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Social media - first steps | 4 June 2010
Do you tweet? Are you on LinkedIn? How about blogs - which ones do you read (apart from this one)? I ask partly because an interim FD I know has recently started using twitter - you can find him at twitter.com/PHooperKeeley.
This got me thinking about how finance execs can use social media, partly to stay in touch with their industries and their colleagues - and partly to project themselves into the "interwebs". For an interim like Paul, that's probably more important than for FCs and FDs looking for, on working in, perm positions. But it's still an interesting way to be connected to a wider community.
The "staying in touch" part is important, too. It's well worth setting up Google News Alerts for topics that are relevant to your business - and to businesses you'd like to be in. And why not set one up to feed through coverage of "private equity" or "MBO" to your inbox each day or weekly? It's a great way of staying informed so that when opportunities do arise, you've got plenty of background knowledge to throw into the conversation.
I'll do a link list in a few days of sites that I find useful for staying on top of the PE scene. In the meantime, check out Mashable's advice for VCs on using social media.