Is social media the new town crier?

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! A crier stood in the mid­dle of a town and shouted his announce­ment to the peo­ple of the town. In the mid­dle ages they demanded silence and every­one lis­tened. Social media is dif­fer­ent in that way. Today you are announc­ing your mes­sage to your friends, fol­low­ers or con­nec­tions against a lot of other noise. So how do you get heard? Read more »

Is Linkedin king in the busi­ness social net­work­ing world?

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. Read more »

My first Social Media pit stop was @twitter

As I approach my jour­ney to demys­tify social media and how it can be used in busi­ness I look at this mono­lith in the face and pon­der where do I start? I don’t have a map to fol­low and there is an over­load of infor­ma­tion out there. I decided to start with twit­ter as I per­son­ally have some ques­tions I need clar­i­fied. Read more »

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