So what do you do? - Times Online- Topic: BuildingWebsiteNews

The boom in online social networking (MySpace, facebook) is being shadowed by an explosion in online business networking (Linkedin, ecademy. Even more so when it was suggested that I sample it by attending a networking event organised by a company called Business Junction set to take place on a boat cruising along the Thames on a Thursday afternoon. Since the 1937 publication of How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, still a global bestseller, books and articles on the subject of networking have been published at the rate of phone directories. Online networking is not killing real-life business networking. Business Network International is the largest business networking organisation in the world, with 4,700 chapters (local groups) across the globe. I'm on facebook, I advised anyone to ensure that they check their privacy settings, as I thought that I would be safe from people not viewing my profile and pictures unless on my friends list, this was not the case, I only added people I knew but my information was available for all to see, (although it's limited when not on your friend list). read more

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