It’s an ongoing battle: which social media sites are for “professional” use and which are for “personal” use? I read numerous articles and blogs that say that specific sites are only for professional use and others are only for personal use. Typically, the “preference” is that LinkedIn is professional, while Facebook and Twitter are personal—and…
“Anyone should be able to post anything they want, anytime they want.” This was part of an interesting discussion I took part in earlier this week. The initial question concerned employers implementing social media policies for their employees and whether or not people agreed with it. As you could imagine, responses ranged from those thinking…
It happened again. I had someone adamantly tell me that using social networking for business is a complete and total waste of time. The gentleman felt so strongly about it that he even raised his voice and shook his finger in my face. Yoiks! I tried to talk with him, but it was clear that…
At least once a week, I still have someone tell me that they think using social media for their business is a waste of time and that they just don’t see the point. Then, they usually ask me why I think businesses should use social media. First and foremost, it’s simply the numbers. Facebook now…
With all due respect to Carly Simon and her love life, the pain that I’m talking about is the fact that we’re all very busy and just the thought of managing accounts on multiple social networking sites causes a great deal of pain and anguish! The good news is that there are tools to make…
