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The Universal Language of Facebook

by Jennifer Woodard Maderazo, 11:59AM

It’s been just four short years since a college student named Mark Zuckerberg launched a new social network with a very specific target demographic: American Ivy League college students. Since then, the Facebook phenomenon has exceeded everyone’s expectations. After opening up accessibility to anyone interested in signing up late last year, growth in the U.S. for the social network has been off the charts, with the site currently receiving 65 billion pageviews per month, according to Facebook’s stats...

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Social Web in 2008

What will 2008 Bring?

Author: Jay Deragon

There are many prognostications as to what changes are likely to appear within the social web in 2008.

We’ve reviewed over twenty different opinions from the blogosphere, from financial analysts and the self appointed technological gurus.

It is based on these reviews and our own opinions that we end this year with our own prognosis as to what we are likely to see and experience over the next twelve months.

Our predictions are centered around the rapidly changing dynamics of the social web and the themes that are driving its adoption. These themes include...

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Correlation between entrepreneurship and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)?

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from Scott Allen According to a new study, an estimated 35 percent of U.S. entrepreneurs have dyslexia, compared to only 1 percent of corporate managers. Previous studies in the U.K. have reported slightly lower, but still extraordinary numbers. Other studies have shown a high correlation between entrepreneurship and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). This week we'll look at some of these connections.

Just some related articles from Scott:
Entrepreneurship Closely Linked to Dyslexia
AD/HD and Entrepreneurship: A Matter of Degree
How Your AD/HD Affects Your Business
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BNI Podcast: "Networking at Conferences and Tradeshows"

Episode 34:

BNI does participate in trade shows, and so do many individual BNI members. Here are some tips for making a trade show or conference effective for building your business.

1. Make new friends: you're there to network

2. Meet the competition

3. Volunteer to speak when you first hear about the conference

4. Be social

For help with tip #4, listen to "The Ten Commandments of Networking at Mixers Part I and II

http://www.bnipodcast.com

December 13, 2007

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Why do so many people look for other people to connect with?

Jay Deragon asks...
Have you ever considered why so many people look for other people to connect with?

Think about it for a minute. Over 500 million people are profiled in social networks of one form or another and growing at over 30% a year. There are over 700 different social networks available for anyone to join, besides the closed networks that one has to be invited into to join, serving numerous interest and affinities. Besides social networks we have people search engines, online phone directories, reverse look up and the list of technology that enables us to find people is endless.

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Facebook API to open up to other social networks

From the DownloadSquad

Posted Dec 12th 2007 7:00PM by Christina Warren

And the open developer platform war has just become a little more interesting. OK, that's a lie. It still isn't all that interesting, but it has now become a tad more complex. Just hours after social networking site Bebo announced that their Open Application Developer Platform (which goes live tonight) would be "100 percent compatible with the Facebook platform", Facebook has pulled out a trump card of sorts, by announcing in their developers blog, plans to share the Facebook API with other social networking sites. Details are sparse right now (a bit more information is available on the Facebook Developers Wiki), but the potential is both promising for application developers and detrimental to competing open development platforms...

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Classmates Scraps IPO Plans

Scott Allen talks about Classmates and "freemium" business models on "The Virtual Handshake Blog"

Here's what I wrote in The Emergence of The Relationship Economy regarding Classmates and freemium business models:. Many users have criticized Classmates' highly restrictive free functionality, which allows members to establish ...

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Social Network on Mobile Devices: Next2Friends

By enabling creation of a Social Network on Mobile Devices, Next2Friends can move network building into the real world as opposed to the virtual world

• Intelligent Matching from Virtual to Reality -- Proximity based user to user profile matching and network building via mobile device.
• Ask-a-Friend -- Instant live rich-media private and public polling via mobile device.
• Real-time Live Broadcasting Network -- Mobile devices as well as standard webcams.
• Demographic/ Rules Based Revenue Generating Advertising -- Proximity based business to user profile matching and content delivery via mobile device.
• Online Video Editing -- Live stream/Video editing suite for personal reproduction of video content.
• Video Messaging -- Rich-media online user to user messaging system.

