Staying Connected: Social Networking Tips from a London Interior Design Company

Staying Connected: Social Networking Tips from a London Interior Design Company - Part I

LinkedIn is a very business-orientated type of social network. I like to say that this one is all about "networking" and minimally about "socialising!" My interior design company will regularly accept resumes and job inquiries via LinkedIn from sources that we trust. The site also makes it easy to connect on the basis of geography. Since we are a London-based interior design company, we can restrict the scope of our search terms to (say) only identify potential collaborators in the home counties, for example if we have an upcoming speciality project that is in Central London.

Staying Connected: Social Networking Tips from a London Interior Design Company - Part II

It seems that rarely a day goes by without the social networking giant Facebook being in the news! One of my colleagues here in London at our interior design company finally persuaded me to join this high-profile social networking community in 2009, and I must say that I have found it a valuable - and fun! - experience. Facebook is the online home of so many interior design firms, lighting specialists, project managers, and master craftspeople that it makes for an exciting and thought-provoking interchange of ideas. And of course, I simply love to Facebook with members of the public in need of interior design inspiration or ingenuity - whether in London or anywhere on the globe!

Staying Connected: Social Networking Tips from a London Interior Design Company - Part III

Twitter is one of the newest social networks, and it too can be an amazingly helpful means for interior design companies to connect with their followers. I started out by using Twitter primarily to stay abreast of the latest new design ideas. But since then my Twitter usage has evolved to feature a lot more original content. For example, my Tweets link back to new and interesting blog postings and articles that are written by myself and by my team here at our London interior design company. Similarly, I get to follow all sorts of star designers whose work I admire. It feels like there is always so much to learn!

Staying Connected: Social Networking Tips from a London Interior Design Company - Part IV

That brings me to the end of this series of blogs on how to use social networking to promote engagement between your interior design company and the broader online community. I hope you've enjoyed reading my thoughts on this exciting new area. These days, it seems that London's interior design companies are slowly but surely moving towards building up more of a social networking presence, and I only hope that this will accelerate as technologies continue to develop that make it ever-easier to stay connected anywhere on the globe.