ARTICLE ONE!

Article one: How Social Networking has Changed Advertising;

The article I have chosen is about social networking, meets the world of advertising. The internet has changed our world for ever but the introduction of the oh so famous social networking sites is another thing all together. Social networking and the advertising world now go hand in hand and almost rely on one another. One can’t work as productively without the other. Kind of like two pees in a pod.

Something mentioned in the article was how real estate agents use the internet, technology and social networking sites as a huge aspect in the everyday business. Years ago if you were to put up a property for sale or to let, you would need to go to your realtor and go through the long process of having to wait for your property to be available to the world. It may take up to a good few months until offers are put forward. But now if you need a property to be sold or to rent quickly it is available to the public in a matter of minutes. For property lovers this is most likely the best thing that has ever happened to them. Also works vice versa for people looking to buy property; it makes it fast and efficient for them. One click of a button and they can explore everything available to them. It also creates an easier way to bargain hunt for the best properties most suited for them.
Social networking sites such as “facebook” and “myspace” also play a big role when it comes to advertising. Even on my own personal page, if you on my friends wants something, or needs something or even wants to sell something all they have to do is post it up on the facebook website and it is immediately available to hundreds of people. It is most certainly a fast and efficient approach to advertising something you want. Before the useful technology came about, the norm would be to put an article out in the newspaper, advertising what you wanted to sell and that would generally cost you money and time, whereas nowadays if you want something known to the world all you have to do is post it up, and word spreads fast!
The addiction to these social networking sites has increased immensely over the past couple of years, and much to the advertisements advantage. People will spend up to hours on facebook, or bebo and what appears on the side of their page is almost forcing you to take notice. I highly doubt that this will change anytime soon, in fact I think it will increase! Because technology can only get better.
LINK: http://www.articlesbase.com/online-promotion-articles/how-the-internet-and-social-networking-has-changed-advertising-1385273.html