MindFrenzy

Your user-name in the virtual world is everything. It’s the first thing people see on any of your accounts and its what will come up when people are searching for you. It NEEDS to be thought out.
I ran into this problem today when I decided to switch my twitter name from @jotoole4 to @JaredOToole. Now [...]

[Read more →]

I have been using twitter for about 7 months now. I love the service, I literally spend all day monitoring what’s going on in the tweetosphere. Not only is there such a tremendous amount of information and breaking news but there is such an opportunity to connect with people. Over the past couple months there [...]

[Read more →]

So I have been working on a big project Under30CEO.com which is a place for young people to come together who want to change the world. Now on the project there is a huge focus on the college population. We are trying to work closely with college entrepreneurship and business groups across the country. However [...]

[Read more →]

November 6th at the C.E.O. National Conference in Chicago saw the launch of Under30CEO.com.  The conference was buzzing about the network and the idea of connecting all of the C.E.O. Chapters across the country.  However the community is not limited to C.E.O. it aims to include all young entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship clubs at schools across [...]

[Read more →]

This post is the 4th of a 4-part series on the how-to’s of niche social networking. Most of the focus will be on young entrepreneurs because my experience has shown that they are the least equipped to benefit from social networking.
See Part 1 – The Profile
Part 2 – Getting Acquainted
Part 3 – Adding Value
Part 4 [...]

[Read more →]

This post is the 3rd post of a 4-part series on the how-to’s of niche social networking. Most of the focus will be on young entrepreneurs because my experience has shown that they are the least equipped to benefit from social networking.
See Part 1 – The Profile
Part 2 – Getting Acquainted
Part 3 – Adding Value
OK [...]

[Read more →]

This post is the 2nd of a 4-part series on the how-to’s of niche social networking. Most of the focus will be on young entrepreneurs because my experience has shown that they are the least equipped to benefit from social networking.
See Part 1 – The Profile
Part 2 – Getting Acquainted – Groups, Forums, Events, Introductions
Now [...]

[Read more →]

This post is the 1st of a 4-part series on the how-to’s of niche social networking. Most of the focus will be on young entrepreneurs because my experience has shown that they are the least equipped to benefit from social networking.
There a many social networks out there. Everyone knows about networks like Facebook and Myspace. [...]

[Read more →]

So I attended the Web 2.0 Expo in NYC last week and I learned a few things about events like this.  Being the 1st major conference that I have attended I really wasn’t to sure on what to expect. I knew the main goal was to try and network but I didn’t have much of [...]

[Read more →]