Social media vs. the construction industries

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   I think it might be too early for social medias to have much value as a construction related business activity. 

Some of the available options are clearly more useful to a business than others and we are still in the early stages of figuring how they can be of value to our clients and our business. Twitter, Face book, YouTube and Linked In are some of the more notable options to connect and share information about you and your business. I have an active Linked In account and I find it a useful way to stay connected to colleagues, particularly those that I don’t see that often. Face book is more of a mystery at this point. If your business requires a lot of networking then maybe there is value here. Twitter is the high profile option that seems the least likely of all to have any real use for construction related businesses. 

I don’t expect a mad rush in the industry to sign up for Twitter accounts and start tweeting each other. I’d be interested to hear from others if you are using any of these technologies and how they are helping you in your business. In the mean time I will be at the local chamber meeting being social

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Trillium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21 Jun 2010 Location: Lindsay Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Quote Reply Topic: Social media vs. the construction industries Posted: 21 Jun 2010 at 8:31am
	I think it might be too early for social medias to have much value as a construction related business activity. Some of the available options are clearly more useful to a business than others and we are still in the early stages of figuring how they can be of value to our clients and our business. Twitter, Face book, YouTube and Linked In are some of the more notable options to connect and share information about you and your business. I have an active Linked In account and I find it a useful way to stay connected to colleagues, particularly those that I don’t see that often. Face book is more of a mystery at this point. If your business requires a lot of networking then maybe there is value here. Twitter is the high profile option that seems the least likely of all to have any real use for construction related businesses. I don’t expect a mad rush in the industry to sign up for Twitter accounts and start tweeting each other. I’d be interested to hear from others if you are using any of these technologies and how they are helping you in your business. In the mean time I will be at the local chamber meeting being social
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rclark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Projects & Events Coordinator Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jul 2010 at 12:54pm
	I am learning more about social media every day and one thing I am learning is that you do not have to have an account with every social media out there. You just need to decide the best ones for your business. Based on what you are saying LinkedIn currently sounds like a good way to go. Of course, I am by no means a social media guru. I would also be interested in hearing how other people are using social media for their business.