{"id":1072,"date":"2010-06-24T22:15:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T05:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2010-06-24T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T05:15:14","slug":"is-social-media-a-fad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellconnectedmom.com\/blog\/is-social-media-a-fad\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Social Media a Fad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Win<\/a>\u00a0by Lori Cunningham<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year I posted a really cool video I found online about The Digital Age<\/a>.\u00a0 It has some amazing statistics and facts about the online world and it’s progression.\u00a0 It predicted that by 2020, the mobile phone will be the world’s primary connection tool to the Internet.\u00a0 (To learn more about fast progression of web enabled phones, see my latest post on AT&T’s site, <\/em>LosetheLaptop.com<\/em> and please vote for me!) <\/em>\u00a0This video was so popular that it earned more than 150 tweets on Twitter from the WellConnectedMom.com website.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The same company that produced The Digital Age<\/a>\u00a0video has a new video, called, “Is Social Media a Fad?”\u00a0 This is another well-done, fascinating video about how social media (ie Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, blogs (like this one), etc.) are quickly becoming the main way of communicating online.\u00a0 In fact, the video asserts that Generation Y & Z consider e-mail pass\u00e9!\u00a0 Generation Y will outnumber Baby Boomers this year — and 96% of them are social media users.\u00a0 These times are a changing!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Nielsen Company as of Nov 2009, company-wide reports and surveys<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

More interesting facts from this video – there are so many Facebook users now that if Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s 4th largest!\u00a0 You can see by the chart to the left the rapid progression Facebook has had the past 3 years*.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And what about search engines?\u00a0 We all know that Google is the #1 search engine, but can you guess who’s in the #2 slot?\u00a0 YouTube!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Companies need to jump on the bandwagon if they want to benefit from social media.\u00a0 To remain competitive, they need to listen more and advertise less.<\/div>\n
Take four minutes to watch this impressive video, and please pass on the link – I’m certain your friends will find it riveting as well!<\/div>\n

*\u00a0 The Nielsen Company as of Nov 2009, company-wide reports and surveys<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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