Being Social

being social IT Pros Only half of IT Pros say they wouldn't want to modify or delete content from their social media sites if they knew a potential employer would review the page as part of their selection process IT Pros 82% have at least one social media site.. Most popular? Facebook. Then LinkedIn and Twitter. Marketers 4 out of 10 marketers agree, social media creates brand challenges. More than half think it's worth it since they can reach new customers. Publishers Content creators using Twitter received 298% in monetization for their blog than non-twitter users. Publishers 35% of professional publishers were not aware of the FTC guidelines on paid endoresments. ME FRIENDS' MY FRIENDS FRIENDS AND SO ON.. TO EVERYONE 1ST 6TH 2ND 3RD 4TH A 2003 study from Columbia University found that it only took six degrees to get an email from one person to any other person. 5TH Harvard Medical Researchers found that weight gain or loss is linked to a persons social circle. A study comparing e-mail to phone calls showed that e-mail was more effective in maintaining connec- tions with large social networks. social network evolution FidoNet Bulletin boards systems (BBS) were used to socialize since the beginning of networked Usenet computing Even in the very early states, AOL EBAY'S BUYER/SELLING RATINGS USES and Yahoo! encouraged users to form groups to SOCIAL REPUTA- TION TO CREATE TRUST AND LOYALTY Geocities connect based on shared interest Friendster was the first popular- modern social network. It tracked social relationships and had profiles influencing the modern social network experience BUpslootlo by Brian E. Young / SKETCHEE.COM for MIRNABARD.COM