Derek James, Fox News Charlotte Likes LinktoCharlotte

We are now posting some of our members and people in the community who are fans of LinktoCharlotte. We have over 2,000 members of our groups on various platforms. We are using our new Flip HD camera to capture our fans and members.

Here is one of out latest LinktoCharlotte fans, Reporter, Derek James of Fox News Charlotte. We caught up with Derek at a Twitter 101 event run by a LinktoCharlotte member at La Dolce Vita in NODA. Fox News covered the story of this event on Fox News on two consecutive nights and had people call in to leave messages on whether they twitter or not.

LinktoCharlotte is getting active on Twitter

LinktoCharlotte on Twitter (@linktocharlotte) will be pushing out events in the Charlotte area on a daily basis. If you are a member of www.linktocharlotte and would like you event to be twittered by us. Just send us a note as a direct message on twitter with the details or e-mail Andrew Kaplan on the LinktoCharlotte.com network.

If you are interested in the Charlotte, NC area and are thinking of moving here. LinktoCharlotte and our network is the place to be. You can find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and NING.

If you don't know what twitter is, just go to www.twitter.com and spend a few minutes to set up an account. It is what we call micro-blogging.

LinktoCharlotte Mentioned in Mashable.com article

LinktoCharlotte just surpassed its 2000th member this month. We are now receiving recognition on how we built a successful social network.

Here is the link the the article
"12 Inspiring Stories of Successful Social Networkers"
http://mashable.com/2009/04/28/grow-social-network/

LinktoCharlotte.com - 2009 Plans, Plots and Parties

MediaMensch Networks has successfully launched a new platform for www.linktocharlotte.com and have attracted over 75 new members within the first month of launching. Since mid-2007 we have been working with the professional community in Charlotte helping them connect with each other. As of today, LinktoCharlotte has over 1400 members on LinkedIn.

Why multiple platforms? Think about a tool kit. The purpose of LinkedIn is for professional to network. Much of their information is hidden from others unless you are directly connected. It is also very difficult to find a large group of contacts in Charlotte and promote yourself to that group. So our new platform, developed on NING.com allows for posting of photos, videos, blog posts and is easy to navigate.

The founder is one of the early adopters of social media technology and has built that practice on his background as one of the first sales automation/crm consultants in the world (started in 1987).

In 2009, we intend bring education and opportunities to our members to learn how to be "professional networkers" both on-line and in person. If you are a member and would like to speak or help out to promote the value of this network, please contact Andrew Kaplan. (Hint: you can find him on www.linktocharlotte.com).

If you use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, NING or any other emerging social media tool, you will find this of use.

If you are on Twitter you can follow:
www.twitter.com/linktocharlotte
www.twitter.com/coachkaplan (tips and tricks for social media)

If you are interested in sponsoring an event or financially supporting this endeavor, we will be interested in speaking with you.