Comments on: 5 social networking tips for busy businesspeople

By: social software

social software — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:03:58 +0000

With its new tagging ability, Facebook has made its site a whole lot more appealing for small business owners. Small business owners have the ability to seek out the people talking about them and users can get their voices heard, knowing businesses can check to see who has tagged them. But before either party can take advantage of Facebook’s new feature, you first have to get your customers to opt into the relationship. You have to give them a reason to friend your Facebook Fan page, and that’s not always easy.

By: Mark William Schaefer

Mark William Schaefer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:50:25 +0000

A timely article -- because I just wrote an essay on social media exhaustion!

http://snipurl.com/lyrz2

I appreciate the tips but I fear it only hits the tip of the iceberg. The tsunamai of information + commitment to at least participate in the conversation + tech hassles + keeping up with change = significant new time commitments!

OK, where else do we go with this? We need some real strategies to corral this bronco!

Thanks for the article!

Mark

@markwschaefer

By: Jef

Jef — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:18:58 +0000

I set up twitter to auto follow anyone that follows me and I also have all of my blog posts (I have four blogs) posts onto twitter. That saves me a ton of time. I'll have to check out tweetdeck one of these days as I am very, very busy.

By: soviet

soviet — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:39:12 +0000

thanks , usefuly information :}

By: Craig Moore

Craig Moore — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:30:22 +0000

Good points but I'd disagree with protecting your updates. Don't bother using Twitter if you're going to do this. Use email.

Very much agree with Tweetdeck though. It kills! The only way to manage it all by far.

As to the avatar change, it can be part of your brand but I change it up sometimes to suit what I'm doing (new show releases, etc.). Also @chrisbrogan (a social media monster...in a good way) changes his pretty much week to week. I'd say your name is more key.

Thanks

Craig Moore

By: mike

mike — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:49:10 +0000

I like the notepad idea…always write down your ideas!

By: Alec Stolz

Alec Stolz — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:37:00 +0000

Those bullet points were interesting, but I don't understand why tweetdeck is more effective than using twitter through the browser?

By: chleoku

chleoku — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:40:58 +0000

Good insights - here are some more useful job search and networking skillz:

http://www.wealthalchemist.com/Blog/career-101/

By: moeshoffa

moeshoffa — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:56:08 +0000

Thanks for your information

By: loicdirect@gmail.com

loicdirect@gmail.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:22:22 +0000

thanks Paul for recommending Seesmic! Have a great week-end.