Archive for August, 2009

Social Media for Networking with Other Professionals

In the list of top social media sites by number of visits, LinkedIn comes 5th, behind Facebook, MySpace,Twitter and Flixster (a movie sharing site) with 42.7 million visits per month. LinkedIn is quite different from the sites we’ve discussed in this blog so far.  Although they all have the idea of meeting and sharing, LinkedIn [...]

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Types of Social Media IV – Social Bookmarking

What does this mean for the small business owner? Well, if you are putting some interesting articles on your website, you might consider signing in and recommending “digging it” on Digg.

Monday, August 17th, 2009

What’s Ahead This Week?

Good morning. This week I plan to continue looking at the various types of social media. Later today I will look more completely at sites like Digg where you can recommend articles to others. We’ll also look at sites where professionals tend to congegrate. Stay tuned and thanks for joining me here. Share/Save

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Types of Social Media III – Link Sharing

StumbleUpon – a HIghly Rated Link Sharing Website According to the StumbleUpon website, “StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites.” I was delighted when I found this site. It has the usual front page with lots of catchy items (Squirrel Bomber Steals the Scene) but once you look deeper, you can find all sorts [...]

Thursday, August 13th, 2009