Comments on: Personal Brands RULE on Social Networks

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:02:00 +0000

I agree with Harry, create guidelines and people won’t abuse it.
As for corporations loosening up their grip on social media in the workspace, not sure this will happen. People that run these companies have old ideas and are scared that their employees might learn about new ideas and opportunities, or worse get plucked out from their current positions. Case in point – Recruiters on LinkedIn.

By: techytrendy

techytrendy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:58:58 +0000

It is really a paradigm shift to allow corporate acces 2 social media.
Not seeing happening in the corporate world….

By: David Polley

David Polley — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:46:17 +0000

Companies are forever complaining about the “silos” in their organizations. Or else they’re trumpeting their commitment to “maximizing their human capital.” Here is the solution looking them straight in the face, and if they’re smart, they will figure out how to harness it. The rest will suffer a diminished ability to compete.

By: Paul Dunay

Paul Dunay — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:21:44 +0000

@ Harry – Agree Agree Agree
@ Studio623 – Yes my view point was from a corporate perspective – your point is why social media is a great equalizer – it can make the entrepreneur look like a Fortune 1000 company

By: studio 623

studio 623 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:33:25 +0000

i couldn’t agree more about the value of having employees involved in social media. this article however really represents the issue in corporate america. i’m self employed and surrounded by entrepreneurs, and in our world, self branding through social media is king. sure, there’s no big brother checking up on what we post on FB or twitter. but for sure, if we’re not posting, there’s not many people checking into what we’re doing at all.

By: Harry Hallman

Harry Hallman — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:24:00 +0000

There are three words why companies don’t like their people interact on social networks… fear, fear, fear.
That is odd to me because we allow them to interact in person, on the phone, via email and paper mail.
I agree. Create some guidelines and let them engage as you do with other media.
There are three words that describe success using social media… engage, engage, engage.