Since I’m a marketing geek I’m always interested in new tools, networks and other communication platforms. Over the past few years I have investigated and used many of the new social media networks and tools to see how well they worked. However I realize now that I have too many accounts and some of them are redundant. Therefore, I am cleaning up some of the accounts listed below but I thought a listing with some notes on why I joined the network and what I liked would be a good start. I will follow up over the next few weeks with comparisons of the sites and why I chose one over the other.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bmcd67
Wanted to see what the fuss was all about. Since I have moved around quite a bit in my life, great way to reconnect with old friends.
MySpace: Deactivated
Had to join to see photo of old friend that office mate told me was online. Ended up getting a bunch of spam off the account so I deleted it.
LinkedIn: linked.com/bmcd67
Thought it was better than keeping regular resume on file. Also great way to reconnect with former co-workers.
Delicious: delicious.com/bmcd67
Used to keep track of press hits and articles of interest.
Twitter: twitter.com/bmcd67
First intrigued, then did not understand, then did understand, then did nothing else for several months.
Pandora: pandora.com/people/bmcd67
I’m a huge music buff so this was an instant hit. Like that I can create my own station.
Social Vibe: socialvibe.com/bmcd67
Interesting premise, raise money for charity through clicks but that’s all that’s there. Cool interface.
Ning: http://www.ning.com/
First used as a test for project that migrated elsewhere. Good tool but have only seen a few good sites on it.
Blogger:
Main blogging tool that I use. Good starting place for bloggers that want to write and don’t want to have to learn web site design.
FriendFeed: friendfeed.com/bmcd67
Used this to aggregate all my feeds and social media accounts.
YouTube: youtube.com/bmcd67
Never thought that I would post on YouTube but it’s a great platform for video.
SlideShare: slideshare.net/bmcd67
Use this for storing presentations, integrates with LinkedIn.
Ping.fm
Created this account to use for autoposting to several accounts and forgot about it.
Blip.fm: blip.fm/bmcd67
Site allows you to search individual songs and post message at the same time.
Brightkite: brightkite.com/people/bmcd67
Never used this until I got my iPhone with ability to ping my location.
Storyteller: bmcd67.storytlr.com/
Found this before FriendFeed and liked their layout better
FriendFeed: friendfeed.com/bmcd67
Created profile and several rooms. Not a fan of some of their features.
Technorati: technorati.com/people/technorati/bmcd67
Joined when I started blogging. Still trying to gain authority.
Posterous: bmcd67.posterous.com
Recently joined and have posted a few items. Not sure what best application of this tool is.
Slide: bmcd67.slide.com
Found this easiest of the photo apps to use and customize, plus no limit on images.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/people/73834932@N00/
Great photo site with ability to create sets. Very easy to embed on other sites as well.
Picasa: picasaweb.google.com/bmcd67
Signed up when started using Google tools but has limits on images.
qik: qik.com/bmcd67
This was the only tool that I could shoot online video with on my BlackBerry in real time. Had problems with controls and naming on BlackBerry, thus half my vids have the same title.
TwitPic: twitpic.com/photos/bmcd67
This is a great simple app that I use all the time.
NetVibes: netvibes.com/bmcd67
Great aggregator tool that allows you to create a portal. Still need to finish this page.
