Social Networking Is Everywhere!
I hope everyone had a fun and safe Labor Day holiday!
It seems that lately everywhere I turn there is another news story about social networking. CNN.com, Business 2.0, Inc. and many others have run stories in recent weeks.
The latest hot site for the business executive is a site called LinkedIn.
I want to pose the question to my readers, what are your thoughts on social networking? Are you members of any sites other than the big two of Facebook and Myspace, which right now are predominately dedicated to my kid’s generation?
Do you see any advantages to joining a site like LinkedIn or multiple sites for that matter?
I am a member of LinkedIn, Twitter, Friendster, MySpace, FaceBook, Plaxo, Flickr, Squidoo. I also Skype, listen to Pandora Internet radio, and have been on Second Life...twice...but still haven't figured out what it's all about.
I work in PR, so I feel like I have to at least have baseline familiarity with social networking channels, but honestly, I, like many others, am still trying to figure out what are the immediate opportunities. Yes, I make connections and reconnections with people through some of these. Yes, I learn something more about people I know. But as far as using Web 2.0 channels for strategic campaigns, I haven't yet figured it all out. I think we'll see much of that fleshed out over time as the masses sort through the clutter.
