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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.

By: Art Basmajian

Using social media is an excellent way to promote business for free; and you, the serious entrepreneur who have been doing online marketing for quite some time, are probably learning this.

And that’s because you’ve now been branded as a SPAMMER!One of the blessings of Web 2.0 is online social networking. A lot of people use these to remain in constant communication with friends, to meet new acquaintances, and develop connections that are work-related; however, people are always looking abuse this wonderful service. And this is especially true with social networking online.An Internet property is simply a web page; and any web page that allows social interaction is considered social media. Web 2.0 is another name for sites that allow people to contribute material to it.

A blog is web 2.0 (for the blogger), Facebook and MySpace are web 2.0, Flickr and Twitter are web 2.0, and social bookmarking sites are all web 2.0.

As internet marketing evolved, people figured out that they were able to promote their businesses for free using all these types of properties and thought, “WowFree Cool!”

Problem is that it’s not cool!

Social media, loosely defined, allows you to use a piece of Internet property for yourself and to advertise your business – to a certain extent. Etiquette, of course, should tell you when to stop, especially when you’re already pissing off certain kinds of people that have a lot of power online. If you cross this line, you’re jeopardizing your reputation as a serious and reputable Internet entrepreneur.

Take a look at it this way:

It’s the weekend – time to forget about work, catch up with old friends, make some new friends possibly. So you go to a party. You’re having a great time. Then someone comes up to you, introduces himself, and immediately tries selling you on some business opportunity.

Isn’t that such a big turn-off? This scenario actually happens when people start using social media sites in the wrong way.

To be a really serious businessman, you need to understand that social media is for making friends and not money. Like conducting businesses face to face, this is how online marketing should be done. There is a specific place and time for business. Social networking is one way of making connections and learning something about your potential business contacts.

Nobody likes to be force-fed. Building lasting relationships takes time and requires a mutual respect, and so does building a loyal following for your business.

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