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Boomers Are Blogging – Blogging Boomers Carnival #175
Posted by: | CommentsA recent study found that boomers are adopting social media at an amazing rate – an increase of almost 100% last year. 
So it’s not surprising that a group of baby boomers are bloggers and that some of us have joined forces to create the Blogging Boomers Carnival. This collection of bloggers writes on a variety of topics of interest to baby boomers.
This week’s host of the Carnival is Vaboomer. As always there’s some great posts included in the carnival. Also, you’ll want to head over to the Vaboomer blog because she’s posted a really great cartoon about blogging.
Andrea J. Stenberg
Visual Artists & Multimedia professionals: Promote your portfolio on LinkedIn
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’re work has a visual component – graphic designers and photographers come to mind – then LinkedIn has probably felt a little cold to you. On a site like Facebook you can easily post your most attractive work and let it speak for you. After all, saying you’re a great photographer is a little lame. Showing it is something different.
However, LinkedIn has just added an application that will allow you creative types to showcase your best work on that site too. Called Creative Portfolio Display, this application allows you to create an attractive online portfolio.
What the heck is a Twitter Hashtag?
Posted by: | CommentsWhile getting started on Twitter is fairly easy, there are some advanced strategies that may take new users some time to figure out. One of those is the hashtag (#).
Hashtags are used for following conversations on Twitter. Putting a # in front of a word or code allows everyone to see what’s being said about this topic.
For example, you may have seen #followfriday on Twitter. This particular hashtag is a way for people to tell their followers about interesting people on Twitter.
I’m a big baseball fan. By following #Bluejays or #gojaysgo during a game, I can chat with fellow fans from the comfort of my living room
Hashtags for Live Events
However, hashtags can be used in a variety of other ways. Read More→
