Social media is nothing more than people meeting and talking online.

Blogs Forums Online Chats RSS Widgets Social Networks Social

Bookmarking Video Sharing Photo Sharing Wikis Virtual Worlds Podcasts

Should I care about these sites?If you are trying to run a business or would like to meet people the answer is yes.

Wikipedia has more than 4,000,000

articles written by people just like you.

YouTube has over 100,000,000 videos submitted by people

just like you.

Blogger has more than 200,000,000 blogs started and

updated by people just like you.

Second life has over 1.5 million members.

Over 70% of all online users have read a blog.

Over 45% have started their own blog

39% subscribe to RSS feeds

57% have joined an online network

54% have uploaded photos online

83% have watched online video clips

The way we communicate has changed.

Before we yelled and screamed about our products in hopes of

getting one person to listen and buy.

The average person is exposed to more than 3,000 ads per day

Less than 14% of people trust advertising

But 78% of people trust other consumers.

The new way to make sales is with communication.

Stealth persuasion, selling to your client without them knowing they’ve been sold to.34 % of people post their opinion about a product or brand on their blog

36% of people place higher marks for a company that has a blog.

32% of people trust bloggers thoughts and opinions

Social Media is just getting started and is about to become a lot bigger. It’s time to get started or watch your competition pass you by.