With over 80 million members, LinkedIn is the big dog when it comes to professionally-focused social media sites. The site was created to help professionals make better use of their network and is a great way to not only connect with others, but to showcase your own talents and skills. It all begins with your…
Facebook recently announced that they revamped their Groups, making them much more interactive and useful. But, it’s still a bit confusing. Think of Groups as the ability to have a special “space” on Facebook to interact directly with other members of a Group. Members can communicate with other members, chat online and post documents. These…
Amid much fanfare and drum roll (ha!), after months of telling people that they should have a Facebook Page to promote their businesses, I finally launched my own: Deb Krier, The SociaLight. The basic Page—Facebook has dropped the word “Fan”—is good, but I wanted to add some bells and whistles to hopefully make my Page…
My blog posts about mixing personal and professional posts in social networking, even for businesses, always gets the most comments. There are, of course, people who use one site, like Facebook, just for personal posts, and use other sites, like LinkedIn, for professional posts. As I’ve often said, there is no right or wrong way…
“Did you see what happened to Derek and Meredith last night?” “Are you planning to go to the movie about Facebook?” “I just signed up to attend a great new seminar next week.” “How ’bout them Rockies!” Whether it’s chatting by the company water cooler, grabbing a smoke outside, talking over your neighbor’s fence or…
