What is Social Media? – Top 5 Tutorial Videos

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Social Media is definitely the next big thing.

It is the result of the transformation of how people discover, interact and share content, regardless if it is for work or personal purposes. This is all made possible by the 2nd generation of web development, coined as Web 2.0 where various content can be easily created and edited by more than one user.

Types of Social Media Sites

Social Media Networks
- Facebook, Hi5, LinkedIn, MySpace, Bebo

Social Media Bookmarks
- Delicious, Digg, StumbleUpon

Media Sharing
- Flickr, YouTube, Photobucket, imeem, Justin.tv, Ustream.tv, Hulu

Blogs
- Blogger, WordPress, Livejournal, Typepad

Micro-Blogging platforms
- Twitter, Plurk

Forums
- Internet forums and discussion boards

RSS Reader
- Google Reader, RSS Reader, Newzcrawler

Wikis
- Wikipedia, Google Docs

The power of Social Media is accentuated by how it has changed the way PR professionals work.

Has your online life been transformed by Social Media? If no, watch how it can be.

Social Media in Plain English

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