Internet Geek Girl

Happy Facebook Birthday to you. Happy Facebook Birthday to you. May your wall grow with well wishes and free gifts too.

I first noticed how cool birthdays were on Facebook on Esther Dyson’s Birthday. On her wall she wrote,

Facebook adds a whole new dimension to birthdays! I have never gotten quite so many greetings…. And, with all respect to all of you, I think Frank Paynter has it closest – all of France and all of Facebook! What a day!

yes, I am going up to a party in Sebastopol… stand by for some Flickr pics.

And she does have some very fine pictures up there. Chock-full of our industry’s best and brightest. I especially like the one of Anne Wojcicki, Martha Stewart and Sergey.

During last night’s New York Tech Meetup we had a great group of people discussing “Influencer Marketing.” It was an unconference format, and I was excited to lead a conversation about how social media is impacting personal brands, corporate brands, and marketing strategies in general. A big shout out to some of the rock stars who participated in the conversation: Laura Allen from 15SecondPitch, Jay Bryant of LiveWorld, Tajee Tajima of Voice-Bank,Inc., Barbara Osach from Entrepreneurs NOW, Inc., Esther Park at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Matt Arnold from W.W. Norton & Co., and Jim Davoust from whonk.

Have an awesome time at Gnomedex Tajee! Big hello to all my friends out in Seattle. I anxiously await your Twits.

So as Andy (no business card) picked up on: Yes, I’m really into Facebook. It sure helps me wish my friends Happy Birthday. But more importantly, it is (at least for now) a great platform for business networking, personal branding, online marketing, charity fund-raising, news, entertainment and political discourse. Oh yeah.. and making sure your niece and nephew are being good citizens.

Network on!

P.S. – Save the Date – October 3rd. I’ll be celebrating Birthday 2.0 (actually 3.7), on Facebook and at a big bash in NYC. Details coming soon!