XING and ZoomInfo Partnership

from http://www.earthtimes.org

OPEN Business Club AG (ISIN: DE000XNG8888), operator of the international networking platform XING (www.xing.com), today announced a comprehensive partnership with Zoom Information Inc. (www.ZoomInfo.com), a business information search engine that indexes the Business Web to quickly find information about industries, companies and people.

"This is the first time that business networking and business search have been brought together. This partnership makes XING the business networking platform with access to the largest number of profiles of business professionals and companies in the world. Nearly 36 million people are now available to XING members, making XING a must-have business tool," said Lars Hinrichs, Founder and CEO of XING.

"The potential for users of ZoomInfo to build business relationships through XING and be a part of such an active international community will inevitably open up many more new business opportunities for them. Making valuable connections is critical to business success, and ZoomInfo is thrilled to now provide our users with integrated access to XING's dynamic business network," said Jonathan Stern, CEO of ZoomInfo.

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Linkedin vs. FaceBook - It's All About The "FREE" Jim Kukral - Marketing Ideas Online

According to CNN money, Linkedin.com says it will own business networking. In the future, everyone will likely maintain two online profiles. So said LinkedIn CEO Dan Nye in an extended lunchtime interview last week here in Fortune's ...


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SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES TO GO UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AT SPORT AND TECHNOLOGY: THE CONFERENCE 2007

A growing number of sports organisations including the English Premier League have initiated legal action against social networking website You Tube/Google, claiming copyright infringement.

Against this background, the social networking phenomenon will be discussed at Sport and Technology: The Conference 2007, to be held at Inmarsat’s headquarters in London on Friday 29 June (www.sportandtechnologyconference.com).

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Free Webinar- EEO Legal Issues and web 2.0 - 6/19/07 2pm Eastern

EEO law—like every other aspect of business—is ever evolving.
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of the most significant trends putting your organization at risk.

During this highly interactive webcast, you will learn how technology,
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of EEO law, and impacting your workplace. Some of the topics that will
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• Trends in harassment and discrimination policies
  

• How blogs, social networking sites, and other hot internet trends are creating risk for your organization.
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You must be registered to attend this complimentary webinar.

Wednesday, June 19, 2007 — 2:00 pm EST / 11:00 am PST
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World's Leading Entrepreneur & Social Enterprise Network Opens in Latin America

XL Results Foundation Opening in Mexico City with Support for
The Hunger Project, Mexico

SINGAPORE, June 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
XL Results Foundation, the world's leading entrepreneur and social enterprise network, has announced that it will open its first Latin American office in Mexico City in mid July.
In its role as the leading global entrepreneur and social enterprise
network, the XL Group supports various nominated causes -- either through
direct giving or working with its entrepreneur network -- as to how
individuals and companies can most effectively give to nominated causes.
XL Mexico will work closely with The Hunger Project.

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I asked both Lieberman and Gerow their thoughts on how each of their respective websites would impact campaigning. Lieberman answered by saying that this would allow campaigns to "grow organically." He went on to explain that campaigns will have a pool of talent to choose from that was unavailable before. Campaigns will be able to make use of local connections that are already established to see who knows who.

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Do you find that your business tends to attract a certain type of clientele? Does your business work with clients in certain industries?

My guess is that if your company is a B2B company, (where you sell your products or services to other businesses) you already spend much of your sales efforts working within specific industries.

A smart marketing strategy might be to locate an online group in your niche, and network with that group.

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