Between my son, all the hype, and the Arena Marketing Conference, I have been really learning a lot about the social networking sites. I now belong to three: LinkedIn, Facebook, and My Space. I might join at least one more. For someone that is in business (grown-ups) LinkedIn seems to make the most sense. I am finding tons of people that I have worked with over the years. Because of being linked in to their networks I should meet even more.
On Facebook I am finding a lot of people that I went to high school and college with. That’s pretty cool. It is like a reunion of sorts.
So as I was searching around the sites when I thought “what about social networking events?” There are so many groups and clubs and organizations on these sites that you could have social network tours traveling around the country catering to them. People could actually meet (person to person) at these events. This could be a sponsors dream come true. Think about how targeted you could be with these events. I think I am going to really look into promoting these events. What do you think? Send me your comments and ideas.
Tags: Facebook, Linked in, My Space, network events, social networking
September 16, 2008 at 3:17 pm
In my opinion, there are some important facts about social networking.
They keep collecting information in every detail they can.Privacy is beeing harrassed and damaged, and in the near future people can face with really serious problems… (not just simple spams, more serious than that)
Check out this article what I mean is really clear :
http://www.buraak.com/2008/09/16/is-your-information-safe-with-social-networks/
September 16, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Linkedin is taking off, it was just added to About.com’s top 10 employment list with 2 others….from that list:
http://www.linkedin.com (professional networking)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches you with an ideal job)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
the whole top 10 list here:
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/joblistings/tp/jobbanks.htm
October 4, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Social Network Meetings will be huge, but I think it takes a tier1 or tier2 market to make it happen the way we envision.
i just started a linkedin group for an upcoming trade show, and without an incoming link from the show site, I don’t see it really gaining any momentum. Anyone googling “LDI Show Linkedin” might find it: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/963267 but then again, who knows!
I’m interested in any other responses you may have received.