I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). I'm trying to build a network of people who can help with this as I discussed in Los Angeles Social Media Starters. This is that post. Linkbait.

People seem to be missing the really big picture of the value of social media and really the Internet for that matter. They look at how current social networking sites work and how online and offline relationships currently work and make the assumption that this represents the value proposition. Call it relationship inflation.

find myself speaking at various venues in Los Angeles to tell people (most often service providers) about how I've used social media and particularly my blogs, LinkedIn, twitter and topic hubs as part of my own services business. I'm hoping you can help me figure out who I should be connecting with on this. What's their specific niche?

can't find them listed on any kind of social site. A while ago I posted about Secret for Networking at Events - Prenetworking where I recommended that people should look at who's attending the event prior to going to the event in order to make their networking more effective. I've received a lot of positive feedback on the post.

During the last year, I’ve spoken to numerous investor relations officers (IROs) on the topic of social media and investor relations.  Related posts: How does RegFD apply to Twitter and other social media channels? Fear of the SEC due to the possibility of these changes leading to disclosure violations. 5 hours a year. 

The downside is the manner in which social etiquette is being increasingly bastardized in the Web 2.0 One typical evening on Twitter a few months ago, Francisco Dao (@theman) coined the term social media entitlement syndrome. As a frequent social medializer, I couldn’t help but wonder: a) have I ever had SMES?

Based on a question I posted in LinkedIn, Serena Ehrlich posted How to Use Social Media to Find Prospects. and provides the following list of suggestions for ways to use social media to build a reputation and to reach prospects. Or Sell a House. They still will need ways to get this out to an audience. It's important.

Using social media to increase your company’s touch and reach with each of your customers may be the most important reason to jump in to this game changing strategy. Social media can help bridge a long standing gap between customers and the companies they trust with their hard earned cash. Thank you. Eric Greenspan.

Editor’s note: This is part 6 & 7 in the series of Lessons Learned:  Easy tips on how to create and grow a social media program. This series includes a discussion on the following topics: Create a Social Media Policy. Grow your social media program and overall web presence. Research your business. Whrrl.

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