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Social Networks
This is a very new and rapidly changing arena, yet some companies and organizations find consumers to engage with.
LinkedIn is a major business-focused social networking site where professionals post profiles and link to colleagues.LinkedIn | Corporate Solutions
LinkedIn has recently created new tools for businesses to use on the site, aggregating their workers and finding new employees through their employees' networks.Facebook Is Marketing Your Brand Preferences (With Your Permission) - New York Times
New York Times coverage of Facebook announcing their advertising plans.Facebook Retreats on Online Tracking - New York Times
New York Times coverage of Facebook changing their advertising plans.Facebook | Business Solutions
The Facebook page for businesses.My Facebook Profile
You're never cured of being a punk rocker, you can only manage your recovery.Second Life
How Organizations Use The Platform | Second Life Grid
Second Life is a gaming environment, so you can't really link to it. This page describes how businesses can and do use the environment. AskPatty.Com has a shop. CNN and Reuters have news bureaus. The potential for business application from gaming environments is quite extensive and includes automating communications functions like accounts receivables and, especially, training.
Twitter is a new social network site often called micro-blogging. Members write Tweets - 140 character entries, often including a link - that show up on the pages of people that 'follow' that member. While a seemingly frivolous technology, it is extremely popular with members of the information economy. Follow @frymaster.MySpace.Com
www.myspace.com/frymasterspeck
This is my myspace page. I don't really care for myspace. It's all spammed up with advertising and the interface is a wreck. I have the page to keep an eye on my kids.Yahoo! Teachers
Yahoo! Teachers
This site remains under construction as of April 2008. Look for more robust social networks to spring up around many of the existing forum- and blog-based communities.