Chris Pirillo http://chris.pirillo.com Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 47.61067-122.334387http://chris.pirillo.com/http://chris.pirillo.com/images/GnomecomicMini.gifChris PirilloChrisPirillohttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes How to Optimize Network Management http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-optimize-network-management/ http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-optimize-network-management/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:28:31 +0000 admin http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=15723 <p><span class=KonaFilter><em>This post was sponsored by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://tinyurl.com/yfoqb8n"><strong>LANsurveyor</strong></a>. We&#8217;ve worked with the folks at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVjuRBL9s9Q"><strong>SolarWinds</strong></a> many times in the past. They have excellent products to help you keep your network running in tip-top shape (as their <a href="http://thwack.com/">own community</a> will attest).</em></span></p> <p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-optimize-network-management/" class="more-link">Read more on How to Optimize Network Management&#8230;</a></p> <ul class="related_post"> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is-community/" title="What is Community?">What is Community?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-email-web-pages-to-yourself/" title="How to Email Web Pages to Yourself">How to Email Web Pages to Yourself</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/who-are-you-on-twitter/" title="Who Are You on Twitter?">Who Are You on Twitter?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/does-computer-crime-affect-you/" title="Does Computer Crime Affect You?">Does Computer Crime Affect You?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is-synergy/" title="What is Synergy?">What is Synergy?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-meet-geeks/" title="How to Meet Geeks">How to Meet Geeks</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-find-files-from-across-the-network/" title="How Do You Find Files From Across the Network?">How Do You Find Files From Across the Network?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/troubleshooting-user-network-performance-issues/" title="Troubleshooting User Network Performance Issues">Troubleshooting User Network Performance Issues</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/what-tools-do-you-use-for-your-mac-network/" title="What Tools do you use for Your Mac Network?">What Tools do you use for Your Mac Network?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/what-do-you-need-for-a-wired-home-network/" title="What do you Need for a Wired Home Network?">What do you Need for a Wired Home Network?</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-optimize-network-management/">How to Optimize Network Management</a> is a post from: <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com">Chris Pirillo</a></p> <p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-optimize-network-management/">How to Optimize Network Management</a> is a post from: <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com">Chris Pirillo</a></p> This post was sponsored by LANsurveyor. We’ve worked with the folks at SolarWinds many times in the past. They have excellent products to help you keep your network running in tip-top shape (as their own community will attest).

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]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-optimize-network-management/feed/ 0 How Can Companies Hire Social Media Directors? http://chris.pirillo.com/how-can-companies-hire-social-media-directors/ http://chris.pirillo.com/how-can-companies-hire-social-media-directors/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:59:02 +0000 Chris http://chris.pirillo.com/?p=15720 <p>I came across an <a href="http://davidspinks.com/2009/11/17/disconnect-social-media-hiring/">interesting link</a> today while browsing Twitter. The author writes about how companies who are new to social media are failing miserably when it comes to writing job descriptions for their newly-created social media positions. He goes on to say he used to blame the companies themselves for writing poorly-constructed ads. Then, he realized that it isn&#8217;t the company&#8217;s fault at all. They don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re doing, remember? They are new to this whole social media scene, and may not even know what it is they are looking FOR, exactly. </p> <p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-can-companies-hire-social-media-directors/" class="more-link">Read more on How Can Companies Hire Social Media Directors?&#8230;</a></p> <ul class="related_post"> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/are-you-a-social-media-geek/" title="Are YOU a Social Media Geek?">Are YOU a Social Media Geek?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-do-you-get-started-in-social-media/" title="How Do You Get Started in Social Media?">How Do You Get Started in Social Media?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/putting-the-me-in-social-media/" title="Putting the Me in Social Media">Putting the Me in Social Media</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/social-networking-in-hawaii/" title="Social Networking in Hawaii">Social Networking in Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-to-create-and-browse-lifestreams/" title="How to Create and Browse Lifestreams">How to Create and Browse Lifestreams</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/seattle-social-media-scene-with-wtia/" title="Seattle Social Media Scene (with WTIA)">Seattle Social Media Scene (with WTIA)</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/what-do-you-need-to-know-about-social-media/" title="What Do You Need to Know About Social Media?">What Do You Need to Know About Social Media?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/word-of-the-year-unfriend/" title="Word of the Year: Unfriend">Word of the Year: Unfriend</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/what-is-twitter-good-for/" title="What is Twitter Good For?">What is Twitter Good For?</a></li> <li><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/what-technology-has-shaped-your-life/" title="What Technology has Shaped Your Life">What Technology has Shaped Your Life</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-can-companies-hire-social-media-directors/">How Can Companies Hire Social Media Directors?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com">Chris Pirillo</a></p> <p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/how-can-companies-hire-social-media-directors/">How Can Companies Hire Social Media Directors?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com">Chris Pirillo</a></p> I came across an interesting link today while browsing Twitter. The author writes about how companies who are new to social media are failing miserably when it comes to writing job descriptions for their newly-created social media positions. He goes on to say he used to blame the companies themselves for writing poorly-constructed ads. Then, he realized that it isn’t the company’s fault at all. They don’t know what they’re doing, remember? They are new to this whole social media scene, and may not even know what it is they are looking FOR, exactly.

How would you suggest a company create a position for this, and market it? What should they look for? How should their ads be worded to be the most effective? I think that the social media experts in our community are the perfect place to get ideas flowing, and help these companies out!

What have you read today that sparked your imagination and interest, or made you stop and think? Make sure you share the links with the rest of us, so we don’t miss out!

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