Where You Can Find Me On The Web
I’ve been getting quite a few “friend” requests from people lately across the social network spectrum. Honestly, I sometimes have difficulty keeping up with all of them (I guess I am popular!), so to help you find me the following list will do just that. I’ve included forums, wikis, and bookmarking sites that I belong to and I list each site in order of personal importance (subject to change):
Social Networks
StumbleUpon: MattKeegan
MyBlogLog: MattK
BlogCatalog: MattK
Facebook: Matthew C. Keegan
LinkedIn: Matthew C. Keegan (added August 29, 2007)
MySpace: MattK
Webmaster Forums
Digital Point: MattKNC
Sitepoint: thearticlewriter
Bookmarking/News Sites
Netscape: iMattK
Reddit: MattKeegan
Delicious: MattKNC
Digg: Matt Keegan
Sphinn: MattKeegan (added August 22, 2007)
Wikis
Wikipedia: MattKeegan
Citizendium: Matthew C. Keegan
As you can tell, I favor disclosure when it comes to communicating online. I almost always try to use my name or some variation of it online. With Sitepoint I use my brand name, The Article Writer.
I am also registered with Ryze, BUMPzee, Spice Pages, Outpost Earth and probably a few other sites. I utilize social networks almost exclusively for business purposes so if you are a lonely, twenty-something drop dead gorgeous female then this happily married middle-aged father will encourage you to move on or at least put some clothes on!
Lastly, I may join additional social networks or drop out of current networks at any time. I rarely visit MySpace while I tend to hit StumbleUpon and MyBlogLog very frequently.
Great list of social media. Do you have a favorite? I’m only asking because I’m conducting a survey over at Work From Home Momma and I’m truly to gather data on which social media works best for promoting businesses.
That’s a good question, Laura. StumbleUpon is my favorite, but I also like MyBlogLog.
Most any site can help promote a business as long as the user understands how best to take advantage of the network. I think it all depends on the comfort level of the user. While I find MySpace to be rather cheesy, I know others who say that they get a lot out of it.
Digg, Reddit, and Netscape are much more difficult to succeed with simply because these sites seem to be dominated by people who already are familiar with how they work.
One new site not mentioned is Sphinn, pronounced sfin. For search engine marketers, Sphinn has a lot of potential and room for growth as it was only launched this past July 9th.
Sometimes the best social network is the new one — get in on the ground floor and participate like crazy and you’ll stand out.
Whew! Ask a question and I’ll blab on and on!
Wow! I’m amazed at how you can keep up with all these, Matt. I belong to several of these but have not actively participated on a regular basis.
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