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What Is Social Networking?

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The LANGUAGE of SOCIAL MEDIA

Words have a deep effect on
how we interpret and interact with the world.
The words we use and how we define them
reveal our interests, concerns, and values.
This series explores the words of social media.



social networking and a social network

Most literally, social networking would be meeting and making connections and relationships — both business and social — online and offline. In the lexicon of social media, social networking involves establishing an online presence and connecting regularly with other people and businesses who have done the same. Connections are made through hyperlinks and references embedded in personal profiles, comment text, audio comments, podcasts, videos.

Social networking sites provide efficient ways for individuals (and individual businesses) to find and connect with friends and colleagues, to establish new relationships and deepen them, and to introduce friends and colleagues to each other. Many social networking sites also offer platforms for discussion of topics that a community or network finds mutually interesting or beneficial.

In the most concise terms, a social network is a group of like-minded individuals connected by a common interest.

@rubybluesox: “we know ‘enough’ about each other that we could ‘hang out’ in person and be friends … but in a ‘linguistic’ way… so it requires a certain depth that most ‘marketers’ aren’t used to”
@thomasclifford: “What is social networking? A means to validate our search for meaning.”
@brendansmith: @pixelfan for me everything i do in social networking is business, for fun, family and friends, I use the phone or meet face to face
@pm_41: @mashable Why would I hire people to tweet for me? The whole idea of social-networking is to express YOURSELF in front of the world.
@brunsvold: I sometimes get the feeling that social networking is like high school. The only way to survive is to pretend to be too cooler than everyone

For more information see:
Social Network
Social Networking in Plain English
Social-networking sites work to turn users into profits
I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other Day
Leadership, the Internet and the ‘Tribes’ of the World

SEE ALSO:
What Is Social Media?

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What Is Social Media?

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The LANGUAGE of SOCIAL MEDIA

Words have a deep effect on
how we interpret and interact with the world.
The words we use and how we define them
reveal our interests, concerns, and values.
This series explores the words of social media.



social media

Most literally, social media would be any object or tool, that connects people in dialogue or interaction — in person, in print, or online. In common usage, social media has come to mean a category of practices, technology, tools, and online sites that are based in social relationships, participation, and user-generated content. Social media adds a more personal context to the traditional business relationship.

For more information see:
Social media
The Social Media Conversation Prism
Social Media Time Investment = You put in is what you get out? The Time Scale

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Meet Me at the Solutions Stars Video Conference!

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Mark It Down, It’s October 29

Is your business looking down the barrel of some serious questions?
Are you wondering how to build a successful web presence, participate in social media, and do what you can feel sure will keep your business alive?

Suppose you could be a fly on the wall while folks who live and work on the Internet talked about what makes them successful . . . would you? Wouldn’t you be foolish not to?

When: On October, 29, 2008 from 1 p.m. until approximately 3:30 p.m. EST.
What: Network Solutions proudly presents the “Solutions Stars Video Conference”
A Description: It’s a series of videos and live discussions featuring 32 of the world’s leading business and marketing experts. The live video conference will coach small business owners and entrepreneurs on how the Internet can benefit their business.

Nine content areas: Nine vignettes featuring the Solutions Stars will run during the conference and will cover these content areas:

Video participants:

You’ll be able to watch individual videos based on the content areas you prefer or view the entire conference. While the videos are streaming, you’ll be able to chat online with the Network Solutions team (Social Media Swami Shashi Bellamkonda and Now Is Gone Author Geoff Livingston), or participate in a live public chat. Select video participants will also be in the chat.

Teaming with ooVoo, a popular online video chat and conference network, Network Solutions will run the “Solutions Stars Video Conference” on October 29.

Visit http://www.solutionsstarsvideo.com/ for updates, including the full programming schedule.

Find more information at the “Solutions Stars Video Conference” event pages on Facebook and Upcoming:

So are you going to meet me at the Solution Stars Video Conference or not?

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Great Find: Stargazer

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Back to School with Stargazer

All across the United States kids are going back to school. This year, thousands of kids will be a little safer, parents will have a little more information, and educators will be able to do a little more. . . . Their schools are becoming Stargazer Schools

Great Find: Stargazer

Permalink: http://www.stargazer.org/

Target Audience: Anyone who wants to use technology for social good

Content:
Stargazer is a new kind of public/private partnership to:
Get Organized Stay In Touch Be Informed Take Control

Possibly the most compelling Stargazer service is SAFETYLINK (80911)
SAFETYLINK (80911) was started in response to disasters such as 9/11.

Be Informed – Send a free public text message to 80911 to let people know you’re safe in an emergency. Then, anyone can go to Stargazer SafetyLink and enter your mobile phone number to read your message. Teach your children, and plan ahead with your friends and colleagues.

Check out Stargazer with your kids.

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SOB Business Cafe 08-15-08

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SB Cafe

Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Real Lawyers Have Blogs proposes a new look at our courtrooms.
Corporate communications pro, Shel Holtz, picked up news of something I thought we’d start seeing. Twittering of trials from the courtroom.

Newspapers cover murder trial via Twitter

Copyblogger proposes three success secrets within reach.
Actually, there are three secrets that work together. To be blunt, these three magic success secrets separate the winners from the losers. Master them and you’ll start to move forward.

The 3 Secrets to Massive Online Marketing Success

Levite Chronicles proposes a new view of the last days of summer
So there isn’t much time left to waste. But here’s how you can make the worst of it.

8 ways to waste the rest of summer vacation

Dosh Dosh proposes a new view of highly populated areas.
What marketers and anyone who wants to promote themselves can learn is the strategy of seeking out people-saturated public spaces (online or offline) and seek to populate that area with your message. Buskers, beggars and poster street teams are all familiar with how to promote their agenda or needs in areas where people frequently pass through.

Ambush Marketing: The Art of Diverting Attention

Blogging Tune proposes a new themed view from a new feed reader.
But those who read techcrunch a lot wouldn’t want to miss their blog theme in their feed reader too.

For All The Techcrunch And Slashdot Fans

Joyful Jubilant Learning proposes a new view on pretzel meditation.
Infinity means unboundedness or without end. Although the infinite pretzel above is quite concrete (and maybe a little salty) the concept of infinity to me is abstract, elusive and without end.

Infinity is Just Another Twisty Way to Meditate on 8

Related ala carte selections include

The Onion proposes another glance in the mirror. . . .

Man Realizes Fly Has Been Down For Entire Life

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