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The Benefits of Social Networking
The Benefits of Social Networks
Communicating with your Friends and Family
- Social networking sites allow people to improve their relationships and make new friends.
- 70% of adult social networking users visit the sites to connect with friends and family.
- 52% of teens using social media report that using the sites has helped their relationships with friends.
- 88% report that social media helps them stay in touch with friends they cannot see regularly.
- 69% report getting to know students at their school better.
- 57% make new friends.
Spreading Important Information
- Social networking sites spread information faster than any other media.
- Over 50% of people learn about breaking news on social media.
- 65% of traditional media reporters and editors use sites like Facebook and LinkedIn for story research, and 52% use Twitter.
- Social networking sites are the top news source for 27.8% of Americans, ranking close to newspapers (28.8%) and above radio (18.8%) and other print publications (6%).
Promoting your Business
- Corporations and small businesses use social media to benefit themselves and consumers.
- Small businesses benefit greatly from themselves and consumers.
- Small businesses benefit greatly from the free platforms to connect with customers and increase visibility of their products or services.
- Almost 90% of big companies using social media have reported "at least one measurable business benefit".
- Large chain restaurants are using social media to quickly disseminate information to managers, train employees, and receive immediate customer feedback on new items, allowing for quick revision if needed.
Spread Important Information
- Social networking sites spread information faster than any other media.
- Over 50% of people learn about breaking news on social media.
- 65% of traditional media reporters and editors use sites like Facebook and LinkedIn for story research, and 52% use Twitter.
- Social networking sites are the top news source for 27.8% of Americans, ranking close to newspapers (28.8%) and above radio (18.8%) and other print publications (6%).
- Was originally called "The Facebook".
- Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook while studying psychology at Harvard University.
- Within the first month, half of the undergraduate students at Harvard had a profile.
- Spread worldwide by September, 2005.
- Now has 1.11 billion people users, making it the most used social network site.
MySpace
- The founding father of the social media movement.
- Chris DeWolfe was the creator and Tom was the co-founder of MySpace.
- Launched on August, 2003.
- MySpace registered 230,000 new users on a typical day.
- With over 200 million users, MySpace had more users than every other social network up until Facebook.
- Sold MySpace to Specific Media for $35,000,000.