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Employees on Social Networks: To Be or Not To Be…

by · January 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post written by Ann Davlin who works at MotoCMS – an advanced Flash CMS and Flash templates provider.

It’s not a secret that many recruiters and business owners use social networking sites to screen prospective employees. According to the survey of 300 hiring professionals conducted by Reppler the most popular online resources for time wasting are Facebook (76%), Twitter (53%) and Linkedin (48%). It probably means that the whole (online and offline) business world considers it necessary to take social networks activity into account and use it for corporate objectives. But there are not so many employers who enable their employees to use these social networks at the working time if they are not engaged in corporate social accounts maintenance: In 2009 Robert Half Technology proclaimed that:

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Social Compliance! OMG! (The Implementation)

by · November 18, 2011

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Kevin Magee, Director of Sales at Expion, a client of Social Media Explorer.

Social and compliance might seem like two words that don’t go together, but for global organizations, maintaining a sense of order amidst the social media chaos is a must. We previously discussed the mistakes that companies need to avoid in order to “be social” – but now comes the implementation. Now, it’s time to move within the organization and get social integrated as seamlessly as possible.

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What You Need To Know About Social Media Policy

by · May 21, 2010

I’ve been asked to provide a webinar on social media policy for the good folks at Ragan Communications next week and wanted to make sure you had an opportunity to join us. And yes, I’ve negotiated a bit of a discount for you, so big props to the Ragan folks for knowing the SME readers might want to join in.

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What Every Company Should Know About Social Media Policy

by · February 3, 2010

A social media policy is a company’s first line of defense against risk in social media marketing. Shockingly, only one in three companies has a social media policy in place. While I’m sure that the majority of marketing managers and decision-makers who read Social Media Explorer are ahead of the curve, there’s a good chance your company doesn’t have a written policy.

*UPDATE* – eMarketer published a story and research on companies without social networking policies just hours after we went live with this post. 69% of American companies do not have social networking policies for employees.

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