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Guest Quest 2008 Update – Donny Deutsch Guest or Die Blogging

By Business Intuitive Terry Hall
San Diego, CA
May 29, 2008

Donny’s people haven’t called yet and it’s been 10 days – I’m soooooooo disappointed. I knew that this social networking and blogging stuff wouldn’t work. Maybe I should try something else?!?

Oooooops, I didn’t mean to let you peek inside my head! But this morning I did wake up thinking that The Big Idea Guest Quest is a Bad Idea… This little pitty party lasted about 5 minutes. Then I got back to my game to Guest Quest 2008.

Here is what I’ve learned so far:

• Facebook is interesting but seems to be run by people selling “Hoe to make money on Facebook” seminars, cds, consulting and tons of mini-applications. I’ve been poked, super-poked, bought drinks, bought, sold, received offers to buy my friends list.
• I’m being followed by 7 people on Twitter. I know one person. The other 6 are following 30,000+ people. I’ve been tweeting a bit. Jury is still out…
• Through LinkedIn I’ve been able to locate several past “The Big Idea” guests, some past and present “The Big Idea” staff. I’m considering upagrading my account so I can connect more quickly. – I had a premium account before, but was too scattered to benefit from it – with my reinvention as a Business Intuitive and Ask Terry Hall branding, it feels right – 2.7 Intuitive Index…
• I’ve been locked out of myspace for a couple of days… “too many attempts too log in” the box to verify that I am human doesn’t accept my response…
• On Plaxo’s Pulse I’ve reconnected with several people. It’s fun – to reconnect.
• I’ve tried to integrate twitter into pulse and facebook. Not sure that it’s working.
• I promoted my radio program “Get The Intuitive Edge in Your Business and Life” on twitter, pulse, facebook and linkedin – I had 79 people download the first program and I’ll track this weeks downloads. You can listen to yesterday’s program at http://blogtalkradio.com/askterryhall

So far the learning curve is quite high and the results low with social networks. Like anything it seems to take a while to get established and build relationships.

The only thing that I’ve found out that is a concern is that it seems that Facebook tracks actively tracks your every move on the internet. Not just when your signed into Facebook, but also when you’re signed out. Also the developers of Facebook applications get your information when you take the application. Concerned or not? Again the jury is still out…

Stay tuned for my next Guest Quest 2008!

Warmly,
Terry Hall
The Small Business Prophet