• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, June 23, 2009

Mike Germano, co-founder and president of Carrot Creative, is on a short social leash these days.

The social media and marketing guru, who has used the platform to market a variety of brands successfully, including his own political career, says he’s no longer allowed to post Twitter comments after a few libations.

“I’m not allowed to tweet after 9 o’clock after I’ve gone out drinking for fear of what I might say,” Germano disclosed to OMMA Social attendees listening to the last panel of the day: “But Enough About Me: Maintaining Privacy in Social Media.”

Despite the restrictions his agency partners have put on him, Germano doesn’t believe that consumers are all that hung up about social media privacy. Mainly, because they’re already “putting themselves out there.”

“Your either in, or your out. There are no controls,” he asserted.