2. SOCIAL MEDIA IS AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT DEFINES THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS, PICTURES, VIDEOS AND AUDIO. www.wikipedia.org
3. More Simply Put: “ Social Media is people having conversations online.”
6. Reason # 1 India has the FOURTH largest number of Internet users in the world, with 81 MILLION users. India is behind the US (220 million), China (210 million) and Japan (88.1 million). www.economictimes.indiatimes.com
7. Reason # 2 India has an estimated 46 MILLION active Internet users come from urban area. www.livemint.com
8. Reason # 3 An average Indian Internet user spends 28 MINUTES per visit, and has 25 VISITS A MONTH . Which is “nearly” 12 hours a month? www.comscore.com
9. Reason # 4 SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITES ARE OFFICIALLY MORE POPULAR THAN PORN SITES TIME, OCTOBER 13, 2007
20. “ THEREFORE IN2011, IF YOU’RE NOT ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING YOU’RE NOT ON THE INTERNET ’’ IAB PLATFORM STATUS REPORT: USER GENERATED CONTENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ADVERTISING
21. IT’S NOT A FAD. IT’S A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE.
37. SOCIAL MEDIA “ IS ONLY GOING TO BECOME MORE PERVASIVE AND WILL PLAY A CRITICAL FACTOR IN THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF ANY BUSINESS.” BRIAN SOLIS, SOCIAL MEDIA MANIFESTO, AUGUST 21, 2007
38. SOURCE: UNIVERSAL MCCANN COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS APRIL 2008 % Ever done Wave 1 Sep 06 Wave 2 Sep 07 Wave 3 Sep 08 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Start my own blog/weblog Leave a comment on a news site Read blogs/weblogs subscribe to an RSS feed Create a profile on a social network Download a podcast (pre-recorded radio / audio show) Watch video clips online Welcome to the future