How Students Should Approach Networking Using Social Media

As we enter into this exciting graduation season, this week on her #CollegeCash chat, Jodi welcomed special guest Lori Ruff, The LinkedIn Diva™, who is a Forbes Top 50 super-connected Social Media Power Influencer.  Lori travels the globe to demonstrate how to effectively and efficiently harness the business development power of social media. We started off the chat discussing why new grads need social networking.  Lori explained that not only do new grads need social networking in and after school, but that they need to transition that networking from the... Read The Rest →

Social Profiles #CollegeCash Summary

This week Jodi welcomed special guest Phyllis Khare, a speaker, trainer, consultant and author of “Social Media Marketing eLearning Kit for Dummies.”   She is also co-authored “Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies.” The topic discussed was:   “Social Profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and how they can help – or hurt – students who are planning for college.”   First things first! To check your social profiles, simply log on to a computer that you don’t normally use and perform a Google search for your name (and nicknames).  At the top... Read The Rest →

Help your student clean up their Social Media for admissions and job search

This week in College Cash, host Jodi Okun had a special guest host, Steve Cassady. Steve was a guest host previously on College Cash and discussed using LinkedIn for college students. This week Steve talked about how to “Help your student clean up their Social Media for admissions and job search.” This was a live chat and the tweets have been modified to fit this format. A few weeks ago Dabney Porte took us through online safety. Tonight, we’re talking about how that presence can help our hurt. A social media background... Read The Rest →