Fact: Facebook has about 500 million active users, with 50% logging in every day. Twitter has 190 million members, and are tweeting 65 million times a day. At least 90 percent of Internet users know at least one of the many social media networks around.

Now, who doesn’t want to take advantage of that?

As social media grows rapidly everyday, building a presence towards your audience matters. You can do this by coming up with a unique social media initiative that will impress your prospective clients. Here are some tips on making your business game plan stand out from the rest.

Content.

A persuasive, compelling content is your driving force in your business campaign. Talk about informative and helpful subject matters that will wow your audience. Let your audience crave for more and keep them coming back.

Distribution.

You made good content, what now? Make some noise and get people to hear it. Increase your online presence and have more people see and hear you. This will offer bigger results of converting them into customers.

Human Interaction.

Reach out to humans by being human. Do not rely on automated services, it lacks the X-factor humans have. Invest your time into your social media circle and socialize.

Execution.

Proper execution of your mapped out plans requires proper timing. Do this by using the correct tools and channels. What’s the use of Twitter or Facebook, take advantage of it and make it work. Social sites are fast medium to get the word out. Use your blog and have people share their insights and feedback on your product.

If you want to become The Rock Star of the Twitterverse, there are certain rules you must follow in order to maintain your status. Some are common sense, and others are possibly ones you may not think of. So grab your tweet-guitar and let’s get started.

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Twitter user Ivy Bean is 104 years old and tweets regularly. In May she only had a few  followers, but now her followers are over 32,000.

Ivy Bean also is active on Facebook and has already  reached the Facebook friends limit of 5000.

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Kennedy Family Using Twitter for News Updates

The Kennedy family have created a Twitter account to update people about the news of the memorial and funeral arrangements of Senator Edward Kennedy. The account kennedynews has been added to frequently announcing or describing events since the death of Ted Kennedy 2 days ago. News can be found under the hashtag #tedkennedy

The account is already very active, tweeting out not only news about the family, but information about the motorcade, the time and location of sitting vigils, and even who is currently paying his or her respects to the late Senator.

This is another example of how social media is changing our global communication and how news is now distributed.

Here are a few example tweets:

As of 11:30 pm, the wait to pay respects to Sen. Kennedy is now estimated at four hours.4 minutes ago from web

Senator’s grandson Ted III, Caroline Kennedy and Robert F Kennedy Jr have walked outside and down the line to thank people for coming.about 5 hours ago from web

100 current and former staff members are now paying their final respectsabout 6 hours ago from web

Please RT – follow @kennedynews for official information about memorial and funeral activities for Senator Kennedy. #tedkennedy7:59 PM Aug 26th from web

This is the official account of the Kennedy family and staff. Will be used for info about memorial and funeral activities. #tedkennedy

What is Facebook all about?

Facebook is a social networking site that helps users stay in touch with friends and relatives across the world. Users sign up for a free account and can post status updates, photographs, videos which can be seen by friends. Privacy is always always been an important feature for the  Facebook platform and has privacy settings that can be adjusted from within the account ranging from only friends seeing information to having a totally public profile. Facebook users can therefore control the information that they share and who they wish to share with it.

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Twitter has now become known as micro blogging platform. It is a messaging service where people can send short messages that out of the question “what are you doing?” These status updates are known as “tweets” and need to be 140 characters or less. Once you have joined Twitter you can read other people’s tweets by becoming a follower of people who are on Twitter. You can follow friends, make friends, follow celebrities and or create new social relationships through Twitter. Each Twitter user has a profile page which has a photo and a short biography.

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