Marketing Using Social Networking

1265 Words3 Pages

The Internet is one of the most amazing inventions through out history. These days, we can practically do everything online, we can get the latest news, connect with our friends, watch movies, tv shows and live broadcasting and we can even do our shopping using the internet. Since web 2.0 was introduced to the web, the web became more flexible.

From the beginning of time, humans have always been in social networks. Social networks are formed on everyday basis, around friends, family and places someone might visit. Social media is any kind of information we share with our social network using social networking websites or services, for example; blogs, forums, photos, audio profiles and status updates (Barefoot & Szabo, 2009). Social media allow their users to comment, post share, and update their statuses at anytime and instantly. Recently, social networking has become very popular among users all around the globe. At the moment, there are several huge popular social media networks, which are Facebook, Twitter and Youtube (Barefoot & Szabo, 2009). From the first glance at these websites, someone might think that they are only useful to connect with friends and family, but the deeper you look into them, you’ll find out that they are new powerful marketing places. They are the places where the ball is in the customers court, the word of mouth can either make or break a product.

Social media has upgraded the traditional marketing way and made it a two way communication instead of a one way communication like it used to be. Social networking has become very popular that college students, celebrities and even politicians have joined at least one social network. For example, Facebook now has over 500 million active users from all...

... middle of paper ...

.... 2010. < HYPERLINK "http://www.socialtext.net/bizblogs/index.cgi" http://www.socialtext.net/bizblogs/index.cgi>.

3- Barefoot, Darren, and Julie Szabo. Eastern Michigan University Library - Remote Access to Library Online Resources. Web. 02 Aug. 2010. < HYPERLINK "http://library.books24x7.com.ezproxy.emich.edu/toc.asp?site=QQLIX&bookid=33611" http://library.books24x7.com.ezproxy.emich.edu/toc.asp?site=QQLIX&bookid=33611>.

4- Hans, Kullin. "75,000 Twitter Users in Sweden | Social Media Today." Social Media News, Strategy, Tools, and Techniques | Social Media Today. Web. 02 Aug. 2010. < HYPERLINK "http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/101290" http://www.socialmediatoday.com/SMC/101290>.

5- "Statistics | Facebook." Welcome to Facebook. Web. 02 Aug. 2010. < HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics" http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics>.

Open Document