Last night I spent almost 3 hours at a social media meetup in Orange County. It was an amazing event. There were about 60 attendees, most of whom are involved in the media industry. The presenters were Aaron Post (www.fortymedia.com) and Todd O’neill (http://www.toddoneill.com/). Both of the gentlemen did a great job relating the uses of social media to business, and talking about the best tools. We are already involved in most of them, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc..but learned about a lot I have never heard of or their uses - like blip.tv? Plus, we learned a lot about how to utilize the websites we are already involved in more efficiently. (and of course, it never hurts to shamelessly plug to link to us! 
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Adrianne:
Anyway, at the event, one woman asked the question “Do you think social media is going to replace face-to-face networking?” Both presenters gave a resounding ‘no’ (Thank goodness!), but it made me think a little bit about networking. Often our clients will complain about the fact that they aren’t getting any leads. The first thing we always ask is “What events are you attending to get those leads?” and the answer is almost always “none”. My question then is, “How can you expect to get leads if you don’t get yourself out there?” Networking events are absolutely, without a doubt, neccessary to grow your business. You can’t expect anyone to network for you. So, next time you are looking for leads, go to an event and find them! There are so many ways to find events in your area, and we post some of the best local events on our website, http://www.tornado-tools.com/webworkshops.html.
What is the best event you have been to recently?
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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it… [ ǂ]…
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July 6th, 2008