Power of Social Networking

 

 

When I went to Lanier Technical College (1998-2006) in Oakwood, GA, the only social networking system that was popular was blogging.  Now we have Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and countless others that are running now and will come to life in the very near future.

Even though social networking is growing fast, it is fairly new.  With the economy still very bad for most around the world, we have come to rely on the Internet to do business and non business alike.  Doing anything online is faster and much easier than the conventional ways of doing things. 

WARNING:  Please keep in mind that copyright laws are still enforced offline and online.  Use your own creations.  If you are going to use quotes or other services that you have not created, give credit due.  It is better to use your own if you want to succeed.

It is much easier to create your own work online than offline.  With Content Management System(CMS) or Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) {CMIS is also know as Enterprise Content Management (EMS)} anyone can create a very professional website.  When I was going to Lanier Technical College, we learned about crating static websites.  That type of web design is in the Smithsonian Institute.

 

 

Now the new trend of doing things online has surpassed websites, in a way.  This new system is called “Social Networking or Social Media.”  I look at social media as graphics or video:  example:  YouTube, Photobucket, or services like these.  Facebook and MySpace could be considered a hybrid form of social communication online.  These two, and other like them can have all sorts of media formats.

Whatever one wants to call it, this form of online communication is growing very fast.  Before I can finish writing this blog posting, something new and exciting will develop.  This is not a passing fad.  It will not go away.  The only thing that will be in the history books is the old ways of using these social services when new ones replace them.  In life, one is either going forward or one is going backwards.  There is nothing in life that stand still for long.

All walks of life uses these social services.  If you read the history of these services, business started to use them much later.  It was first used by the average person on the street.  This is real folks.  I do not need to use my own imagination to write this posting.  Since business is at all points around the world, communicating online is very important for businesses.  It is also important for consumers.

How many times have you wanted to talk to a company to let them know you are not happy about a certain product of theirs?  If you call their 1-800 number, they want all your private information before you can say anything. With social networking, you can give them the information needed without having to give them any private information.  Either they respond to what you given them, or they could loose you as a customer.  It is that simple.

Using these new services, one can rightfully advertise one’s product without spamming the hell out of people.  That is right, there is a format or doing things on these social services.  For example, if I have a person on my Twitter friend’s list and all they do is give a link to their products, I will block that account.  That is spamming.  If another communicated with their customers on Twitter like human beings, posting a link to their products would be a different measure.  It would not be spamming.

That is the whole idea about social communication online.  The old way of doing business online is gone.  It never worked anyhow.  I use Flock for my browser.  This browser is like Firefox, but it has a element that makes social communication a lot easier than just addons.  I have several social networking accounts.  By using them, I can get others to know me.  Social Networking is the first and best way to get a job.

Bottom line on this posting is everyone needs to get on board with some social networking services.  It might be important to have a good number of these services.  Twitter can do things that Facebook cannot.  No one service fits all.  Most are free.  I think only business related services will cost something to have an account, but most businesses do use Twitter and Facebook.  These two are free.

 

Brandon Bowers

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