Creek Content Founder and Principal Strategist Laura Creekmore was recently featured on All About Women, answering questions about social media for business, educating yourself on social media as a parent and the privacy concerns that accompany it all. All About Women is a non-profit organization by and for women, designed to help those who want to live healthier lives.

Laura answered questions ranging from simply defining the term “social media” to more delicate questions about privacy. For instance, what social media tools should small businesses be using?

“There’s no one right answer to this question. Start by thinking about your customers… Where do they spend their time online? What do they expect to be able to do there?” Laura goes on to explain that Facebook isn’t perfect for every business — neither is LinkedIn or Twitter.

“If you don’t need to use Twitter to reach your customers, it still may be one of your most valuable research and professional-connection tools; it is for my company.”

If you happen to be in Austin Saturday, you should come see me at BlogathonATX!

This Saturday marks the third Blogathon in Austin, which started innocently when organizer Ilene Haddad asked on Twitter if anyone wanted to get together and blog one afternoon. It’s now a day-long event that includes a tech room with experts to help you tweak (or even start) your blog, awesome food donated from great local businesses to keep us fueled for the day, and presenters who will answer blogging and social media questions related to content, finding your voice, engaging your audience and much more. Like me. I’ll be in the hot seat answering questions about personal vs. business blogging.

For instance: If you’re a business owner, should you have a business blog and a personal blog? What about separate social media accounts? Companies have social media policies, should individuals have personal policies?

We’ll be doing lots of things related to blogging — helping each other brainstorm ideas, offering input on design and maybe even starting new blogs with new friends over shared interests. But they’re also be lots of learning and fun. And I think that’s my favorite part.