This easy Twitter tutorial explains several ways to find people to follow on Twitter.

If you’re using a blog to promote your online business, congratulations! If used wisely, blogs are one of the best tools to drive traffic and increase sales. Unfortunately, many business bloggers are blogging ineffectively.

Here are five business blogging tips that can increase the effectiveness of your blog.

A manager from Washington, D.C., asked for ways to avoid silly errors caused by too little time to proofread and too much reliance on the grammar and spelling checker. I am happy to share my strategies:

Facebook has become the playground for finding old friends, but for some job seekers, it can also be the key to finding employment.

Like most college students, Mark Gentry had a Facebook page he used to stay connected to friends. It didn't factor much into his job search, which was languishing even before he graduated from Stetson University in DeLand, Fla.

Nearly two-thirds of the college class of 2009 are concerned about finding a job, according to a new study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Gentry was one of them.

A great way to get ideas for how your organization can use social media is to check out what others are doing.

Here’s a comprehensive list of sites below (and one book) that will get you started.

Heather Armstrong had had enough. The mother of two had just spent $1,300 on a brand new Maytag washing machine to replace a rickety old one, only for the new model to faithfully conk out.

After a repairman had made several visits to no avail, she resorted to calling a helpline, and got a wary customer service representative who wasn't helping. Armstrong, a little fed up at this point, finally said the magic words: "Do you know what Twitter is? Because I have over a million followers on Twitter."

Learn how corporate blogging helps Walmart build deeper relationships.

Though most people would think differently, blogs, social media, RSS, video and podcasting are gradually establishing themselves as new critical components in the development strategy of many large companies in the American corporate landscape.

These companies look at the adoption of social media technologies as a means to improve their communications approach, to build internal knowledge, and to improve marketing and sales as well as to guarantee long-term sustainability and growth.

Many such organizations are Fortune 500 companies, who according to the report I present here today, have started to take up social media, a bit slowly, but very seriously.

Researcher Danah Boyd discusses different levels of web friendship, and why they're important to business to understand.

This 36-slide, illustrated presentation explains the difference between Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0. It also illustrates many websites that are part of the Web 2.0 world.