Join Viadeo at Social Media Week Paris 2012!
Social Media Week is coming to Paris! From the 11th-17th February the French capital will host an array of different social media conferences, panels and roundtables. Once again, Viadeo is delighted to be a partner of the Paris Social Media Week and is co-organizing two events that we thought our readers may be interested in attending! Our two events link with this year’s Social Media Week theme of “Empowerment”: Social Media in Corporations – Empowerment or Surveillance ? Location: American University of […]
7 Simple steps for making the most of your Viadeo profile
Professional social networks are a great resource for growing your network reach, connecting with like-minded professionals and expanding your influence. It is important, however, to maximise the potential of your presence on professional social networks by ensuring that your digital identity is as strong as possible. For Viadeo members, it is vital to make your profile as relevant as possible in order to optimise your online presence and really make the most of the Viadeo network. We’ve compiled a list of simple […]
A Blog Makeover!
As you might have noticed, the Viadeo blog is looking a little bit different. We’re proud to announce the launch of our re-designed blog! Originally started in October 2009, our blog covers key themes including social media, branding, marketing, tech developments, recruitment and job-hunting – and most importantly, Viadeo top tips and insights. We decided to go for a redesign to give you, our readers, better functionality and access to exciting posts and news. Across the top of the home […]
Viadeo takes second step into Africa with new Casablanca office
Morocco, a country with over 13 million internet users and a rapidly growing economy, is the location of Viadeo’s latest office opening. On a continent with huge potential – the combined GDP of the African continent has grown at twice the rate of the developed world for the past decade and is in total larger than either Russia’s or India’s – Morocco is playing its part in finding economic success; its 3.1% economic growth rate in 2010 beat France, the […]
Stay Connected to Your Network Wherever You are: Viadeo for BlackBerry
Viadeo is pleased to announce the next step in our mobile journey. This month, we unveiled the Viadeo application for BlackBerry! The application, initially available in French, English and Spanish, aims to help you make your professional social networking experience more convenient and user-friendly. The app permits all BlackBerry users and Viadeo members to: Stay up to date with network news Discover new contacts and grow their professional networks Share interesting […]
Viadeo at LeWeb’11: Part Four
If you’re interested in tech, hot new start-ups and trends to keep an eye on in 2012, these are four interviews you will not want to miss! We set up a pop-up TV studio at this year’s LeWeb Conference and got the chance to chat with influential entrepreneurs, start-up founders, journalists and tech addicts about what they got up to in 2011, what will be hot in tech in 2012 and emerging trends. Cathy Brooks (@CathyBrooks) , VP of Business Development […]
Viadeo’s MySQL Meetup with Daily Motion, Virgin Mobile & Paybox!
Last month, Viadeo’s Paris headquarters hosted an exciting event about using MySQL. MySQL is the world’s most popular open source database and it’s a critical part of Viadeo technical architecture, because of the incredible amount of data we manage! The event was sponsored by Viadeo and co-organised with LeMUG.fr – the French speaking MySQL User Group organization which facilitates meetings around MySQL. The main aim of this meet up was to share knowledge through case studies and discussion and hear […]
Viadeo in Russia!
We have some exciting news - Viadeo is now active in Russia. Viadeo is proud to announce a joint venture with Sanoma Independent Media, Russia’s leading publishing house. The partnership will develop and strengthen Viadeo’s presence in Russia and will allow Russian professionals to become part of one of the world’s largest professional social networks. Another goal of the partnership will be to develop business services for the Russian market, supported by Viadeo’s social networking expertise and the local strength of […]
The Viadeo Blog’s 100th Post!
Today is a special day for the Viadeo blog: this is our 100th post! Since our very first blog post in October 2009, we’ve been developing our blog to host a variety of content, from editorial-based pieces to Viadeo announcements to app reviews, blog aggregators and key takeaways from interesting events we’ve attended. In celebration of our 100th blog post, we’ve had a look at a selection of five of our most-read blog posts over the last year. If you […]
Viadeo Acquires Dutch Tech Company Soocial
Viadeo is pleased to announce that we have acquired Dutch start-up Soocial. Founded in 2007, Soocial specializes in contact management and universal contact synchronization. As part of the acquisition, Soocial’s development staff will be joining Viadeo to work towards improving overall user experience on the Viadeo network. The acquisition will allow Viadeo to integrate Soocial’s best features to support our members to manage, organize, back up and easily and safely share their address books. The features will allow members to […]
