Comments on: Social Networking Won’t Kill You: A Skeptical Artist’s Guide to Online Promotion

By: Inspiration Hunt « The Blog Of Kieran Shalloo

Inspiration Hunt « The Blog Of Kieran Shalloo — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:13:50 +0000

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By: social network design

social network design — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:31:10 +0000

I agree that daily status updates can be beneficial. I recommend a weekly time slot because of the danger of getting lost in social networking sites and neglecting the other important parts of running your business

By: Thomas James

Thomas James — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:19:17 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Liam. I agree that daily status updates can be beneficial. I recommend a weekly time slot because of the danger of getting lost in social networking sites and neglecting the other important parts of running your business. If you combine weekly (quick) updates with a once-a-week, more involved use of social networking, you can manage your time and get the most out of networking.

Thanks,
Thomas

By: Thomas James

Thomas James — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:16:27 +0000

Thanks Ted! I completely agree. Communication and building relationships are the best ways to use social networking.

By: Liam Sumnicht

Liam Sumnicht — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:02:52 +0000

This is great! I’m a huge fan, user, and believer of/in social networking sites. I think this has great potential to demystify the issues for those who have trepidations relating to social networking.

The only thing I’d disagree with is the idea of logging in once a week to spend a few hours on the sites. Most importantly, for status updates. In congruence with the *Stay active* point, I’d suggest updating statuses at least daily if possible. Perhaps everything else (I.E. the more time consuming parts) could be addressed once a week to balance this.

By: Ted Rex

Ted Rex — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:55:54 +0000

Great article. I think one of the things people are forgetting and why they’re getting so fed up with social media is that they are forgetting that social is a communication tool, not a broadcast tool. All these new promotional options allow us to engage and communicate, not simply (and most obnoxiously) blast messages into every corner of the universe.

I made this one of my three links for the day on my daily design blog Design Thought for the Day:
http://designthoughtfortheday.blogspot.com/2010/01/01-21-what-has-twitter-done-for-me.html

All the best, Ted

By: Thomas James

Thomas James — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:21:24 +0000

Thanks Megan. I hope this helps to demystify the process of social networking for creative professionals and helps them to see the value in it.

Cheers,
Thomas

By: Megan Wantz

Megan Wantz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:08:05 +0000

Wow! Very nice. Way to break it down into easy and do-able steps :)