Sunday, 22 March 2015

(Un)Welcome To The 21St Social Media Century

By Danie Zolezzi


How many times have you heard, "she liked his picture," in day-to-day conversation? My guess would be several because of a little phenomenon growing in prominence called "stalking." As users of social media, we are constantly creating and consuming content. Why has stalking become the norm? The reason behind this could simply be: because it's there to find.

Being a young woman in college, I utilize all different social networks. My friends and I are all guilty of looking up people on Facebook or Instagram before ever even meeting them in person. When someone publishes something online, it is fully appropriate for other to try and access that information. So could it be possible that there are individuals or organizations looking at you?

The truth is they are. Companies are interested in their customers; therefore, they are keeping track of them via social network. Social media is changing the way people handle their business and successful companies have realized this. Many corporations have done a splendid job taking on this task, but many have yet to hit their mark.

For this reason, many corporations choose to work with a social media agency to handle this aspect of their business. In an article published on Yahoo Finance, fishbat, an agency leading the way through this uncharted territory, offers some solutions on how to avoid these types of errors. The fourth tip in the article, titled, "Fishbat, a Leading Internet Marketing Company, Shares 5 Basic SEO Tips" is "utilize social media."

Why is it that despite an organization's successes, the public will ultimately always remember their failures? BuzzFeed took the liberty of publishing an entire article about social media mishaps, titled, "19 Companies That Made Huge Social Media Fails." In many of these instances, the mistake could have been completely avoided if the company if the posts that were scheduled automatically had been shut off and someone was actually monitoring them. Remember to think about whom might be "Google-ing" your name next time your friend suggests you stalk her ex-boyfriend's Instagram.




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