Online Social Networks Overview

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Online Social NetworksOverview

• Greg Lambert, JD, MLISKing SpaldingHouston,
  TX
• October 24, 2008

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What Is An Online Social Network??(OSN)
Online Social Networks
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What OSNs Are Out There?

• LinkedIn
• NING
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Plaxo
• MySpace

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• Through your network you can
• Find potential clients, service providers,
  subject experts, and partners who come
  recommended
• Be found for business opportunities
• Search for great jobs
• Discover inside connections that can help you
  land jobs and close deals
• Post and distribute job listings
• Find high-quality passive candidates
• Get introduced to other professionals through the
  people you know

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• Ning is an online service that allows users to
  create their own social networks and join and
  participate in other networks.
• Users of Ning social networks have access to
  functionality similar to that of more well-known
  social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace.
• Various features allow users to read news or
  learn about related events, join groups, read and
  comment on blog entries, view photos and videos,
  and other activities as set up by the network
  creator.
• RSS feeds let users subscribe to updates from
  specific parts of the social network

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• Micro-Blogging 140 Characters at a time.
• In countries all around the world, people follow
  the sources most relevant to them and access
  information via Twitter as it happensfrom
  breaking world news to updates from friends. 
• See what people are doing right now.

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• Facebook helps you connect and share with the
  people in your life.
• Millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep
  up with friends, upload an unlimited number of
  photos, share links and videos, and learn more
  about the people they meet.

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• Began as a place to store your contacts
• Added Pulse a better way for you to stay in
  touch with the people you actually know and care
  about your family, your real-world friends, and
  the people you know from business. Pulse makes it
  easy for you to see what theyre creating and
  sharing online their blogs, the photos theyre
  uploading, their restaurant reviews, and so much
  more.

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• MySpace is for everyone
• Friends who want to talk Online
• Single people who want to meet other Singles
• Matchmakers who want to connect their friends
  with other friends
• Families who want to keep in touch--map your
  Family Tree
• Business people and co-workers interested in
  networking
• Classmates and study partners
• Anyone looking for long lost friends!

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Is Any Of This Useful??

• There are lots of Online Social Networks out
  there
• Just like with any technology, there is good, and
  there is bad (really really bad)
• Find whats right for you
• Locate others to share your ideas with
• Can be a great sounding-board

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Online Social NetworksOverview

• Greg Lambert, JD, MLISKing SpaldingHouston,
  TX
• October 24, 2008