14. “Social Media is like teen sex.
Everyone wants to do it.
Nobody knows how. When it’s
finally done, there is surprise
it’s not better.”
-Avinash Kaushik
“Analytics Evangelist”
Google
@Techczar
15. “Social Media is an
umbrella term that
defines the various
activities that integrate
technology, social
interaction, and the
construction of
words, pictures, videos,
and audio.”
– Wikipedia
(www.wikipedia.org)
@Techczar
16. “Social Media is
‘word-of-
mouth’ in the
web
environment.”
-Tech Czar, sometime ago
over a martini
(www.techczar.blog.com)
@Techczar
17. “Over 80% of Americans Use Social
Media Monthly.”
-Forrester, The Broad Reach of Social Technologies 2009
@Techczar
18. “2/3 of the global internet population visits
social networks.”
-Nielsen, Global Faces: Networked Places, 2009
@Techczar
19. “Social Media has overtaken
adult entertainment and email
as the #1 activity on the web.”
-socialnomics, Social Media Blog
@Techczar
20. Because Social Media
is Changing the
Media Landscape
“Technology is shifting the
power away from the
editors, the publishers, the
establishment, the media
elite. Now it’s the people
who are in control.”
-Rupert Murdock, Media Mogul
@Techczar
21. “It’s a people
driven economy
stupid.”
-Eric Qualman, 2009
@Techczar