Advantages of the Social Web

Many companies are taking advantage of many social networks on the web. There is a good reason why so many businesses use this to their advantage. Over 85% of all these world use some kind of network, whether it be facebook or myspace. These applications help businesses search for new employees or helps them connect with current employees. It also helps businesses comunicate with their customers. With more and more people connected to these online social networks, it makes it fairly easy to keep in touch. Another advantage for the company is that is gives them alternative methods to providing information for their employees as well as their clients. Besides printing flyers and communicating through email which both are still efficient, posting information on blog sites or on the social network page would increase the number of people that view the information. Like if they were advertising something at a special price for a limited time, posting it on a site would that would increase the sale of that item which in turn would increase the profits of that company I find myself always checking my facebook for all kinds of information. In my workplace we use face book as a means of connecting with our co-workers. It helps us get a better understanding of that person. In all, social networking can help a business gain knowledge and information that they would not have.