By now we’re all firmly entrenched in the social media battlefield. Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, blogging, micro-blogging, and on and on and on. Although many people turn to these tools as the answer to their marekting prayers, Eric Karjaluoto over at ideasonideas.com suggests that we should instead be looking at these tools as exactly that….tools. You can’t build a building with tools alone; you need materials (i.e., your products and/or service) to complete the job. And if those materials aren’t top quality, the building will eventually fall apart. To summarize, your products and services should be up to snuff before you start diving into the social media marketing world.

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So we all know that Al Gore invented the internet, which is a series of pipes, controlled by “the google.”  We all also know that the internet is an indispensible part of our everyday lives – both personal and professional. And that’s where it gets tricky…the division between personal and professional is becoming ever more blurry…and use of the internet on company property andor during business hours is one of the places that the blur is causing some issues. And what about when we’re being green and working from home?

For example, when I write a blog post, I want to post it to my Facebook page, where I have “friends” that range from high …