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Watch that reference you write on LinkedIn and other sites

No good deed goes unpunished I get requests from time to time to post a referral for someone on LinkedIn. Apparently, headhunters and recruiters like to see these especially for sales professionals. I’ve done a couple and demurred from doing so on others. ...

Tags: LinkedIn, Referral, Branding, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-06

If Facebook, Twitter gain on Google for referrals, will marketing dollars follow? [Poll]

If Facebook, Twitter gain on Google for referrals, will marketing dollars follow? [Poll]Marketing on Social NetworksThe impact to the marketing budget is only impacted by the employee that runs the sites. Social media can enhance the perception of a company by reaching a broader audience, driving traffic to their site,...

Tags: Marketing research, marketing, Facebook, Twitter, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Jobvite wants to 'friend' you

Why referrals and social networks are bargains in today’s economy HR software vendors have been innovating away lately. I’ve got several backed up posts I need to get out on them. The first one is on Jobvite. I spoke with Dan Finnigan, CEO of...

Tags: Job, Referral, Jobvite, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Improved Efficiency Saves Realtor $300 Per Day, Boosts Referrals With Mobile Solution

Realtor Kris Anderson, a team leader for RE/MAX Excalibur, scarcely had time during workdays to respond to e-mail messages, forcing her to work late many evenings. Paper-based documents also slowed her down. After switching to a Windows Mobile phone and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services, Anderson moves fast, handling e-mail and...

Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Referral, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2009-02-01

Has Halvar figured out super-secret DNS vulnerability?

[ UPDATE:  Kaminsky has all but confirmed that, yes, the cat is out of the bag ] It looks very much like the nitty gritty of Dan Kaminsky's super-secret -- and heavily hyped -- DNS cache poisoning vulnerability has been figured out by reverse engineering guru Halvar...

Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Server, Referral, Mallory, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Facebook Beacon update: No activities published without users proactively consenting

Updated: On November 6, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg proudly launched the new services Techmeme that he expected to redefine the advertising business. “People influence people. Nothing influences people more than are recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best...

Tags: Facebook, Notification, Problem, Story, User, Referral, Beacon, Public Relations, Business Structures, Web Site Development, Web Technology, E-mail, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Internet, Online Communications, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Workflows rock

Workflows are a fairly common idea in business. Someone initiates a task, components of the task get passed on to the correct staff, and, when the task components are complete, the initiator gets a nice notification. The idea is that it closes up communication loops nicely, automatically documents...

Tags: Idea, Secretary, Workflow, Teacher, Action, Referral, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-09-23

Credit Union Capitalizes on Cross-Sell Opportunities by Centralizing Data

The Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is highly regarded - and widely used - throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Roughly 300,000 members take advantage of the rapidly growing credit union's diverse services. However, isolated databases within each business unit made cross-selling to existing members difficult and tracking opportunity referrals...

Tags: Union, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Referral, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software

Case studies 2007-08-01

GreenReporter 1.0 (Windows)

Check your freebie site referrals (like freeipods.com, freepsps.com, free360xbox.com, and mp3players4free.com) in one click. Shows green offer completed, yellows joined under your referral link, reds disqualified, your own offer, and site status. Written in Perl/Tk, it, however, doesn't require the Perl installation. Autoupdate, GUI interface, proxy support. Currently works with...

Tags: Referral, NEW-iPOD.com, Microsoft Windows, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development

Software downloads 2005-10-17

Discipline Referral Database 4.1 (Windows)

The EducatorsHandbook.com Discipline Referral Database is an Internet-based discipline management software for schools. The database helps schools manage all aspects of the discipline process including: paperless submission of discipline referrals, behavior troubleshooting on the student, classroom, grade, and school-wide levels with easy-to-read reports and graphs of student performance, simplified communication...

