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Social Networking & FaceBook

Last post we talked about YouTube, now we look at facebook.

facebook- A platform very similar to LinkedIn and MySpace, but on steroids.  According to their home page, "Facebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you".

Here you can have a profile, post messages, join groups, post photos, link to other members, and have a bazillion different applications from sending gift images to adding flowers to someones garden patch to even "buying" someone's photo (this one freaks me out a bit) - all free of course. 

Although I tend to think of this platform as more of a social network in the literal term, where LinkedIn is more "professional", I have received leads from being on facebook and I know of several people who have signed new clients through this network as well. 

To find me on FaceBook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1042179004

Social Networking & YouTube

In the last post, I talked about LinkedIn.  This time we look at YouTube.

YouTube- In my opinion, this platform as got to be one of the biggest things to have changed the Internet world since, well, the Internet itself. You can find everything from the silly to the professional to the "what the hell was I thinking" type videos. 

I have heard of a ton of people getting jobs based on their YouTube videos.  Even the music industry has jumped on this with bands like Journey, amongst many others, finding their new lead singer from a video he posted. 

And yes, you can even find educational clips for pretty much any topic you can imagine.  There are currently 3,610 videos for business owners from how to start a business, 29,200 on to how to market your business, 8,870 on how to sell your business and too many clips to count on every step in between.

Although I have not posted any clips myself, I am featured in an interview I gave at a VA conference back in May - http://youtube.com/watch?v=wX_OfV7s9V8 

The Social Networking Explosion & LinkedIn

By now, you there is no doubt have at least heard of the latest internet craze - Social Networking. 

It wasnt that long ago when MySpace came on the scene and gave teenagers and young adults a way to embarasse themselves long into the future by posting photos that no mother would be proud of.  Now there is LinkedIn, YouTube, FaceBook and Twitter to name just a few.

Over the next few posts, I am going to talk about some of these networks and how you, as a business owner can use them to your advantage.

LinkedIn - This is a similiar plat form as MySpace, except it is for the business community.  According to their homepage, "O\over 24 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas and opportunities". 

I like this network because it doesnt have all the silly add-ons that you can get with some of the other networks (more on this under FaceBook).  You can create a bio, promote your business and/or products, join groups, post what you are doing right now, and search for friends and collegues. You can get referred by clients (current & past), and referr people and services to others.

To find out more and to find me on LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristipavlik

A Twist on the Work From Home Concept

I came across this article today.  It is about this new wave of work-at-home businesses and taking it to the next level.  It is called Co-Working.

Check it out: http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/04/07/coworking/index.html

Photo Albums in Your Blog

Another VA introduced me to this great new program called Smilebox.  Here you can create photo albums and insert them into your blogs.  Too cool!

Make your own slide shows and scrapbooks

The End of Voicemail?

In the ever changing world of technology, Microsoft is working on a system that will eliminate voice mail all together.

In Bill Gate's interview with a CNN correspondent, he gave a glimps into what the newest wave of communicatin tools will be. 

You can see this interview by clicking here.

Do You Jott?

Ever find yourself driving down the road and you think of something that you will need to remember later in the day - only to totally forget about it later on?  Well, now you don't have to worry about what it is you were suppose to remember - just Jott It!

A client of mine introduced me to this really great system called Jott.  Here you can leave voice messages for anyone in your contact list, including yourself, and it will be emailed to them in voice format, type format and even sent to their cell phones in text messaging if you choose.  Too Cool!

To see how it works, click here, to view and hear a test message I set up. 

Here are a few ways I plan on using Jott:

1. Leaving myself messages when I am out of the office so I dint forget to do something when I get back in.
2. Leaving a message to all my clients at one time (you can set up groups) stating I will be out of the office for a period of time, etc.
3. Leaving messages for my assistant while I am out of the office

Oh, and did I mention the best part about this program - ITS FREE!  So go check Jott out for yourself.

Email Attachments

If you are like me, your in-box is filled with emails that have several attachments to each of them.  And, if you are like me, you are spending way too much time clicking on each attachment and saving them to your computer individualy.  But did you know that you don’t have to save them one by one. Microsoft Outlook allows you to save all the attachments simultaneously! (this was one of my DUH! moments)

Just follow these steps:

1. Open the e-mail containing multiple attachments.
2. From the pull-down menu in Microsoft Outlook, click File > Save Attachments.
3. When the dialog box opens with the attachments listed, click OK.
4. Browse to the folder where you want to save the files, and then click OK.

Why is it that its the simple things in life that always seem to elude us?  Please tell me I am not the only one who didnt already know this!