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Marijean

Marijean Oldham (Jaggers), a social media specialist and public relations professional, is president and CEO of Jaggers Communications LLC, a strategic communications firm based in Charlottesville, Va.

Apr 22
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Getting Freaky with the Facebook

By Social Media

Due to that scene in The Social Network, my teenage daughter and I often call Facebook “The Facebook,” just to be ornery. Facebook is making me ornerier than usual these days. I think about disconnecting Spotify from Facebook, due to the reactions I sometimes get from others based on my musical choices.  (Yes, a person can like Bruno Mars AND Coolio in the same day.) Usually, however, those reactions delight and amuse me, so I haven’t made that leap.

Now, though, the Facebook has decided to help me figure out how I’m feeling or what I’m doing by offering prompts:

Facebook status updates

 

THANK GOODNESS BECAUSE IF IT WEREN’T FOR FACEBOOK I COULDN’T FIGURE IT OUT!

Sigh. Anyway, I was playing with the new updates and decided to post one, for fun (and if you haven’t yet figured this out, THIS IS A CAUTIONARY TALE.)

Loved

 

Heaven forbid!

Well, I didn’t find this scandalous, and still don’t, but BE WARNED, if you listen to a lovey-dovey song, and then post something like this on your Facebook profile, RUMORS WILL FLY.

Good thing no one is paying attention to me on Pinterest.

 

Mar 27
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Replies are ON! At Last, a Facebook Update that Makes Sense

By Social Media

New RepliesReplies are On

If you’re a Facebook Page administrator, log in today and opt in to the newest Facebook feature — replies. This is a great conversational tool that allows comments to thread properly, with indented replies indicating the responses to comments where they should appear, not just at the end of a long stream.

This is an update that’s overdue, and one we’re glad to see!

Mar 26
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Questions from the Field: How to Manage Your LinkedIn Profile

By Communications, Social Media

This just in:Marijean Jaggers

Dear Ms. Jaggers,

I read an article you wrote last year on LinkedIn summaries, with interest.

A question: what advice do you have for those who have perhaps the resume of a job-hopper, many interests, and though they may appear to be on a particular track, are still thinking about what they want to do when they grow up–in their mid-30s? Not that this describes me or anything 🙂

For example, how much should resemble marketing copy vs. an open acknowledgment of the divergent paths you’re thinking about?

Sincerely,

J. Hopper

My response:

Dear J.:

What a great question! There’s less concern about having a varied resume as there used to be – Gen X and younger workers don’t stay in one place longer than the job fits. I think open acknowledgement is the right choice – and demonstrates that you have a variety of interests and abilities.

 

I think the days of worrying about short-term engagements (as long as there’s a variety of career commitments and reasonable explanations and a lack of FIRINGS) are over. The new conventional wisdom says if you’re not fulfilled, satisfied, and rewarded at work, MOVE ON. It’s better for the employer and the employee. I have yet to meet a person who regretted a job change.

What do you think? What would you tell J. Hopper?

 

Mar 18
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Mourning the Loss of Google Reader: What now?!

By Communications, Social Media

Marijean JaggersI’ve been a long-time user and fan of Google Reader, so news of its demise is hard to take. I feel bad, too, having encouraged clients, students and workshop participants to use Google Reader for YEARS. I wonder how many of you, followers of this blog and any of my efforts to educate the public on using feed readers, monitoring content online, or efficiently reading blog content, have been using Google Reader as well?

For my own purposes, and for those of you who depend on me to navigate these waters, I’ve been doing a little research into what replacement to use.

Lifehacker published Five Best Google Reader Alternatives, but I’ve looked into this a little further.

Feedly is one option, but the masses flocking to it have already caused it to crash, making it less attractive as an option.

I have used one of the alternatives, Netvibes, in the past. I’ve decided to return to it because it has the cleanest interface and I can easily export my feeds from Google Reader and import them to Netvibes, and not miss a thing in transition.

How have you decided to handle feed reading in the future?

Google Reader

Mar 15
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WTF? Friday: Internet Privacy, Netflix Sharing and More!

By Communications, Media

On Charlottesville Right Now with Coy Barefoot, we talked about our changing relationship with privacy. A couple of recent developments inspired our discussion. One, the possible settlement agreement that Google may reach, in allegations that it,

gleaned “sensitive personal information,” including e-mail and text messages, passwords and Web-use history, from non-secured Wi-Fi networks,the Federal Communications Commission said last year.

We all love Street View, which the information was instrumental in building, but at what cost?

And this news from Netflix and Facebook: do you want your social network to know that your favorite movie is Hot Tub Time Machine? A new app allows users to share their movie viewing habits. Are you on board with that?

Listen to the podcast here.

WTF