Friday, February 20, 2009

The Social Media Minute 19 Feb 09

 

Social media online is where things are happening big time.  Either you are using it, or you are going to be left behind the 8-ball with dust in your face.  That is the power behind "online social networking."

This is not just my opinion.  This is a fact that is about to be put in the Smithsonian Institute on how fast this reality is growing.  I have heard several times how important it is to have a Facebook account if you want to get noticed in getting a career job.  I am sure that a job resume does tell a lot, but there are tons more that can be said.  I believe that social networking online can be a very powerful add-on to a job resume.

 

Social Network Marketing - The Wave of the Future

 

 

Blogging has to be the largest and most important tool in social networking.  I have several blogs on different ideologies.  I also love to write, share my ideas, and inspire others to live their lives to the fullest.  Hopefully in all my blog postings in all my blogs, I do my best to show the bright light of life among all the darkness that surrounds us from time to time.  Our economy issues are bad, but history has shown a lot worse.

That is why I believe that social networking is a major tool in allowing us all to go forward no matter what the adversity may be.  Communication is the key.  Social Networking has torn down a good many barriers that had faced us for decades.  We can communicate in real time and respond to what has been said a lot quicker then ever before.  In the past we relied on news casters to give us information.  Now we can give it out ourselves, a lot faster.

With the use of 3-D virtual reality services like SecondLife, we can do much more then simple communication.  We can present and create new ideas in this new environment.  People can even make real life money in this 3-D virtual environment.  What happens next is anyone's guess, because all it takes is the imagination of hard working individuals, and open minded individuals that will stop at nothing to get it done.  When the doors are opened more and more, there is no limit to what mankind can do.

That is what has made Social networking so big.  Everyone is allowed to do their own thing in life.  It also helps in not having government hands in it.  For once, true freedom reigns.  The name of the 3-D virtual reality, Second Life, is truly a second life.  It can be just as easy or as hard as one's first life.  The results one will get is by the old fashion way of doing things, "You earn it."

Only hard work has given us the wonders of social networking online.  If it is easily created, it can be just as easy or even easier to destroy it.  There is no such thing as an easy street.  In a big way, there is no such thing as luck, other then what you make out of a difficult situation.  There might be free software one can download, legally, but nothing is truly free.  Someone has to pay for all things in one way or the other.

While a lot are out of a job, getting started using all forms of social networking or social media formats can be very helpful in starting off in a new direction.  How many times have we all been told, "To get your foot in the door, you need to know the right kind of people?"  That is another powerful aspect of social networking, you can get to know a lot more people then you realize without worrying about giving out too much about yourself online.

Time to give a warning here:  NEVER EVER give out any personal information to anyone online for any reason whatsoever.  Use a pin (false name) in your accounts if needed.  Let the right people know who you are by your character not by your name, mailing address, email, etc.  We all have the right to our own privacy, period.

Now get out there and start experiencing the wonders of social networking.  There are out there for the taking.  Most are free while some are not.  The most popular are free, like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Friendfeed, Mixx, and many others.  Now go out there and check these services out.

 

Blessed Be to Isis and you,

 

 

Real Name:  Brandon Bowers

 

 

 

The Social Media Minute 19 Feb 09

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