Advertising

Social Networking has begun to open up new worlds of marketing for companies. The popularity of networks like Twitter and Facebook have brought a new avenue of advertising to the forefront. With millions of people visiting these sites and networks everyday, the advertising all along the side of the site and different spots. It is almost as big market as magazines and television and will soon overtake them. This new market is something I am very interested in and can be tapped for a new booming marketing business. This market will be huge in the future and something that many can benefit from.

Social Network Monitoring in Business

A new problem that has recently begun to trouble companies with privacy issues. Social networking is starting to be monitored. Many companies now look at facebook, twitter, and other social networks before hiring employees or to monitor current employees. People have been in an absolute uproar over this because of the privacy implications. This monitoring of outside the workplace behavior makes employees feel like they are constantly on the job and invaded. Their needs to be laws put in place on how they can monitor. I believe its unethical for them to continue to monitor without proper policy implace

Facebook and Social Networks

Facebook continues to grow everyday. The new movie Social Network has brought even more publicity to social networking and Facebook. Facebook growing at this rate makes it a great tool when used in business. The marketplace feature helps people buy and sell personal items to friends or customers. Business often create Facebook pages to help get information out about their business, keep in contact with customers, and to advertise. The ease in which Facebook makes keeping in touch with people makes customer relations straightforward and uncomplicated. Businesses need to continue to tap into the valuable resource of Facebook and other social networks to make the most of these important business tools