Tags: Referral, EducatorsHandbook.com, EducatorsHandbook.com Discipline Referral Database, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2005-06-07

Discipline Referral Database 4.1 (Mac)

The EducatorsHandbook.com Discipline Referral Database is an internet-based discipline management software for schools. The database helps schools manage all aspects of the discipline process including: paperless submission of discipline referrals, behavior troubleshooting on the student, classroom, grade, and school-wide levels with easy-to-read reports and graphs of student performance, simplified communication...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Referral, EducatorsHandbook.com Discipline Referral Database, Internet, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2005-05-18

9% of Ford vehicles were sold through Internet referrals

Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealers sold more than 210,000 vehicles from FordDirect Internet referrals last year, FordDirect reports, accounting for 9% of total Ford division sales in 2004. FordDirect is a joint effort of Ford Motor Co. and its dealers to sell cars via the Internet. Formed in August 2000...

Tags: Ford Motor Co., FordDirect

Blog posts 2005-02-01

9% of Ford vehicles were sold through Internet referrals

Ford, Lincoln and Mercury dealers sold more than 210,000 vehicles from FordDirect Internet referrals last year, FordDirect reports, accounting for 9% of total Ford division sales in 2004. FordDirect is a joint effort of Ford Motor Co. and its dealers to sell cars via the Internet. Formed in August 2000...

Tags: FordDirect, Ford Motor Co.

Blog posts 2005-02-01

Most of recruiting happens through employee referrals and search firms

Strengthening professional talent levels is identified as the top 2005 recruitment issue by almost 80% of employers surveyed by InSearch Worldwide. Developing an effective talent sourcing strategy is the most critical recruitment initiative identified for 2005 by 70% of employers. Current recruitment activities are spread among an array of channels...

Tags: career web site, referral

Blog posts 2004-10-07

Top Russian search engines

When counting the referrals from search engines, top Russian properties - Yandex and Rambler hold the top spots with 46% and 25.7% of referrals respectively. US-based Google occupies the third spot with 16.5%, while Mail.ru and Aport generate 4.6% and 3.5% of the referrals.

Tags: referral

Blog posts 2004-09-08

Google is 40% of all referrals, Yahoo is 27%

The California-based Web analytics firm finds that on 23 March 2001, Google claimed just 11.93% of total search referrals while Yahoo!'s share was nearly 40%. On the same date this year, Google's share surpasses 40% whereas Yahoo! claims just over 27% of US search referrals.

Tags: referral, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

Blog posts 2004-04-01

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Patch: Kerberos Realms Interoperability Update (Windows)

Windows 2000 does not have the correct expectations when sending a referral to a non-Windows 2000 Kerberos realm. This causes the Key Distribution Center KDC to generate an improper referral. When a Kerberos realm is added to the realm list, it may not be updated until the client is rebooted....

Tags: Interoperability, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Realm, Referral, Kerberos, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Patches, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2000-03-24

Microsoft Windows 2000 Patch: Kerberos Realms Interoperability Update (Windows)

Windows 2000 does not have the correct expectations when sending a referral to a non-Windows 2000 Kerberos realm. This causes the Key Distribution Center KDC to generate an improper referral. When a Kerberos realm is added to the realm list, it may not be updated until the client is rebooted....

Tags: Interoperability, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp., Realm, Referral, Kerberos, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2000-03-24

Additional Resources

Deep Whois for iPhone 1.2 (Mobile)

With Deep Whois for iPhone you can search public whois databases for hostnames, domains, IP addresses, IP networks, and autonomous systems. Deep Whois for iPhone automatically selects whois servers and performs a lookup. When more information is available it follows deeper by continuing the lookup at referral whois servers. It...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Whois, Happymagenta Project

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Facebook COO sees economic models changing on the Web

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about the how the Web usage patterns are shifting from an information model to a more social model, which benefits Facebook rather than Google. In the future, she adds, more Web users will glean referral information from...

Tags: Web, Facebook, COO, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Marketing, Internet, Web 2.0 Summit

Videos 2009-10-23