Social Media
The entry of social media has brought benefits that revolutionized operations in the world. I have been able to learn about the appearance of new products from Facebook. This has been possible with the high rate at which businesses have been taking their services and products online in order to expand their market presence. In addition, I have reduced the cost of acquiring information about products that most businesses deal with given the comparably low cost of accessing the internet to making physical visits and the possibility of accessing the sites from any location. Clearly, social media help one to discover new products and services from organizations at a cheaper cost than actual visits to business premises.
Twitter as a social network platform has been useful in keeping me updated on incidences that occur. For instance, tweets on traffic updates have helped me to avoid traffic along busy roads, and use the roads with less or no traffic congestions. Evidently, Twitter helped me to save time. Using the tweets, Twitter feeds, and this social media site, in general, has been my main source of scoops and alternative news.
Besides, Twitter has enabled me to subscribe to special websites for prompt news feeds and inspirational articles. As a freelance web designer, I have been able to market my services and generate traffic to my newly created marketing websites with the help of Twitter. I relied on friends that I had made through Twitter to tweet my website and requested them to re-tweet the same information. With the developed link in the profiles, the tweet directed visitors to the website.
Recently, I was approved for a job in web design through LinkedIn. My current employer accessed my resume from the site, and from the familiar network I had with the company, I secured the position. LinkedIn also helped me to join professional groups, which provided me with the latest developments in the IT field, thus remaining updated on current market requirements. This social site assists in sensitive areas to empower and create awareness among users. LinkedIn has acted as a professional network that develops people’s careers.
Taking an example of Wikipedia and YouTube, abundant information that is costly to document in books and other printable materials is widely available for students and teachers. Professors can use educational videos to facilitate the teaching process, as this breaks monotony and increases classroom participation. Using YouTube links, my teacher could tweet necessary video lessons and materials to us.
We could re-tweet such data to other students, and, in the process, gain confidence in using social media. Clearly, these sites offered the best alternative means of processing information among learners. Notably, the social sites helped me to enjoy the learning process during my days at school and even eliminated the use of e-mail accounts that were common with the university to communicate to students.
I can post information on my Facebook, Google+, and Twitter accounts. At the same time, I can communicate with my friends using the chat program on these social sites. Thanks to these sites, I have been able to respond to my friend’s concerns immediately. Moreover, Facebook features enable me to comment on other people’s statuses, especially on the posts of my friends. YouTube has the option of signing in using a Gmail account, after which one can comment on the nature and content of online videos. After creating a YouTube account, I can freely share my favorite videos with other people. Definitely, social media sites have added enthusiasm to overall life aspects.