Social Networking is for FREAKS, right? Wrong.

I guess it depends on your definition of FREAK.

Possible assumptions:

So facebook is to middle school-ers today what AOL Instant Messenger was to middle school-ers 10 years ago.

Twitter is for following every detail of every portion of all of your favorite people... Ashton Cutcher is SO dreamy

YouTube is for watching boring and often inappropriate home videos.

Linked in is for... what is linked in for?






Maybe these assumptions are true.  Here is what I use these social media sites for (or what I could use them for)

When I post a link to my blog in my Facebook status and my wife does the same, our website visits triple that day.  Have a web business?  Draw attention to it.  Starting a promotion?  Let people know.

Twitter.com can be used for a lot more than obsessions with people that are famous.  Look how writer Ryan Penagos uses his twitter account to promote his business, Marvel.com.  If you have a following on Twitter you have instant access to a market that has already shown interest in what you have to say.  Man, marketing is easy.

Here is a great video from a company that knew how to use YouTube


Blendtec drove incredible amounts of business to themselves with these clever videos.  I mean, who doesn't want to watch an i-phone in the blender?

LinkedIn is possibly the easiest way for someone seeking employment to get their resume and more infront of a potential hirer.  Likewise, it makes the resume review process much more streamlined.  Additionally, there may not be a better site for finding connections in the workplace to try and land an internship, job, or interview.  Look into it.

Don't be a FREAK, make good use of social networking.