For businesses embarking upon pivotal and difficult foundational change (like this whole social-media-integration-into-business thing), there are distinct stages that very closely resemble the traditional “stages of grief” we’ve come to know around loss in our personal lives.

The people stewarding this change are often right in the thick of these phases, and experiencing these emotions throughout.…

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Almost as prevalent as blind social media evangelism is the level of fatigue and ennui around it.

It’s a tough thing, being in a nascent industry, just like in a growing company. There are pain points and obstacles. There’s disillusionment, frustration, disorganization as the real-life challenges make themselves known, and when we’re discovering more questions than answers. We feel like there’s more, but we can’t always see what it is or where we’re headed, and people are impatient…

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Linkedin announced some interesting changes today that has special impact on job seekers.

Linkedin can be a major tool that more and more job seekers use to manage their online reputation. Many candidates have seen the power that a business network such as Linkedin c an bring to their ability to connect with people in large companies, network for jobs, and build an… Continue

We have taken a look at the top job requests on the New Media Hire job board and the demand for certain positions as we have put together this list. In addition, we have looked at other sites to see what jobs are posted. Although this is pretty unscientific, it seems to be pretty consistent with other research we have found.



1. Content Management

2. Game Development

3. Graphic Design

4. New Media/Digital Media Attorney

5. Online & Mobile Marketing

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