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ONLINE AND NETWORKING TOOLS & Networking Tools

IDENTITY

ZoomInfo (www.zoominfo.com ) culls information on businesses and professionals and mil - lions of companies across virtually every industry. ZoomInfo finds, understands and extracts information from millions of online sources such as Web sites, press releases, electronic news services and SEC filings and summarizes the information into a comprehensive format. The tool also allows subscribers to add a personal profile to improve their online visibility and credibility.

Google Me (www..com/profiles) Control how you appear on Google by creating a personal profile.

Ziggs.com (www.ziggs.com) is a tool for online that helps improve their visibility in search engines and communicate with others in the community.

Claim ID (www.claimid.com) Provide people searching for you with a real picture of your identity. Claim your , your website and news articles that mention your name in a central place. If someone is searching for you, they previously might not have found all of those important pages. With claimID, you can put your best face forward and let people see the identity you wish to present.

Naymz (www.naymz.com) manage your online identity and rep - utation and keep your information current and accurate.

Reputation Defender (www.reputationdefender.com) created to defend your name on the Internet. BUSINESS NETWORKING

LinkedIn (www..com) is an online network of more than 50 million experienced pro - fessionals from around the world. When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former col - leagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your con - nections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified pro - fessionals. Online Identity & Networking Tools

Spoke (www.spoke.com) Spoke provides business data and detailed contact information . This information as a service is designed specifically to help organizations identify, access, and research the right individuals at all levels of an organization.

Plaxo (www..com) offers business and social networking and a way to share content with other contacts across the Web.

Xing (www..com ) is a global business networking site; offers similar features to LinkedIn.

Ecademy (www.ecademy.com) International . Special features of the site in - clude admission to networking events around the world, opportunities to build your around your expertise and connections, and help and advice from thousands of profession - als. Free membership offers limited benefits and membership prices range from $5 to $140 per month depending on the level you choose.

Brazen Careerist (www.brazencareerist.com) Build your network through customized feeds, create a search optimized profile, and meet other professionals online.

Ryze (www.ryze.com ) Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know. Free service for making connections and growing your network. Site features include member profiles and networking events.

Doostang (www.doostang.com) is a by invitation only online career community that connects people through personal relationships and affiliations. Offers free and paid membership plans. SOCIAL NETWORKING

Facebook (www..com) is one of the most trafficked site in the U.S. Users can create a profile to share information, photos, and interests with their friends.

Twitter (www..com) communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? Online Identity & Networking Tools

Ning (www..com ) offer the opportunity to create social networks for anything.

Xanga (www..com) lets you participate in or create your own.

Tribe (www.tribe.net) Invite friends, search for people with similar interests, and join or create tribes (member-created online groups) dedicated to interests you might have.

MySpace (www..com) is an online com - munity that lets you meet your friends' friends. Members can build private communities to share photos, journals, and interests. (www.hi5.com) Find friends, show photos, and build your own page.

NETWORK AGGREGATORS

Bebo (www..com) Your one-stop-shop for Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Delicious, Twitter, AIM, AOL Mail, Google Mail and Yahoo! Mail updates. Keep track of friends on other social sites from one place.

FriendFeed (www..com) offers customized feeds made up of the content that your friends share.

Ping.fm.com (www.ping.fm.com) lets you update multiple social networks in one place.

Jaiku (www..com) offers a way to share updates with friend on the Web, IM, and SMS Online Identity & Networking Tools

Brand-Yourself.com (www.brand-yourself.com) Tools to establish, track, manage and im - prove your web presence.

AFFINITY NETWORKING

Meetup (www..com) Find people who share an inter - est or cause through online groups that meet regularly. As a member you create a group and Meetup will invite members with similar interests.

Classmates.com (www.class - mates.com ) connects millions of members throughout the U.S. and Canada with friends and acquaintances from school, work and the military.

Eons (www.eons.com) is a virtual social community geared towards boomers and the 50+ crowd.