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BizzFlip asks "How do we know our networks are working?"

Networking, it's a key piece in the business realm, but how do we really know when our networks are working for us?

Great, you have 220,000 Linkedin connections and get one trillion emails a day from Linkedin, what does it really do for you? The same could be said for any online social media/networking site (Facebook, MySpace, etc). I'm not here to bash on them, it just seems that every month there seems to be some new iteration of the same old song and dance but with a twist!

But what about the basics and the time honored traditions of what networking should be, as shown by the RNIA (Relationship Networking Industry Association). Now don't get me wrong, I love most networking and social media sites just as much as everyone else...

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Sneak Peak at this week's TNNW Entrepreneurial Interview between Lydia Sugarman and BizzFlip...

Question #8: How have you seen the entrepreneurs networking at various events? What have you found to work well, as an entrepreneur when networking?

Forrest: Walking up to every booth, smiling, introducing myself and asking a plethora of questions.

Will: I wouldn’t say we’re really any different from most business savvy individuals, as for me, I go in there as me, Will Radcliffe, just be you, but try not to be a total ass because no one likes an ass…

Joe: At different events it is pretty obvious who owns a business and who is there because they are an employee of a business. The business owner will most likely not have an alcoholic beverage in their hand, while the employee will. When networking the only thing that will work is being yourself. If you try to be something you are not then you will come across as being phony. An entrepreneur, when networking, is not thinking about how the other person can help them, but rather how they can help the other person.

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Power Thought of the Week

By Patricia Parham, Ph.D., Contributing Writer

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Affirm Your Inner Circle

It is easy to take for granted those people who were in our networks before networking became popular. Old friends, family members, mentors and teachers enjoy knowing how much you appreciate them. Find special ways to share with them how they have enriched your life, either by doing something or just being with them. Affirm them and make this holiday season memorable and very special.

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Language Learning Social Network

Relaunch of italki.com - Language Learning Social Network

The website that's on every language student's lips is set to empower even more learners

Shanghai, China, December 12, 2007 --(PR.com)-- In the year since it went live, italki.com has transformed language learning for thousands of people across the globe. The groundswell from word-of-mouth recommendations by italki's 100,000 users, empowered by the social network features on the site, has reached the tipping point. Now the site is pushing online learning to the next level with a major relaunch...

The site's relaunch, on December 10, carries forward their dream of harnessing Web 2.0 technology to make language learning free for all, and to eliminate the time wasted on ineffective language learning methods.

By creating a social network of language learners, italki established a platform for students to learn from and encourage each other. In a "language exchange," students pair up with their counterparts from other countries to teach each other their native languages. By using the latest video and voice-enabled instant messengers, students can start speaking, writing, and communicating with one another - at no cost...

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Mahalo Social: Search Engine Becomes a Social Network

from Mashable
December 12, 2007 — 03:30 AM PST — by Stan Schroeder — Share This

Mahalo, the search-engine-meets-Wikipedia project and Jason Calacanis’ baby, has rolled up quite a big and interesting update today: Mahalo Social. It gives users the ability to create their own profiles on Mahalo, which in turn enables them to communicate with their friends on the service as well as actively participate in Mahalo’s editing process.

We’re not talking about some tiny update which lets you have your own avatar and that’s it (btw, yes, you can have your own avatar on Mahalo now). There are a lot of features here: your profile can contain info about your other social networking profiles such as Facebook, LinkedIn or Pownce; you can recommend new links for Mahalo search results; you can track your submissions on Mahalo; you can discuss on any page on Mahalo, and of course, you can add friends and follow their activity on Mahalo, too...

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Habit Awareness ~ Making a Difference One Tweak at a Time

People, Power & Possibilities

By Donna Fisher, Contributing Writer
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It's that time of year to think about what we're grateful for, to review what we've accomplished and to start re-creating a vision for the future. One of the concepts that has always been very powerful for me is "Habit Awareness". Aristotle said, "Excellence is not an act, it is a habit."

The power of a habit is about developing something to become a natural and automatic part of the way you think, act and/or behave...

