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Project Management – The Benefits of Social Networking

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

With the rapid growth of telecommuting and Internet based jobs many companies have started searching for effective networking methods. Project managers have often had to depend on unreliable third party programs and web clients to communicate with employees. Now, thanks to project management social network building, there is an alternative.

Social networking can be used to provide Internet based businesses with a way to communicate with employees all over the world. By building a social network to be run by project managers companies can control who can access their network and what information is made available. Companies will no longer have to be dependent upon a third party website that might not always be live when project managers need it to be. If you have been considering building a social network for your project managers think of the potential benefits.

For starters, a social network can help project managers and employees get to better know each other by allowing profiles to be built where users can enter as much detailed personal information as they please. This can help build a feeling of community and teamwork that is often absent from Internet based companies. Users will also be able to message each other with questions or concerns which will help employees get immediate answers and resolutions to any of their problems. Project management social network building can also make it easier for project managers to distribute work and plan online work related events.

Social networks can allow project managers to post blogs or articles to announce certain company events, policies, or rule changes. Discussion forums can also be created to share news and even post upcoming assignments, conferences, or other company related events. These forums make it easy for project managers to post information that will be accessed by all employees and make it easy for employees to take assignments or comment on new policy changes.

Even though many social networking sites have been established for entertainment purposes social networks can be used solely for professionals. Project management social network building can benefit Internet based businesses by making it possible for employees and their supervisors to interact freely and easily through a web based interface.

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Getting the Most Out of Social Networking Software

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Social networking can be used to successfully market any online business or business venture. There are many social networking websites that are free to use and, with the help of an affordable software program, can help businesses quickly connect with thousands of potential clients. Unfortunately, many companies and individuals have purchased networking social software that have not had as much success as expected. In order to succeed when using networking social software there are a few things that a business must keep in mind.

First of all, a company must have a clear goal in mind when choosing their social software. Is your business trying to increase product sells or is your business attempting to increase business or consumer contacts? Knowing this will help you choose the best networking social software available since some software is designed to be used only for adding more contacts to a companies profile while others are designed to help companies communicate with potential customers.

Secondly, what social networking platform will your company be utilizing? While a few software developers have created programs that can be used with many social networking sites most companies design software that can be used with only one social networking website. Try the various social networking platforms and choose the one that is best suited to you and your target audience before investing in a software program. Even though many networking social software programs are affordable no company voluntarily wastes money.

Third, spend time experimenting with your new software and the social networking platform. It will take time to get used to the program and even more time to get familiar with a new social networking site. The more time you spend playing around with the software and site the more comfortable you will get and the more professional connections you will make. Do not expect to purchase your software one day and have millions of leads the next. It takes time to get the most out of your software and social networking platform.

Fourth and finally, advertise your new online presence on your existing websites or mailing lists. Many visitors that are already using a social networking site will be interested in visiting your new profile and adding it to their own list of friends or connections. This will allow you to use your new networking software to communicate with existing visitors and customers that are already established on a social networking site. These users will often do a lot to promote your new profile by word of mouth either on purpose or by accident.

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What is an Online Community Developer?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Do you have an online community developer on staff? Do you need one? If you are trying to move towards creating your own social networking site that is going to promote your business or be a stand alone product for your business then you probably do need someone on staff that can work full time on developing your community site.

An online community developer is someone whose job it is to make sure that everyone related to your community website runs smoothly. The community developer is responsible for letting the technicians know if there is a technical problem with the site, and also is responsible for making sure the day to day running of the site goes smoothly. More importantly, this person is also in charge of posting new content, organizing the site, keeping discussions going in the forums, policing and moderating the forums, answering any questions that new members have and much more.

In addition to the running of the site the community developer needs to be a forward thinker that is on top of the trends in the industry and can help the tech department plan out new features and site improvements that will help the community site run more smoothly and meet the users’ expectations. A good way to think of the online community developer is to think of that person as a liaison between the community site and the users of the site and the community site and the technical designers of the site.

Why do you need a community developer to do all this? Because chances are that you don’t have time do it and neither does your IT department. Wouldn’t you rather have your IT techs working on the next product release than on the community site? Most companies would. Plus, a professional online community developer has spent a lot of time on social networking sites and will know how to make the site run smoothly and be a fun, interesting, and exciting site that other people will want to join and come back to often to participate in discussions or network with other people.

So when you’re ready to get your online community site up and running it’s time to find a community development professional to run it. Where do you look for someone with the skills and experience to make your community site grow? On a social networking site of course. Many professional site developers can be found by doing a resume search on MySpace or Facebook.

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