Jan. 9, 2008 - Social Media 2008
Excuse me this is more about me than it is about Columbus. It’s my social media plan for 2008... such as it is. What social networks are you on?
A very, very similar post yet not identical is on my other blog ColumbusBestBlog.com today. I am more openly catty about RealTown as a social network there... Bob Carney a real estate agent in Frederick M.D. started this thinking about "planning" .. on his BobsBraindump.com - Social Networking Tips and Business Plan Bob is only going to do six “social networks in 2008… I am afraid to count mine… visit Bob's post for tips on using social networks... I am not big on analysis of this sort of thing... as you will see.
MySpace.com … I joined. I have never added anything to the profile. I have a friend. I am not even going to show you that profile. I read somewhere if you like Facebook.com you won't like MySpace.com. It is either or. I think I tried Facebook more extensively than MySpace because of the MySpace.com reputation. I dislike Facebook (how's that for critical analysis) so I am not sure why I have not at least tried MySpace.com
I am on Twitter I actually like Twitter.. it took me a long time to appreciate Twitter. Sometimes there is too much chatter.
I am on ActiveRain.com, a “Real Estate Network.” I’ve contributed some to ActiveRain.com ’s Localism.com through ActiveRain.
I thought of another “Real Estate Network” I joined about the same time… as ActiveRain.com that seemed to be all ads. The spam seems to have stopped. I am not going to name it here…It is on my active ignore list.
I am on RealTown.com obviously with this blog. This is a RealTown.com blog. I have been on their social network really, reading their ListServ for the real estate industry, RealTalk which is now a RealTown community longer than any other social network. RealTown.com is made up of blogs, communities, articles and more. Personally I find the RealTown platform disjointed and difficult to manuveur. I stopped participating in the RealTown communities because of heavy handed censorship. Or maybe they stopped me from participating in RealTalk and BlogTalk. I appreciate that their censorship and editing has not ever crept onto Discover Columbus.
I have a second blog on WordPress.org … ColumbusBestBlog.com
Locally I have enjoyed attending a couple of meetings of the Columbus Social Media Cafe and joined their network on Ning.com That is just one of the six Ning Social Networks I belong too…but I have not been on most of them in weeks.. I started one to see what starting a social network would feel like. Another Ning.com network I joined but have not participated in as started by a local buider. I feel bad that it did not remain local and that it is overrun by a bunch of the same people who I know from other real estate social networks.
There’s also UPWorld, BlogHer, Trulia.com’s Voices, Real Estate Voices, Yelp.com and it seems like a zillion more… that I am ignoring. I don't like Digg.com I often feel spammed by “friends” on Digg.com but at least no one throws sheep.
Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe
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