This question comes up often in meetings and speaking engagements.  Businesses fear that competitors will see what they are doing or find out who their clients are.

Should you add competitors to groups you have started on social networks?  Should you allow them to join your business pages?  Should you block them from following you on sites like Twitter?  What are your thoughts?

Please take a minute to give me your opinion.  Once I have enough answers, I will write  a blog post on what I think, along with some tips on how you should engage with your competition online.

Let’s also start a discussion about it in the comments below.  I look forward to reading your viewpoints on this topic.