Is Social Media a fad or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial revolution?

By 2010 Generation Y will outnumber baby boomers.

 

96% of them have joined a social network.

 

Social Media has overtaken porn as the Number One activity on the Web.

 

Years to reach 50 million users:

 

Radio:  38 years   

TV:  13 years

Internet:  4 years

 

If Facebook were a country it would be the worlds 4^th largest.

 

80% of companies are using LinkedIn as their primary tool to find employees.

 

80% of Twitter usage is on mobile devices.  People update anywhere, anytime.  Imagine what that means for bad customer experiences…

 

Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé.

 

You Tube is the 2^nd largest search engine in the world.

 

25% of search results for the World’s Top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content.  34% of bloggers post opinions about products and brands.  75% of consumers trust peer recommendations.  Only 14% trust advertisements.

 

Do you like what they are saying about your brand?

 

24 of the 25 Largest Newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation.

 

We no longer search for the news; the news finds us…

 

In the near future we will no longer search for products and services… they will find us via Social Media…

 

Social Media isn’t a fad; it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate!

 

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