Facebook or LinkedIn for business networking?

There is a really interesting and active thread in the eMarketing Association Network Group on LinkedIn. The question raised by Marco Schreurs is: “Do you see Facebook groups as a business network? Or should we focus on linkedin?” With over 150 responses he has stated a question that raises a lot of passion and engages analytical minds. In my case, my answer is straight forward and focuses on simplicity. Here is what I said: I do not currently see FB as a strong way of building or engaging my business network, if with business network you mean corporate colleagues, vendors,...

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Third article of the three-part interview series with Rod Brooks

I found that to be true in my personal and professional life, where the news that I’m most interested in somehow either hits me in a newsfeed on Facebook, shows up on LinkedIn, or someone contacts me about something I might be interested in. So I don’t really manage the torrent of information, I make myself available to it and I try to catch what I can. Rod Brooks commenting on how he manages information overload, by not managing it at all. Read the full third article here. If you would like to start from the beginning, start with the first article...

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