Last year, I caught the social media bug and haven’t looked back. It started at work when we held a Social Media Olympics. The agency was divided into teams and we had to accomplish certain tasks in the social media context to develop our skills as PR professionals– develop a blog, get on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook.. any of those areas, put more Search Engine Optimization into clients’ press releases. The list goes on. It was mainly for work. I can’t learn something just by listening. I need to do it, get it wrong, do it again and maybe get it right the next time.
I am more active on Twitter and have recently joined Facebook. I truly enjoy both. First, I love people. I love learning about people, getting to know them and making friends. Everyone has something to offer. And I enjoy sharing. Facebook has allowed me to connect with friends from college and camp. It is also a great way to stay connected with friends and family. Not sure about you, but there aren’t enough hours in the day or days in the month to get together and stay in touch with everyone. With Facebook, you can comment on something, and your “peeps” will get it and possibly respond.
At one time, we thought email was taking the personal out of communication. Then we realized we couldn’t live without it for work or our personal lives. Facebook is the same thing. It doesn’t take the personal out of relationship, but rather it fosters relationships and even helps build new ones.
My point? If you’re not on Facebook or Twitter or any of the social media platforms because you don’t think you have the time, think again. Let’s face it, people are nosey. We want to know what everyone else is thinking. If we didn’t, all of media would evaporate. Social media might even help us weed out what’s out there. Even Sam ended up liking green eggs and ham.
I am more active on Twitter and have recently joined Facebook. I truly enjoy both. First, I love people. I love learning about people, getting to know them and making friends. Everyone has something to offer. And I enjoy sharing. Facebook has allowed me to connect with friends from college and camp. It is also a great way to stay connected with friends and family. Not sure about you, but there aren’t enough hours in the day or days in the month to get together and stay in touch with everyone. With Facebook, you can comment on something, and your “peeps” will get it and possibly respond.
At one time, we thought email was taking the personal out of communication. Then we realized we couldn’t live without it for work or our personal lives. Facebook is the same thing. It doesn’t take the personal out of relationship, but rather it fosters relationships and even helps build new ones.
My point? If you’re not on Facebook or Twitter or any of the social media platforms because you don’t think you have the time, think again. Let’s face it, people are nosey. We want to know what everyone else is thinking. If we didn’t, all of media would evaporate. Social media might even help us weed out what’s out there. Even Sam ended up liking green eggs and ham.
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