Social Networking 101 --- What Do You Know?

Hello guys -- So, did you attend the Social Networking 101 teleclass hosted by Womens About Biz?

Yes? Great job placing importance on continuous learning. There were some things that I knew already, but there were a few new hints that I picked up as well. All in all, well worth my time.

No? You missed it? I believe that they said they had it in article form at their web site. .... But, I'll be truthful, I could not find it there. :( So, I cannot attach a link here....

However, I did find a lot of good information about motivation and organization, so I still consider this site a worthwhile bookmark. Maybe, this should be more incentive to make time for their free teleclasses, since they are not available in article form. Just a thought! ;) I did see a couple more teleclasses listed and may go back to sign up. How about you?

And, because I thought their information could be very beneficial for some of my friends and followers, here is an extremely distilled and probably biased (for my interests) set of notes:

• Be selective in picking your social network. From my perspective that is pretty simple since FB and Twitter are the big-hitters, and there aren't that many alpaca specific social networks out there!

• Maintain good online etiquette! Yes, it IS BEING RECORDED and LINKED somewhere out there in the wide web and could come back to HAUNT you. In my words: don't do, say, or show anything on the web that you wouldn't do in front of your mama or preacher or kids.

• Be Consistent and Relevant in your postings. Again, in my words: don't pop in and out of my life to try to give me advice (who are you?) or waste my time with drivel (please go away!). I loved the Women About Biz presenter's phrase: "build a familar trust" -- compendious!

• Build a Social Networking Identity / Presence (to paraphrase several points from the teleclass). Have a signature line on your postings with your full name, business, and contact email/phone. Guest blog on others' blogs and postings. Give info freely, without strings (buy now to get this info!) attached, so others want to read your posts. Get your articles, videos, audio clips, etc out there on different sites. But be careful about overtaxing yourself, because remember: consistency in posting is key!

• Have a Internet Strategy! Why are you doing all this? What are you achieving? Get a website of some kind, maybe a blog, join relative social networks, publish e-articles, send newsletters -- which ones will work for you? Just a hint, it's more than one of these in this list to be successful on the web.

So, I hope that I haven't misrepresented their information or over-summarized their info here. I encourage you to peruse their site and maybe attend a teleclass or two: Womens About Biz.

Remember what we talked about earlier here? Take advantage of the free knowledge out there, just waiting for you to grab it!