Friday, September 6, 2013

Social Networking and Security or Lack of When Promoting Your Brand

Social Networking Websites
Social Networking Websites. Source
      Did you just check your Facebook today? Did you check your friend updates, official Facebook pages of your favorite brands, actors? I think you did. You might be wondering how I can read your mind. The answer is quite simple – Social Media Network. Most of us are closely connected with it. Not only Facebook, we are connected with many other social networking websites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and many more. 

     Today, the growth of social media network has increased dramatically. In other words, social media has taken us on a new level where we can easily interact with many different businessesWithout any social media platforms, it can take many days or months for companies to advertise their business. Now, with the help of these social media platforms, companies can advertise their business to whole world within few hours. Not only companies can advertise their business to world, but they can use social media platforms for various other reasons. For example, companies are using social media for getting feedback, finding employees, communicating with other businesses and customers, and much more.

       Facebook is one of the leading social networking website in the world. Recent statistics shows that Facebook has 1.11 billion active users as of May 2, 2013. This makes Facebook more popular for spreading information and/or promoting any brand. Now think of any company who want to advertise its new product. Through Facebook, this company can advertise its new product to millions of people around the world in a single day. They can even upload pictures of new products and regularly update their customers about latest news. This is the power of social networking websites such as Facebook.

Social Network Security
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      As far as privacy is concerned, we can customize the privacy setting in Facebook and most of the other social networking websites. But it is still very hard to maintain and secure our privacy. Although social networking websites have tight security, hackers can break this security breach. They can misuse personal information and put it in danger. With growth of social media, it is becoming difficult to protect all personal information.

     Overall, social media network is a great tool for promoting any brand or products.  

2 comments:

  1. Nice job with your Social Media security post. You write conversationally which showcases your writing skills. I think you were correct in saying that hackers can get around the security set up by Facebook. Part of this is due to the fact that the NSA requires backdoors and easy to break encryption models. It’s also due to the fact that Facebook lets you recover your page / password. If you are interested in learning more, there is an article here:

    http://www.bubblews.com/news/920614-easy-method-to-hack-facebook-account

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  2. I really enjoyed reading your blog post Nirav. I think you did a great job in analyzing the topic and clearly brought across your point. The introduction was very interesting and I am sure many different people are able to relate to it. The pictures you used directly related to your topic, especially the security picture which explained your point quite well. I did find a couple areas where you could improve your post. I found a few grammatical errors, especially in your second and third paragraphs. I recommend not only proofreading your post, but also having a friend read it before you post it. Sometimes a second set of eyes can go a long way. Also, your Facebook statistic helped validate your point, but it would be more meaningful if your listed your credible source in the post. I look forward to reading about your points of view on other topics in the future. Keep up the good work!

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