Comments on: Are Facebook, Myspace and LinkedIn Good For Your Reputation? http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/are-facebook-myspace-and-linkedin-good-for-your-reputation/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/are-facebook-myspace-and-linkedin-good-for-your-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-458 simonstapleton Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:07:15 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=946#comment-458 @Mark - I think there are too many tools to keep up with so if you've excluded one or two then you might be at an advantage. I guess we have to keep an eye on where the 'buzz' is. Oh yes! That's a great point. Imagine if one indiscretion now damages our prospects in 10 years time. That would be a disaster... @Mark – I think there are too many tools to keep up with so if you’ve excluded one or two then you might be at an advantage. I guess we have to keep an eye on where the ‘buzz’ is.
Oh yes! That’s a great point. Imagine if one indiscretion now damages our prospects in 10 years time. That would be a disaster…

]]> By: Mark McClure Coaching http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/are-facebook-myspace-and-linkedin-good-for-your-reputation/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Mark McClure Coaching Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:43:38 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=946#comment-455 MySpace - Are there any IT folks there ;-) ? So far, I've not felt the need to explore further. FaceBook - Will I be the only one without an account? This status could be worth money in the future... :-) I can kinda see how my 12 year old daughter has fun posting pics and chatting with her mates after just seeing them 1 hour before at school. Funny thing though - after asking her to self-police using social media tools while doing homework (she knows my dislike for multitasking when there's work to be done), I found that she'd closed the whole lot down because "it was taking too long to get her homework done". 1st set to Dad!! LinkedIn is less of a distraction because (until a few days ago) there weren't many apps to fiddle with. I've been exploring the Q&A topics and enjoyed answering 1 or 2 career-related questions every other day or so. Sometimes I get a PM thanking me for the comments. I first thought of Twitter as a chance to improve my microblog copywriting skills (i.e headlines!) but unless you have an audience of thousands, there's little return on the effort. Rather, I'm starting to think it's one way of following potential mentors either passively by just reading what they say, or by actively getting involved in their conversations. I'm sure someone will be selling a "training course" on how to do just that (sorry, been watching too many Internet marketing seminars... ) Finally, I'd agree about the potential for both building your personal brand and seriously damaging it with these online tools. I guess the bottom line advice would be to only post what you'd be OK for anyone and everyone in the whole wide world to read - coz they can, online!! And I wonder how many future rising stars in the business and political worlds will be flamed out by what they did online 1,5 or 10 years previously? MySpace – Are there any IT folks there ;-) ? So far, I’ve not felt the need to explore further.

FaceBook – Will I be the only one without an account? This status could be worth money in the future… :-)

I can kinda see how my 12 year old daughter has fun posting pics and chatting with her mates after just seeing them 1 hour before at school.

Funny thing though – after asking her to self-police using social media tools while doing homework (she knows my dislike for multitasking when there’s work to be done), I found that she’d closed the whole lot down because “it was taking too long to get her homework done”. 1st set to Dad!!

LinkedIn is less of a distraction because (until a few days ago) there weren’t many apps to fiddle with. I’ve been exploring the Q&A topics and enjoyed answering 1 or 2 career-related questions every other day or so. Sometimes I get a PM thanking me for the comments.

I first thought of Twitter as a chance to improve my microblog copywriting skills (i.e headlines!) but unless you have an audience of thousands, there’s little return on the effort. Rather, I’m starting to think it’s one way of following potential mentors either passively by just reading what they say, or by actively getting involved in their conversations. I’m sure someone will be selling a “training course” on how to do just that (sorry, been watching too many Internet marketing seminars… )

Finally, I’d agree about the potential for both building your personal brand and seriously damaging it with these online tools.

I guess the bottom line advice would be to only post what you’d be OK for anyone and everyone in the whole wide world to read – coz they can, online!!

And I wonder how many future rising stars in the business and political worlds will be flamed out by what they did online 1,5 or 10 years previously?

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