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Networking Your Website - Craigslist

By Rita Wilhelm, Contributing Writer

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In my column with The National Networker, I often like to write about how people are using different online social networks to network their websites to grow their business.

For this column, I decided to interview Lori Osterberg of Vision Business Concepts, to learn more about how she uses Craigslist to grow her business.

Craigslist has over 30 million viewers per month. People who use Craigslist can post and view classifieds, and communicate in forums.

It’s important to note that when promoting your business on Craigslist, you are only allowed to post in the ‘Small Biz Ads’ section under ‘Services’, so that you are not spamming the community.

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LawGuru

By SCOTT R. FORCINO Esq., Legal Editor
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This month I reviewed a web-site named www.lawguru.com. This site comprises an online community of over five-thousand (5000) attorneys in the U.S. maded up of solo practitioners and law firms.

The purpose is to gain exposure for an attorney's firm by reaching new clients by providing information and to be seen as a resource in their practice area. All members automatically get legal questions from potential clients in all specialty areas and geographic location. Further, there is ample opportunity for attorneys to network with other attorneys beyond their professional scope and state boundaries. This is a valuable chance to create relationships within the profession...

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Networking your health

By Louise Flodin, Health and Wellness Editor
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Network your health by asking your family and friends their favorite procedures for a healthy living lifestyle. Email health tips to your favorite people and ask them to email you health tips. Attend health seminars and gain new insights. Take time to ask questions of vendors when they are at your health food store and markets.

Vinegar is not just for your salad:

I have been using two tablespoons a day of raw unfiltered organic vinegar for over a year. I tried missing it in plain water it was too harsh for me. After experimenting with different combinations, I prefer t mix the 2 tablespoons of vinegar with 4 oz’s of organic grape juice and 4 oz’s of pure water. You may prefer another juice combination.

The effect it has had on my arthritis is a lovely surprise. The swelling in the joints of my hands has decreased significantly. My skin is smooth to the touch. I no longer use face make up. This is just a couple of the many benefits of taking vinegar for health has provided me.

I use “Bragg Raw Unfiltered Organic Apple Cider Vinegar.” It contains no preservatives and is USDA Organic approved. Their vinegar is aged in wood like fine wine. The care taken to produce their vinegar comes through in its refreshing flavor...

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Networking with Non Profits

By Sian Lindemann, Arts Editor
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AHA !!!

I have long been an advocate that artists ARE “the bank”. The artist might be on the verge of starvation, broke, living simply, eating badly, or anything close to what we call the compromised edge, AND if a Non Profit organization asks them to donate a painting to an auction that will underwrite a fundraiser for a Children’s Hospital, an arts education program, a cancer research center, or as in the case with Hurricane Katrina ... the artists from New Orleans traveled around the country playing the traditional music for which New Orleans is known, purely to raise money for their own home town. They did not have to be adopted, placed, housed, fed, or anything like that ... they are a resilient group of people and that is one of the major reasons that I JUST love them all so much ... the artist always finds a means to procure what ever is needed. It’s just that state of challenge that encourages them to create, and to continue to GIVE.

In the case, with being asked to donate a painting ... and being completely broke, the artist finds a way to procure the canvas, the paint, the framing, AND they deliver ... The work is often, auctioned for a lesser price than the value of the work ... Hmmm?

I’ve seen it happen many, many times. It continues to blow my mind, especially knowing what I know, and knowing HOW to procure sales on behalf of an individual artist, and their unique works.

So, I decided to do something about it ... One artist at a time.

I have recently engaged a contract with Courtney Milne Productions, and artist / photographer Courtney Milne ... (see Past Articles, Courtney Milne, Photographer As Mystic)...

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The Latest in Networking in the Northwest - A Gong Show?

By Lori Richardson, Northwest Bureau Chief

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When you think of a gong at a networking event, it evokes various thoughts. For those of us who are Baby Boomers (or old Gen X'ers as I am), you may think of the 1976 TV show where people did very strange or unusual performances on stage and a panel of three celebrities would "gong" the worst ones. Some of these shows are now circulating around on YouTube - now any age can see this show. It definitely was strange, so with trepidation I attended the brand-new SeattleNetwork.net's first mixer recently. I heard that there would be "no badges, no fee to join, no dues, and no rules, with a great entertaining 'Gong Show' venue."

