Facebook – As of the time of creating this article there are “more than 400 million active users” on Facebook. With huge numbers like that, you are extremely likely to know hundreds of people on Facebook. Here is another thing, If you think YOU are personally a “One In A Million”…. then there are 400 people JUST like you on Facebook! haha! Go our there and find others like you, connect, share your passions, and have fun networking with people around you and around the world.
Not only should you use Facebook to network yourself, but Facebook has made a wonderful “Pages” platform just for brands. If you own a business or run an organization Facebook Pages are a GREAT way to connect with people who like your business and organization. This is a great way to communicate with your customers within a highly social environment.
YouTube – This website has an incredible 24 hours of video uploaded to it EVERY minute. The vast amount of content covers every spectrum of life. With that much content, there is surly something to entertain or teach you. You can learn just about anything from the videos among the YouTube community. Not only that, but you have the ability to brand yourself as an expert by creating videos of your own and entertaining and educating others. People typically say they enjoy watching video over reading articles. This is your chance to get your content seen within YouTube that has become one of the largest “Search Engines”.
Twitter – Twitter has become the source of “Real Time”, learning what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world! Think about the POWER of this. By doing a simple search, or following the trending topics, you can see what the millions of people on twitter are talking about the most. Twitter has been known to break news WAY quicker than any news station or radio. These millions of people are everywhere around the world and can report much quick than a news team. The only problem is that the credibility is not always high.
Another reason to use twitter is because you can connect with millions of people who are chatting and communicating in regards to a specific subjuct. By using the “@” and “#” functions, you can create real time conversations with many people in topics you are passionate about or general news and entertainment topics. You can go as for as creating your own news and entertainment topics and moderate a conversation. There are many possibilities for personal entertainment and networking as well as business networking and marketing.
LinkedIn – Having the ability to create a professional profile account with work experience and job relations is the reason for for joining LinkedIn. This website has over 65 million members and executives from EVERY Fortune 500 company. The vast network allows you to connect with business partners, co-workers, and other professionals in a higher professional environment compared to other social networks. Use this network to simply connect with other professional to become more productive and successful from utilizing your professional network. By creating your professional profile on LinkedIn, you are increasing your ability of your professional career being found in search engines and will likely give you advantages in your current and future career.
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Blogging – We mention blogging as a social network to get involved with because the combination of blogs and bloggers creates the vast world of the blogosphere. Blogs give you the ability to create content, share content with others, and comment on other bloggers content. These actions come to form social networking among its users. You should utilize the use of blogging to show your skills, knowledge, expertise, and caring of your passion and organization. There are many people out there who are interested in what you have to say, so put it out there! BE the EXPERT in your field! By utilizing the social networks above with your blog, you are setting yourself up for optimum branding and networking in the online world. If that is your interest, then I suggest you get started if you have no already done so.
I wish you luck and all the fun in the world with using social networks.
Enjoy! 🙂
