It’s been a long time since my last post. I’ve switched jobs during this time and have been diving into social media. It’s fascinating to view how this space has grown over the last few years. I’m in the process of putting together a strategy for using various social media tools at my company and I thought it might be useful to share it with those just getting started.
Getting started can be very overwhelming. My advise would be to pick a specific area such as Facebook and learn everything you can about it. As you get more comfortable with Facebook, you will begin to see how other social media tools influence it such as Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr, etc. Facebook is a great branching out point. The interface is terrible but once you get used to it it’s a very powerful platform.
For help on where to begin, here’s some of my favorite social media postings and articles that I’ve tagged on del.icio.us. This will continue to grow over time.
http://del.icio.us/cwills/social
I would also check out the following Facebook groups:
These are great resources with active communities.
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