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Social media has overtaken porn as the number one activity on the web. If Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s fourth largest, with over 350 million users.

It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million people; TV 13 years; the internet four years; and the iPod three years. It took Facebook only 9 months to reach 100 million users. (mashable.com)

According to trendsspotting.com, 96 percent of Generation Ys (who now outnumber the baby boomers) have joined an online social network.

A revolution in people power is going on as we speak and for the first time in modern history, we can choose our news instead of having it fed to us by a third party. This has huge implications for creating the kinds of grassroots movements needed to spark widespread social change. Read the rest of this entry »

The crew over at Commoncraft understand the shift that is going on. We are more and more needing to find trusted sources and people that can save us TIME by filtering out the dross and giving information to us in a simple form.

Twitter represents yet another move towards this ideal state of information filtering. It’s not perfect but with the right tools it can be awesome.

So here, for those people that haven’t had an experience of Twitter is a simple video explanation. And for those that have, perhaps we can soak up some of the easy-to-follow language to incorporate into our online communication. Read the rest of this entry »

The rate of growth that social media is experiencing on the web is unprecedented. Sure people love to chat and share ideas but few would have predicted the kind of adoption rate that we are seeing at the moment.

Much of it has to do with the growing younger demographic, but it seems more older people are getting into Facebook as a way to connect with family and friends. Prepare to experience a presentation of the new social media revolution! Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel Scocco over at Daily Blog Tips has just published an e-book called “Making Money Blogging” that gives some  awesome clearly written information about how you can earn money blogging.

You need to sign up to his mailing list to get the free e-book. Click here to get started:

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/make-money-blogging/

The e-book is broken into in 5 chapters: Content, Design & Usability, Networking, Promotion and Monetization. Read the rest of this entry »

Perry Belcher explains in cool simple terms how he uses social media services like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and others to meet and share with people.

His approach is simple and sensible and reminds us that social networking is about making friends and if you have something to “Sell” it should come up casually and naturally rather than being a obsession that turns people off.

Perry Belcher demonstrates how YOU can use social media in business without being a jerk. Read the rest of this entry »