Buzz Networker readers are all about understanding how social media, how social networking can help you both in your professional and private world. I was lucky enough to speak to Marsha Friedman about how to break free from the crowd and how to celebritize yourself.
We talk about

What do we mean by celebrity?
The importance of personal branding
How to be seen as an expert in your field.
Does everyone need a high degree of self confidence to celebritize themselves?
How a book can help your personal brand
How a book is in a sense the new business card
Tips on how to promote yourself
How to handle …read more

Each Friday I post the articles which you have submitted – see end of post for next week’s blog carnival submission details – here is this weeks carnival of social media

James Reilly presents Social Networking Today: Promoting Events posted at 7dayfiresale.com.
Anna presents Why Free Creates Long Term Value posted at The Engaging Brand

Kathy Wilson presents 100 Free Tools to Make Your Teaching More Entertaining posted at Online Schools.

Case Ernsting presents The Double-Edged Sword of Online Transparency posted at MetaSpring Blog, saying, “Social networking is easier than ever these days with social media and accelerated communications on smart phones. But with …read more

Yesterday I wrote about my conversation with a sociology lecturer, Dr Vince Miller . I am intrigued about why social networking is growing and the effect on society. Putting together this podcast was great in getting me thinking about what has driven the growth, is it human beings wanting to move away from true community – or even being forced to?
The Engaging Brand podcast is in two parts. The first one The Sociology of Community can be heard here and the second part can be heard here. I would strongly suggest you listen to both as only together do you …read more

This is a question which I have thought a lot about recently. The growth in social networking has been enormous and I often wonder from a societal point of view, what is driving it? What are we really looking for from social networking?
I had the chance to speak to a sociology lecturer, Dr Vince Miller about this area and the result was a fantastic podcast about the whole area. The Engaging Brand podcast is in two parts.
In this first part we talk about

What is social networking about? Self promotion or connection?
What is a community?
How the need to connect may be …read more

Last week I posted about Connections and Their Role in Society. This was the first part of an interview with Iggy Pintado who has written a book called Connection Generation, on my podcast The Engaging Brand.
This second part of the podcast covers

Stop thinking about offline and online networking – think inline networking
The 4 P’s of great networking
How do you embrace the technology within businesses across the different generations
How to become a connected business
It’s not who you know, it is who you know who knows who you want to know!
Thoughts on Linked In
The balance between your professional and personal profile
Having …read more

I thought I would introduce myself to all you buzz networkers as I am excited to say I am now going to be blogging all about social networking and how it can help your brand. Brand in the widest sense – both from a personal and corporate point of view. So who am I ?
Well, my name is Anna Farmery and I am based in the UK. I started my own business The Engaging Brand coming up three years ago, with the massive sum of £500 ($750). I cannot say it was a deliberate strategy to use social media as …read more