Technology entered my life in the early ’80s and I discovered a passion that has transcended my career as a therapist, and my current career in real estate. It is only natural that I share that passion with others in my industry, helping them understand how technology – including social media – can enhance business growth.

Kathy Drewien´s last blog post..

@Teresa I like how you point out that people who are not technology professionals are leveraging social media. That is part of what I was trying to get at. Folks who have a passion or vision for their business can see how to use these tools in the social media world. That’s especially rewarding to folks like me (tech geek) who enjoy building and disseminating these social media tools. It’s also what I’m working hard at doing – changing focus from being so tech oriented, and helping people find a way to use social media as a business accelerator.

teresa boardman´s last blog post..Equally Predictable

A good question to ask but let me suggest you take about 4 steps back and see if you see it the same way.

Everyone you know is into it in their personal and professional lives.

Now take a walk down the street, do you see everyone into it?

Translate that to companies.

For me, I see so many recruiters (getting) in the social media space and think, crap I need to keep evolving. While I do of course but taking the 4 steps back I am still seeing recruiters with no, little, bad web sites wondering what a RSS feed is and LinkedIn profiles that suck.

We are OK for now. Just need to be really good at what we do.

MN Headhunter | Paul DeBettignies´s last blog post..MBA: Yes or No????

Jeff, I love the analogy… “we’re still guppies swirling about inside the fishbowl, looking out at the rest of the ocean where the waves of change have yet to fall” that sums it up very nicely.

Agolf, maybe it’s my perspective – coming from a purely technical background rather than a marketing one. I probably, incorrectly, confuse some of the concepts and tend to lump categories together when I shouldn’t be.

As social media has become more mainstream, I’ve been wondering what direction the “live it” group, as Ari puts it, should pursue. Personally, I fear that social media concepts and tools will become so pervasive that it will not develop into a definable profession. Time will tell, and I hope to be proven very wrong.

Cheers!

Agolf Cartson´s last blog post..Electric Golf Carts for Kids

I think the primary barrier to this industry becoming a boon for the people currently in the fishbowl is the education of those who aren’t using or even acknowledging the power, reach and utility of social media communities and tools.

From any perspective, social media tools are just one more way to get in touch with constituents – be they other businesses, customers, audiences, readers or friends. If we learn how to use them correctly, we’re poised to capitalize on this knowledge. But until the world becomes more versed in the value of these tools, our impact will still be akin to speaking to ourselves in a sound-proof booth.

Make no mistake, there are jobs to be had performing social media tasks. But for the most part, we’re still guppies swirling about inside the fishbowl looking out at the rest of the ocean – where the waves of change have yet to fall.

Jeff Cutler´s last blog post..Softwariness. A response to Alex Payne.