Comments on: What do your contacts say about you?

By: Red Cube Marketing

Red Cube Marketing — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:40:05 +0000

Interesting >> What do your contacts say about you? http://ow.ly/15G8w

By: Christine Livingston

Christine Livingston — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:42:38 +0000

Hmmmm. I know what you’re saying here, Jim. I certainly wouldn’t connect with people on LinkedIn that I didn’t know, or rate. But I realise that I haven’t necessarily being applying the same logic to Twitter and Facebook. In the case of the latter, I need to get my head more round how it works and realise, as a side issue to the key one here, that I’m doing myself a disservice by having a half-hearted and mainly inactive profile up there.

By: Scott Hale

Scott Hale — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:56:38 +0000

@DavidSpinks, @db, @geoffliving, Repuation built by association is popular apparently -> @JimConnolly wrote: http://bit.ly/bsSfjs

By: Easy access to the marketing answers you need!

Easy access to the marketing answers you need! — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:13:06 +0000

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By: Tom Wanek

Tom Wanek — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:24:13 +0000

Yep, I’ve actually deleted a handful of Facebook friends because it was a caustic association. But I agree with Straighttalk, its a delicate area when we mix our business network with social friends and family.
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By: STRAIGHTALK

STRAIGHTALK — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:31:31 +0000

This is a very delicate area..

Most of Us online have many social network accounts for their it becomes hard to really set everyone of them to a Business network!

For instance I have my FB account and I also have a 3 yr old.

One day he saw farmville and from that day til today he plays this game online.. which in return made a complete mess of my small network!

But my question..

is this really bad for Business..??

I guess when I did it this way I myself could answer that! Yes it is bad for Business.

I guess I should, separate them now!

Thanks for eye opener……

Norman Flecha
Straight Talk
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By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:36:26 +0000

It’s a good topic for Discussion Jim. What makes this tough to manage is the large use of social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc… With people able to see your list of friends and who you follow, it becomes a balancing act to keep your associations looking good to prospective clients.

I’ve often shied away from adding vendors and clients to my personal FB account, as it may not be “business like” all the time. A simple comment could offend the wrong person and result in a lost sale or client.

You have to be aware of everything you put online. It’s important to pause before clicking “update” to make sure your message is not tarnished by a simple post. “Be yourself”, yes, but make sure “you” are what you want clients actually seeing.
Rob Mangiafico´s last blog ..Getting the Most Out of the Oprah Effect – How LexiConn Helped Cosabella Increase Sales 2000%

By: Barney Austen

Barney Austen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:45:18 +0000

Hi Jim. Another great post (getting jealous of your ability to keep churning them out!). This is a very good wake-up call for us all, that association with good people can really work – and that association with those with a tarnished reputation can completely knock our business for six!
Barney Austen´s last blog ..Project Management – A To-Do List With Dates!

By: Yama

Yama — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:39:43 +0000

This is totally true Jim.

I was going to use a web designer but when I saw him linking to some really low class websites, I decided not to call him.

I literally had the phone in my hand, but realized he was not the kind of guy I wanted to do business with.

The project was worth $11k in the end and he blew it by linking to bad neighborhoods. Thx Jim.

By: Rugby Jones

Rugby Jones — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:13:55 +0000

What do your contacts say about you? – http://tinyurl.com/yhyoge8 (via @JimConnolly)