Comments on: LinkedIn or LockedOut? http://www.enthusiastinc.com/blog/linkedin-or-lockedout/ The goal of this blog is to provide a two way communication with our clients, those investigating our approach, as well as the ever growing and insightful Internet audience at-large. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:48:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Jacob http://www.enthusiastinc.com/blog/linkedin-or-lockedout/#comment-205 Jacob Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:45:20 +0000 http://www.enthusiastinc.com/blog/linkedin-or-lockedout/#comment-205 No doubt social networking sites can cut productivity if your employees are MySpacing all day. But there's a lot of untapped power in these sites that very few businesses have explored. If a company somehow used a social network as an extension of a company blog, with employees and customers encouraged to speak honestly, it could open the door for a lot of potential learning and innovation. A business could use FaceBook or MySpace to informally publicize meetings and events, as long as they're not sensitive. In the case of a new product launch or change, you could essentially have a free focus group. What about sales staff using one of these sites as a tool to reach prospective clients? No doubt social networking sites can cut productivity if your employees are MySpacing all day. But there’s a lot of untapped power in these sites that very few businesses have explored.

If a company somehow used a social network as an extension of a company blog, with employees and customers encouraged to speak honestly, it could open the door for a lot of potential learning and innovation.

A business could use FaceBook or MySpace to informally publicize meetings and events, as long as they’re not sensitive. In the case of a new product launch or change, you could essentially have a free focus group.

What about sales staff using one of these sites as a tool to reach prospective clients?

]]> By: len20 http://www.enthusiastinc.com/blog/linkedin-or-lockedout/#comment-265 len20 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:14:48 +0000 http://www.enthusiastinc.com/blog/linkedin-or-lockedout/#comment-265 I agree with Jacob. This is where people are, and business that are seeking to gain new customers have to have employees that know how to hang out in the virtual world. For the record, my non-profit company does not lock us out of those sites. I agree with Jacob. This is where people are, and business that are seeking to gain new customers have to have employees that know how to hang out in the virtual world.

For the record, my non-profit company does not lock us out of those sites.

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