Social Media on the Internet is over 40 years old!
“The earliest ideas for a computer network intended to allow general communications among computer users were formulated by the computer scientist J. C. R. Licklider, of the Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) company, in August 1962, in memoranda discussing his concept for an “Intergalactic Computer Network”. Those ideas contained almost everything that composes the contemporary Internet.”
You can read the entire history here if you would like.
What a great Idea! You mean I can send a 140 character message to friends of mine at different locations and share my thoughts and possibly some great information that might be useful to them? I wish someone would have came up with this years ago!
OK! I will get to my point.
Media- In communication, media (singular medium) are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media, but may refer to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purpose.[1][2][3]
So here is my proof.
OK already! You get the picture.
So here are some basic do’s and don’ts if you are going to use Social Media in your marketing strategy.
- Don’t spam affiliate links
- If you are going to post a self serving link it should be done no more that 1 out of every 15 links or post.
- Your self serving link should only be to an article or site that would help someone looking for that type of information
- Doe share things that you are truly interested in
- Don’t post 15 times in a row. This only shows that you are posting just to post not to actually share anything interesting.
Well I hope that helped clear a few things up for those of you using Social Media as a Marketing Strategy.
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Christmas Tree,
Thanks for sharing and visiting. I look forward to other comments.
Craig
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