Social media…. When people think of social media they instantly think of Facebook and how they interact with friends. Fortunately, social media is much more than merely saying hello to a “friend”. People of the 21st century use social media as their main source of communication; networking, dating, marketing, advertising, sales pitches, political campaigns and much more.
What does this mean for the future? It means social marketing is here to stay. If you are not involved. Get involved. Find people that you know, these links may provide future opportunities; business ventures or a more interesting job. The more involved you are the better. If 80 percent of companies today are searching LinkedIn for potential employees, then you better be on LinkedIn. If you are starting a new business, forget putting ads on billboards, create a Facebook and tell your friends to send out your company page.
Social media is what you make of it but without it, you don’t stand a chance. Make sure you fully develop you opportunities online. There are always stories of college kids landing jobs at Google, Microsoft, Facebook or other companies simply because they were able to communicate effectively through their social media use. If you can accumulate a following the better, contribute to blogs, scholarly journals or other published devices. These reach many computer screens and chances are if people like what they read you may have an opportunity waiting. The future is here, what used to be a faze is now a reality, those who learn how to communicate most effectively will be reeking the rewards for ages to come.
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