Apr
28
How honest should you be in Social Networking?
April 28, 2010 | 6 Comments
In today’s world of cyberspace we all connect and make friends across the globe. Connections we probably would never have had before the advent of the Internet. We have all heard of horror stories of people being conned, stalked or even murdered through someone they met on Facebook or some other social network. Personally, I am not sure that the numbers are higher than this happening from face-to-face or personal connection (in other words not via the Internet) – in fact my guess is that it is less (I am not referring to hacking or phishing).
Something I have experienced through using social networks is
Nov
18
Is Linkedin king in the business social networking world?
November 18, 2009 | 4 Comments
The two major social networks aimed at the professional community are Linkedin and Plaxo. Linkedin claims over 50 million users and Plaxo claims to host address books for over 40 million. While researching both Linkedin and Plaxo I came across a lot of content on how to use these better; you know the: complete your profile, network, join groups, brand yourself type of advice. Often the advice is good advice, but this what not what I was after. I wanted to get the low down on how to use these to do business.
Oct
30
Facebook for business has me scratching my head!
October 30, 2009 | 4 Comments
The next logical step for me in my social media investigation was to see how I can use Facebook for business. Now Facebook and business has never been in the same sentence I ever uttered before. For me Facebook is personal and a way I keep in contact my family and friends. My privacy settings are the highest I can set them. The thought of opening my family and personal life to the world causes me to tremble (perhaps I’m an over protective mother). This is where I started scratching my head and thinking how do the two go together. This is what I found out:
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