What is Social Media?

 

What is Social Media?
 
That is a very good question. For many people its the usual Facebook and Twitter. For others it's Vine, Instagram, Tumblr, Blogging (Blogger or Wordpress), YouTube and any other sites you can name. Here's a wheel to see how much is actually out there on the internet.




Social Media Wheel - http://bit.ly/1eRD5i7

 

As you can see there are so many social media outlets; so many more are being added.


How I would describe social media is simply a way for me to connect people who I haven't seen in years. I see social media as a well to keep up-to-date with someone from high school or even people from past colleges. Social media gives you a quick glimmer in someone else life. This can be quite creepy if you think about it. With social media you have no private life virtually, you can try but people can find you. Here's a video from YouTube that shows just how easy it is:

http://bit.ly/Kbwq7f

This brings me to another point about what social media is. It's a tool to analyze people. A job can potentially view your profile on Facebook and get a feel for you. LinkedIn is a professional way to network. When it comes to anything social media you need to be conscience of what you are putting out there. If you don't want your mama to see it than chances are you shouldn't post it. Just being smart on social media is always a plus.

Companies can use that information on your Facebook to figure out the best advertising. Competitors want their customers or in the social media world their followers to see their brand. I found an article, on a pretty interesting topic "How to Steal Your Competitor's Social Media Followers" - http://bit.ly/1eHm9sp. The article gives some good tip and tricks on social media. When it comes to companies all I know social media isn't going anywhere, and if you aren't plugged in somewhere now, the sooner the better.

With social media its here to stay. Who knows where it will go from here in 10 years we can have a new Facebook or a new Twitter. Someone can come up with a new social media app with another element other than pictures or video. You just never know what the future holds it can be different tomorrow.

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