Social networks:

Friending the world

Bill Sheridan, CAEBusiness Learning Institute

Vail ResortsMarch 30, 2011

InMaps.LinkedInLabs.com

Facebook: 500 million users

LinkedIn: 100 million users

SlideShare: 45 million users

YouTube: 408 million users

Flickr: 40 million users

So why are we here?

… and growing.

Social networking (old)

Social media (new)

A change in the way we build relationships

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The new math

Source: Matt Goddard, CEO, R2integrated

Old school vs. new school

Chambers of commerce

Friends and family

E-mail

Class reunions

Industry meetings

Newsletters

1. Engagement2. Recruiting3. Customer service4. Marketing / sales

The Big Four

ResourcesThe networks:

Facebook: www.Facebook.com Facebook blog: blog.Facebook.com LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn.com LinkedIn Blog: blog.LinkedIn.com | LinkedIn Map: InMaps.LinkedInLabs.com YouTube: www.YouTube.com YouTube blog: YouTube-global.blogspot.com Flickr: www.Flickr.com Flickr blog: blog.Flickr.net SlideShare: www.SlideShare.net Slideshare blog: blog.SlideShare.net

The videos:

Video: “Social Networking in Plain English,” from CommonCraft: bit.ly/hVVnZX Video: “Old Spice: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like,” bit.ly/eUeSgr Video: “Seth Godin on Social Networking,” from Innerpreneur: bit.ly/gH8sle

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