what the heck is social media?
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Social media is nothing more than people meeting and talking online.
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Blogs Forums Online Chats RSS Widgets Social Networks Social
Bookmarking Video Sharing Photo Sharing Wikis Virtual Worlds Podcasts
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Should I care about these sites?If you are trying to run a business or would like to meet people the answer is yes.
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Wikipedia has more than 4,000,000
articles written by people just like you.
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YouTube has over 100,000,000 videos submitted by people
just like you.
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Blogger has more than 200,000,000 blogs started and
updated by people just like you.
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Second life has over 1.5 million members.
Over 70% of all online users have read a blog.
Over 45% have started their own blog
39% subscribe to RSS feeds
57% have joined an online network
54% have uploaded photos online
83% have watched online video clips
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The way we communicate has changed.
Before we yelled and screamed about our products in hopes of
getting one person to listen and buy.
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The average person is exposed to more than 3,000 ads per day
Less than 14% of people trust advertising
But 78% of people trust other consumers.
The new way to make sales is with communication.
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Stealth persuasion, selling to your client without them knowing they’ve been sold to.34 % of people post their opinion about a product or brand on their blog
36% of people place higher marks for a company that has a blog.
32% of people trust bloggers thoughts and opinions
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Social Media is just getting started and is about to become a lot bigger. It’s time to get started or watch your competition pass you by.