Social Media / Social Networks?

by Brad Grier on July 19, 2006

in Blogging,Web

Inter­est­ing art­icle (via Micro Per­sua­sion) about the main­stream growth and accept­ance of Social Net­work­ing media (web­sites). It seems that even the ven­er­able NHL is get­ting into the action with a pub­lic beta.

Aaron Cohen, CEO of Bolt Media, which runs social net­work­ing and con­tent shar­ing site Bolt.com, said that online social net­works are the realm of the younger gen­er­a­tion. For that reason, he’s uncer­tain whether they’ll flour­ish in niches like hockey and polit­ics, which appeal to a broader age range. “Social media really, really skews young, for now,” he said, adding: “If you ask most people who are over 30 if they’re mem­ber of a social net­work, they’ll say no.”

So, is social media the way of the inter­web? Could be. I know of sev­eral organ­iz­a­tions that have made sig­ni­fic­ant inroads using the power of the com­munity. Some, like Cam­brian­House, even have it as the basis as their busi­ness model!

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