Delivered at AMA Computer University, Mabolo, Cebu City, Philippines via Blog Talks @ Schools by Geohmedia.com

1. Hello, SOCIAL MEDIA Introduction to Social Me dia Blog Talk @ Schools <AMA Computer College> President Roxas & S. Cabahug St., Mabolo, Cebu City It’s a fancy way of describing zillions of conversations people are having online 24/7

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3. Social Media Overview

4. Filipino’s are Enthusiastic Digital Consumers 28M Filipinos are estimated to be connected. That’s close to 1 out of 3 people. 81% are below 30 years old Almost 11M online gamers 1# in Video Consumption 66% have started/created a blog 90% have read a blog 42% regular blog readers 93% Part of a social network – 16.2M active in Facebook Estimated 40% of handsets are 2.5G/3G enabled 1 Billion SMS sent per day Almost 78M Filipinos are on mobile Close to 5M Mobile Internet Users About 600,000 Blogs At least a Million Blog Readers

7. Opportunities User-generated content ( UGC ) refers to various kinds of media content that is produced or primarily influenced by end-users ; as opposed to traditional media outlets. Consumer-generated media (CGM) describes word-of-mouth behavior that exists on the Internet. Typically, consumer-generated media encompasses opinions, experiences, advice and commentary about products, brands, companies and services—usually informed by personal experience —that exist in consumer-created postings on Internet discussion boards, forums, Usenet newsgroups and blogs.

8. Advocacy, Culture, Heritage, History, Industry Updates, and many more! A Great Need / Demand for Locally Generated Online Content

15. 7: ICT-Information & Communications Technologies

16. 8: Jobs ~ Freelance Outsourcing

17. 9: Customer Relations & Acquisition

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