I find it fascinating that the average online company (in this comparison) has an 11 year life span and Facebook is in it’s 8th year of existence.
Below is an infographic of the historical depiction of the life cycles of six (at one time) empires of the online world. (Aol, Yahoo!, Alta Vista, Myspace, Digg, and Facebook).
1. Writing a post about social media blasphemy, yup, that’s blasphemy alright.
“People only go to the Web for two reasons – to solve a problem or to be entertained.” Think about that when you’re considering your next Facebook update, Tweet, blog post, new website, or newsletter article.
Entertain them, or solve their problem. If you’re trying to do anything else you’re going to fail.
Hat tip the the Social Pros Podcast on ConvinceAndConvert.com for this quote.
Enter Linden Wilcock. He’s about to graduate from the Hill School of Business at he University of Regina. I met Linden on Twitter and several Hooka Lounge nights later a friendship was born.
Linden is working on Social Media strategy and implementation over at Highland Mortgage Partners. He’s smart. He gives presentations regularly on Twitter and Facebook. If you want to attend one you should ask Linden (tell him Jeph sent you and you’ll get a free session).
