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5 social networking tips for businesspeople

Source: VentureBeat

Jul 03, 2009

Summary

Bonnie Smalley, known as @comcastbonnie to Comcast customers who tweet for help, replies to hundreds of messages daily across several social networks. How does she get it done? Smalley, Mashable founder Pete Cashmore, and other high-volume networkers gave me their social network efficiency tips for the New York Times. As a VentureBeat reader, you’re too busy for a 1,200-word excurison. Here’s the bullet-list version:

Set an avatar. Don’t change it. Others will use it to find your posts.

Install Tweetdeck or Seesmic Desktop rather than using your browser for Twitter and Facebook.

If you can’t resist networking during work hours, install LeechBlock on Firefox and schedule it to disable Twitter, YouTube, and other time-eating sites during your workday.

Take notes! Keep a notepad app of some sort open on your computer desktop. Write down anything interesting before you forget it.

If you’re worried what others will see, use Twitter’s Protect my updates option to allow only users whom you personally authorize to read what you tweet. This is considered heresy by many Int