Managed Internet Marketing: What is Social Media?

Social Media is the heart of the activity that happens on the Internet today. There are various tools used to create what we call Social Media. These tools consist of feeds, forums, blogs, microblogs. Most notable are Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.

When the Internet first started, people used emails as memos and notes to co workers. That evolved into communicating with others outside of work who also were on the Internet. At the time, there were no cell phones or wireless, etc. After emailing became popular the emergence of Chat rooms where people could talk instantly with others from all over became popular.

The small chat rooms became so crowded that websites were developed around certain topics where people could join with a moderator. These forums were the beginning of Social Media in its current form. As technology advanced the formation of the first true “Social Media” site came to be. MySpace was born.Myspace used not only text as communication but more importantly a new media, the digital photo. The interest in sharing everything evolved then to videos

You probably have heard of YouTube and if you haven’t you probably have received emails for you to see video that are linked to Youtube. You probably have seen a YouTube video on websites. While photo sharing and video creating were happening, people started to blog on their own sites where they no longer needed to be moderated.

All this sharing has created what we now know as the “Social” part of Social Media. The Social being the people that have created communities online and the media being the microblog, blog, photos and video. If your business is a part of any of these communities then they will be accepted and supported by the community.

So as Tina Williams says:

Build your community around your business and your community will build your business around you!

Start building your Community by calling 815-331-0771 to get a FREE Social Media Consultation for your business!

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