2. First of all….. it’s never too late to start.

4. “blogger” is not “viral” is not “avatar” is not

5. It is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created by using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.  Media available to the masses  Ease of delivery  Connections are more personal  Allow for interactivity  Used by individual, organizations, small and large businesses  Public and Government agencies

6. 845,000,000 monthly visitors connect with family, friends, and businesses 1 in every 13 people on Earth is on Facebook 71% of all U.S. internet users are on Facebook 48% of young Americans find news on Facebook 250 million photos uploaded daily on Facebook 10 million users added per month on Facebook http://www.jeffbullas.com/2011/04/28/50-fascinating-facebook-facts-and-figures/

7. 250,000,000 monthly visitors Twitter is a microblog 15% of online adults use Twitter 8% use Twitter daily 95% of users own a mobile phone Each account has “followers” 20% of smartphone owners use Twitter Available in 20 languages Twitter messages are short bursts of information Messages limited to 140 characters Called “tweets” http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites

8. is the world’s largest professional network http://homebusiness.about.com/od/homebusinessglossar1/g/linkedin-what-is-linkedin.htm

9. http://webtrends.about.com/od/profi3/p/what-is-youtube.htm Allows billions of people to browse videos Allows billions of people to browse videos Create and upload your own videos Create and upload your own videos Top site for instructional videos Top site for instructional videos Has taken “viral” videos to a new level Has taken “viral” videos to a new level If it’s on video….. If it’s on video….. it’s probably on it’s probably on

10. http://www.slideshare.net/kindofdigital/what-is-flickr