Facebook Adults Vs Myspace Teens

So recently Facebook has surpassed Myspace in unique visitor count with a total of 150 million visitors.  It wasn’t too long ago where Myspace was king and Facebook was just a rookie.

There are many reasons and theories how Facebook over took the throne of Myspace.  The one thing I think helped contribute a lot to Facebook’s success is the shear fact that Myspace was infested with teens and young adults.  Adults and Parents were a little hesitant in joining Myspace but it looked “kiddish” and just didn’t feel right when the main audience is 12-27 years old.

Facebook on the other hand is very clean and started becoming a breeding ground for business minded adults.  Soon networking and marketing became mainstream on Facebook and encouraged other adults and parents to follow suite.  Now keep in mind, Facebook was originally only for college students who are not quite old but are not quite kids.  

This also helped ease the association of a Social Network like Facebook rather than associating with Myspace where it might make you sound creepy for being on that site if your older than 30 years old.

Social Network Comparisons

Categorizing all Facebook users as “Adults” and all Myspace users as “Kids” is of course not true, but majority of the sites are.

However, keep in mind that Facebook has just achieved a new milestone and a lot of users from Myspace are coming over to Facebook because of the hype regardless of being young or old.

Regardless, I still find many stero-types out there in the world and recently I cam across a young girl who was quoted saying “Facebook is the Myspace for old folks and parents” in which I tweeted on Twitter and got some very funny reactions.

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The Reactions

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Facebook Adults vs Myspace Teens

Below are some funny quotes caught on Twitter on the views of Myspace and Facebook.  I think its funny when the parents talk about how their kids are on Myspace and how happy they are on Facebook, or vice versa.

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Myspace looks like the inside of a 14yr old’s bedroom

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The Trend

It will be interesting to see if Facebook can keep up with their new members and to see if Myspace can win back the crown this year.  I do think Generation Gaps do play a major role with the two Social Networks and Facebook has a major lead with adults conforming over, while Myspace has a strong hold on the Tweens.

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Facebook Adults vs Myspace Teens

What is Miissenger

Calling out all Wii Heads, now there is a place where Wii gamers can have a Social Networking platform for their Mii Avatars.

A Wii Mii Avatar is the 3d image of your online game user profile.  There are millions of customization for your Mii Avatar.

Missenger’s Statement is 

“Miissenger is social networking website offering Wii admirers an user-friendly place to exchange Wii codes. By adding your friends’ Wii codes to your Wii address book you will enable your Mii’s ability to ‘mingle’. You and your friends’ Miis will be able to visit each other’s Mii Plazas and form Mii Parades.”

SMV Review

Missenger is a great hot new idea where fellow Mii users can interact and have an online community to share and network.  Tons of new Mii are added on a daily basis.

Expect this simple concept to take off with the ever so-popular Wii console.

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Mii’s New Social Networking Site For Wii Gamers

Qwitter Tool

Qwitter is a Twitter tool that e-mails you whenever someone un-follows you on Twitter.  The e-mail will tell you what your last tweet post was when the follower last followed you.

The Pros of Qwitter

Before I get into the reasons why you should not use Qwitter, let me just point at the developers over at Qwitter (Contrast I.E) are brilliantly smart and have developed other web apps like ReallyTinyUrl & Exceptional.

Below are some reason why you may want to use Qwitter…

• Qwitter is for you… if are manically obsessed with your social status and have a fear of not being popular.
• Qwitter is for you… if you are anal about measuring results even if they are useless statistics.
• Qwitter is for you…if you have been called Vane, Conceited, Big Ego and Narcissistic.
• Qwitter is for you…if you live for Drama & Negativity.
• Qwitter is for you…if you want to be dangerously self conscious on what to write about, thus preventing you from being you.

As you can see Qwitter is not for everyone….

The Cons of Qwitter

• Qwitter is not a good measuring tool.  There are many other reasons why a person may unfollow you and to always 100% assume that they stopped following after a certain tweet is a little far-fetched.

• Qwitter is not to be used as a guideline to become a better Twitter user.  You may use Qwitter to measure on what not to do in the Twitter world but I have a better solution.  Read the The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg.

