Paul Gillin

MARCH 1, 2012

This graphic, which appeared in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday , says a whole lot about Facebook’s success and Google+ ‘s struggles, but it’s an incomplete picture of the true value of social networks. Give credit to Facebook. Google+ introduced circles, so Facebook added lists.

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Paul Gillin

MARCH 10, 2011

LinkedIn gets none of the buzz of Facebook, and no one’s going to make a movie about it. Spamming isn’t a problem, particularly in the moderated groups, and there’s none of the frat boy histrionics that you find on Facebook. Facebook is about mass, but LinkedIn is about focus, which is one reason it rocks for B2B.

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Paul Gillin

APRIL 13, 2011

Regardless of the size of the event, set up a Facebook page or create a dedicated event sub-page under your Facebook page. The average Facebook member has 130 Facebook friends. Use a unique tracking code with each promotion and make sure to use a different code for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and e-mail.

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