How social do we have to be?
By Linda Davis with Bob Carney
Social Networking has been around awhile but it seems in 2007 it all got kind of crazy. Invitations arrived in my inbox at a hectic pass and my Catholic upbringing took over. I felt guilty if I didn’t accept someone’s invitation; I wasn’t raised to be rude or hurt someone’s feelings. Then the Facebook crowd started throwing sheep and poking and writing on my fun wall. I had a fun wall??
My friend, Bob Carney from Frederick, MD experienced the same social networking stress and decided to do something about it:
"I have been totally overwhelmed by the amount of the social network invites that I received lately. There is no way you can actively participate on all of these networks, be effective and actually get work outside of the internet done. I have never had the time to really just work one and create an actual plan to make it effective. It seems that I have just been following the flock to the next new network. So, as part of my 2008 New Year’s resolution…manage the social networks, before they get the better part of me."
Read more about Bob’s idea to tame the social networking beast in his blog post Social Network Tips and Networking Plan.
Bob Carney is a very smart real estate agent in Frederick, MD. You can find more of him at Focus on Frederick and at Bob’s Brain Dump. I’ve asked Bob to stop by and dump on us periodically.
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February 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I’m using 8hands for social management, and i’m loving it.
This tiny app notifies me upon any event, so I don’t have to check all my different accounts.
Have you heard about it?
it’s in alpha and therefore pretty unknown.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Very interesting! I WILL check it out further. It looks like it could be a stress reliever.
Thanks for stopping by.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Wow, 8hands looks pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing.
February 5th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I support the idea of a plan; I have been chewing that fact for months; I agree about LinkedIN and not sure about Facebook. (we have a fun wall AND a super wall, what’s up with that). I would add UPWorld…and a hyperlocal group on RealEstateworld. I think I am kidding myself if I try to plan for more than that plus my two blogs. And thanks now I see Mr. Carney has more than one outside blog! Good ideas here you two.