I’m someone who lives what they work, and works what they live. I can’t help it. I’ve always been that way.
But I know a lot of people who successfully separate their professional lives from their personal ones. As companies strive to bring more “work / life” balance into corporate culture (and I think this is a good thing) is these lines are becoming less defined. As we, as companies, organizations and individuals, use social technologies to share and post information related to our interests or business, we inadvertently blur these lines even more.
Most recently, one of the projects that I’m involved in [and quite enthusiastically I might add] is asking a select group of employees to use their own social profiles to communicate company information and brand voice to their networks as it relates to their personal interests and ideas. Personally, I think this is a wonderfully innovative method for a company to use employees, who are already active in social media, to not only provide public relations but to also help direct customer service questions / issues to appropriate channels, enforce go-to-market-messaging, and humanize the company overall. But this also means that traditional separation of business from personal lives no longer exist.
And this begs the question: Are we creating a culture of social invention or one that will ultimately need a social intervention? I’m not making this stuff up, folks. Trust me, as I’m writing this, I’m sitting here thinking “Yep, I qualify for a social intervention.”
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This cartoon and the commentary from its illustrator were pulled from Sonja Thompson’s editorial on Tech Republic. I just love the thoughts that are illustrated here by fellow Ohioan and Tech Republic member dcolbert. Don’t get me wrong here, I’m an early adopter of ALL things geeky / gadgety and I’m continually running the “I am not the target audience of the Apple iPad” mantra through my head! Keep in mind too, that this cartoon was released prior to the iPad launch.
Date: January 25th, 2010
At the time of this writing, the Apple Tablet has yet to be released. There continues to be quite a bit of buzz over the actual name of the new device (see Selena Frye’s lighthearted post “Apple Tablet: The name game“), but sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.
Here’s a comical peek at the iSlate, compliments of TechRepublic member dcolbert.
And DColbert’s thoughts on his illustration:
dcolbert@… – 01/26/10 So, let’s explore that. I could write 1500 words that come to the same conclusion as I’ve scribbled here. Heck, ask anyone here, I could probably write 5000 worlds that come to the same conclusion as I’ve sketched here – but in this case, instead of words, an image popped into my head, and I felt it was an effective way to convey a point I would otherwise write about.
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Illustration by Mike Dyson
Source: 23 Signs You are Addicted To Social Media | ploked.com
Managing your social media campaign can be a full time job for most people. However, there are tools, widgets, plugins, and more applications being developed at a rapid rate. Even with these advances in social media management, does it really free you from getting tangled in the social media web? Or does it simply allow you to dive deeper down the rabbit hole to realize you have alot more work ahead of you in your social media campaign?
I find that even with all the tools I use to help myself be more efficient, I still seem to spend just as much time on social media sites if not more. So am I addicted to social media? More importantly, are YOU addicted to social media?
Let’s take a look and answer a few tell-tale signs that indicate you are more than likely addicted to social media.
- You update your facebook whenever you leave the computer, whether you are gone for a minute to get some coffee, or leaving the office for the day.
- You spend more time conversing with your online friends than you do with your own family.
- The pictures you take are not for “memories” but rather updating your social networking profiles.
- When you hear a joke in person, you say “lol” instead of actually laughing out loud.
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1. if you want people to pay attention to you, you have to pay attention to them.
put simply, you must RECIPROCATE. without this, nothing will happen for you. You can add as many friends as you want, spew out as many messages as possible, but people will just ignore you. Social media is about Establishing Relationships. This, first and foremost.
2. no more spam
bad behaviour is punished with a simple block or unfollow. Instant lifelong banishment. Goodbye to the spam of the email days; in social media YOU have control over what you see and what you don’t see. Big difference.
3. good stuff spreads. Fast.
this is like the word-of-mouth effect in the real world, except times 100. even 1000. Good stuff reaches ‘1 person’ they pass it onto 7, then 7 times 7, in a chain that ripples out in MINUTES. Stuff that is GOLD does rise to the top. Fast.
4. be real
doesn’t matter what social network you’re on, keep it real. People will appreciate this no end. Everyone is sick of reading advertising copy all over the web, show some humor, insanity, goofiness, or insight. Be different, be real. No-one is as boring as a newsreader. INJECT personality. everyone’s got it, just let it show 
5. pick your avatar carefully
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