Social Networking at Compass Intelligence

We here at Compass Intelligence have been thinking about social networking for quite some time.  We all personally have been doing it for a while, but now it is time for us to act from a professional or business social networking standpoint.  After going to a free website review site to analyze our websites http://www.compassintelligence.com/ and http://www.compass-intelligence.com/, it really opened our eyes to what some of these social networking sites can do for us.  Here are just a few ways these tools and sites can help our firm:

• The more places we are, the more likely we will be found at the top of the list on Google
• We can use these social networking tools to promote our business, press releases, podcasts, and more
• We get more traffic on our website, which may lead to more business
• Our blog is being recognized by other blogs sites and links
• Our overall exposure on the web is increasing to a much higher degree now

Now you may ask, what are some of the things we have been doing from a social networking standpoint.  I will not let you know everything, because some of it is top secret, but here are a few things that may help you:

• Start Digging http://www.digg.com/
• Start Twittering and Twhirling, even AT&T and a few other vendors are already starting to get in the game, check out CompassIntel on twitter (http://www.twitter.com/)
• Join Technorati, list your website and more
• Do more with your blog and link to all the tools that spread the word
• Get to know del.icio.us, linkedin, facebook, myspace, stumbleupon, and the others out there
• Get your blog listed on all the free blog sites
• Get your company listed on all the free business directories
• Get your company listed on the top fee-based directories
• Integrate and tie together press releases, blogs, free downloads, podcasts, and other forms of communications

What do you think about businesses and social networking?  I would love to learn what you are doing.

Stephanie Atkinson