Tag Archives: XING

The Global Success Sandbox

Posted on January 6, 2008 by bengt

The Global Success Sandbox is a group at XING with focus on coaching. The group presentation says this: The Global Success Sandbox is a place for – coaches – people who would like to find out more about coaching and … Continue reading →

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XING: Serving Our Members Better?

Posted on January 4, 2008 by bengt

XING started showing ads on personal profile pages. That resulted in a heated and intense debate in the German section of the Xing forum. Little trickled over into the English section which is strange. Xing claims to be international, yet … Continue reading →

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Flaunt your network

Posted on November 22, 2007 by bengt

Now you can show which online network you belong to. There is a LinkedIn Web Store as well as a XING Shop. It is a smart way for the networking sites to get some marketing done in the real world … Continue reading →

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XING acquires big Spanish network

Posted on June 22, 2007 by bengt

OPEN Business Club AG (the company behind XING) acquires Neurona, the Spanish market leader for online business networking. Neurona has more than 830,000 membes and is the largest contact online business network in Spain and Latin America. At the OpenBC … Continue reading →

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XING Enters US Market

Posted on June 14, 2007 by bengt

According to openBLOG OPEN Business Club AG, the company behind XING, will co-operate with the US company Zoom Information Inc. ZoomInfo is a business information search engine that indexes the Business Web to quickly find information about industries, companies and … Continue reading →

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XING has launched Marketplace

Posted on May 25, 2007 by bengt

Yesterday XING launched a new feature called Marketplace. At present Marketplace has the category job openings but there are inactive buttons for services and real estate. All XING users can view postings and search the Marketplace. Posters have the option … Continue reading →

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XING is launched

Posted on November 18, 2006 by bengt

XING is launched today. It is openBC that has changed name and look plus added features which makes the online networking easier. I like openBC/XING, there are forums with interesting discussions and I have met interesting people, online as well … Continue reading →

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openBLOG – the XING blog

Posted on August 15, 2006 by bengt

openBLOG is the blog for OpenBC, the company behind XING. Their presentation says: openBLOG gives you the chance to get to know “the people behind XING”. Team members write about their experiences, new ideas and developments and give you an … Continue reading →

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Networking online

Posted on July 16, 2006 by bengt

There are several great sites that help you build and maintain professional as well as social networks. Take a look at XING (formerly openBC), LinkedIn, Ryze and ZeroDegrees.

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