The document discusses the prevalence and growth of social media, noting that Facebook would be the 3rd largest country by population and there are over 55 million tweets per day. It argues that companies should embrace social media rather than fear its impact, as message control is an illusion and employees using social media appropriately does not necessarily mean secrets will be shared or brands damaged. While social media requires a budget, it can be managed with minimal resources by hiring the right people.

1. Who is afraid of the Big Bad Wolf of Social Media

2. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

4. If Facebook was a country, it would be the 3rd largest.

5. There are 55 million tweets per day.... that ‘s 640 tweets per second.

6. LinkedIn has over 70 million members in over 200 countries.

7. 13 hours of video uploaded every minute to You Tube

8. 1/3 of Yahoo’s traffic come from Google.

9. It would take you 7,000 years for all the photos on Flickr to be developed .

10. 620 million visitors visit Google.com daily.

11. You are asking your self one question? Why should I give a #hash?

12. Because it’s human nature to be.. social!

13. If you are on Facebook, where do you think your clients are.... The fastest growing age group on Facebook is... 35-54

14. Don’t Forget the WOLF!

15. Social Media will damage the brand... @DellOutlet Surpasses $3 Million on Twitter - this YEAR.

16. Employees will waste time on Social Media... In 2010, 12.9 million people will be able to access the mobile internet in South Africa. They can do it - ANYWHERE

17. We'll lose control of the brand... Message Control is an illusion GIVE IT UP

18. Our employee’s will give secrets away... If you don’t trust your employees to treat customers well, you have bigger problems than this presentation...look to your training and hiring policies...

19. Social media needs a real budget! Yes, hiring the local Facebook Queen is not going to cut it..but you can make it work on a near zero budget.

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21. Nice Wolf

22. You are asking your self another question? Where do I begin...

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