Facebook acquires FriendFeed.  Don’t get too comfy.

A quick post on today’s acquisition of FriendFeed by Facebook.  Here’s a good rundown from Mashable.

It’s another lesson in something that we’ve been preaching to friends and clients.  Don’t get too comfortable with or rely on just one social media platform.  The only thing certain in this world is change and the world of social media is no different.

You need to spread the wealth and do research on a number of platforms and pick the ones — not the one — that are right for you and your business.

Cliche alert:  If you put all your eggs in one basket…..fill in the rest.

Jon Newman

In 2002 Jon cofounded The Hodges Partnership and has helped to grow it into one of the country’s largest public relations firms (based on O’Dwyer’s annual rankings). Jon has taught communications as an adjunct professor at VCU, speaks regularly at conferences and meetings and blogs and tweets about public relations and marketing issues.

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