We have some great news to report: As the first step in integrating the BusinessWeek and Bloomberg brands, you can now save content from Bloomberg.com to Business Exchange with ease. Simply click the new mini icon at the top of every article page on Bloomberg.com
Don’t forget you can also use the Share This browser widget to automatically add Web content you find to BX. It’s an easy way to keep all of your content organized within focused business topics on BX.
And since it’s the end of another productive month, we wanted to share a snapshot of some of the great topics that have recently been approved on BX:
Take a look at some of our new topics and when you’re on Bloomberg.com, don’t forget to add articles to relevant BX topics. If you have questions, feel free to send us feedback.
• Posted by: Business Exchange Team | Oct 30, 2009 | Category: Business Exchange
After much speculation McGraw-Hill has agreed to sell BusinessWeek to Bloomberg LP. No, we aren’t going to share any juicy details here. Instead, we want to use the sale process to illustrate how Business Exchange helps you stay on top of topics that matter to your professional life.
Mid-July, McGraw-Hill announced that it was exploring “strategic options” for BusinessWeek. Rumors and reports abounded. To keep up on the latest news of the impending sale, we all flocked to the McGraw-Hill and Business Exchange topics, where colleagues and other users added all the content they could find. The BX topics are an easy place to find the latest news on the sale. It is also great to see what some of our colleagues are saying in response to the reports.
When news of the sale was confirmed, the Bloomberg LP topic was quickly created. As you can imagine, the topic is filled with all the news of the sale and much speculation on the merged companies. So if you are curious about what the Bloomberg-BusinessWeek combo will look like, stay active in these topics and add any content you find. We’ll see you there!
For the official BW post on the sale, read Tom Lowry’s blog.
Well, first and foremost, we’ve added a new link to the BX blog from the Business Exchange home page. In top right corner of every page, you’ll see “What’s New?” in red. Click that link to see our latest blog post.
But that’s not all. BX is dedicated to helping you maximize your time online. Some of our users wondered what we had in store for our LinkedIn partnership at launch. We answered: Syncing your LinkedIn profile with your BX account not only makes registration easier, but allows you invite your LinkedIn connections to join you on BX. And with our last upgrade (10/7), you can now cross-post your BX reactions as your LinkedIn status simultaneously. This is in addition to cross-posting to Twitter, a feature we launched in March. (Note: you must have your BX profile synced with your LinkedIn account in order to cross-post to LinkedIn. Click to sync your profile now.)
We’d also like to give a big shout out to our technology team for their hard work in pushing live many new optimizations to the site. As you probably noticed, site is running much faster than before -- enhancing your BX experience.
Take a look around and send us feedback with any questions or comments you have.
Today we are taking another look at the faces behind the scenes at Business Exchange. Maki Yamasaki, our community moderation specialist, has one of the most important jobs on BX -- she responds to all of the feedback we receive from users and moderates user comments and contributions.
Maki took some time to give us a peek into her world.
Describe what you do at BusinessWeek.
I take care of all the feedback that we receive on BX. We take feedback serious at BX. I reply to each of user and categorize the feedback to pass along to the proper BX stakeholders for consideration. I also review reported articles, make sure the content in the topics is relevant, add valuable articles and lots of more.
Of course, as a moderator, chasing spammers is part of my work, too (Mhahaha!).
What interests you most in the work you do on Business Exchange?
My duties for Business Exchange interest me in so many ways, because they cover many of the important features of my background: Library Science. First of all, I get to help disseminate valuable information to people who are seeking it in a timely manner. This is what BX does and what librarians are passionate about.
Secondly, I love to help people use the application so that they can find information themselves. When I see that a user begins to actively contribute to the site after contacting me, I am SO happy.
There are third, fourth, and more reasons, but overall, BX is such a unique social networking site with so many different and new features and technologies. Also, the people on our team are GREAT! Who wouldn’t be interested in working here?
What is the most unusual feedback you’ve ever received?
Believe or not, it’s not about Business Exchange. It’s about Facebook. When people have problems with their Facebook accounts, they come to us… How and why? Who knows! But I’m happy to help where I can.
What are your favorite BX topics?
I go over hundreds topics in a day as a moderator, and it’s hard to stick to only a few topics. If I had to pick, I’d personally want to contribute more to the topics on McGraw-Hill and Japan’s Economy. Oh, I learn a lot from Semantic Web, too. Somebody needs to stop me here, otherwise my favorite topic list will keep going on and on and on…
Last week – September 8th to be exact – marked one year from the initial launch of Business Exchange. So we thought it appropriate to take a step back and acknowledge some milestones we hit along the way.
First, we've recruited a stellar group of active users. Regular contributors include Business Insider’s Henry Blodget, Business Opportunities Weblog Network’s Dane Carslon, Small Biz Trends’ Anita Campbell, Leavey School of Business’ Terri Griffith and Entrepreneur Paul Briggs, among many others.
Our users have suggested upwards of 1600 business topics that help you organize thousands of the best business blog and news items from across the Web. These topics run the gamut – from stalwarts Social Networking and U.S. Economy to newer topics on Health Insurance Reform and MBA Admissions.
Last, but definitely not least, we’ve launched some great new product features:
Dynamic Home Page: Our home page now shows you a view of the public activity of everyone on the site in near real time, along with another view of the activity of just those in your network.
Simultaneous Posting: You can cross-post your reactions on BX and to Twitter at the same time.
Stay Tuned: Coming soon is something we are internally calling “Company BX.”
Whew, it’s been a busy year. And we’re not stopping either -- we are already working on our next act. We’ll keep you posted!
Don’t forget to send us feedback with any questions, comments or suggestions you may have.
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