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NO doubt you’ve heard about the new wave in marketing – SOCIAL MEDIA.

This article is about importance of Social media in one’s profession. You will learn how one can enhance the opportunities in their professional life by participating in social media as it is not limited to share your daily routine; you can build strong professional contact which can lead your business at next stage.

If Facebook were a country, it would be the 8th most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan & Russia said by Mark Zuckerberg, The owner and founder of Facebook (social network).

I finally 'caved in' and created a new Facebook group which 'emulates' my existing LinkedIn group (Washington DC IT Professionals). I was wondering what opinion's were about whether Facebook will replace LinkedIn since there is so much activity around Facebook, or if it will just augment/enhance LinkedIn. So I published an article within a 'LinkedIn Professionals Group' asking the question, and got deluged with replies. It's obviously on people's minds.

The owners of Squidoo claim it is the "World's Most Popular Site" and while that is obviously a big claim there is no doubt that it's one of the easiest sites for newbies to create a presence on the web and make some extra cash while doing so. It is possible to have a really nice looking an attractive looking Squidoo Lens created within minutes and making money.

MySpace is the best place to build an online community for business purposes such as advertising, self promotion or networking. While MySpace is certainly useful for all of these purposes, there are others who belong to MySpace simply for fun. They are not seeking to gain anything from their involvement with MySpace other than an opportunity to meet friends and have a good time

Social Network Sites (SNS). Compiled for the differences among users and non-users of social network sites.

I remember way, way back to November 2006 when Wall Street was stunned that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) was paying the ungodly sum of $1.65 billion for privately held YouTube. How were they to monetize this goofy, home video web site? Since November 2006, it appears that Google got a bargain when compared to other social networking web sites.

So it happened the other day. I was checking e-mail, pondering whether to invest with an Ethiopian banker who only needed $500 to transfer me $10 million, and there it was.

To the Millennials reading this, here's something you might want to save as a time capsule or something. I entered the workforce in January of 1995. My first job was as a graphic designer for Columbia House -- the 10-CDs-for-99-cents people (that's right, before CDs became drink coasters, you could order them through snail mail).