Recently I wrote an article about social networking on my Go Man Go blog. Once a self confessed social networking “scaredy cat”, I’m pleased to announce that I no longer fear the subject and on the contrary, think that it is a lot of fun.

Last year I started blogging on Go Man Go, which helped me to overcome my initial fears about writing on the internet. It seemed so crazy that I could easily prepare copy for a client’s web site, but when it came to expressing my own personal ideas online, I found it a challenge. Even posting a simple comment into a business forum, would take several hours to do, as I would re-read what I had written and edit and re-edit.

Eventually things got better, but I still wasn’t game to join any of the major new social networks. “What if nobody wanted to talk to me? What if my pseudonym was too corny? What if I was too old?”

In the end, thank goodness, I just got onboard and have had fun keeping in touch with different people on a more regular basis. I’ve also organised my networks – Bebo for family. Facebook for family, friends and absolutely everyone else I know. Squidoo, MySpace & YouTube for the world. Woohoo!

So for all you scaredy cats out there. Before you run away and hide, do yourself a big favour and leave a comment. Talk about your own experiences so far. And then I recommend you join one of the social networks and find out what all the fuss is about.