Currently, the social networking tools I use are Facebook, YouTube, Bing and Yelp and Pinterest. Mostly, I use Facebook and YouTube. I use Facebook to interact with friends; some are local but most are out of state. It’s an easy and free way to keep in touch especially when we only see each other once or twice a year.
I will from time to time post some new information. Just recently I posted on Facebook that I became engaged this precipitated a flurry of congratulatory responses. I also posted my word picture on Facebook and that is how I was able to copy the image and upload it into Blogger. It took me several attempts to figure out how have the word picture appear and not just the URL link. I suppose what I learned is that there is more than one way to get the final product!
I have my Facebook settings set so that I only allow certain people to see what is on my page. I post sporadically, maybe once or twice a month, sometimes by sharing a comment about myself or sometimes posting on someone else’s page. From time to time I upload photos. From time to time I will see a friend online we will have a little online chat. Recently, my son has been encouraging me to join LinkedIn, a social professional web site to network, but as of yet, I haven’t felt that I had enough professional substance to enter into that site. Any suggestions on that?
Definitely join LinkedIn. Because it is solely for business use, it's a great way to stay in touch with professional contacts without relying on more casual social sites like Facebook. LinkedIn is actually the network I will be doing my presentation on in March, so hopefully I'll be able to give you enough information to feel comfortable starting an account:)
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