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Have you heard any of these?

* A guy who works part time for the Eagles Football team updates his status report by saying something to the effect that the Eagles suck due to a trade they made. The Eagles fire him.

* A woman gets a job offer from Cisco. She tweets “Got a job offer from Cisco. Now have to decide between a fatty paycheck versus a long commute and hating my job.” One of Cisco channel partners sees it on Twitter and comments. I didn’t hear how it turned out but I’m fairly certain Cisco rescinded the job offer. (And chances are she’s going to have a heck of a time finding another job since this story was all over the place to such an extent it will take awhile to get it out of Google.)

* A guy who I think is the agency owner travels to the headquarters of one of his biggest customers for a presentation (ironically on social networking). He tweets an unflattering tweet about the city where his client is headquartered. The employees spot it, call him on it and he ultimately loses the account.

I’m sure there are more of these stories, but you get my point. Social networking can give you credibility, visibility, leads and can help grow your business. It can also lose you jobs and customers.

So what do these stories have in common? Simple — the person forgot social networking was public.

And that’s the point of today’s article. What you do on social networking is public.

Now, I know that sounds obvious but, like most obvious things, it gets overlooked. And it’s easy to see why. I mean, half the time (or even more) you get no response to things you do on Twitter or Facebook. So it’s easy to start thinking no one’s watching.

And the moment you slip and think no one is watching, no one cares, that’s when it bites you. You think you can say whatever you want, and you do. Only to discover much to your dismay that people really ARE paying attention.

The same thing that makes social networking such a powerful networking tool is the same thing that can ruin you. Remember, your biggest strength is your biggest weakness. And that’s true here as well. The power social networking has to get your name out there in a big way can also replicate your unfortunate choice of tweets or posts in a big way and ruin your reputation faster than you can say “to tweet or not to tweet.”

Now, I’m not saying you should run scared of social networking. This isn’t about you agonizing over every comment, tweet, post, etc. you put out there. This is about being smart. It’s about never forgetting you’re dealing in a public arena and people are paying attention, even if there are days where you wonder where all that social networking love went.

And if you DO screw up and say something you shouldn’t? Well, depending on what exactly it was, you might have to do some damage control, and/or just come to grips you’ve put a black mark on your reputation and have to do some cleaning up. You CAN come back, it might not be easy or fun, but it doesn’t have to be the end of the world either.

Defining the Social Networking Jargon

Norman  Wilson, PHD

Social networking involves the simple act of grouping people. Something we have been doing since our days of living in a cave. Today in the age of instant messaging and information social networking has taken on a more significant persona. Its instantaneity and spontaneity have changed the rules of normal discourse.

As is often the case with new technology there is an increase in new terminology.  Among these terms are social bookmarking, social networks, crowdsourcing, blogging, podcasting, commentary,  folksonomy and Ezines.

Folksonomy is perhaps the most unusual term of the group.  It means social tagging and multiple users can add key words to shared information.  Ezines are digital online magazines and the subject matter is limitless. Anyone may create an Ezine.

Social bookmarking is a way people share, organize, search, and/or follow on the internet. This is not the same as sharing a file. What is not shared is detailed information or actual websites. What is shared are the bookmarks (some call this ‘favorites’) that reference the websites. For example my personal website is http://www.shamanicmysteries.com and when you bookmark that you save only that address (URL), and  no information about what is on the site. The value of keeping bookmarks or lists of sites is for future reference.

Crowdsourcing is taking a task that is normally given to an employee or a contracted person or company and assigning it to a group. This is becoming popular among those of us in the business of writing.  An example is blur media.com.  The purpose of crowdsourcing is to produce leveraging in order to achieve a business goal. In our case, publishing our articles and books.

Podcasting involves blogging and digital audio technology (usually Mp3) and it is available on free servers. Writers and film producers are taking advantage of this. It’s a way of getting excerpts of your works out into the public….teasers. A caution here. It helps if you have a good speaking voice. If you don’t get a friend who does to read your ’stuff’.

