SOCIAL MEDIA AT ITS BEST

SOCIAL MEDIA

INTRODUCTION

SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CORPORATE WORLD• What is Social Media

• Benefits

• IT industry

• Opportunities

• Conclusion

• Bibliography

What is Social Media• Electronic Communication

• Social Networks

• Bookmarking Sites

• Social News

• Media Sharing

• Micro Blogging

Benefits of Social Media• Make Personal Connections

• Customer Awareness

• Improves Product and Brand

• Customer Base Grows

• Increase sales

WELL KNOWN EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Old Spice Body Wash

Social Media In Your Industry

IBM & Blogs

INTEL & Google+

Cisco & You Tube

Oracle’s You Tube Channels

Opportunities

To understand your customers

Influence their behavior

Gain their loyalty

CONCLUSION• What is Social Media

• Benefits

• IT industry

• Opportunities

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A Collection of 101 Companies Rocking It on Social Media. http://cdn1.hubspot.com/hub/53/101-Companies-Rocking-Social-media-HubSpotv5.pdf: Hubspot, 2013. Print.

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BIBLIOGRAPHYWorks Cited

"Cisco." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 11 May 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/user/Cisco/welcome>.

"Creating Business Opportunity through Social Media." Yola. N.p., 3 July 2013. Web. 11 May 2014. <http://www.yola.com/blog/creating-business-opportunity-through-social-media/>.

Curtis, Dr. Anothony. "The Brief History of Social Media." The Brief History of Social Media. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2014. <http://www2.uncp.edu/home/acurtis/NewMedia/SocialMedia/SocialMediaHistory.html>.

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