My Top 5 Social Media Videos

I am now into my 3rd year running my own business and I feel quite lucky that the internet and social media revolution has come about in time for my business to take advantage. If a sure if I was in my early twenties or thirties I’d be even more pleased. These 5 videos give a great broad flavour of what Social Media is and the impact it is having on our lives…

Is Social Media a Fad?

This video has over 1.5 million visits, and tells it how it is. It is already happening and it is impossible for anybody NOT to be effected by this movement. When watching this video, with the music, it gives you inspiration to find out more and not be left behind. WATCH IT NOW!

Social Media Experts

If you take Malcolm Gladwell’s definition of an expert (Outliers: The Story of Success) it is someone who has had 10,000 hours on the area they claim to be an expert in. He sites that Bill Gates had been programming nonstop for over 7 years BEFORE he started he own software company, Microsoft. For us mere mortals if you were to work 8 hours a day 5 days a week every week on something it would take you 4 years and 10 months to become an expert, and this is the bottom figure. Social Media, in the form most of us know it, has only been around for 3/4 years. Twitter is only 4 years old. So how many social media experts are there out these? This video by Chris Pirillo gives a fun and thought provoking look at Social Media.

Seth Godin on Social Media

Seth Godwin’s idea on all things marketing and permission marketing is legendary. Here he gives his take on email marketing and social media. In a very simple way he explains complex marketing techniques in everyday language that we all can understand.

Social Media and ROI

So social media is here to stay. SO WHAT!!! Will it make me any money? Is it about just feeding each other’s egos or hoping somebody is listening when we tell them what we are having for breakfast? This video by Socialnomics gives some great examples of companies who have invested in social media and showing some serious money. My take on social media as I mentioned in this blog is that it is a vehicle for communication, conversation and social interaction. What you say is up to you.

Barack OBAMA on Social Media

If you still need convincing the power of social media, then if this endorsement doesn’t do it, nothing will. Here Barack Obama talks about the role social media had to play, on him winning the Presidential election in the USA.

There are many more I could have chosen, however I hope these five give you a flavour of what social media is, and can give your business.