My Social World

Welcome to my Tumblr. I have been in Marketing and Sales for more than 15 years, through College jobs and my Professional Career. I will complete my Masters in Internet Marketing this December. I have watched the rise of the Internet and Social Media. But, what does it all mean? And how in the heck does it all affect my life or better yet, improve it.

Here is how I use Social Media in my life.

Facebook. I strictly use this for my personal life. I do not ‘friend’ anyone that I do not know or don’t want to get to know. I read people’s status updates to see what others are up to in their daily lives. I communicate with probably only 10 people regularly out of the 225 friends.

Twitter. Ugh. Twitter. I have yet to figure this little birdie out from a personal standpoint. I tried it. I left it. I came back to it. I rarely use it.

MySpace. Well, you know.

LinkedIn. I use this everyday. I have over 3,400 connections, most i dont know. I use LinkedIn for networking and job hunting, as needed. I am not a huge fan of the interface and features but I think it is an amazing network to find business people and make connections for projects, etc.

Tumblr. I have tried to start a blog for several years and failed each time. Mostly, due to time and effort. I am going to jump in feet first and see what happens this time around. I am just exploring all the features and will post back my thoughts soon.

LiveJournal. I have a specific thought in mind for this. More to come.

Ning. Started building a Ning site for a business idea i was thinking through but, after they trashed the free model, I had to let go. Bye Ning.

Social Overload! When do we start to pick up the phone and just talk again?

What other networks have you tried? Use? Like? Dislike?