What is Social Media

Wikipedia tells us that social media is "the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue." I'm going to assume all of my readers, all none of you, are familiar with the internet and its various tools. It is a great little place for gaining knowledge and communicating. The "punny" authors of How to Make Money with Social Media have their own idea of what is and is not social media. The funny thing is, I disagree with them. In their book they said that a company who posts a speech given by their CEO posted on youtube is not social media because the only viewers are going to be family members and a few employees. But isn't that how the internet works?! How many people do you think will read my post here? Yet they would consider this medium a form of social media. Youtube has the ability for dialogue. A company can grow a fan base on youtube, post a video, and interact with their customers. While we're on that topic, you get as much out of social media as you put into it. An inactive account does not attract attention.

Apart from homework posts, its bloody hot in my room. Where is the crisp fall weather we are all anxiously waiting for?