Examples of social networking sites
You will do a review of the given websites about social networking and its impact on marketing.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/social-networking#
http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/the-history-of-social-networking/#!LaWSA
http://www2.uncp.edu/home/acurtis/NewMedia/SocialMedia/SocialMediaHistory.html
http://www.worldata.com/wdnet7/articles/the_history_of_Internet_Advertising.htm
Your paper should be two pages of content and include two to four in-text citations for references. Your total page count will be four when you include a intro page and a reference page.
Social networking is the practice of expanding the number of one’s business and/or social contacts by making connections through individuals. While social networking has gone on almost as long as societies themselves have existed, the unparalleled potential of the Internet to promote such connections is only now being fully recognized and exploited, through Web-based groups established for that purpose (2008).
Examples of social networking sites: Facebook™, Myspace™, LinkedIn™, YouTube™, Twitter™, and Ning™
· How has the growth of Social Networking on the Internet impacted today’s marketing environment?
In your paper make sure to include the following critical elements.
Critical elements:
· Create your own social networking history timeline depicting at least six important events from 1990 to present that have influenced social networking and on-line marketing
· Describe the importance of the six historical events regarding social networking history that you think have impacted the way companies market their products and/or services.
· Explain what businesses thought were the ways to market themselves over the Internet initially? What were the strengths and weaknesses of that way of marketing? How does that different from what actually happened with regard to marketing and social networking?
· Describe how social networking has impacted your purchasing habits on the Internet or how you think it could positively impact your future purchasing habits.
Respond in a minimum of 2 pages APA format(12 pt. font and double spaced) and submit your paper to the Learning Activity Dropbox.
