Wednesday, June 11
LunaWeb President Dave Barger served as the speaker for the
PRSA Memphis Chapter luncheon. Focusing on social media and its benefits, Dave highlighted many options for utilizing social media.
In a crowd of about 100 PR practioners, roughly 20% use the social utility Facebook, and even fewer have heard of Twitter. Dave not only told the crowd about the seemingly endless options for social networking sites, but also showcased a few specific ones and their benefits.
- LinkedIn has charm for it’s Question/Answer platform.
- Facebook is appealing because of its ad space, growing number of users and business-friendly platform.
- Twitter is useful because it’s information gathering/sharing abilities.