DailyFinance.comhttp://www.dailyfinance.comDailyFinance.comhttp://o.aolcdn.com/os/df/2013/img/2-dailyfinance_logo_m.pngDailyFinance.comhttp://www.dailyfinance.comen-usCopyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Tweet for tat: How to barter for services onlinehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/24/tweet-for-tat-how-to-barter-for-services-online/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/24/tweet-for-tat-how-to-barter-for-services-online/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/24/tweet-for-tat-how-to-barter-for-services-online/#commentsFiled under: , ,

how to barter onlineIf you were paying any attention to feel-good news stories three years ago, you might remember a guy by the name of Kyle MacDonald. And if his name doesn't ring a bell, perhaps his ticket to the national spotlight will: one red paperclip. MacDonald first traded the tiny office supply for a pen on Craigslist in 2005, and eventually kept trading until he ended up with a house. (And, as what usually happens in situations like these, a book deal soon followed.)

To be sure, MacDonald is a rare example of extreme success (and, perhaps, extremely good timing) when it comes to online bartering -- there's no telling what his journey would've looked like had he tried to trade that red paperclip after the economy started to falter. (For one, the house he ended up with most likely would've been a foreclosure.)

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]]>barteringCraigslisteconomyfree stuffrecessiontipstradingKatie RogersWed, 24 Mar 2010 09:30:00 ESTTwitter etiquette that could land you a jobhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/17/twitter-etiquette-that-could-land-you-a-job/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/17/twitter-etiquette-that-could-land-you-a-job/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/03/17/twitter-etiquette-that-could-land-you-a-job/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

TwitterMore than two years after joining Twitter, I still find myself the target of blank stares more often than I'd like to admit. When it comes to skepticism, I've heard just about anything you can imagine, with most dismissive questions usually taking on some form of the following: "Wait, isn't Twitter, like, an instant message to no one?"

Well, not really. Whenever I'm asked something like this, I try to hold onto the last few seconds of their attention span by explaining I might never have landed an acceptance to graduate school, two internships and a handful of job interviews without paying close attention to the way I used my Twitter account.

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]]>internshipjobsjobsearchnetworkingrecessionsocialmediatipstwitterKatie RogersWed, 17 Mar 2010 17:00:00 ESTMoney College: Avoid e-scammers on your next Internet marketplace adventurehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/12/money-college-avoid-e-scammers-on-your-next-internet-marketplac/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/12/money-college-avoid-e-scammers-on-your-next-internet-marketplac/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/02/12/money-college-avoid-e-scammers-on-your-next-internet-marketplac/#commentsFiled under: ,

avoid e-scammersAh, the Internet: We'd be hard-pressed to name another invention that made our day-to-day lives easier, especially when it comes to exchanging goods, services and money without having to uncomfortably interact with anyone on the other end of the deal. And when you're a starving student, online haggling begins to feel like a fine art form as you explore a virtually endless sea of empty apartments, lightly used textbooks and part-time jobs just beyond our fingertips.

Unfortunately, the art of dealing with strangers online is never really one you can master, and that's probably a good thing. Case-in-point: Just last week, I was trying to sell an old iPod on eBay. The 'pod sold, and I was told by eBay to send it to an address in the United Arab Emirates. No problem, I thought, until I received a message shortly after from the site's control center advising me the buyer's account had been compromised.

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