Social Media Landscape in July 2009

Juliette Powell, John Perry Barlow and Paul Krugman talk about the social media landscape in 2009. From commercial brands to big business, all eyes are on Facebook, Twitter, and the digital generations.

Facebook: A Small Business' Best Friend

According to it's own profile page, millions of people use Facebook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. Facebook also offers small businesses a unique platform to advertise products, gain new customers while engaging new ones. Most importantly in my opinion however, Facebook offers those business who historically may have done little to no marketing an easy, effective and fun way to create a web presence online. Here's how to get started:

1.) Create a Public Page here.

2.) Upload your business' logo.

3.) INFO: enter appropriate business description, basic info (address, phone, hours), detailed info (website, general information).

4.) PHOTOS: upload appropriate images you'd like to share with visitors.

Once you've created your page, you may be wondering, now what? More on that in a later post, but just remember, Rome wasn't built in a day!