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It’s not only businesses that are finding it practical to promote their services on social media sites. A scary development has been reported on these sites-gangs are also using them to promote their ideas. Why should this be of concern?
Kids are online a lot of the time-we all know that. If they are leading ‘clean’ lives free from any ‘bad influence’ they may find themselves in the wrong crowd online. Parents therefore are advised to keep an eye on their children’s online lives.
Just what are these gangsters doing online? For one, they are posting videos on their activities such as beatings. They are using these social media sites to gain more members.
How can you know if your child has been influenced? One sign according to the experts is if your child starts wearing the same color for a long time. Gangs usually have color symbols so if your kid suddenly becomes a red or black fan-there might be something wrong.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) – - Montgomery County Police say more local gangs are using social media to communicate with others, even coordinating criminal activity.
Officer Amy Daum said, “We used to see these kids flashing colors and gang signs in their neighborhood now we’re seeing them do the same thing on social media.”
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Everyone knows just how useful Social media has proven to be in the business field. Then is the reason why practically everyone has an online profile somewhere-to connect with family and friends. It seems social networking is continuing to find more and more ways to be of use to people.Here is yet another triumph for social media.
The Washington Post reports that the FBI decided on its new strategy of blasting photos of Bulger and Catherine Elizabeth Greig on television screens and the social networking site Twitter on Tuesday. In a few short hours, the agency’s Los Angeles office received a call from someone living in the apartment complex where Bulger and Greig were living.
Whitey Bulger has been on the FBI’s “MOST WANTED” list from 1995- an astonishing 16 years! His crimes include 19 Killings in the Boston area and Drug-trafficking as well.
According to the report, the main reason for his not being able to be captured all these years is his ‘connections’ with some FBI agents. He was an informant of one of the ‘top’ agents and got protection in return.
This is probably where Social media will prove to shine. Using these networks to post photos of ‘wanted’ people, will allow justice to be served. No agency has control over these social sites. No government personal can try and ‘hide’ information on these sites and nobody can stop the news from spreading there.
Though many find the freedom of speech on these sites in a way ‘wrong’ considering the harm that may be done with verbal harassment on a global scale, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies surely will be glad to have Social networks around. Things that people may be hesitant to do with other mediums can be done online without worrying about privacy.
Social networking also makes reporting crimes very easy. A simple tweet or message sent to the authorities is not only easy to do but may be all they need to locate some criminal. Social media is the ‘Hottest’ and maybe even the most valuable ‘agent’ in town.
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“If it worked for them, It should work for me“. Is that your idea when it comes to using Social Media in marketing your business?
The truth is, this is absolutely FALSE.
There are so many factors that may affect the efficacy of social networking on your company. One of the obvious things to consider is the kind of business you have. True, you can advertise for anything on these sites but if your target audience isn’t likely to even have profiles on these accounts, it would really be useless trying to get your business in these networks.
How about if you know your kind of business should be easily marketed on these sites but you still fail. According to a survey conducted by emarketer.com, there are heavier reasons behind your business’ failure in these sites.
The effectiveness of using social networking to market your business will depend on your location. Some countries don’t really have a high percentage of Social media users. This may be because of a reserved culture or simply because the popular social sites aren’t popular there. Here is what the survey revealed. (see chart below)
47% of businesses successfully used social networks for customer acquisition in 2011, a 7 percentage point increase over 2010. The US followed closely behind the average, at 43%.
You really shouldn’t expect much success if your country isn’t one of those ‘on top’ of the social media users. Like the chat shows though, generally speaking, businesses are increasing their use of social media in inceasing their revenue worldwide.
How are businesses that are not using social network for their marketing doing though? The chart below shows the facts
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