As much as what you wrote seems like “duh” to some of us, I’m glad that you’re putting this out there. I definitely have seen a larger number of accounting industry folks around the ginormous digital cocktail party and that’s great but we also have a long way to go. Accountants in particular are trained to hold tight to personal information, ethics, opinions, etc – so it makes sense that they might not immediately feel compelled to embrace social media. But the growing handful of “early adopters” in the accounting industry (the BBSers of CPAs) are setting the example.

You did a great job on this. And I am totally down for the “hey I just wrote this new awesome thing” form of content delivery – we should patent that. RSS feeds via twitter for people who don’t do RSS.

Adrienne

p.s. I’m also volunteering to any accounting/finance or general people who might need help making the leap into soc med. But you have to be a little braver to leap with me than with Chris.

And like any relationship, social media relationships take time to develop. I’ve come across a number of people who seem to expect the world to come knocking as soon as they create a Twitter or FB account.

It takes a concerted effort and lots of dedication to find the people who will enrich your personal or professional lives (or both). Then, once you find them, it takes an equal amount of dedication to nurture those relationships. Those who do, though, will be amazed at the power of these social networks.