2, 2008 ) I could go into a long explanation about legal liability, etc., but Jeremiah Owyang said it perfectly on Twitter today: Many bloggers I know prefer a blogging policy at work, as it helps to distinguish where the guardrails are.http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/04/04/why-your-company-needs-a-blogging-polic... My New Favorite Blog- (Found July 2, 2008 ) I've long been fascinated by the economic approach to human behavior, as described in books like David Friedman's Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life, the popular Freakonomics and the collective work of Nobel prize-winning economist Gary S. Becker. Prompted by a conversation on MyLinkedInPowerForum about the relative value ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/04/13/my-new-favorite-blog Survey - LinkedIn Community Evangelism, One Year Later- (Found July 2, 2008 ) LinkedIn launched their blog in April 2007. One year later, how are they doing regarding community evangelism and social media participation Ive set up a simple survey which I hope you'll take a minute to fill out. For additional background if you're interested, see my post at Linked Intelligence.http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/04/23/survey-linkedin-community-evangelism-on... Can Comcast Scale Social Media Customer Engagement- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Authentic social media engagement has the power to transform brands that have a declining reputation for customer service. Microsoft, led by Robert Scoble and the Channel 9 team, reversed their image as a company out of touch with its developers. Dell, spurred on by the public complaints of A-list bloggers ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/04/29/can-comcast-scale-social-media-customer... visit to SF Bay Area May 5-8: Wharton & Columbia Business School Alumni Clubs- (Found July 2, 2008 ) I'll be visiting the San Francisco Bay Area May 5-8, and hope that you can attend some of my investor seminars to the Wharton and Columbia Business School Alumni Clubs: Topic: "Squeezing Blood from a Stone: The Professional Investor's Guide to Eliciting Information" Host: Wharton Club of Northern California Learn how professional investors ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/04/30/visit-to-sf-bay-area-may-5-8-wharton-co... Social Web Aggregation - The Next Killer App, Part 1- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Remember the good old days Back when you had to log on to one email system at work and then at night dial up your favorite BBS's one by one, replying to all of your emails while you were logged in (I'm showing my age - if you don't ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/05/15/social-web-aggregation-the-next-killer-... Escape 9 to 5 - Free Teleseminar Series Starts June 5- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Entrepreneurs -- looking to grow your business Starting this Thursday, June 5, you can learn some of the most current techniques for growing your business in the Escape 9 to 5 Teleseminar Series. I love what the organizer, Melissa Gerdes, has to say about the series on the registration page: Why are we ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/06/04/escape-9-to-5-free-teleseminar-series-s... The End of Free at LinkedIn April Fools!- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Unbelievable news out of LinkedIn tonight: 422008: Yes, this was supposed to be completely unbelievable - it was an April Fool's joke. LinkedIn to End Free Service 422008: No, they're not really. I knew this day was coming. 422008: Every April Fool's Day has a day after, when we all clean up the mess we ...http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2008/04/01/the-end-of-free-at-linkedin |