Blogging  has become such a part of our National mental image further definition is not necessary. It is an effective way of getting your name out  to the public. However, your blogs must have relevance to public interest or you will not have a great deal of traffic to your blog site.

Commenting on other people’s works, ideas, and blogs is another way of networking. Generally, there is an exchange of ideas and other people get involved.  This builds a base of people who know you.

Writing articles for Ezines is not necessarily profitable in terms of hard cold cash. Some sites do pay but only minimally. The value for a writer is getting name recognition; a platform and brand. Much work goes into Ezine creation and writing.

Videos are making a splash on popular YouTube .com, Twitter.com and Myspace.com. Most of these are not professionally produced. Costs may be a factor. There is a question as to how much revenue is generated in terms of books sales from video trailers.

Getting published is just part of the struggle. A medical doctor friend has advised  we should use whatever helps us get well; be it traditional or alternative medicine. That same holds true for the professional writer. Use whatever helps you to be successful.

Disclaimer: I do not advocate creating a scandal or committing an illegal act to gain notoriety, or to willfully bad mouth someone just to get attention in the public media.

The internet provides everyone with many opportunities for online advertising their handmade jewelry. Taking advantage of all the opportunities is very time consuming; blogging, article submission, press releases, social networking, directories, lens, the list is almost endless. Handmade jewelry retailers and handmade jewelry wholesalers need to focus on branding and advertising in the right places. There are only so many hours in the day so you have to reach your target market and make sure they respond. You have only one chance to make a first impression, how do you ensure it is a good one?

Every handmade jewelry artist needs a well optimized website. Research your target market and find the right keywords for your products. Use your keywords properly within your content to get good search engine rankings. Pay close attention to meta-tags; create title and description tags that will let search engines know what your webpage is about, but even more important is to tell your customers (or prospective customers) why they should visit your webpage. Don’t forget to use your keywords in the image alt attributes to let the search engines know what the picture is about.

Your website should reflect your personality and your creativity. You are the one who knows your handmade jewelry the best. People want to connect with the artist, feel comfortable and relaxed. High pressure flash may work for some but generally to be avoided. Show your work, tell your story and let your handcrafted jewelry do the rest!

Your website should be well organized with easy navigation. Every link is a good place for keywords and another chance to get into the search engine rankings. Search engines are your best friend and will send more targeted visitors to your handmade jewelry website than anything else.

Use blogs, press releases and article submissions to get backlinks as well as drive targeted traffic to your website. The more people that see your handmade jewelry the more likely they are to buy your handcrafted jewelry. The more often they see your name and your work, then they may refer other people to your sight giving you added exposure to your target audience.

Social networking is another great way to get your name out there. Although it can be very time consuming, bookmarking sites and social sites add to your handmade jewelry advertising. The more active you are on the sites the more chances of connecting with the right people and even coming up in the search engines. Personally speaking, it’s better to focus on one or two sites than trying to be on everything. See what your response is and if it’s not working try something else until you find something that fits your personal style.

Just like making handmade jewelry, it’s alot of trial and experimentation that in the end will yield the results that you want. The amount of time that all these things require is at times a little frightening. Focus is key to bring your handmade jewelry website into view. The online handcrafted jewelry marketplace is forever changing and you will constantly need to update and re-focus your efforts. All your efforts will be rewarded in time, enjoy the journey!

One of the biggest social networking resources is MySpace. It began to work in 2003 and after it has definitely become the greatest place for merriment and entertainment! The above mentioned site was invented in the America, nevertheless rather rapidly persons in all states started to apply it. At present it is a huge social networking source which gives people the possibility to speak with each other, pick up new acquaintances and a lot of other striking stuff. MySpace gives also the possibility to alter MySpace backgrounds. You are able to pick up various types of the following backgrounds in web easily. There exist a immense quantity of sites providing free of charge backgrounds.

