This document provides examples of different types of social media including: communication platforms like blogs and microblogging; collaboration tools like wikis and social news; multimedia sharing sites for photos, videos, livecasting, and audio; review and opinion sites; entertainment virtual worlds and games; and how social networking works by removing communication barriers and allowing messages to spread virally.

4. Examples of Social Medias
Communication
• Blogs: Blogger, Live Journal, Open Diary
• Micro Blogging: Twitter, Plurk, Pownce
• Social Networking: Bebo, Facebook,
LinkedIn, Orkut, MySpace
• Events: UpComings, Eventful, MeetUp

5. Examples of Social Medias
Collaboration
• Wikis: WikiPedia, PBwiki, Wetpaint.
• Social News: Digg, Mixx, Reddit
• Opinion Sites: epinions, Yelp, City-data

6. Examples of Social Medias
Multimedia
• Photo Sharing: Flickr, Zooomr, PhotoBucket,
SmugMug
• VideoSharing: YouTube, Vimeo, SevenLoad
• Live Casting: Ustream.tv, Justin.tv, Stickam,
BizzBuzzTour
• Audio and Music Sharing: imeem,
TheHypeMachine, Last.fm, ccMixter.

7. Examples of Social Medias
Reviews & Opinions
• Product Reviews: epinions, MouthShut
• Q & A: Yahoo!Answers, WikiAnswers

8. Examples of Social Medias
Entertainment
• Virtual worlds: SecondLife,
TheSimsOnline, Forterra
• Game Sharing: MiniClip, Kongregate

9. How Social Networking
Works?

10. • Removal of Communication Barriers.
• Increase in use of Social Networks.
• Social Networks make viral marketing.
• Efficient platform for spreading the
marketing message.
• Many Choices.