Social Media Revolution
Social Media Revolution
Take a look at your everyday life. How often do you interact with social media? Social networking Web sites are becoming a very popular way for individuals to connect with other people from around the world. These social networking opportunities are also a way for companies to market their brand and to look for employees. The picture below represents the social media landscape:
Social Media Landscape
The picture was taken from: http://www.susanmernit.com/blog/2564571564_70181a48b0.jpg
The Social Media Landscape picture shows social media separated into various different sections. There are virtual worlds such as Second Life, share media like YouTube, social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn, and many more. This picture shows just how diverse social can be and how many different types of social media that there are.
Social Media Revolution Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=related
After watching this video it is hard to believe that social media is just a fad. Instead, it is becoming a way of life for consumers and businesses around the world. In the Social Media Revolution video, there were a variety of different statistics and facts listed. I found the following set of statistics to be the most interesting:
Years to reach 50 million users:
- Radio: 38 years
- TV: 13 years
- Internet: 4 years
- iPod: 3 years
- Facebook: added 100 million users in 9 months
(YouTube-Social, 2009).
Facebook, which was started in 2004, has over 300 million users today and 100 million of these users joined the network in just nine months! These are impressive statistics, especially when radio took 38 years to reach just 50 million users. LinkedIn is an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world. LinkedIn’s Web site is http://www.linkedin.com. Businesses can benefit from joining LinkedIn in a variety of different ways. In the video that I posed, there are statistics that show that 80% of companies are using LinkedIn as their primary tool to find employees (YouTube-Social, 2009).
References:
About Us. (2009). LinkedIn.com. Retrieved December 14, 2009,
from http://press.linkedin.com/about
YouTube- Social Media Revolution. (30, July 2009). Retrieved December 14, 2009, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=related
