More Networking

With the proliferation of social websites such as twitter, my space and facebook, it seems that getting one's self or business out to the public is getting easier and easier. Some pages have extremely large followers.
There are facebook pages and/or groups for the various products I have mentioned in my blogs. 2Go Media, job.travel, Damron Vacations each have their own followings. And while these social pages do create interest, to me they seem to have become more of a popularity contest than a source of information. The recent contest between Ashton Kutcher and CNN is a prime example. If I'm looking for news, I go to CNN.com, not twitter. If I was a teenage girl then I would follow Ashton no matter where he went.
I do have a twitter account and rarely go on it. Maybe the people in my group, I just do not find very interesting, since I do not know who they are. The few people that I know in there, I keep in contact with through email. Another possibility is that I do not like text messages. I need glasses to read only and do not usually carry my glasses with me.
Networking in person is more of my preferences. Last week I attended a Mack Mixer at a local restaurant's bar. It was attended by about 60-70 people from a multitude of careers. I showed up early and left fliers for both 2Go Media and Damron Vacations around the venue. Hopefully the exposure will drum up some business for both, though the Damron promotion was for a Tea Cruise with the chance of winning a Cancun trip.
The most important thing is getting people to recognize a name or a product. With the technological savvy population, on line exposure is essential, but face to face is still important also. People will use products they associate with people that they trust.