To dive into this further, go ahead and Google Social Media….Reading up on Social Media has been and will be an endless task due to the fact that Social Media continues to evolve even as we speak. While traditionally the Internet/Web catalogs what we have learned and carries an enormous amount of information; Blogs, Twitter, Facebook track “what’s on our minds”. Why does this matter? I’m a large corporation, what does this have to do with me?
As a business, think of getting an up-to-the-minute read on what the world is thinking. How can that help you? Studios have already started using blogs helping give insight of which movies are creating a buzz. Advertisers have also learned that they can track responses to their advertising campaigns. “I’m amazed people don’t get it yet,” says Jeff Weiner, Yahoo’s senior vice-president who heads up search. “Never in the history of market research has there been a tool like this.”
Social Media continues to evolve even as we speak…
As a business, think of getting an up-to-the-minute read on what the world is thinking. How can that help you? Studios have already started using blogs helping give insight of which movies are creating a buzz. Advertisers have also learned that they can track responses to their advertising campaigns. “I’m amazed people don’t get it yet,” says Jeff Weiner, Yahoo’s senior vice-president who heads up search. “Never in the history of market research has there been a tool like this.”
Top 100 Social Media Tools.
Social Media has also been creating new jobs in various marketplaces…visit Mashable’s site for more details.