What do we need backgrounds for? On MySpace source each user has his profile. Originally it is only a artless space. But with the help of supplementing vivid glitters, backgrounds as, for example, animal background myspace and a lot of other stuff you are able to turn your ordinary profile into brilliant, striking and bright! No one will be indifferent after seeing such glaring and particular profile! Provided you want to alter it you ought to add backgrounds. It will turn your profile into glowing and fair!

Provided you have made up your mind to supplement backgrounds the first thing you ought to do is to find the resource providing free of charge backgrounds. After that you ought to select the one you like most. Next you will get the code. The following code ought to be tagged to your profile.

In common it is not difficult at all to supplement backgrounds to a profile. You are in need of no additional learning to be able to add backgrounds to a profile. You may pick up a lot of resources in web which describe the process of tagging backgrounds narrowly. There is a wide selection of types of backgrounds in web. They can be artless or of varied colors. They are able to be devoted to love, sports, different festivals, music, etc. It means that you can select backgrounds in accordance with your hobbies. Provided you like nature, for example, then such background as Background Flower Pretty will be everything you are in need of. Do not dissremeber about your acquaintances and nearest and dearest. You may present them some beautiful backgrounds and make them a little bit contented. Besides you do not need to work hard to add all the following backgrounds. It is as easy as a cup of tea.

We ought to also remember that MySpace was among the first which supplied persons with the possibility of changing backgrounds for profiles. At present the users of MySpace may alter not only backgrounds but also layouts, add different applications, and pick up desired songs. At present there exist about 100 billion persons on this source. It can be definitely called the biggest tryst for new and old acquaintances.

Some sources also exist where you are able to pick up basic regulations of backgrounds. It is recommended to keep to those rules to turn your profile into cunning and enlightened one. Provided you are 13-16 years old your profile will be private. In case your age exceed 16 you have the possibility of altering your profile as you wish. Provided you wish to become a user of MySpace you ought to execute the guides of the following portal and after that you will be able to record.

The number of kinds of backgrounds is rather big and is over 500 000. Amid such immense quantity you will certainly pick up the one which will suit you the most! Maybe this Background Icon Love MySpace is namely that?

The Multimedia experience.

The GT505 mobile phone offers a satisfying internet multimedia experience that becomes possible with a slew of features that while shared with the competition in one form or another, brings any mobile to at the top of its class.  Hereâ??s a sampling of these:

It sports a 3â? TFT touchscreen display supporting 256k colors in QVGA resolution, providing brilliant screen display that is the envy of bulky Windows-based mobile phones. The camera is no laggard as it captures images at 5 megapixel resolution.  Auto Focus and LED flash, together with image stabilization assure you of vibrant clear photos virtually all the time.  It even has what its rivals have â?? face and smile recognition, as well as geo tagging. Enhanced with Dolby 2.0 processing, its media player makes possible a truly engaging music listening experience. Bluetooth 2.0 support with A2DP enables you to use wireless Bluetooth headphones. FM radio is thrown in like any in the market. 130mb internal memory is among the largest out there.  But this can be expanded up to 8Gb with its external memory slot for microSD, giving you all the memory space to accommodate your multimedia files.

The Social Networking Focus

The GT505 is among the first touchscreen phones positioned to give users the entire social networking access it needs while on the road.  Empowered with a capable internet browser and support for high speed networks under 3G and HSDPA, the new LG phone makes access to your favorite social network sites like MySpace, Facebook and YouTube a real breeze with fast access and picture uploads.

In the office

Thereâ??s no pretense to it being a Blackberry alternative.  But the GT505 can maintain its head up high in the office with some useful features to make routine work life less of a burden and a real asset on the road.  It has document viewers for PDF files as well as MS Office documents. The 3â? display certainly comes out handy for this purpose.  Its push email functionality is as good as it gets, allowing you to work and get in touch with the office from anywhere on the planet with its high speed data connectivity support.

One of the most talked about phones of the year has been released, the Sony Ericsson Aino. Taking the best features of the Cybershot and Walkman range, Sony Ericsson have crafted the Sony Ericsson Aino sim free.

