Do you believe Mr O’Brian can get his URL name back? My full business URL was picked up by another person which would have been helpful. Look forward to following.

Best of Success,
Eric Mitchellette

Jim – Thanks for sharing your story and for your nice note! I hope you find a lot of value in your engagements on social networks and continue to grow your reputation via participation there! I’m glad that you took the time to comment and hope to “see” you again here!

Thank you for sharing an interesting story about Conan. I agree that most people do not develop a social media presence until they need one. We live in a time when not being online in some ways means you don’t exist. LinkedIn, twitter, facebook, and blogging are just some of the tools people can use to show they are real people. I will admit, I am one of those people who didn’t create a LinkedIn profile, create a twitter account, start a blog, and most recently joined facebook until I felt I needed it.

I have met many people on LinkedIn. I find value in the people I follow on twitter (including you). Most recently on twitter I have learned about chats and found them to be very good places to share information about employment search ideas and interviewing techniques. I started a blog because I enjoy writing and sharing my thoughts, ideas, and experiences with others. Although I was reluctant to join facebook, I recently had a friend of mine help me set up an account. I don’t use facebook nearly as much as I do the other social media tools, but there is only so much time in a day.

I am continuing to learn some of the tips and tricks of twitter and learning to use some of the applications available like tweetdeck and hootsuite. I am fortunate that I have a handful of people in my network who are well versed and in some cases at the expert level in social media. From the videos I have seen showing statistics of social media, I think it will be here in some way, shape, size, or form for a long time to come.

Thank you for sharing all the advice you give to others, participating in the chats on twitter, and for giving support to the job seekers of the world.

Jim Horrell
.-= Jim Horrell´s last blog ..A customer service story =-.

DC Jobs – It is true that Conan benefits from his celebrity in terms of a quick ramp-up on social media. The fact that he didn’t keep his eye on the social media ball and relied on his employer for all of his branding is not surprising. Most people do the same thing. It’s only when an unpleasant event occurs that the urgency of building an online presence comes to fruition. I absolutely agree – build it before you need it is even more important for those of us who can’t rely on a staff and celebrity for instant online fame! Thanks for your comment.

The thing is, a guy like Conan that is a huge draw, will be able to build an online presence even if he has to go with a less than ideal domain name (i.e. the-real-conan.com)

For the rest of us who may not be uber-celebrities we have even more reason to “build our well before we need it”.
.-= DC Jobs´s last blog ..Keyword Proximity in Resume SEO =-.