Media Jobs Board - US employers & job-seekers

Hi people

As you know I virtually never blast out a bulletin or deluge you with 'buy, try, go there now' messages

... this is a quick genuine share for US media employers and job seekers in this volatile sinking market - whether you're still hiring, or out there job-hunting.


My client Media Jobs Network is a specialist niche jobs board for media pro's - public relations, online marketing, marketing and direct marketing, advertising, media and journalism.


A ton of you on my friends list are in this biz, so may want to check out mediajobs. net and either check out the low rates/high value for the employers over the big jobs sites, or list yourself as a candidate.



Quick facts 'n figures:

All-round value: 6.74 million quality US media candidates and over 2 million active resumes save employers fees, time and searching.


For job-hunters: US network of 15,000 employment sites powered by the big respected Beyond. com network - get yourself seen and found by 3 million unique visitors and 20 million page views monthly.


Drop into mediajobs. net and see what we can do for you, you;'ll find us too under Media Jobs Network profile on LinkedIn. com if you want fresh updates. We’re part of the Beyond group so have deep reach...

Hope we can help you !

Teri

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Reserve your username all over the web - big timesaver

Apart from the time factor as those nice Mashable people point out with a groan - there goes the afternoon! this site will surely save you time over the longer haul.

With time in such short supply for most of us, any site or service that brings more 'shortcuts' is a fit for me!

Read the Mashable story -http://mashable.com/2008/10/11/usernamecheck/

and to visit direct - http://usernamecheck.com/

New social community - Business Exchange

Business Week has just launched a new social community, Business Exchange. The new network will create communities around subject and news areas of interest, tapping into its online partnership announced with LinkedIn.com and others.

A Business Week spokesman blogged that the company see Business Exchange as a distant cousin to Wikipedia, and a closer relative to Digg and LinkedIn. Both North American and international business types online will be keeping an eye on its growth and reach in months ahead to see what kind of traction yet another business community gains against its more established competitors.

Follow the tab in the top menu bar at businessweek.com and explore if the fit is there for you and your company.

Personal Single Sign On To The Entire Web

I've just found MashedLife.com. It's exactly what I need so I'm sharing it around. It's an encrypted online password storage facility and tracking functions all in one.

Here's what's drawn me on board, their quick summary

-Why Mashed life? -

Dozens of interesting web 2.0 sites pop up every week. You are getting oodles of invitations from your friends. How do you keep all your logins and passwords straight?

Mashed life is a true web-based secure password management service, free & incredibly simple. More than username & password management –Mashed life keeps adding additional services that help you get a handle on your online life.

Do you post articles to multiple news sites? With Mashed life you post just once and reach all your news sites with just one click.

Sharing accounts with friends? Your web 2.0 communities getting out of hand? Use Mashed life to tame your login and password jungle.

More features are appearing quickly.

I'm always looking out for shortcuts, back-up services, tracking, password retrieval with security built in. I'm testing out now.

Learn How to Leverage Social Media for Your Business with this Social Media Marketing Kit

Giveaways are always great.HubSpot's free Social Media Marketing Kit gives you the tips and tricks you need to harness the power of the social mediasphere - facebook, digg, del.icio.us, twitter, and many others - to get found by more potential customers, develop meaningful relationships with others in your industry, and position yourself as an expert in your field.

In video and PDF download format, they cover -

- Why social media is important for your business
-How to start engaging in social media to reach customers and the media
-What and how to measure results from your social media marketing efforts

How to Use Social Media for Business:
http://www.hubspot.com/social-media-marketing-kit

Some of it you'll know, I found some good information in the slide presentations - there's always more to learn...

Vale Dr. Randy Pausch

Worldwide we are paying tribute to Randy Pausch, dead at only 47 last week, some five months after the six months he announced he had been given to live.

Dr Pausch of Carnegie Mellon University gave the now famous 'Last Lecture' that has had such a profound impact that on so very many people.

He has touched millions.

Four top online sites to use daily

Today’s blog is a straightforward share of my “top sites I couldn’t do without daily and weekly at work”. There are easily 10-15 sites that I rely on heavily and visit in high rotation, but if I had to nominate my most frequently-used services this small group wins out immediately.

Skype – What business wouldn’t want free phone calls worldwide to slash costs? The phrase ‘what’s your Skype username?’ is now becoming a standard business question, with users including it on business cards & communications, email signatures and other marketing materials.

In the past 2-3 years, Skype has quietly become the undisputed leader in offering calls from your computer to other users and last year added on cheap calls to other phones and mobiles. Quality is good, connecting with existing and new contacts is made easy, and you can choose to use their instant message function as well as phone or video calls.

Just download the software and set up your headphones and voice mic and you’re plugged in. If you’re addicted to hands-free and the ability to roam while conversing, remind yourself of the cost savings and buy a more comfortable and ergonomic desk chair. As an add-on benefit, business travelers worldwide are using Skype to check in with their partners and families while on the road.

www.Skype.com

Google Analytics – The invaluable information we still have to pay for offline is at your fingertips for free and works just as well for solo businesses and multinationals.

This is where you go to find out which referring sites your visitors arrive from, where they spend their time, what keywords brought them here, which pages are most popular and converting profits or inquiries, where your visitors are coming from worldwide; and which pages are performing abysmally in converting visitors.

Drill down and get familiar with the site’s functions and you have the facts, figures and trends to study and implement in your marketing and business activity. All for nothing and totally ‘real time’.

For active online marketers you can measure keywords across multiple search engines as well as Google, campaign or email metrics, re-seller and affiliate activity, referral pages, etc. Businesses running Google Adwords campaigns can track performance and metrics through the two services’ integrated interface.

Anecdotal business feedback points to Google Analytics numbers usually underperforming your own tracking data, but with that factored in, the service still provides independent statistics of your traffic and visitors and the ability to benchmark against competitors who have chosen to make their own metrics public.

www.google.com/analytics/

Alexa.com – Alexa remains the online leader for monitoring and tracking traffic and site performance and the phrases “Our Alexa ranking is…” and “What’s their Alexa ranking?” are part of business vocabulary. I go there automatically to check out new partners or sites, as well as check traffic and data for my own projects and client sites.

Nielsen and Comscore remain financially out of range for the vast majority of small to medium businesses. Hitwise data relies on businesses signing up for that paid service, while sophisticated competitors like Compete.com and Quantcast.com remain US-oriented, so can’t offer Alexa’s international overview. Alexa has made adjustments to its panel-based structure in 2^nd quarter 2008, satisfying some critics and upgrading accuracy in its reporting.

I regularly use its graph function to benchmark against competitors over recent months, or research competitor traffic, corporate presentation, user reviews and ‘related links’. Its ‘top sites’ listings break out by either category or language.

www.alexa.com

Delicious – Web-based ‘social bookmarking’ and tagging are part of the business landscape online now. Personally this cyber-tracking takes the worry out of losing all my valuable links and bookmarks if my computer goes down or meets a laptop thief on its travels. For ease of use and reference it wins hands down over toolbar bookmarks and the multiple folders with complicated titles I used to keep on my system.

Another free service with a toolbar button, even your CEO can use it without a tutorial. Save any page that you’re on – an article, business site, video story, white paper etc – just by clicking the toolbar link and adding in tags and keywords for quick retrieval when needed.

Go deeper and cross-reference with other members’ favourites and shared links to get a broader picture or deeper information of that business sector or topic under peer discussion. When you need that information again, you can pull it up from any computer with online access. Share tools let you upload your tags (one word or phrase bookmarking words) and bookmarks to other social media sites or your blog or home page. Competitors include StumbleUpon.com and Reddit.com.

http://del.icio.us/