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The Facebook Conference Call

This morning Facebook announced that it had accepted a $200 million investment at a $10 billion valuation from Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies. Over the last few weeks there have been reports of the company turning down investments at lower valuations, and debate over if the investors would get a coveted Facebook board seat (DST did not). Facebook is holding a teleconference to talk about the new investment. Below are our notes.

Despite a pretty tough economic environment, our revenue is up and growth continues. Removing barriers to communication across the web. Baca Lanjutanya..

blogging

I am generally interested in how things work or why things happen the way they do.

On my list of things to mentally explore is how this blog got to where it is today. Not that it is hugely popular, but I get my share of page views and unique visitors plus enough links to the site to get a Google page rank of 5. A modest achievement on the web, but decent relative to the amount of effort involved.

And when I look back on how things evolved, there was a good deal of luck involved. Things could have gone different. How much different is tough question. How do I measure it? Baca Lanjutanya..

Trimming the Training Budget During a Recession? You Will Pay Later

I just ran across a well-written article that sums up the reason why you should never cut your training budget in a recession. I know it’s tempting. Training and Organizational Development have always been challenged to show ROI. After all, the activities involved in training do not tie directly to the bottom line, and soft skills training is tough to measure.
However, the statistics on this topic are clear. Michael Haberman, the author of the article, makes the point very clearly: Baca Lanjutanya..

Marketing Tips

Most bloggers are obsessed with their individual blog stats. Market your blog and the stats will come. That sounds very similar to Kevin Costner in Field Of Dreams. “Build it and they will come”. I enjoy seeing my stats move in a positive way but I have not reached the point of obsession yet. When I began my journey as a hyperlocal blogger, I tried to train myself that this is a long road to travel. I didn’t want to get caught up in the day-to-day web traffic and possibly get discouraged by some stupid numbers. Baca Lanjutanya..

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