Some Important Social Networks for PR professionals

This week we spoke about some important social networks that PR professionals may be interested in.

These sites would be ones that allow for professionals to connect with each other. While we know that such sites as twitter, facebook, and linkedin are useful for Pr professionals really allow for the PR community to speak with each other and share ideas.

I believe the most interesting one was Ning networks PROpenMic and Society for word of mouth (created by the writers of Citizen Marketeres). These networks exist solely for the PR communicty to interact with one another, and I believe that in general these types of social media networks can aid the rest of their audiences. Reporters can contact, communicate, and establish relationships with PR professionals.

The same can apply for Linkedin which is a place for many professionals to post their profiles and who they work for. This network allows you to examine profiles and communicate with professional individuals that normally you may not have access to.

In particular, here are some of the benefits of being on these medias.
-establish credibility

-use recommendation tool

-start networking through free access to : immediate connections, 2^nd/3^rd degree contacts

-join relevant interest groups

The more we are connected the better that we'll be able to express ideas and really find and connect to the expertise out there.