Growing through Social Media (BusinessReviewUSA.com)
Social media has changed the way companies do business. While small businesses have been able to create a niche for its loyal consumers; large multinationals have found a better way to connect with its international market. Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming a staple marketing tool thanks to the pioneers who tried it out and succeeded.
Social Media Is Fashion’s Newest Muse (Forbes.com)
Because businesses are now able to engage directly with their customers, consumers in turn now have become more active in shaping the brands they’ve followed for years. Fashion brands, for example, are beginning to let themselves down from their ivory towers and creating more products that cater to regular people, as opposed to stars and aesthetic ideals.
Boulder Fire Stokes Community Through Social Media (HuffingtonPost.com)
On Labor Day, a massive fire broke out in Boulder County, Colorado, wiping out over 7,000 acres and 140 structures – including 9 homes. During this time of crisis, residents took to social media to share information and transmit messages for emergency aid. Social media helped to mobilize the entire community, ensuring the reduction of further casualties.
5 Hilarious TV Episodes About Tech and Social Media (Mashable.com)
On a lighter note, social media has become a fragment of popular culture. This can be seen in how our favorite TV shows are incorporating it into their episodes.
What or Who will Continue to Shape our Social Media World? (SocialMediaToday.com)
It wouldn’t be a hyperbole to say that social media is the most mercurial, progressive technology Man has ever invented. Over the years we’ve seen it push the envelope of communication and its subgroups. It only makes us wonder, what will the future be like for social media?
