The document discusses how social media is connecting more people around the world than ever before. It notes that with over 1 billion daily Facebook users, the socially connected population via social media would be the third largest country by population. It describes how companies are benefiting from social media by using platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to connect with customers and build their brands in a now globally connected world.

1. http://www.forbes.com/sites/actiontrumpseverything/2012/05/27/why-entrepreneurs-will-save-the-world/
LIVING IN A
SMALLER
WORLD THAN
EVER BEFORE
BY: GEORGE MASON BROWN

2. http://randomwire.com/shinjuku-photo-walk/
Because of social
media,
1 in 4 people
around the world
are now
connected to
one another.
Which means.....
if the socially connected world were a country,
it would have a population
3x larger than the usa

3. http://techpp.com/2015/08/28/1-billion-daily-users-facebook/
And of that population,
1,000,000,000 of them use

4. http://miriadna.com/preview/smoothed-fields
Soon Facebook will launch internet.org’s
internet radio service to the most rural
places on earth. Using high altitude
drones Internet.org will relay internet all
over the globe, creating a truly connected
world.

5. http://www.stonerbunting.com/blog/topic/twitter-chats
As Twitter continues to grow, more people will leave traditional
news outlets. People will hear the news they want, on the sub-
jects they want, from who they want, when they want it.

6. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/316096467568707314/
Social Media is not only connecting us, but it is in many
ways also driving our economy. These are just a few of
the hundreds of social organizations around today,
with new ariving every year.

7. Instagram, has given thousands,
including me, a platform on which to
self brand yourself for your talents.
I personally use mine as a
photography portfolio and blog.
@mr.dapr

8. With all the social tools at
hand, companies all over the
world are reaping the
rewards, of a smaller world
than ever before.