The Social Freelancer: Media, Music, TV & Film

I had a horrible dream last night.
Riding in the very back seat of a passenger van on a two lane blacktop highway at night, I looked up to see that I was the only one in the van. No driver, no other passengers and the van was starting to veer off of the road. I struggled to unstrap myself from the seat so that I could somehow climb over all the seats, get behind the wheel and save myself from certain disaster. I woke up sweating. When I told my wife about the dream she pointed out how symbolic it was for my life at this time. Strange, I couldn’t even see the symbolism until she pointed it out to me.
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Think you can’t build “real” friendships through social networks? Think again.

Be a fan, build your fanbase

I have noticed that people get bored with social networking because they are only interacting with friends they have known for years. To really benefit from being on Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin, you need to engage with others and learn about what they do. In turn, they will learn more about what you do and become new friends and potential clients. I have “met” an array of people from all over the world through social media. There are many people that I now feel like I “know” who are doing incredible things online.
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