At one point I was not sure how long I would stay there because it DID feel much like other networking I had done at the most beautiful and upscale Columbia Tower Club, on the 75th floor of the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle.

Then I heard the gong. Israel Rothman, CEO and founder of Social Media Systems wielded the padded mallet, and he certainly seemed to enjoy it...

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50 Sports Social Networking Websites

Take A Peck - http://www.jasonfpeck.com

- from Jason Peck "The Sports Business Blogger"

Building on my last list of sports social networks, 25+ Sports Social Networking Websites, here’s an updated list of sports-related social networks that reflects your feedback as well as some other sites I’ve discovered:

FYI, in some cases it is unclear how many members some of these communities actually have, but I at least wanted to provide this list because I think there is a growing opportunity for certain niche social networks (especially in sports, which is such a huge passion and part of daily life). While some of these sites may die, others will thrive and continue to be “passion hubs” for avid fans and participants of specific sports, teams and leagues....

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Piczo Mobiles Their Social Network

Written by Allen Stern - December 11, 2007
from CenterNetworks

Social networking player Piczo has announced a partnership with Intercasting Corp. to enable Piczo members to produce and share content on their mobile phones. Jupiter Research notes that more than 50% of 13-to-17-year-olds are engaging in mobile social networking, with revenues expected to reach $2.8b by 2012...

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linked in launches platform, redesign — a better business social network

From VentureBeat

By Eric Eldon 12.9.07

LinkedIn has just launched its own developer platform and a new design that promises to make it more useful to its millions of business users.

Earlier this year, many have wondered if social network Facebook would overtake LinkedIn, as businesspeople have begun using Facebook for business networking — and for enjoying its more social features.

LinkedIn’s new features now put it a step ahead of the competition. You’ll start finding connections to people on LinkedIn while you’re using other web sites, through third party applications. You’ll see connections from friends from other social networks like Myspace and Hi5 show up in LinkedIn. You’ll get “modules” (like Facebook applications) and a news aggregator, featuring articles about your industry — LinkedIn’s efforts to make you spend more time on the site each day.

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Small Group Has Big Mission

By Glen Gould, Southeast Bureau Chief

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If you were to bring together business and community leaders in a small group setting and provide breakfast in a convenient and attractive environment, one might argue that you would have the recipe for a successful business networking organization. If you added interesting and knowledgeable speakers and packed the program full of opportunities to meet people, learn skills and grow both personally and professionally, you’d have an atypical networking group. But add in a mission, something that the entire group could focus on and you’d have an extraordinary opportunity. In short, you’d have the Atlanta Community Breakfast.

The Atlanta Community Breakfast is a network of individuals who are interested in exploring issues of success, personal leadership, and life-balance as they relate to our personal, professional and spiritual lives. It is a weekly breakfast in a convenient, attractive location where business and community leaders can grow in their faith and mentor others while networking with and meeting like minded individuals.

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My Vote For The Most Networked Person In Calgary Alberta

By Zale Tabakman, Canadian Bureau Chief
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I met Craig through LinkedIn.com and he helped us with a project in Calgary that brought together all the major oil and gas associations to help address the lack of people in Calgary. The project was very successful with over 60 senior oil and gas executives attending. This is the kind of network Craig has in Calgary.

Craig is a Dadpreneur, which means he is a stay at home Dad three days a week while being the consummate entrepreneur. Craig’s core network is his 10,000 connections which he maintains and grows by about 1,000 connections a year. Craig is an early adopter of technology, one of the first several thousand on LinkedIn and full time user of Plaxo. Craig knows everything about using the technology to maintain and connect with a huge number of connections.

Craig’s passions (beside his family) is helping start-up entrepreneurs and promoting the Trigger-Based Selling™. Trigger based selling is about identifying key times when customers are ready to buy. You can find out more about Trigger Selling at Craig’s blog at www.Shiftselling.com.

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