Network. 7 Lessons for Better Networking with Social Media. Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conference, which brings together staff from Google, Facebook, and Twitter with others to explore living wisely in our modern age. Mashable readers can use code ‘Mashable‘ for a discount when registering. Social media allows us to discover, connect, and engage with new people of interest. While most people are open to new connections and receiving messages from people they don't know, there is a fine line between reaching out and "spamming. " The challenge is to make a connection clearly and effectively without wasting people's time. Many of us are on both sides of this relationship — sometimes making the connection, sometimes receiving the invitation. To help navigate these waters a little better, I've outlined seven key lessons for improving your social networking skills. 1. If you want to contact someone you have never communicated with before, do some research.
Lesson: Go where they are. 2. Lesson: Less is more. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Educational Networking: The Important Role Web 2.0 Will Play in. How Twitter can Make you a Better Photographer. How to “Friend” Someone on Facebook & Hide It From Your Stat. I’m sure that this has happened to you before. Someone you have ties to, whether it’s a co-worker, your boss, or even worse, a parent, has finally discovered social networking and wants to be your newest Facebook friend.
For me personally, that’s no big deal. I’m fairly open about my online activities. Everything I write, Digg, or otherwise share goes through my FriendFeed to my Twitter then ultimately onto my Facebook (my, that sounds naughty). Besides that, just about everyone I’d consider a co-worker is already on Facebook, and would have little issue about my other Internet activities. Putting all that aside however, imagine for a moment that I worked at Domino’s Pizza and that I don’t want my boss to know that I just became a fan of Papa John’s (writing this one’s gonna make me hungry). On your Facebook home page, you should see the ‘Settings’ menu close to the search field on your upper-right. 8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter | How-To | Smash. Advertisement Twitter is the new big thing. With everybody from Britney Spears to Barack Obama now on Twitter, it is safe to say the social networking platform has gone mainstream. For many users worldwide Twitter has become a crucial tool for maintaining contacts, exchanging opinions and making new connections.
But what does this mean for the service, and how can we, website owners, actually use it for our purposes? I posted my first tweet in November of 2006, only 7 months after the service launched. For me, it was a way to keep in touch with new friends. Twitter1 is the new big thing. Some time ago I was wrong to lament on Twitter about it becoming a marketing tool; I should embrace it as a tool I can use. So how do I use Twitter? 1. Although Twitterers like CNN breaking news2 have been very successful, generally, corporate Twitter accounts are a mistake. CNN Breaking News Twitter Page Does that mean you cannot have a Twitter account for your organization? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. (al) Social Networking: Social Media Netiquette. Business: Networking for introverts. How to Network: 12 Tips for Shy People - CIO.com - Business Tech. CIO — Networking is the key to success in business, says Keith Ferrazzi, business coach and author of Never Eat Alone, a book about the power of relationship building and networking.
It helps you find jobs, recruit talent, win new customers and discover investors who'll support your ideas. But networking is a trial for shy people—geeks especially. They view it as insincere at best, manipulative at worst. They eschew networking for a variety of reasons including lack of confidence, fear of rejection and a sense of unworthiness. If they could just relate to others more easily, if they just possessed more self-confidence and weren't such self-conscious wallflowers, the world would be their oyster, and schmoozing would be so much easier.
It is possible for shrinking violets and shy guys to master the skill of networking. If you're struggling to meet new people, here's some common-sense advice for increasing your networking mojo. Start Small Stop Apologizing Continue Reading.