Comments on: Yes, It Really is About Who You Know http://writerathome.com/who-you-know/ Taking it one word at a time. Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bluewingz http://writerathome.com/who-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-12 bluewingz Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:57:45 +0000 http://bluewingz.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-12 Diana, I think that is something that twitter uses forget. I see a lot of profiles that are based around promoting themselves. I don't follow them. I think that it is perfectly fine to market yourself a bit, by leading people to your blog or article posts, but not all of them, all the time. I got a giggle out of the visual of conference viewers throwing business cards at people. Maybe using one of those big confetti blowing machines? That would be a much more efficient way of getting it done. ;) John, I never got Myspace to begin with. lol. The first networking site I actually used with any regularity was twitter, and that has only been in the last few months. "Keeping an ear to the ground" is a great way to describe it. I'm amazed at how quickly information can travel on twitter, and how quickly people respond and retweet relevant tweets. It's a wonderful system, and it's essential to be a part of that system if you want to get anywhere as a presence on the web. Thanks for the great comments, guys. :) Diana, I think that is something that twitter uses forget. I see a lot of profiles that are based around promoting themselves. I don’t follow them. I think that it is perfectly fine to market yourself a bit, by leading people to your blog or article posts, but not all of them, all the time. I got a giggle out of the visual of conference viewers throwing business cards at people. Maybe using one of those big confetti blowing machines? That would be a much more efficient way of getting it done. ;)

John, I never got Myspace to begin with. lol. The first networking site I actually used with any regularity was twitter, and that has only been in the last few months. “Keeping an ear to the ground” is a great way to describe it. I’m amazed at how quickly information can travel on twitter, and how quickly people respond and retweet relevant tweets. It’s a wonderful system, and it’s essential to be a part of that system if you want to get anywhere as a presence on the web.

Thanks for the great comments, guys. :)

]]> By: Diana http://writerathome.com/who-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Diana Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:29:37 +0000 http://bluewingz.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-11 I agree 100% with your ideas here. Networking always has been a beneficial process, we now simply have more and more ways to do it. However, Social Networking, like Twitter, Myspace, and Facebook should be used as such and networking almost secondary. It's about being social. Sites like LinkedIn and ZoomInfo are for 100% professional networking. I believe there's a lot of confusion about that, especially with the Internet Marketing folks who think Twitter Spamming is completely acceptible. It's not about flooding Twitter with obnoxious messages. It's about socializing. Just like networking in person involves conversation, give and take, and socilizing. Meeting someone at a conference and going for a drink. If you're at a conference, you certainly aren't go to throw fliers and business cards at people as you run by them, right?? I agree 100% with your ideas here. Networking always has been a beneficial process, we now simply have more and more ways to do it. However, Social Networking, like Twitter, Myspace, and Facebook should be used as such and networking almost secondary. It’s about being social. Sites like LinkedIn and ZoomInfo are for 100% professional networking. I believe there’s a lot of confusion about that, especially with the Internet Marketing folks who think Twitter Spamming is completely acceptible. It’s not about flooding Twitter with obnoxious messages. It’s about socializing. Just like networking in person involves conversation, give and take, and socilizing. Meeting someone at a conference and going for a drink. If you’re at a conference, you certainly aren’t go to throw fliers and business cards at people as you run by them, right??

]]> By: Jonathan http://writerathome.com/who-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jonathan Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:25:35 +0000 http://bluewingz.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-10 I agree entirely. Taking part in social networks is becoming increasingly important - sometimes it feels like "keeping an ear to the ground". Twitter and Facebook look (at the moment) like they may end up being the last ones standing once the shakeouts start happening. I wouldn't want to work for MySpace at the moment. I agree entirely. Taking part in social networks is becoming increasingly important – sometimes it feels like “keeping an ear to the ground”. Twitter and Facebook look (at the moment) like they may end up being the last ones standing once the shakeouts start happening.

I wouldn’t want to work for MySpace at the moment.

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