Social media has enabled companies to become more competitive and provide better service by allowing them to connect with consumers on a global scale. It has revolutionized word-of-mouth marketing through the rise of blogging and user-generated content, with over 200 million blogs updated daily and 25% of search results for top brands linked to user content. Harnessing social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Google+ is now critical for companies to promote their brand, interact with customers, and build trust on a large scale.

1. Social Media Critical for Business By Emmanuel Johnson By Emmanuel Johnson

2. The Revolution of Social Media has enabled companies to make the field of business more competitive and supply better service!!

3. Social Media Revolution Years to reach 50 million users Radio 38 years TV 13 years Internet 4 years IPOD 3 years FACEBOOK --- 100 million users in less than 9 months!!! --- If facebook was a country it would be 4th largest. Blogging There are over 200,000,000 blogs, 54% of which get updated everyday. Word of Mouth is contagious through blogging --- 25% of search results for worlds top 20 brands are linked to user-generated content. --- 34% of bloggers post opinions about products and brands.

4. Social Media Revolution Largest search engine in the world. Applications Google Maps Google Earth Google Chrome Google Adwords Google Analytics Second largest search engine in the world. Over 100,000,000 video posted. Google YouTube

5. Why Social Media is Important? Social media is the one main entity that can connect people throughout the world. It connects corporations to consumers and consumers to brands. With the emergence of the Social Mediaits critical to grasp the concepts of social media mediums to keep up with the changing technological era. The utilization of social media allows corporations to promote their site or business through social media channels and it is a prevailing approach that will get you links, attention and substantial amounts of traffic.

6. Social Media Critical to Success Branding consumers is possible through the utilization of social media. Social Media has allowed corporations to interact with clients and potential clients on a mass level. Build trust through interactions that makes the clients feel like their opinions matter.