Comments on: Which Social Networking Site Do You Find More Useful (For Business) And Why?

By: Louise Collier

Louise Collier — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:53:36 +0000

Thank you Chris I agree, Twitter is the most simple to use in my opinion once you figure out a few things!

By: Chris Kerschner

Chris Kerschner — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:11:33 +0000

Thanks for the great article. I like your writing style. It’s broken up nicely and easy to read. I find Twitter the easiest to use so far. I’m kind of new to using social networks so this is great for me.
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By: Elle

Elle — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:51:12 +0000

I found you through twitter. I think I get more followers through FB, but Twitter certainly does not hurt! I love your website. Great tips! I’m always looking for ways to improve.

By: Whitney Segura

Whitney Segura — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:54:38 +0000

Great article Louise, I was suprised by your level of professionalism on Linkedin and Facebook. These are both extremely powerful tools in my arsenal of networking tactics, I like to use Xing as well for professional networking. Facebook makes it really easy with the friends in common suggestion tool, it builds friends like crazy and friends of relevant topics, which is awesome!
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By: Louise Collier

Louise Collier — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:52:32 +0000

Thanks so much Brent! Good idea, it’s a really useful ebook, let me know what you think to it if you check it out

By: Brent Hathaway

Brent Hathaway — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:40:38 +0000

Louise,
This article kicked butt. Good job! I’ll check out the LinkedIn book mentioned.

By: Marcus Davage

Marcus Davage — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:49:57 +0000

Excellent article, Louise, and many informative comments, too.

I, too, use LinkedIn professionally, Facebook personally, and Twitter as my “shout”, with Google Profiles to bring them all together. I don’t blog in earnest yet, as I haven’t really anything more interesting to say than other experts in the field. That’s why I use twitter’s retweet facility – the share the knowledge!

Keep up the insightful writing, and I shall follow this blog keenly from now on!

By: Outsourcing Guide

Outsourcing Guide — Mon, 31 May 2010 17:28:57 +0000

This is a very informative post. I learn a lot from it. Thank you for sharing this social media sites.

By: Chris Hermenitt

Chris Hermenitt — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:00:31 +0000

Nice summary Louise, it’s good for new users and old users (to remember what can be done with the sites).

For me, I use the three websites in different ways. I’d like to briefly explain them.

Twitter: this is my “shout to the world” site. I use the bit.ly sidebar to post dozens of news articles each day related to global business (mainly automotive, my industry) and living in Japan. I also include some editorial comments in most posts to express my beliefs about certain topics.

LinkedIn: this is my main business/professional forum. I’m an Open Networker with over 3100 connections. Not only do I connect with anyone who sends an invitation but I proactively “hunt” for new connections in my field and industry. I use selective Twitter posts as my status (by adding #in to Tweets) and they are directly relevant to my field or industry. I am also a member of over 30 groups, most of them I joined to show my interest on my profile but around 6 of them I actively participate in discussions and start discussions of my own. I use the sites XING.com (Germany), viadeo (France), and Brijj (India) for the same purpose even though those sites are tiny compared to LI. However, I’ve found XING.com to be particularly valuable as the Germans seem to be more “careful” and open minded with their networking. To be honest, I feel more value from my 157 XING contacts than my 3100 LI contacts.

Facebook: this is only for personal use. I express my political and religious beliefs, personal stories, family photos, etc. I have some current and past colleagues as friends there but only because I am truly friends with them. Every single friend is someone who I know personally (from high school to ex-girlfriends to classmates to family to current colleagues). I take the opposite position there than with my other sites as I do not post any news articles or discuss my field and industry at all. I also ignore requests to connect if I don’t personally know the person.

That’s my take on this. I’d like to know how you use the sites and how other people use them.