2. Social network: online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact Social networking services/sites (SNS): The main types of social networking services are those which contain category divisions (such as former school-year or classmates), means to connect with friends (usually with self-description pages) and a recommendation system linked to trust. Popular methods now combine many of these Definitions
3. The “Right” Way Transparency: be authentic Democratic: let the community decide Celebrity: your customers are the stars, not you Prosperity: this is a commitment
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7. Facebook 157% Growth y/y Data Source: comScore Worldwide Media Metrix - pure social networking sites - blogging sites removed World Wide: #1 social site 106% Growth y/y And in US
29. LinkedIn Several Times/Day for Work Purposes Several Times/Day for Personal Use LinkedIn 84% 44% Facebook 28% 59% MySpace 9% 31% YouTube 53% 69% Twitter 22% 22%