Dont be fooled by the large display of the Sony Ericsson Aino, as it is not actually a full touch screen. The touch screen is only used when the media and camera applications are in use. There is a sliding hardware keypad below the screen, which will be more than welcome for a lot of people.

Without doubt the Sony Ericsson Aino has a high spec bit of kit. A powerful 8 megapixel camera will ensure you land the perfect shot everytime, with advanced features like face detection, geo tagging, flash and autofocus.

A mobile phone would not be complete without social network integration these days. By default the handset will be bundled with dedicate apps for both Facebook and Youtube, although I would be embarassed to upload most of the videos on my phone to Youtube.

The biggest feature though, is the fantastic Media Go application. Playstation 3 owners will be excited to know that the Aino can be used as a remote control, as well as giving you the ability to steam any media directly to the Aino.

If you don’t own a Playstation 3, don’t worry. If you install Media Go onto your PC, you can watch any movies/tv shows you have through your handset. You can also use your handset to watch TV, pause it and set up recording schedules!

Sony Ericsson Aino Sim Free Overview-

* 8 Megapixel camera
* Playstation 3 integration – use the phone as a remote control and access media
* Media Go – Stream music and video from your computer to your phone to take with you
* Accelerometer – view your pictures in portrait or landscape mode by rotating the phone
* E-mail, Instant Messaging and Social Networking integration * 3G for high speed mobile broadband
* GPS
* Wi-Fi 802.11b/g with DLNA support
* Bluetooth with A2DP

One of the biggest social networking portals is MySpace. It started to work in 2003 and after all it has surely become the greatest place for merriment and enjoyment! The following site was invented in the United States, nevertheless rather soon men in all states started to use it. Now it is a big social networking source that gives men the possibility to communicate with each other, search out new friends and a lot of other striking stuff. MySpace provides also the possibility to alter MySpace backgrounds. You may search out varied types of the above mentioned backgrounds in internet without any difficulties. There exist a big amount of resources offering free backgrounds.

What do we need backgrounds for? On MySpace source each user possesses his profile. At the beginning it is only a artless space. Although with the help of tagging flashy glitters, backgrounds as, for instance, animal background myspace and a lot of other stuff you may transform your usual profile into gleaming, exciting and beaming! Nobody will be disinterested after viewing such outrageous and exclusive profile! Provided you wish to alter it you should taggle backgrounds. This will transform your profile into glowing and exquisite!

Provided you have made up your mind to supplement backgrounds the first thing you ought to do is to find the source offering free backgrounds. Then you should choose the one you like most. After that you will get the code. This code ought to be added to your profile.

Generally it is easy at all to add backgrounds to a profile. You need no additional learning to be able to tag backgrounds to a profile. You may search out a lot of portals in internet which depict the procedure of adding backgrounds particularly. There is a wide election of types of backgrounds in internet. They may be artless or of varied colors. They may be connected with love, sports, varied feasts, music, etc. It implies that you may choose backgrounds in accordance with your hobbies. Supposing you fancy nature, for instance, in this case such background as Background Flower Pretty will be everything you need. Do not forget about your friends and nearest and dearest. You are able to grant them some pleasant backgrounds and make them a little bit delighted. Apart from you ought not to work hard to tag all the above mentioned backgrounds. It is as simple as a cup of tea.

We ought to also keep in mind that MySpace was amidst the first that supplied men with the possibility of altering backgrounds for profiles. Now the users of MySpace are able to alter not only backgrounds but also layouts, tag varied enlargements, and search out desirable melodies. Now there exist about 100 billion men on this source. It may be surely called the biggest tryst for new and old friends.

Some sites also exist where you may search out basic features of backgrounds. It is advisable to hold to those rules to transform your profile into striking and enlightened one. Provided you are 13-16 years old your profile will be private. In case your age overpass 16 you possess the possibility of altering your profile at your discretion. Provided you want to become a user of MySpace you ought to fulfill the decretions of the following resource and next you will be able to inscribe.

