FreelanceFolder: Social media can be a great networking tool. Used properly, you can meet both prospective clients and colleagues on social media. You can also use it to communicate with family and friends. Sadly, however, too many freelancers are not taking full advantage the social media tools that they have available to them. Yet, they wonder why they aren’t benefiting from their social media participation.
Friday, October 14, 2011
5 Elements All Effective Freelancing Social Media Profiles Must Have
FreelanceFolder: Social media can be a great networking tool. Used properly, you can meet both prospective clients and colleagues on social media. You can also use it to communicate with family and friends. Sadly, however, too many freelancers are not taking full advantage the social media tools that they have available to them. Yet, they wonder why they aren’t benefiting from their social media participation.
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Although this article presents a few good points, almost everything I read was common sense. I'd like to see if this is just me, or if anyone else agrees. I would have liked to see more specific recommendations on what content social media websites should have, rather than just suggestions to have information on a profile. That seems like a given to me. The steps to not get mistaken as a spammer are somewhat helpful, but also border upon common sense.
I agree that a lot of this would seem to be common sense for anyone under the age of 40 but it might service those that aren't completely familiar with technology or with social media. I will say, with the amount of jobs lost in the past few years, it doesn't surprise me if many are going off on their own and trying to create a title for themselves. This article may not be completely helpful but it does shed light on points to always remember. Some people forget that anything they post, a picture, a tag, the wrong friend, something said, will be forever stuck on the internet. And, like I said before, it wouldn't be the first time my mother drops her phone or stomps away from the computer out of frustration. There are people that need these hints and reminders that this article provides.
Though these may seem obvious, its important for up and coming companies, especially those whose target-audience are active in in social media, to follow these guidelines. I've found several small clothing companies online, and their use of social media, especially Twitter, has helped convince me to buy their products.
Also, when one blog or company promote other blogs or companies, I often take the time to check those out. A shout out by a company that I'm fond of will convince me to at least look into it. Networking is just as important as following the organizational guidelines this article mentions.
This has some great points but overall some of these type of things that people should just know. But I guess if you are new to social media it is not common sense. This article is probably more geared toward the older people that social media is a new thing that was not around them when they were younger. But with all of these type of things there is a learning curve that people go though. And when people say that they don’t get jobs through social media it is because probably the type of people that are hiring them have yet to get on the band wagon. So everyone just needs to get a good profile on social media and then employers will start to uses it.
I disagree with skpollac having companies advertise over social media is a great way to get discounts and other special offers that many miss. Besides friends, news networks and companies are what I follow most on twitter. It is a great way to know what is going on and find those one of a kind deals. Facebook does this less, but company or organization sites allow for better monitoring then going to their website for upcoming events.
From the article itself there were many helpful hints, having a picture and contact info as well as actually showing interest in the social media. While this blog gives many common sense points for those who use social media a lot, someone who is new to it may not realize how these items read to others.
When I'm going to work with someone who I haven't met before the first thing I always do is google their name and inevitably what comes up is their profiles on different social networks. I always look at them to get an idea of who that person is. Those impressions are critical at this point in time. First impressions are often times solely based on an internet profile and those impressions are hard to forget, so these tips can be really useful. I do think that these tips are mostly common sense, but it's surprising how often they aren't followed. It's easy to forget about those simple steps, but they make all the difference and it's not hard to maintain neat, professional profiles. It can make all the difference.
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