Alan Pruitt

Okay, so I have a 6-week schedule of weekly social media workshops coming up this spring that I am facilitating at a local non-profit (“Social Media for Non-Profits”, actually). So these post from Mashable are some examples of “best practices” or at least guidelines that I am sharing via my personal blog and the feeds (Twitter, Facebook, GBuzz, etc.) that are affiliated with my account.

I agree with the blog comments by @CDGInteractive:

“Although you could use Facebook to communicate with your audience in similar ways to doing so through a corporate or organizational web site, it’s still a different channel and tends to be better as a complement to a site, rather than a replacement.”

Mashable concludes with:

“Although Facebook was built as a social network and most people treat it as such – there is a tremendous amount of professional value that can be gained there. Once you’re a member of a few groups and have completed the introductory workflow for each one, the professional value of Facebook should be evident and ready to be fully realized. Be creative, have fun, and remember: What you put into things is what you get out of them, so always try to stay active!”

via HOW TO: Use Facebook for Professional Networking.

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