The number of sorts of backgrounds is rather high and is over 500 000. Amid such enormous amount you will surely search out the one which will suit you the best! Evidently such Background Icon Love MySpace is namely that?

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Photography has changed its format from analog to digital, improving the quality of photographs. Digital cameras have immensely contributed to the digitization of photographs. So, the days of storing thick photo albums are gone. It becomes very hard to maintain the old albums and it’s harder even to share them. Earlier you had to visit post offices and spend a lot of money on mailing your photographs to your friends. Now you don’t need to waste time or money over this because sharing photo albums through the Internet can be done instantly and without costing you anything. Everybody wants to share the beautiful memories or incidents of their lives with friends and family members. This method of sharing albums instantly with a person who is miles away from you is amazing.

The top 5 reasons for sharing albums online:

•    There are many websites allowing photo sharing facilities. Professional and amateur photographers can post their photos on these websites and get comments and links. This helps them to become popular and gain recognition over the Internet. They may even get the opportunity to earn as they gain popularity as photographers. If photography is your hobby then upload your photo albums on photo sharing websites and get noticed.

•    Through websites that allow photo album sharing, you also get the opportunity to share the precious moments of your life with your loved ones without wasting any time and money on postal services. Photo sharing websites allow you to upload old photos or antique images and share them with your near and dear ones. You can also make a collection of photographs in an online album and share them with the person you want to gift them to.

•    You can instantly share photographs online through photo album sharing features of social networking websites. Sending photographs as email attachments is very time consuming. But when you share your photographs, you just need to create an album and upload photos to it only once. Then you can share it with whoever you want to. Thus, you save a lot of time and money through online sharing of albums.

•    Photo sharing sites can also be used as storage devices for your photos. Storing photos here won’t engage space on the hard drive of your computer.

•    Some photo sharing websites allow tagging that helps you to easily find other photographs related to the subject. Tagged photos also improve the visibility of your photographs.

Online photo sharing websites offer a variety of facilities and tools through which you can make your photo sharing experience even more exciting, attractive and valuable. It helps to maintain the longevity of your precious photos and is the easiest way to share the best remembered moments with your friends and family. Sharing increases happiness so why keep your happy moments to yourself only? Now you can share them with your loved ones. Sharing photo albums are not only to share memories, rather you can share your works and even find recognition as online photo sharing can help people in their professional field too.

Social networking is hence an entity which has permeated the conception of human beings for a very long time and still continues to do so and indeed it will in the future as well. The reader should not assume any types of negative vibes from the above sentence as there are none. In fact the presence of a social network is responsible in a big way in making peaceful coexistence among human beings possible to a large extent.

The advent of internet into the lives of human beings has changed the way the activities(involved in the process of social networking) are conducted. The trips to foreign lands and the letters arriving from pen friends have taken on a new meaning completely with the utilisation of the features of internet into the life of each and every individual living in a civilised society. Hence the arrival of the concept of online social networks has taken place into the domain of human existence. This has lead to many changes and also recreation of many old conceptions. Again the reader should take note that all these changes have been for the better and hence human beings are now more connected in their concious dimensions of human thought.

The online social network resides in websites which handle the accounts of millions of users and give many features to be utilised. The primary feature is the ability of the user to describe himself/herself in their profiles and hence given a brief idea about themselves. All the users are therefore able to check the profiles of fellow users and see what are the tastes and the preferences of the person and whether the invitation for friendship will be a worthy endeavour. The last part of the above sentence hence gives another feature of these websites and that is the proposal for friendship can be made after getting an idea about oneself.

Online social networking has changed many things and the websites which implement the concept have many features which improve the concepts involved in the above process. The typical websites are therefore ones which have the feature of photo lists with the photos being links to the customised webpages of his/her friends. Another standard feature is the search tool where the users are able to put in names and hence access numerous profiles of users of the website. An online social network is therefore created with each user having the tools to be in touch with his friends. Apart from this the need to interact is also taken care off by chatting and instant messaging tools. An online social network has therefore given a new look to the concept of social networking.