The big buzz on the Internet is all about social media, especially with the social media giant Facebook and now Google entering the field with Google Plus. So what exactly is social media? The best way to understand social media is to understand the difference between social media and industrial media. Industrial media consists of [...]

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Social media is a way for people to share information from numerous sources. One of the real advantages to using social media to disseminate information, is it is shared in real time, meaning that when you share it, people can read it immediately. Social media sites facilitate this by giving users the platform to share [...]

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Social media has revolutionized the way people use the Internet. How has it done this? People can now rate how valuable information that is provided by a website. With sites like Reddit, Digg and Stumbleupon, there’s less sorting through garbage, since the top rated information is always at the top of the list, unlike the [...]

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One huge advantage of social networking sites is the ability to establish and promote a personal brand. Establishing a brand and setting yourself or your company up as an expert in your field is time consuming and cannot be accomplished overnight. It is well worth the effort and time it takes though, as being recognized [...]

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Because of the internet, it’s possible to gather huge amounts of information quickly. You can utilize search engines to gather this information, but it’s not necessarily the best choice. Social bookmarking is an excellent method of gathering information quickly, but not everyone understands social bookmarking. I’m sure you have found websites that you thought were [...]

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