What the Heck is Social Networking

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What the Heck is Social Networking?

• and other interesting web stuff..

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What the F is Social Networking?

• and other interesting web stuff..

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Social Networking

• its like teenage Sex, everybody thinks they
• want to do it. Nobody knows how. When its
• ?nally done there is surprise its not better.

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• Of?cially, social media is an umbrella term that
  de?nes the various activities that integrate
  technology, social interaction, and the
  construction of words, pictures, videos, and
  audio.
• ITS ALSO A FANCY WAY TO DESCRIBE THE ZILLIONS OF
  CONVERSATIONS PEOPLE ARE HAVING ONLINE 24/7.

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Why Should We Care?

• 3 out of 4 Internet users use social networking
  sites
• Its now the 4th most popular internet activity
• Word of Mouth on Steroids

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• 13 HOURS The amount of video uploaded to YouTube
  every minute
• 412.3 YEARS The length of time it would take to
  view every YouTube video
• 100,000,000 The number of YouTube videos viewed
  per day

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• 1382 The monthly growth rate of Twitter users
  from January to February 2009
• 3,000,000 The average number of Tweets per day on
  Twitter.com
• 5,000,000,000 The number of minutes spent on
  Facebook each day
• If facebook were a country, it would be the 8th
  most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan

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Lets Look.
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LinkedIn

• Finding people
• Finding ways to introduce yourself
• Watch out for the headhunters..
• Lets Look.

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Internet Reputation Management

• What happens when it goes wrong.
• Google Alerts

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Other Interesting Web Stuff

• Long tail keywords
• Webinars and online meetings
• Secure Document Exchange
• Mobile enabled contact pages
• Google Keyword Tool