Blogging & Use of Social Media: Opportunities & Threats
Aakar (Anil P. Ghimire) Internet Marketing Specialist-CloudFactory Social Media Enthusiast & Blogger
Lets not start with the history of Internet & Social Media
What is Social Media?
Social Media is an online tool… Conversation, Sharing, Interaction…
Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein says, “a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.”
Information Flow
901 Million (April 2012) Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004
Millions
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July.
“It was not a Twitter revolution in Egypt, it was an Egyptian revolution, Twitter was just a tool.”
October 2011: 201,420,689 viewers comscore.com
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time.
Exploring potential Satisfaction Freedom of Expression Identity Employment Personal Blogs Professional Blogs Corporate Blogs Citizen Journalism As of 16 February 2011, there were over 156 million public blogs in existence. ~ Wikipedia
Nepali Blogs came in limelight to the world in 2005 when the King Gyanendra tightened grip of censorship among mainstream media - NepaliVoices Blog Blog in Nepal
2006 April Uprising, established blogs as a communication tool during the time of crisis in Nepal – NepaliVoices Lots of Opportunity – Tech, Sport, News Analysis or any other Blog Photo, Video, Audio blogs - Promoted for various Events Got Job Easily Employment (Some Nepali tech company searching for tech bloggers) Blog About Brands/Companies Inspiring International World Famous Blogs Blog & My Experience July 2005 By Pete Cashmore June 2005 by Michael Arrington
Don’t just Write, Market your Blog
Opportunities & Challenges Identity (Makes your identity) Blog can be a serious business – Make money out of it (Monetize) – Start your own or write in other’s blog Employment Opportunities Being Regular in Blog (More you write, more you learn) Express it, the World is listening Network with different people from different fields Citizen Journalism Your one blog can change the World Future is Digital/Online Media
Opportunities & Challenges Digital Divide, Availability of Internet, Electricity Freedom of Speech but don’t be harsh to other, Don’t promote Violence & Pornography Mainstream Media or people don’t consider Blog as authentic source Anonymity (Only supports anonymity if it’s for good cause) Respect Privacy of readers (IP, etc) Bloggers Security (Receiving Threats just because Blogger criticize particular person/brand/events etc) No clear guidelines/protections for Bloggers
Opportunities > Challenges
References: M80 Presentation What the F**k is Social Media Simplify360 In-Rev Systems Data & Stats from respective sources Images from various sites