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Social Media Etiquette: Things You’ve Forgetten Since Elementary School

Strategy

It’s funny how you forget the things that you learned when you were a child. Unfortunately, those manners you learned can be applied to today’s concept of social media etiquette… you might want to brush up.

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Etiquette in Day to Day College Life

How To

Be conscious of what you’re posting online in both words and images, especially since social media is now taking a rather prominent role in hirings. When you get hired down the road, you’ll be thanking your lucky stars that you remembered some etiquette (and that college gave you the proper skills to get hired).

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Social Media Etiquette for the Typically Sarcastic, Snarky or Rude

Strategy

Social media can be tricky at times for people who are constantly making sarcastic remarks, snarky comments, or are just plain rude to everyone. Though they say old habits die hard, it’s important to stay away from such remarks on the Internet, since it’s often hard to find the humor in the comments when just

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Social Media Etiquette For Students

Strategy

As a college student, I never really thought much about social media and its effects until I started my internship. Though a lot of it is common sense, students don’t always think before they post. As one of the lucky ones who got firsthand experience in what to do and what not to do, I

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Social Media Etiquette Horror Stories: Top 5 Ways to Lose Your Job Via Social Media

News

The World Wide Web is a vast place with users from all over the world, but that doesn’t mean what you post privately won’t come back to haunt you. Here are five cases of ex-employees who should’ve just kept their mouths shut. 1. I’m too sexy for my job… A female working for a St.

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Social Media Etiquette at Work

Strategy

You’ve heard the rumors, the horror stories and the success stories. You know the positives and negatives of using social media for promoting yourself and your business. Though it may seem obvious at times what you should and shouldn’t do, people are breaking the rules left and right. The ABSOLUTE Do Not’s Never ever, no

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Social Media Etiquette 101

Brand-Yourself.com

* UPDATE: Lot of great feedback. Think you know social media etiqutte? Leave your “social media tips” in the comments and we’ll publish the best ones! Everyone knows the basics of etiquette. Shake hands when you meet someone, chew with your mouth closed, elbows off the table, etc. But when it comes to social media

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Social Media Etiquette – The Proper Way to Send and Accept a LinkedIn Invitation

Strategy

When you invite somebody to link to you on LinkedIn, please personalize the note that goes with the invitation. In fact, you should rarely – if ever – use the LinkedIn text defaults anywhere. Here’s the default LinkedIn invitation text: Walter, I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. John Pretty lame.

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