Social Media Field Guide: Part 3 - Social Networking, Aggregation, Wiki's

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Social Networking

Social Networking focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services.

Here are some well know social networking services:

Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them and elsewhere

MySpace lets you find friends & classmates, meet new people, listen to free music & build playlists, share photos, watch videos, start a blog, read celebrity news

Linked-in strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts. LinkedIn is a networking tool that helps you discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners.

Meetup.com is an online social networking portal that facilitates offline group meetings in various localities around the world. Meetup allows members to find and join groups unified by a common interest, such as politics, books, games, movies, health, pets, careers or hobbies. Users enter their ZIP code (or their city outside the United States) and the topic they want to meet about, and the website helps them arrange a place and time to meet.

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Social Media Field Guide Introduction- Part1

Social media is everywhere. It has grabbed hold of internet culture and slowly crept into demographics that span across all boundaries, with Facebook reporting its fastest growing segment to be 45-60 year olds currently. Who would have thought ? Facebook is a household name, YouTube videos have been viewed by billions, and the President is Twittering.

There are so many parts to social media that it can be a little overwhelming to understand all the different sites and how they work. We are going to provide you with a rundown on the social media giants we all know, as well as those you don't. This is your 2009 Social Media Field Guide.

According to Wikipedia, " Social media is information content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies that are intended to facilitate communications, influence and interaction with peers and with public audiences, typically via the Internet and mobile communications networks". Social media is usely associated wth technology programs that are used to promote communication and information sharing. Social media consists of blogs, forums, podcasts, wikis, online video, music & photo sharing sites and more. Here is your field guide to the social media world.

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