I don’t know about you but like most people, I’m very visual… images speak volumes to me. And when it comes to networking, I am very critical on where I spend my time. Why? It’s my one key resource I can never get back!

InMap of Dean Mercado's Professional network on LinkedIn

View Into Dean Mercado's Professional Network Using LinkedIn InMap

So imagine how excited I was to see a visual representation of my LinkedIn network. One that clearly points out who the major hubs in my network were. One that in a color-coded way clusters my contacts together showing me where I connected with them most. One that shows the inter-connectivity between my networking contacts. Piqued your interest yet?
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Hey… I firmly beleive content curation is going to play a huge role in successful marketing campaigns for small businesses going forward… I see it in action already… As a matter of fact, I use content curation quite a bit in my business!  This blog post is an example of me doing just that!

So What Exactly Is Content Curation?

The easiest way to explain it is to watch this excellent video I came across through the content curation efforts of my Social Media friend Michael Q Todd.  That means Michael didn’t create the video, he curated it!  The video was created by the folks over at idio.

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I have to say that it’s really scary just how much companies like Facebook know about its more than 800 million users!

57 categories of data Facebook collects, stores, and uses about its users!

57 categories of data Facebook collects, stores, and uses about its users! Screen shot courtesy of http://europe-v-facebook.org

As a matter of fact, according to europe-v-facebook.org, Facebook collects, stores, and uses 57 categories of data about each of its users.  Facebook considers this appropriate behavior and cites it as their intellectual property… even though the data is about you!  Are they right?  My guess is the courts will decide that one day. Read More→

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