The importance of Social Networking

Almost every business, group, club, mother is on social networking; either to communicate subjects or problems or just a simple discussion of some sort of medium. But, how can this benefit us as designers?

Believe it or not, a lot of businesses in the design industry that check out their future employee's social networking status. They can tell off the bat what kind of person you are and on how you put yourself out their for everyone to see on these social networking websites. Yeah, these sites can be used for entertainment purposes, or even venting out your feelings. But you have to think about your potential employers that read these blogs, posts, tweets and their feelings towards you as a designer.

It's great to be on these social networking sites to publicize your design work as your own "Portfolio", I've seen many many, blogs that designers create to maintain their portfolio online since the cost is basically, free.