"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space." - Lou Whitaker
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These days, keeping up with cutting edge technology is a full-time job. As a business owner or manager, keeping up is imperative for job security & ongoing success.
For anyone that isn't sure where to start & who might not have heard of Web 2.0 yet, here's a brief run down of the tools that should be on your radar for 2009.
Web 2.0 was defined in 2004 as the 2nd generation of Internet-based sites that allow people to collaborate & share information online in new ways. With Web 2.0 you can make connections that otherwise would take years - or even be impossible to create. And as we all know, connections are everything in the business world. It is who you know and how well you know them. And now you can quickly make meaningful connections with just about anyone in the world you need to know.
Here's how:
www.Facebook.com - social networking & business applications. great way to reconnect with classmates & colleagues.
www.LinkedIn.com - the absolute best way to create a business network. Think the "6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon."
www.MySpace.com - social networking & business applications, great for artists & musicians.
www.Twitter.com - share what you're doing right now.
www.Flickr.com - share pictures of what you're doing right now.
www.YouTube.com - share your baby's first steps & your kick-butt business presentation.
And you can pull all of these sites together with one amazing site - www.iGoogle.com
iGoogle allows you to create a customized Homepage that pulls in RSS feeds or "gadgets" for the above sites - plus hundreds of other sites. You can get local weather, a joke or positive quote of the day, the latest news & sports - all from your favorite sites - and all in one place. Pretty neat stuff!
Enjoy staying on the cutting edge of your world! - CSR
I am going to have to suggest adding LKN Social to that list. Of course, my opinion is biased.
http://www.lknsocial.com
Posted by: Lake Norman | December 09, 2008 at 07:31 PM