Facebook, the social networking firm, now has a user base on the verge of topping 100 million people; amazingly, this lofty number is driven by a largely North American demographic. If you are waiting for social networking to catch on, you need to know that the train has already left

FaceBook, LinkedIn, and MySpace -----The opportunities to join the wave of social networks are seemingly endless. Not wanting to be left behind, I jumped in feet first and joined all the popular social networks and posted all sorts of information about my likes and dislikes. Like many people I joined

A few weeks ago I proudly announced that I had joined MySpace much to the chagrin of my three children. I think my youngest daughter said something like, "How gross, Dad". Nonetheless, I thought it was important that I join this special social network for commercial reasons: there

Social networking giant MySpace offers access to over 200 Million profiles (also known as ” friends” ) and is by far the most dominant social network available today. While it started with teens and younger adults, older professionals have joined the network including me (despite the groans from my three children). For

It can be lonely out there, but don’t let it be. Instead, pick up the phone, go to lunch with someone, or join a networking group. With all these options, loneliness is a choice, not a plight. Networking can be the key to successful career; it can also make it fun along the way.

If you have frequented this blog, you may have read about the merits of “viral advertising”, which is a relatively new term that refers to marketing techniques that use social networks (i.e. MySpace, your e-mail buddy list, etc) to pass along messages, e-mails, or video clips.

Unless you have been living in a cave, you probably have heard about MySpace. Undoubtedly the best example of “social networking’, MySpace dominates the internet with over 100 million members. Membership is mostly teenagers and “twenty-somethings”, but the membership spans five-year-olds to grandpar