Today, while waiting on some YouTube videos to upload for a client and browsing though my blog reader trying to find a good blog topic, I started thinking – I don’t really know where the line is drawn between work stuff and personal stuff.

What do I mean by this? Well, Pyxl is huge into social media and the digital revolution. So I’m encouraged required to keep up with everything hot and new in the space. I have to blog…for myself and for our ReadPyxl blog. I have to continue to work at becoming a thought-leader in the social media space. I have to use Twitter, to tweet on behalf of the company, and for myself. I have to read blogs. I have to Facebook. Etc. Etc. Etc. And granted, I LOVE doing this stuff. It’s my passion…and also my job…so I guess I’m pretty lucky : )

But what I realized is that there’s no clear line between what I’m doing to better myself at my job and better myself…well, just for myself. But maybe there’s not supposed to be a line…because it’s an equally beneficial relationship.

Is anyone else experiencing this? What do you guys think?

I’m a big believer in the idea that having employees with strong personal brands thus contributes to the company’s brand. Do you agree or disagree?

Yet, some companies are still outlawing social media in the workplace while Pyxl encourages it. It’s such a different vibe from one company to another.

Does that make one company right and another wrong? Of course, it could depend on your industry…but what are your thoughts?

Let’s discuss…

As a co-founder of SMC Knoxville, here’s some shameless self-promotion for our Official Launch Party:

The Knoxville Chapter of the Social Media Club’s official launch party will take place on Tuesday, July 21 from 6-8pm in The Green Room at Oodles Uncorked in Market Square.

The event will feature speaker Trey Pennington, the founder of SMC Greenville and an influential social media practitioner.

Pennington will discuss the importance of using social media for meaningful engagement and how to take advantage of technology to redefine what it means to be members of a society, community or culture.

SMC Knoxville’s Launch Party is free to attend and open to anyone currently involved in social media or those seeking to learn. Appetizers will be provided and happy hour drink specials will be available.

The event is sponsored by Pyxl, a marketing services firm headquartered in Knoxville, and Mashable, a popular social media news blog.

For more information and to RSVP for the event, click here.

Hope to see you all there!