Hoard’s Dairyman joins Facebook; become a “fan”

Just yesterday we started the Hoard’s Dairyman “fan page” on Facebook. In less than 12 hours and next to no promotion, it has already grown quickly. We haven’t been the only ones to see the quick popularity from the social networking site. This afternoon we visited with Mark Jewell, founder of AgJobNetwork.com, an agricultural job resource site with a social networking twist. We know you’ve likely heard of Facebook, Twitter and the career-oriented LinkedIn. Yet, unlike those sites, this one is strictly agricultural, an industry that Mark says “has not even begun to harness the power of new media.” Jewell started a Facebook group less than a year ago to build a network of qualified freelancers for another website he had started. “After 30 days, we had 1,500 members.” It was then that Jewell realized the power of what the website calls “the word-of-mouth engine” and started the job site.

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