Yesterday in my Entreprenuerial Marketing class we had a guess speaker. His name was Steve Chandler and he owns a social media marketing agency that is based out of Nashville, TN. I think he gave a great presentation and it was cool to hear about social media outside of our social media class. Steve brought up a great point in the power that social media has. He based his argument on the fact that we had 40 people in the class and on average they each had 700 friends on Facebook. That is 28,000 people that we could reach with one Facebook push. This number made me realize just how big Facebook had become and the power that social media has.
I think that Steve gave a great presentation on the power of social media. I can tell he has a good company but I am unsure about the longevity of the company. I do not think media is a fad, but i'm not convinced that the push for this will be around for the rest of time. Do you all think that the "Social Media Buzz" will still be going on in five years?
Look at the growth of social media in the past 5 years. It went from MySpace pages to location based sites becoming the new fad. I think that social media is around for the long haul. If it was a fad, large corporations that have already established their brand would not be rushing to incorporate social networks into their marketing plans.
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