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Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Nandu — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:21:42 -0000

I like your post but was wondering what we can do if we are plus a mobile smartphone and minus a laptop until I read the post with the link to http://brightkite.com/

I am definitely going to check this out ...

thanks
Nandu

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

karen hartline — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:36:02 -0000

Great list of suggestions on how to incorporate Social Media into business trips. I think this makes business trips more fun as you're meeting up with new people and still staying connected with those you've left behind, even if for a few days.

Would be interesting to see this same list with purely mobile apps. ;)

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Marie Young — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:07:26 -0000

Great post! Yes, twitter is great for when we're travelling. I'm now using www.easytweets.com which means you can schedule future events before leaving for your business trip.

I haven't explored Dopplr but I've read great stuff about it.

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Dan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:39:40 -0000

I use www.triptouch.com for travel information and also for social purposes.

I have their toolbar installed in my laptop. They have also an iGoogle widget.

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Vinh Ly — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:45:01 -0000

Is that picture free marketing for a boeing 737?

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

palmettoequipment — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:36:04 -0000

great suggestions....lately, we've turned every business trip into a social experiment/experience for land surveyors to learn from...
thanks!

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Breaking Dawn - ebooks — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:47:44 -0000

I typically use some combination of Facebook and Twitter to update my network on my whereabouts. These tools seem much more efficient though. And I will definitely be using the bar book ;).

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Sowmya Karmali — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:56:46 -0000

Very useful tips. I usually update twitter before and during my trips, but Utterz and LinkedIn answers is a great idea.

You may also want to consider using mobile location based services like www.plazes.com

Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Heidi Miller — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:27:28 -0000

Thanks for this article. It's true; social media is making business travel tolerable, even fun. I always Twitter where I'm going and set up dinners and meetups wherever I can. And the conversations and connections arising from those meetups have been stellar.

Thanks for the list of tools! Great stuff.
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Re: How to Turn Your Business Trip into a Social Media Experience

Alex Sicre — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:04:57 -0000

Social network, A Small World, has a calendar for members that lets you mark where you will be, and when you will be there. You can also see who will be where are connect with them. I've used it once or twice.