Social Media Overload: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Over the past few years, the number of social media sites has increased tremendously. As part of my job as Marketing Assistant at CPX Interactive, I maintain our profiles on a number of sites. (How many is "a number?" Check out this page). In order to find the best sites for the company, I've been doing a lot of exploring myself. That's actually how I got started blogging. I was doing it for my company when I realized it would be a great way for me to be able to write and connect with people.

Between all of the profiles for work, and all of the sites I'm on personally, it can get pretty overwhelming. There are some sites that have totally eclipsed others, and I'm not sure if I'm missing out on something great. So, here are some that I'm unsure about/have been neglecting. Please share your experiences too, and help me avoid social media overload!

• MyBlogLog
• Friend Feed
• chi.mp (I was so excited to get a code for this one, but I'm not quite sure how to make the most of it now that I have one)
• delicious
• Social Marketing Central

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Definitely let me know if there are other sites I'm missing out on, and if anyone else has questions about sites, feel free to comment about them. Thanks!

CPX Interactive Takes Over the Web!

Check out this new page on the CPX site! It provides links to all of our (super cool) Web 2.0 pages. Creating and maintaining our accounts on these sites is a major part of my job, so to see the fruits of my labor out there for the world to see is a nice feeling. Enjoy!

The Amazing World of Electronics and Internet

I've been talking with a few of the execs here to learn more about their history, and how they ended up at CPX. It's so amazing to think about just how much the Internet has changed and developed in my lifetime. I know I sound like an old fogey, but think back to your teenage years or earlier...it's just crazy the advances that have been made.

It's interesting though how the younger generations tend to take this technology for granted. They can't imagine a world without Internet, Facebook, iPods, smartphones, and cell phones. Who knows what the future will hold? I just hope it doesn't get to the point where people don't have real conversations anymore. If you saw Wall-E, you know what I'm talking about. Yeah, technology is great, and without it, we would have a lot harder time keeping in touch with people who we don't see every day. With friends who are across the country and around the world right now, I'm so grateful for IM, e-mail, and web cams.

But, I don't ever want to get to the point where I'm so engrossed in my technological world that I forget about the importance of human contact. There is nothing like a face to face conversation or a hug from a friend. Every time I feel like I've been glued to the computer screen for too long, I just think about those people in Wall-E who sat in their chairs all day with their digital screen in their face, and didn't even know there were other people all around them. What a horrible tragedy it would be if that actually happened in our world.