Social Media – Does it Really Help?

By Alina Popescu on January 15th, 2008 in Tips & Tricks

I have weird linking patterns. I never link to what I should, I link to what I like, admire, appreciate, find interesting or funny. I don’t expect links back, but if they come, I surely appreciate them. Especially when they are from people I like, admire, look up to, find deliriously right and amusing.

I use LinkedIn because it is a nice place to find professional and business information easily. I use FaceBook to connect to friends not using other means anymore. And I’ve just fallen in love with StumbleUpon because it’s really a great way to keep up with new blogs, sites, photos and articles I come across and find to be a must share.

Or at least this is how it all started. Then I noticed the increased traffic, the huge piles of great pieces of information waiting for me to discover them, the large number of interesting people that I could connect with. It can all lead to building great relationship, to better promoting yourself and your work, and apparently sometimes it all leads to successful B2B marketing.

Take a few moments of your time to read a few tips on how to make the best out of StumbleUpon. When it comes to LinkedIn, you’ve got a dedicated blog and book to help you out! As social media optimization is firstly about learning how to use the tools that have already been created, we should get started!

Anyone care to recommend some similar articles on delicious, digg (with all the “it started to suck big time” comments), flickr and whatever else you find of interest?

Thanks for playing,

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  • Ryan
    January 15th, 2008

    First time I found hi5, I thought “wow, great!”. But then I stumbled upon (alphabetical order) Badoo, Bebo, Catster, Dogster, Facebook, Faceparty, Flickr, Flixster, Hyves, Imbee, Imeem, Konnects, LinkedIn, MySpace, Mixi, Pizco, Pownce, Ringo, Takkle, Twitter, Virb, Vox, Xanga, Xing, Yahoo 360, Zoomr… I guess you understand what I’m trying to say here :) Friends already think I have something against them as I now just reject invitations to such sites.

  • Alina Popescu
    January 15th, 2008

    Hi Ryan! There are sites I stubled upon, such as StumbleUpon and LinkedIn, liked and then continued to efficiently use. Some, same as in your case, were soon forgotten and yeah, I kind of ignore most invites to join :)

  • Jason Alba
    January 16th, 2008

    Alina, thanks for the plug :) We are just wrapping up “I’m on Facebook — Now What???” This is the last one for me this year… writing is too intense ;)

    Regarding Ryan’s comment, I have declared that I’m “social networked out” a long time ago. I get requests every day to join various networks. I find immense value in some Yahoo Groups and Twitter because of the immediate communication ability. LinkedIn and Facebook provide value, but I wouldn’t say it’s “immense.” There are some who get immense value there, but they use it more effectively than I do.

    Great thoughts!

  • Alina Popescu
    January 16th, 2008

    Hi Jason, welcome to WOBM! I think LinkedIn and Facebook can bring a lot to those who know how to make them work for them. If you just login once a day, just to see what’s new, I doubt you can get that much out of it. Still, sometimes it does come with great results!

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