| Amy joined the HR.com sales team in February of 2007 after graduating from Seneca College. Since her recent promotion to Regional Sales Rep, Amy has developed many new relationships with clients across the globe, and enjoys the opportunity to travel and meet them face-to-face. When not at work, Amy spends her free time in the fan section at as many sporting events she can schedule, catching the latest movie of the week, or walking the busy streets of Toronto. She is currently working hard to treat herself to an exotic once in a lifetime trip. Destination unknown. | |  | | Please be sure to add Rita to your network of contacts at:crm.hr.com/members/ ritajackson | If you've ever had the opportunity to meet Rita in person, you're probably well aware of her energy, positive attitude and exceptional singing talent! Since joining HR.com in 2003, Rita has continued to awe us with her dedication to outstanding customer service and ability to turn clients into friends. | |  | | |  | It seems that every time you turn on the television, radio or open a newspaper these days all you hear about is how social networking websites are costing employers billions of dollars in lost productivity. But savvy marketers - and companies - are quickly learning that social networking is not their worst enemy but their best friend. read more |  | For many marketers online advertising - banner ads, button ads, pop-unders, pop-unders - are seen as an exercise in branding. We stretch our creative muscles just enough to let online visitors recognize our logo, our name and, ideally, what we do. But just like exercise, most of us get some snazzy new running shoes, jump on the treadmill and despite the best of intentions, fall off the wagon and quickly return to our couch potato ways. But what if we changed the way we thought about online advertising and kept on running? read more |  | How much of your marketing budget is spent on online advertising? 1% to 9% 10% to 24% 25% to 49% 50% to 74% 75% to 100% Click here to participate Stay tuned for next month's newsletter for the results. It's a great way to see what your peers in the HR solutions community are up to. |
| Last month we asked you if you had ever participated in a virtual event and the results are in: Yes - 57.1% No - 42.9% It's interesting to see that the results are almost evenly split. With more and more remote employees and more and more of us too busy to get out of the office for lunch - never mind a day - we anticipate seeing a lot more attendance at virtual events in the future. If you're interested in a list of upcoming HR virtual events then click here for details. |  | The HR.com community of HR professionals and industry leaders is growing all the time. Check out our website traffic numbers from August: New members- 4,342 Unique visitors- 142,821 Page views- 2,900,491 Number of ad impressions delivered - 1,588,851 | | | |  | Want the inside scoop on how HR solutions providers are seeing success with HR.com advertising? Check out our top performing advertisers and sponsors from last month: Top Performing email- 8/22 - Jacob Fleming - CTR 8.54% Top Performing Online Ad: Payscale Skyscraper - CTR .48% Top Performing Webcast: Payscale - How to Strike a Better Deal: Fearless Negotiations for HR Professionals with 520 registrants. |  | | | Here's what you need to know about what's happening at HR.com: HR.com's Premier Membership now includes some fantastic benefits including free access to DDI's OPAL and the entire video libraries from both Fifty Lessons and AthenaOnline. It's a great way to keep any company's leaders inspired and motivated! Create your own network on HR.com and connect your company with clients and prospects. It's an easy way to showcase your products and services while keeping your audience up-to-date on new developments and trends. HR.com's blogs are taking off! Our member blogs are quickly becoming one of the most trafficked areas of our site. If you're not already blogging on HR.com, then what are you waiting for? We're continuing work on our new Buyer's Guide. Stay tuned for more information on how to put your products and services in front of 150,000 HR decision-makers. Don't forget to tell me what's happening with your organization! If you've got news you want to share with your peers in the HR solutions industry give me a call at 1-877-472-6648 or email me at aylitalo@hr.com Forward this newsletter to a friend or colleague or Sign up for HR.communications newsletter here if you were not the original recipient of this email. |  | Check out Debbie McGrath's blog on HR.com for all the latest news on everything from job boards and outsourcing to industry mergers and promotions. For more information on our services click here | |  | | |