Much Ado About Social Media
Posted by Charlie King on Thu, Mar 05, 2009 @ 03:08 PM
We've launched the New Rules of Golf Instruction and we want to connect with you online. You're probably asking yourself what all of these social media sites are about? The basic concept is that we want you to be able to share discussions, news, photos and videos with each other to build a robust community of "New Rules" Golfers. Here's the low down:
LinkedIn is a professional social networking site where users connect with each other, join groups, and communicate in discussion forums. According to LinkedIn, there are currently more than 27 million registered professionals, including executives from all five hundred of the Fortune 500 companies. The New Rules of Golf Instruction has a group on LinkedIn where members can post and respond to discussion topics and post relevant news items.
Facebook is a social networking site where you can connect with friends and share information like photos and events. The New Rules of Golf Instruction is a group on Facebook where members can post discussion topics and share photos.
Chances are you've already watched videos on YouTube, but the great thing about joining the New Rules of Golf Instruction on YouTube is that you can subscribe to our channel and get updates every time we post a new video. Plus, it's easy to share those videos with friends.
Twitter is a tool for "micro-blogging" or posting very short updates, comments or thoughts. Twitter was designed to be very compatible with mobile phones through text messages, each update is limited to 140 characters.