For example, a Facebook Fan Page is great to nurture a community of customers and keep them updated with product news while Elance is a community of freelancers with all sorts of skills where the ‘right person for the job’ can be found. '<img class=”alignleft wp-image-2219″ style=”margin: 10px;” src=”[link] alt=”Steve Nicholls Headshot” width=”150″ height=”150″ /> This is a guest post by Steve Nicholls, author of the best-selling  Social Media in Business. Social media is materialized through its many applications. MORE >>

Person-brands + Social CRM = Personal Relationship Management (April) – Combining the concepts of personal branding and social CRM into PRM. The Rise of the Individual Brand (February) – We take personal branding seriously here, and it’s becoming ever more important in business today. Social media, journalism, personal branding and value. Toolkit Bernie Fine best buy Customer relationship management person-brand Personal branding Personal Relationship Management PRM Social CRM social mediaWhat does it all mean? MORE >>

54% of millennials said that they are more likely to rely on and make purchase decisions from information shared via personal contacts in online communities versus 33% more likely to use information from “official&# company sources. 70% of executives and 51% of millennials have downloaded at least 1 web-based application for work use either on their mobile device or personal computer. Additionally, app stores are becoming more popular in business/enterprise settings, and while email may be growing, it’s not solving many of the communication issues in the enterprise. MORE >>

You may also use social networks for personal reasons, but it’s always with the understanding that you’re a professional. But newer generations of college graduates began their social media experience as a very personal one. Most teens and young adults have used social media to connect directly to friends and share personal experiences casual conversations with their networks. Yet interacting on social networks with an eye toward your career is different than doing so for purely personal reasons. It’s Not the Same. You can read the full article over on Mashable. MORE >>

SR: I think Facebook can get personalized filtering right. Panel session with Francine Hardaway (Moderator), Steve Rossenbaum (Curation Nation), Eric Hippeau (Huffington Post), Ed Lambert (Paper.li). FH: Steve, how do you feel about Content Curation and why? SR: Certain filters have certain biases, but what’s really happening is that people are constantly making content, and it doesn’t get dull by Google, or there are no restrictions. There’s no overwhelming narrowness to curation. FH: Eric, when you moved to HuffPo, what was your experience? FH: Ed, Why Paper.li? MORE >>