Comments on: Social Networking: 6 Months Later http://www.jeffmccord.org/social-networking-6-months-later/ Defining Moxie in a Digital Age Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: David Weiner, PR Newswire http://www.jeffmccord.org/social-networking-6-months-later/comment-page-1/#comment-810 David Weiner, PR Newswire Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:13:03 +0000 http://www.jeffmccord.org/?p=260#comment-810 Congrats on the success so far ... keep it up! Congrats on the success so far … keep it up!

]]> By: Jeff McCord http://www.jeffmccord.org/social-networking-6-months-later/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Jeff McCord Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:58:39 +0000 http://www.jeffmccord.org/?p=260#comment-727 @davepeterson - I know my life has been richly blessed by Cali and Neal... and I'm very glad to have received the opportunity to have met you as well. Like I say all the time, you're fantastic Dave! @nancy fox - thanks for the post. I, too, use LinkedIn all the time (I'm a recruiter by profession) and it's a powerful networking tool. I'm glad to see the light bulb has come on for you and your new venture. I'll definitely check it out! @davepeterson - I know my life has been richly blessed by Cali and Neal… and I’m very glad to have received the opportunity to have met you as well. Like I say all the time, you’re fantastic Dave!

@nancy fox - thanks for the post. I, too, use LinkedIn all the time (I’m a recruiter by profession) and it’s a powerful networking tool. I’m glad to see the light bulb has come on for you and your new venture. I’ll definitely check it out!

]]> By: Nancy Fox http://www.jeffmccord.org/social-networking-6-months-later/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Nancy Fox Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:21:38 +0000 http://www.jeffmccord.org/?p=260#comment-726 I was one of those naysayers about social networks. I've had a profile on Ryze and Linked In for years before I did a thing with them. Too busy to figure out how to leverage the power of the online world. On the ground, face-to-face networking and connecting people are my passions as well as give me my professional edge. And then one day, a former client, invited to connect with me on Linked In. She was not the type of person I would expect to "waste her time" by playing around with a frivolous experiment. She is a super-smart exec on a rising arc of success in her field. I accepted the invitation to connect and started to really see what was happening with social networking. Wow. Over the last year, not only have I been heavily participating on a variety of sites (visit me on Twitter, Linked In, Facebook, etc.) I have been teaching my clients how to use these sites to improve their business results. And through all of this, a light bulb went on over my head and unexpectedly I identified a powerful opportunity and will shortly launch my own new business venture with a whole new twist on the social networking model. The application will be relevant for almost all business arenas. I am blogging about all of the newest occurrences in the social networking field and want to be a force for inspiring people to get on this amazing ride. (www.sociabling.blogspot.com if anyone wants to check it out and add to it) This has taken my career into an entirely new direction, one that I believe will open up unimaginable opportunities for many people. I was one of those naysayers about social networks. I’ve had a profile on Ryze and Linked In for years before I did a thing with them. Too busy to figure out how to leverage the power of the online world. On the ground, face-to-face networking and connecting people are my passions as well as give me my professional edge.

And then one day, a former client, invited to connect with me on Linked In. She was not the type of person I would expect to “waste her time” by playing around with a frivolous experiment. She is a super-smart exec on a rising arc of success in her field. I accepted the invitation to connect and started to really see what was happening with social networking. Wow.

Over the last year, not only have I been heavily participating on a variety of sites (visit me on Twitter, Linked In, Facebook, etc.) I have been teaching my clients how to use these sites to improve their business results.

And through all of this, a light bulb went on over my head and unexpectedly I identified a powerful opportunity and will shortly launch my own new business venture with a whole new twist on the social networking model. The application will be relevant for almost all business arenas. I am blogging about all of the newest occurrences in the social networking field and want to be a force for inspiring people to get on this amazing ride. (www.sociabling.blogspot.com if anyone wants to check it out and add to it)

This has taken my career into an entirely new direction, one that I believe will open up unimaginable opportunities for many people.

]]> By: Dave Peterson http://www.jeffmccord.org/social-networking-6-months-later/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Dave Peterson Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:02:31 +0000 http://www.jeffmccord.org/?p=260#comment-724 A few times in life there are changes that re-route the direction your life is going. People enter or leave the stage, events occur, and life takes a turn, sometimes sudden, sometimes so gradual that you can't see it for several months, but looking back, it's obvious what happened, where and when. Discovering the social component of the Internet was one of those experiences for me. My first social network was GeekBrief.TV. Some might say that's not a social network, but I think any site that collects comments and stimulates conversation among a large group of people with similar interests has the potential to be just that, regardless of its original purpose. From there I moved on to following Cali on Twitter, mainly so I could know when they were going live, in the days when she and Neal were first playing with Ustream. My web of connections on Twitter expanded and now I use it constantly. The same day you bought a Mac, I launched my first blog, GadgetyTech. Momentous day, huh? Now I'm looking into ways to move into this world professionally, as it's what I think about in every waking moment. I might as well work in it. So yes, a bit of impact on my life. A few times in life there are changes that re-route the direction your life is going. People enter or leave the stage, events occur, and life takes a turn, sometimes sudden, sometimes so gradual that you can’t see it for several months, but looking back, it’s obvious what happened, where and when. Discovering the social component of the Internet was one of those experiences for me. My first social network was GeekBrief.TV. Some might say that’s not a social network, but I think any site that collects comments and stimulates conversation among a large group of people with similar interests has the potential to be just that, regardless of its original purpose. From there I moved on to following Cali on Twitter, mainly so I could know when they were going live, in the days when she and Neal were first playing with Ustream. My web of connections on Twitter expanded and now I use it constantly. The same day you bought a Mac, I launched my first blog, GadgetyTech. Momentous day, huh? Now I’m looking into ways to move into this world professionally, as it’s what I think about in every waking moment. I might as well work in it. So yes, a bit of impact on my life.

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