I’m not a huge fan of twitter although that may change, who knows. It seems a bit too high maintenance to me at the moment. It’s all I can do t keep up with facebook. I prefer the wider range of communication with FB, it’s easier to actually get to know someone. If you are using it for business purposes I’m inclined to think it would be a better tool as you have so many options and a better ability to interact with your customer.

Since social media has taken off, it seems to be a blessing and a possible curse. By this I mean that it becomes too easy for us to hide behind a computer and not interact face to face. Especially with twitter. Your whole day could be consumed by looking into less than half of what people post. Of corse the same can be said about FB but at least there is potential for more substance and personal interaction. I think we still need to GET OUT and connect face to face and actually participate in LIFE.

That being said, I do use FB as a tool for my business and plan to kick it up a notch as soon as my new work is complete. I’ve been using it to connect with like minded people for many reasons like raising awareness, getting inspired, learning new things, the list goes on…All in all I think it’s an amazing thing as long as we use it constructively and for the greater good. I think it’s a great tool to finally call BIG BROTHER OUT!!

Lyoness

There is so much to keep up with as there are so many different applications. I like the way that people connect with those they may not normally connect with, but I also am aware that face to face or phone contact is losing hold on communication.

As time goes on, it should find a natural balance.

I like the video with all of the statistics. Pretty mind-blowing!

Wow, really great blog, chock-full of information … I had heard somewhere that fact about “if Facebook were a country, it would be the 4th largest,” but I didn’t know if it was true! And all of the other facts were news to me!

Right now, I’m on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Friendster – my personal favorite is Facebook, followed by Twitter. Myspace and Friendster . . . they were the first I signed up for, but now I hardly use them. Twitter is great, but sometimes it can get a little too overwhelming for me – so many people and so many posts and I just get lost in the wave, so to speak. My favorite though, without question, is Facebook – not only have I met some “strangers” who have become wonderful friends (such as yourself!), but it has also done wonderful things to help me market my business. Although I can’t say it’s necessarily brought me “more” clients, what it has done is get my “name” / brand out there, and to me, that’s just as important for now!

Thanks for the info and the interesting reading, Lennie – informative as always!
~ J

My favorite 2 are Facebook and Twitter. One thing I love about Facebook is the interaction can be more detailed than Twitter, which requires compact info. I also have a fan page on Facebook for Living in Courage. This way I am able to talk about the subject of Courage and have a built in audience for my book. Twitter has condensed content with many links to valuable info as well. I find the people great to interact with. We share information, joint ventures and life experiences.

Great video and post as usual Lennie,
Debra

as you know.. Facebook for me is very effective(Company Fan Page).

I like your use of percentages on your blog. I like the use of numbers & bottom lines. I hope this experiement works to your advantage.

See you soon.

Art

I’m blogging, tweeting, and facebooking (and FB group, and networkedblogs thing.)

I’d like to use it to get my message out there, and use it to connect with others.

Things I don’t understand? a lot! There’s so much to do, and often very overwhelming. Often feel like spend way too much on these. (Esp. twitter, I still don’t know why I’m doing it except that it goes thru FB.) I would love to know what to focus, the highest ROI, efficiency and productivity, especially for me, right now. (that’s my thing, whether in kitchen or on computer.)

My favorite SM site is Facebook. It helped me reconnect w friends I lost in touch with — from 25 yrs ago! and really nice to be able to see their photos so that I feel like I’m actually talking to them.

The whole boon of the social media “craze” to me is quite phenomenal. I use it to connect with friends, but to also post links to my site and posts I have written. My favorite site by far is HootSuite as it helps me to organize and create my status updates (it is connected to other sites I use such as Twitter, Facebook, Ping.fm, LinkedIn and Plaxo) saving me LOTS of time!

Great video too, BTW…