★I need a moment Feb 26, 2009★

★Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter…what’s the dif?
I get asked often about these four…and there are many more “social media” sites up and coming. I am a LinkedIn maniac, but it’s because I have spent the last year living in and out of it for my business. Now I have made LinkedIn part of my personal consulting because I’m so good at it. But I suck at Twitter. I know how to Tweet and Dweet and Twit That…but I really don’t know it well enough to get others excited about using it. I am also “ok” at Facebook, but don’t know it enough for business use. I know how to use it for personal and I’ve made my site private so only my friends can see what I’m doing there. I love facebook right now, but have decided to keep my personal site private and therefore, I started a business facebook account that is open.  But it never gets any love because I’m on my personal one! Argh!! (I’m confused too).

Myspace is so 2006 for me and I never log in anymore.

Here is my description of the four top sites…If you’re interested in getting into one of the sites, see my descriptions and see what suits you best as a person. Not everyone is at the same speed socially.

LinkedIn/Business networking directory/Suit crowd
Facebook/Casual fun place to goof off/dockers crowd
Myspace/for the rockers, kids, socialite types/bikini and boots crowd
Twitter/for people who want to stay connected online/pajama crowd

★Why should should have a 2nd email account
I am doing a lot online, everything from ebay to facebook to internet dating to craigslist, etc. If you are doing any type of dating online, I HIGHLY recommend you have a 2nd email account that does not have your name in the email address.  I have a 2nd account that does not have my personal information on it. Why is that? Because I don’t want anyone online I am “interested in” to know my last name until I have met them in person. Now why is that? Because it’s for my personal safety. I know most guys or gals won’t stalk or get their creep on, but you never know I guess. I had a friend doing eharmony emailing from her gmail account that had full first and last name on it. I was like “girl, you need a dating email account!”…

★Call That Girl is now seeking cross-promoters!
I have changed the format of the CTG newsletters and with that, comes a new surprise that all the Jimmy’s crowd will enjoy (I hope!). If you are a small business that has a newsletter you send out and would be interested in cross promotions, email me and let’s see if we can help each other out. I have 4 folks lined up now so it seems to be a great idea!

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