The article on the CNET outlines the "Five Reasons social networking doesn't work"
The reasons are as follows:
1. There's nothing to do there
2. It takes too much time
3. Traffic alone isn't enough
4. Strangers kind of suck (or, put nicely, the social hierarchy is really not that attractive)
5. We already have the Internet
Well...We might have a different point of view based on these reasons. Those of us who are really into the myspace and facebook etc. would argue that it works and YES, you have lots of friends that you communicate on a daily basis. And yes there is a lot to do there if you really know what you are doing!
Indeed there are strangers, and many of us do not feel comfortable talking to them on the street...then we should feel the same way for online as well. If you have someone on you facebook who is literally asking you to go out etc. and you do not wish to...SIMPLY BLOCK HIM OR HER.
Although, In terms of bloging it is important to stress out that you have to have a purpose for you blog (social networking site) to draw the attention of your audience. However, I think finding the time to get back to read the latest posting would be another issue for the readers.
My point of view is that social networking does work, it might be because I am used to going online and checking my facebook to see who posted a message on the wall. Or simply because I use other networking sites such as linkedin (which I found very beneficial to use) for employers to find me.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Is this really a Shocking NEWS??!!
I was really surprised by and a little bit shocked as where yahoo is posting its own jobs...You might guess newspaper or "HotJobs" ...WRONG! IT IS ACTUALLY ON "CRAIGSLIST"
(check out the link).
We all know that craigslist is free to use, whether you want to sell your car, buy a new house or do whatever else you might want to do...but let's face it, craigslist is not one of the sites that has a reputation unlike yahoo and even google.
So is google using their service because it is free or is it really using it to get exposure to draw attention to of users who might not be familiar with yahoo services (HotJobs). In a way this seems shocking, but in a way it is a great awareness tool for yahoo.
(check out the link).
We all know that craigslist is free to use, whether you want to sell your car, buy a new house or do whatever else you might want to do...but let's face it, craigslist is not one of the sites that has a reputation unlike yahoo and even google.
So is google using their service because it is free or is it really using it to get exposure to draw attention to of users who might not be familiar with yahoo services (HotJobs). In a way this seems shocking, but in a way it is a great awareness tool for yahoo.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Giving 100% Customer Satisfaction!
With all of the technology out on the market, it should be quite simple to advertise you product and even target your customers; however, what happens if the customers is not happy about your product or services? Well...
The article "Social networks forcing customer service Change" talks about how companies nowadays have to really be careful in terms of how they treat their customers. One of the examples used is how AOL appeared in The Wall Street Journal after a customer was going through a painful process of trying to cancel their internet subscription. To make the matter even worse, the customer decided to put it on the internet.
Now the question here is how can companies avoid this trouble? The obvios answer is, not to make the customer mad and instead make him/her happy. Obviously, the intention is to keep a continuous realtionship with a customer, considering that you have been working hard to develop your product or service and it is not worth it to let it go down. After all, the "customer is always right" no matter what.
At the same time, as a company you would want to establish a good reputation for yourself, and not be on the news because of something that you regret you would have done it before.
The article "Social networks forcing customer service Change" talks about how companies nowadays have to really be careful in terms of how they treat their customers. One of the examples used is how AOL appeared in The Wall Street Journal after a customer was going through a painful process of trying to cancel their internet subscription. To make the matter even worse, the customer decided to put it on the internet.
Now the question here is how can companies avoid this trouble? The obvios answer is, not to make the customer mad and instead make him/her happy. Obviously, the intention is to keep a continuous realtionship with a customer, considering that you have been working hard to develop your product or service and it is not worth it to let it go down. After all, the "customer is always right" no matter what.
At the same time, as a company you would want to establish a good reputation for yourself, and not be on the news because of something that you regret you would have done it before.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Interactions with people of the same nationality
In "The Hidden Power Of Social Networks", one of the things I found to be interesting and to a point where it still exists in some places is where the chapter on page 16 talks about managers using collaborative technologies, such as virtual problem solving to help find coleagues with specific experties.
One of the problems that they found out arises where "People in Different Countries preferred to interact with others of the same nationality" I can see this still happening because of the same understanding and communication, but one of the important thing to realize is that the knowledge comes from diversity and therefore it would important if people interacted with different nationality as well.
One of the problems that they found out arises where "People in Different Countries preferred to interact with others of the same nationality" I can see this still happening because of the same understanding and communication, but one of the important thing to realize is that the knowledge comes from diversity and therefore it would important if people interacted with different nationality as well.
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