1. Websites other online means of communication that are used by largegroupsofpeopleto shareinformation and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.In the past few years, we have witnessed a massivegrowth in the use of Social Media, primarily thanks towebsites like Facebook and Twitter. Almost all Internetusers now interact with Social Media in some way. Some ofus contribute new content while others prefer to simplybrowse it and occasionally post comments, reviews orbookmark their favorite content for later. Whatever thecase, Social Media has had a huge impact on the way weuse the Internet to socialize, educate ourselves,dobusiness, and so much more

2. Here are the most commonly-used types of social media Blogs (e.g., Word Press) Social Networks (e.g., Facebook) Micro blogs (e.g., Twitter) Wikis (e.g., Wikipedia) Video ( e.g., YouTube, daily motion, vemo ) Podcasts Discussion Forums RSS Feeds Photo Sharing (e.g., Flickr) Employee Ideation Programs Gamification 3. Which one are you? 4. Heres a quick summary of what each onedoes, or doesnt: 5. This is the person who creates social mediafor the world to see. This type of user willpublish blog posts or web pages, uploadvideos/images/audio and share contentonline. 6. The person who responds to content postedby others. Posts ratings and reviews ofproducts and services, comments on blogsand forums and contributes to articles in awiki. 7. The person who organizes content forthemselves or others using RSS feeds, socialbookmarking (ex: Digg) and photo or pagetagging. 8. The type of person who joins socialnetworking websites like Facebook andTwitter and maintains multiple profiles. 9. This type is probably the most common Theperson who reads blogs, views user-generated videos (ex: YouTube), reads onlineforums, listens to podcasts and frequentlysearches for user reviews and ratings. 10. The person who is online but in no wayparticipates in any form of social media.Doesnt post anything or read anything whichis user-generated content. This type isbecoming rarer as more websites integrateelements of social media into their website.