Vlogger Networking

Fernando Mol, finally decided to start a new venue and start his Video Comments in YouTube. As I told you before, he is this Blog editor, and is the most influential person on this proposal. So when he launched his Vlog I immediately get in touch with him to know what it was about, and also why he started this adventure on his communication proposal.

It´s interesting to know that a lot of the activities we start, answer to an internal need and a mental process to experience a new knowledge. In this case, even though that Profe Mol has previous experience in Blog Posting, writing Cinema Critics and also in Science Fiction literature, making this video comments will be the next step for making continuous innovations on his communication skills.

Considering that the technology is always transforming, and that the communication tools that are related to the technology do it so, sending comments by the social media, involves a learning challenge and also documentation. Learning in the way that he has to use different means and techniques to make the information get into the Internet and documentation to properly broadcast his comments related to his experience and with the subject he regularly speaks.

When I ask him about the format, he told me it will be a free style, based in his previous knowledge and experience, by blending 2 of his hobbies, the video games and the movies. In fact that is the visual proposal of this Vlog. He explained that when you are playing on line, you could find a video game screen that is shared by several players, and therefore, broad casted. Mol, find a way to use the YouTube tools and merged both technologies in his YouTube Channel, where he can approach several users, because there is no need to be exclusively in the gamer network.

And related to the time and comments, it will be about his own inspiration and related to the information he already has, without any previous edition, he will launch the information directly and also you may find it at his channel.

My personal comments to this adventure:

1.- If you want to start a new project, do it.... do not wait until every single element is perfectly established. The modern innovators haven't stopped  by fearing mess up things, with some time the projects can be upgraded and last for some time.

2.- Receive the comments of your followers and friends, without taking it personal, every criticism will help you to improve the process and will teach you the ability to learn from your own mistakes.

3.- Not every comment from your fans will be bad, in a lot of moments you will have positive answers and congratulations for your job. Learn how to thank this positive opinions, you will be encouraged and happy to continue with your venue.

4.- Don't worry if something or everything goes wrong, remember what the entrepreneurs say, they have failed in some of their projects, in order to learn and get some experience when starting new proposals. 

Networking Resolutions

We start our 2015 year and so our resolutions, so I share with you this Blog 2015 purposes:

1.- Have a post with sharing at different social networks: Youtube, Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Vimeo, Reddit, Linkedin, Goodreads, Pinterest

This will be a great challenge because I'll have to learn some new skills like video production, photographs, log on to some social networks that I haven't seen. This will be the digital presence.

2.- Make a Virtual Networking Event

It will need some discussion theme and a massive invitation, the technology use will be required and the distance participation for the guests.

3.- Make a Face to Face Networking Event

This is the easier resolution, because I happen to do this, but writing this Blog requires personal experiences and I have to promote by the example.

4.- Describe 5 different Networking Events.

Organizing and assisting to different events shouldn't be the core, now I have to find new ways for making networking, this resolution will be done all year long.

5.- Have 10 Blog Followers, not in Facebook...

This Blog stats show that the visits usually come from Facebook, this means my personal friends, hope to have some more impact on different people through this year.

Do you think this resolutions are achievable?

Network Use

Do you know how to use social network? Have you experiencie with the most common and what are they for?

Fernando Mol, this blog editor and my friend, send me the next thoughts that I want to share with you:

" I was invited to an event and the organizers put me in charge of the social network, they insisted that it has to have a lot of publicity over there, but neither of them has a Twitter account and their use of Facebook was only to family pictures exchange.

Young people, use the social network in a natural way, they are a little bit irresponsible, on their use, but they are really familiar to them.

I believe you have to share a tip for non-users. Tell your audience which are the ones recommended for professional use. What about the information you share on them and what you can find there. Personally I use frequently: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Reddit, Youtube, Vimeo, Pinterest and Linkedin.

Twitter is the most popular among executive levels, but is not that intuitive and people didn't find use of it and left it behind. Facebook is seen as a family network in Mexico and a lot of people use it for fun, not to make business. Instagram is for young people, and the older people can't imagine that Youtube or Vimeo are social networks. If you say Pinterest, you may get a "Bless you" answer. A lot of people has a Linked In account, because someone told them "You should have one", but after opening that account thay never reviewed it again.

Here my advice for the social network use:

Twitter is important because of 2 scenarios, first you can get information on what is going on for an especific theme, for example the stock exchange, sport results, or in a city you can know about traffic information, weather among other things. The second scenario is about your own material production, by this mean you can self promote the information you want and engrose the information about your own interests.

The now famous # (hashtag) that you may observe on the social network, was generated on Twitter, it helps to search for tendencies, and in this blog's case you can find us when you write #networking, you may find some other authors writing about the same thing.

Fernando Mol says: "Before you speak about Facebook, I will recommend using Twitter, but empasizing on the news information and people of interest, you may learn how to use hashtags, that are the main characteristics on this network. The people may use Twitter as if it was a Facebook account, following only their friends, and that may be not as interesting as following famous people's accounts: Bill Gates (@BillGates), Richard Branson (@richardbranson), Deepak Chopra (@DeepakShopra) and Maria Popova (@brainpicker) are some examples."

Facebook (an account for sure you have)... will gave you the opportunity to review different business scenarios, I have a lot of invitation to events from this social network, some of my friends make promotion on their products and services, and you may have restauant reservations or different opinions from the service. This blog, is related to a Facebook page and has more visits from this network that from the Blog per se.

Instagram is a lighter version of Facebook, but you may modify your pictures, integrating special effects that may lead you to perform as a professional, you may share them with # and review what other people is doing at some point. I haven't seen a lot of people above 40 using this network, but I have met a lot of youngsters, that are photograph amateurs using this resource to improve their selfies.

I'm going to skip Youtube, Vimeo, Reddit and Pinterest to write about them on another Blog post, I think this networks deserve special information, and because its a little bit harder to understand them. So lets go to Linked In.

This is a business social network, please be aware of this, it doesn't matter your age, postition, if you are not well prepared to do business, do not use this network. You have to be able to promote yourself as a professional searching for business opportunities, if you are a housewife, I don't recommend to make a profile, unless you have a business proposition. Please don't ask for cooking recepies, news about entertainment or publish information not related to business. This social network is perfect to have an approach to different companies, job search, providing services, meeting professional groups.

The social networks present enormous possiblitites, and the younger generations have some more interactional elements, gave yourself some time to perform with some experience and use them carefully, in the next 10 years you will be reviewing this networks as a megatendency.