{"id":479,"date":"2008-04-04T07:46:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T11:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordwebdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/04\/social-media-a-candid-review-is-it-worth-the-time\/"},"modified":"2012-03-04T18:54:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T22:54:35","slug":"social-media-a-candid-review-is-it-worth-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/04\/04\/social-media-a-candid-review-is-it-worth-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media &#8211; a Candid Review Is It Worth the Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well you will love or hate this post on my very candid take on social media at Web-World Watch. If you are using social media and don&#8217;t agree with my view, make sure to leave me a note.<\/p>\n<p>I think that social media is interesting but a time pit and wonder just how busy some of these people are in their business that they have literally hours to work and add to their network.<\/p>\n<p>From my experience the people I see actively using it are people who really intend to spam their friend network by broadshotting job postings (if they are head hunters) or\u00a0mass mailing all friends about new listings (if they are in real estate).<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2008\/04\/social-media-is-it-too-much-work.html\">The blog is candid and unvarnished. Click in to see if you agree or diagree.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well you will love or hate this post on my very candid take on social media at Web-World Watch. If you are using social media and don&#8217;t agree with my view, make sure to leave me a note. I think that social media is interesting but a time pit and wonder just how busy some of these people are in their business that they have literally hours to work and add to their network. From my experience the people I see actively using it are people who really intend to spam their friend network by broadshotting job postings (if they are head hunters) or\u00a0mass mailing all friends about new listings (if they are in real estate). The blog is candid and unvarnished. 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