Attention Car Lovers

Beginning Friday, October 29th, Charlotte Motor Speedway will host the 17th annual Goodguys Southeastern Nationals. The three day event, ending October 31st, will feature more than 3,000 custom cars from all over the nation. The event includes a swap and meet, car corral, TGIF kick off party, model car show, NASCAR rides, vendor kiosk and lots more fun for the whole family. General admission is $18 for adults and if you'd like to bring the little ones, kids ages 7-12 get in for just $6. If you love cars this is the place to be. Come out to motor speedway October 29th-31st and show the whole family a fun filled weekend they'll never forget!

Social Networks and How I Use Them

As many of you know, social networking has taken the world by storm over the last decade and from what I can tell it's not going anywhere. I began my using social media about 10 years ago. I started the way most people did, with a facebook and myspace account. I still hold each of these accounts but I don't think I have signed on to myspace since January. Since I have started taking a social media marketing class in college I have become a part of several different networks. I use each network differently and modify the content accordingly. For example, I enjoy using my facebook account for keeping up with my friends, and family that I am not able to see everyday. I regulate the material differently on my facebook page than I would on a page where I would be looking for connections for jobs.

Through my social media class I have learned of sites such as Diigo, Twitter, Foursquare, Linkedin and lots more. Although these sites are also social networking sites I use them differently than I do my facebook and myspace accounts. I tend to use twitter as a "heads up" site. Tweets from different celebrities, friends, TV networks and organizations bring me slightly up to date and point out things that I may be interested in reading up on later. Diigo is a site that so far I have been using to keep in touch with my social media class via our group page. I also have been using diigo to bookmark research I have been doing for our current project. When using diigo you can bookmark pages and access them via the internet at any computer. The information I plan to post and have posted so far will be short and to the point. Until I have a better idea of how to use each of these I want to be extremely careful with how I am using them. The last site I would like to speak about today is Linkedin. Linkedin is a wonderful site in which you can extend your existing networks. On this site I plan to keep my information brief and professional, this will be the site I most likely send future potential employers to.

To finish up, social networking is a wonderful tool that once learned can be used by everyone. The most important thing to remember is, know your audience and keep your content relevant.