Bright Circles (www.brightcircles.com) lets employees and past employees from leading companies and organizations stay in touch. Bright Circles is free for members and allows you to access the alumni network, build a profile page, stay in touch with former employers, create a personal on-line network buddy contact list, post to rumor boards, and use the net - work to organize alumni networking events. Job seekers can set their profile so that past colleagues and potential employers can easily find them.

Affinity Circles (www.affinitycircles.com) provides exclusive social networks for established membership organizations seeking to promote exclusive networking opportunities among their members.

Living Social (www.livingsocial.com) Living Social lets you catalog your interests, browse what your friends enjoy, and find others with the same interests as you. The communities include reading social, tune social, reel social, dining social, gaming social, and drinking so - cial. Your account can be linked directly to Facebook, Hi5, Bebo, and other social networking sites. Online Identity & Networking Tools

Work It, Mom! (www.workitmom.com) Work It, Mom is a community for working moms to share their experiences, advice, and support. Members can ask questions to the group, view blogs that deal with work/family balance, read and write articles, participate in and create groups, view and vote on news articles on topics that affect working moms, and purchase products and services that working moms want and need.

Weight Watchers (www.weightwatchers.com) Weight Watchers members have access to a number of message boards where they can post questions, tips, recipes, observations, and recom - mendations. There are different groups to join based on age, lifestyle, and weight loss goals, and several of the threads focus on keeping members encour - aged and motivated. Members often rely on these boards for inspiration and it’s also a way for people who attend the program’s face to face meetings to continue the dialogue and rapport-building in be - tween meetings.

Execunet (www.execunet.com) Monthly networking meetings are hosted in multiple cities in the U.S. and Canada. Members connect with search professionals and career experts as they respond to postings and build relationships. Through the newslet - ters and Knowledge Centers members share what is working for them in job search and ca - reer management.

Netshare (www.netshare.com) networking group for executives with area meetings in select cities, teleseminars, and a dedicated LinkedIn group.

CONTACT MANAGEMENT

Jibber Jobber (www.jibberjobber.com ) is a combination document management tool and social networking tool that provides an interface to keep track of your job search tools and contacts. Online Identity & Networking Tools

MESSAGE BOARDS

Yahoo Groups (www.yahoo.com) and Google Groups (www.googlegroups.com) messaging boards for post - ing comments and sharing ideas.

VIDEO, PRESENTATIONS & PICTURE SHARING

YouTube (www.youtube.com) upload and view video and be part of different online conver - sations about the content.

Flickr (www.flickr.com) and Picasa (www.picasa.google.com) online photo management and sharing application.

Slideshare (www.slideshare.com) lets you upload and share your PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF portfolios and even add audio to make a webinar.

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

Digg (www.digg.com) , Technorati (www.technorati.com) , Stumbleupon (www.stumbleupon. com) , Reddit (www.reddit.com) , and BuzzUp (www.buzzup.com) , and Delicious (www.de - licious.com ) let you share thoughts on videos, photos, and articles.

PERSONAL BRANDING

Visual CV (www.visualcv.com) lets you create a free online resume with links to rich media.

Kirsten Dixson (www.kirstendixson.com) helps differentiate and market candidates via Web portfolios and career blogs. Blue Sky Portfolios (www.blueskyportfolios.com) creates eport - folios to create a web presence for their candidates.

Typepad (www.typepad.com) , WordPress (www.wordpress.com) , LiveJournal (www.livejournal.com) and Blogger (www.blogger.com) for blogging and/or website creation. About the Author: Barbara Safani

Barbara Safani , owner of Career Solvers, (www.careersolvers.com) has 15 years of experience in career management, recruiting, and executive coaching.

Barbara partners with both Fortune 100 companies and individuals to deliver targeted programs focusing on resume development, job search strategies, networking, interviewing, salary negotiation skills, and online .

She is a six-time winner in the TORI (Toast of the Resume Industry) awards competition sponsored by Career Directors International and author of Happy About My Resume:

50 Tips for Building a Better Document to Secure a Brighter Future (http://happyabout.info/myresume.php ).

Contact info:

You can contact Barbara on Twitter at Twitter.com/barbarasafani read her blog at www.careersolvers.com/blog/ and email her at [email protected]

C Barbara Safani 2009