AngelaSommer
Full Member
Protecting your privacy on social networking sites:
We get this all the time.'I don't want to use Twitter because my family and friends in my 'real' life use Twitter - I don't want them to find the account I use to promote myself on iFriends.'
We completely get your concerns, and we have some tips to help you keep your worlds separate.
Create an email address that is completely independent of your personal life. Do not email anyone (including your own personal account) from your professional email address. Many social networking sites will access your contacts list and will then link you as a 'friend of a friend' to your friends and family members.
Do not upload the same photos to your professional and personal accounts. There are tools provided by companies like Google that give someone the ability to search for an image that is linked to your personal Facebook account and possibly find it on your professional Twitter account. So, to avoid this potential issue, make sure your content for your professional marketing efforts is different from your personal photo galleries.
Don't follow or 'friend' any of the same people on your professional or personal account.
Following these three steps will protect your personal identity from your online fans and your professional persona from your family and friends. Hope this helps!
We get this all the time.'I don't want to use Twitter because my family and friends in my 'real' life use Twitter - I don't want them to find the account I use to promote myself on iFriends.'
We completely get your concerns, and we have some tips to help you keep your worlds separate.
Create an email address that is completely independent of your personal life. Do not email anyone (including your own personal account) from your professional email address. Many social networking sites will access your contacts list and will then link you as a 'friend of a friend' to your friends and family members.
Do not upload the same photos to your professional and personal accounts. There are tools provided by companies like Google that give someone the ability to search for an image that is linked to your personal Facebook account and possibly find it on your professional Twitter account. So, to avoid this potential issue, make sure your content for your professional marketing efforts is different from your personal photo galleries.
Don't follow or 'friend' any of the same people on your professional or personal account.
Following these three steps will protect your personal identity from your online fans and your professional persona from your family and friends. Hope this helps!