Social Media Explodes Again!!!

Everyday, journalists and bloggers are writing about the new power of social media. Today I found three articles on MSN.com about facebook... How to Live Your Entire Life on Facebook, 10 Tips for Facebook Power Users, and the best one, Are Boomers Killing Facebook and Twitter? ... Is this new power really reserved for the young?

This BOOMER thinks not...

Yes I am on facebook, twitter, linkedin, smallworld, MYSOI and this blog. I own an iphone, blackberry, several ipods, a Mac and a 2 wireless laptops. But not to make me "feel part of the younger generation" as the article suggests. Rather "being connected" has become a necessity. Who among us hasn't asked or been asked to "PLEASE PUT THE BLACKBERRY DOWN"? MY MOTHER IS ON FACEBOOK!!!!

In my social media classes, I suggest to my agents that they not just go on these sites, simply to be there, but that they first formulate their objective for "being there". Once you establish and recognize your motives, you work backward from there to accomplish your goals (no matter how old you may be ;-))...

So is progress for the young or young at heart????

Follow MYSOI on TWITTER!!!!

WWW.MYSOI.COM is now on TWITTER!! For a constant feed of great information follow them at http://twitter.com/mySOI. LEARNERS ARE EARNERS!!!!!

The Social Media EXPLOSION

Who hasn't heard the phrases "Friend me on Facebook", "Follow me on Twitter" or "Link to my blog"?
If you haven't, then you are part of an ever growing minority. No matter your age, gender, or profession, social media is taking over...in a huge way.
In Andrew Lipsman's April 15th blogpost, (Breaking News (and Making News): Twitter Surges 131% in March to 9.3 Million U.S. Visitors!), he points out, "It just goes to show you how much social media, and specifically a site like Twitter, has become woven into the fabric of our daily media lives."
More and more Americans (5 million more in the month of March alone) have started to "TWEET". And the most interesting thing is that the demographic driving this growth is the 25-54 year old population (read my 4/17 post).
Facebook is enjoying a similar user explosion. Lev Grossman of Time Magazine recently published a tongue in cheek article, Why Facebook is for Old Fogies giving the top ten reasons why the 35+ generation is signing up and logging in. According to statistics reported by the social networking giant, there are more that 200 million active users and more than 2/3's of these users are beyond college age.
So if you think that your clients, friends and family aren't "tweeting", "friending" or "blogging", then you are kidding yourself. This is the new communication vehicle and if you don't get in for the ride, you will be walking by yourself and talking to yourself :-)...
If you would like, you can follow me on Twitter, and on Facebook. I would love you to join the EXPLOSION!!!!

You're Sooooo "Tweet"

What are you doing?
I mean it. Right now, what are you doing?
This is the question that MILLIONS are answering every minute of the day on TWITTER. Twitter was "born" on March 21, 2006. Relatively unknown then, over the past year TWITTER has grown 700+% to over 10 million users worldwide. Even more amazing to me is the fact that users who are between the ages of 25-54 are the demographic driving this tremendous growth. AND, my Mom is on Twitter!!!!

Because of this rapid rise to greatness, I did some searching and wanted to share some articles and blogposts about the TWITTER phenomena. Darren Rowse wrote a post in December, 2008, Why Twitter Will Go Mainstream In 2009. He shared 10 reasons why TWITTER will continue to take off, one of which being it's popularity among the political and celebrity crowds.

In today's NY Times, there was an article about OPRAH's first "tweets", Oprah’s First Words on Twitter . Wednesday's USA Today had a cover story highlighting how Twitter was interfering with personal relationships; Relationships in a TWIST over Twitter. YIKES!!!!

If you're not on TWITTER, check it out. In 140 characters or less, you can let the world in on what is going on (or not going 0n) in your life.

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