• Are you worried about your popularity and want to gain more Twitter followers? Well take the advice from Lisa Hoffmann with her article Want more twitter followers? Fuhgetaboutit.  The art is to not focus on the past but to focus on the future.  Don’t worry so much on the formula on gaining new followers, success will come in time if you keep doing what your doing, which should be interacting.

• Negativity is a poison that spreads.  Stop surrounding yourself in negative news and focus on the positive things like being more active in replies, link recommendations and having great conversations.  Allowing yourself to be always remind of negative news will put you in a negative mood and rename your Twitter handle Negative Nancy or Debbie Downer.

The last testament to the reason on why not to utilize the Twitter tool Qwitter is from a famous poem  quote by the late Thomas Gray

IGNORANCE IS BLISS

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Why You Should Drop Twitter Tool Qwitter Like A Bad Habit

ShareThis Announces Upgrade

I received an e-mail yesterday announcing a recent change with the ShareThis plugin.  

ShareThis is the self proclaimed next next generation of sharing technology.   If you notice on each of my blog posts and many other blog posts out there, you will see a green button that can be expanded by clicking on it to show a plethora of Social Media networks and content to share online.

Before, when expanding the menu of Social Media content, you sometimes felt a lag or a bit of delay.  Now, ShareThis has just completed a fully optimized redesign in making the plugin lightning fast with a click.  The new design has cut down the load time without sacrificing any of the benefits and automatic updates.

As you can see I personally love Sharethis plugin as it’s a simple and easy plugin that accommodates my needs in having a great platform to share in Social Media.  The ShareThis plugin is very customizable and has post & e-mail options along with the social web options.  The ShareThis team is constantly adding in new social web links and most notably they just added my favorite social bookmark, Sphinn.

By the way….

The team over at ShareThis has been chosen as Mashable’s Open Web Award winner for the Blogger’s Choice and People’s Choice Awards in the Blog Plugins category.   Talk about perfect timing, Congrats to the ShareThis team!  You guys well deserve these 2 amazing rewards and I am looking forward to the new changes in the future.

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ShareThis Optimizes Lightning Quick

Guest Blogger Tina Merritt

Tina is a good friend of mine who is a Real Estate Agent & Internet Marketing Trainer for Long & Foster Realtors, Founder of Wolkia a consulting company for Real Estate Agents embracing Technology, Activerain Blogger, Awesome Mother & a Virginia Tech Hokies fan.

I was honored to have her guest blog on my post with this re-blog below on Social Network Friendships.  Enjoy!

It seems every site nowadays gives you the opportunity to follow “friends”.

So, what type of “friends” are there?  Let’s take a look….

1. True friends.  People you personally know.  People you talk to at least once per month.  The people who probably know way too much about you.  The people who you would have to pay to be silent if you ever decided to run for public office.

2.  Business Associates.  Colleagues you do business with on a regular basis.  Maybe you work in the same office.  Maybe they have done your loans/home inspections/closings for the past 5 years.  People who know you personally, but probably don’t REALLY know you.

3.  Clients.  Past, present, future.  You handled a business transaction for them 3 years ago, haven’t talked to them since – but that doesn’t mean they don’t like you.

4.  Former classmates.  Gary the Geek, Popular Priscilla, Doug the Druggie, Wanda the Weirdo….you know what I mean.  The old boyfriend who is now married with 3 kids or your best friend from 7th grade.

5.  Social Networking friends.  This gets tricky.  People you have never met face to face but have watched on YouTube, read their blogs, subscribed to their feed, etc.  People you feel like you know – though you have never personally met.

6.  Acquaintances.  People you have heard of, or they have heard of you – though you really do not know much about them.

7.  Circle of Sphere.  People who know people you know.  You may or may not ever get to actually know them.

8.  Strangers.  The friend request you get that you accept and the person is some guy who builds skateboards out of his garage in Brazil.  You have absolutely nothing in common….and probably never will.

When deciding who to “friend”, keep this in mind…..what is the purpose of the site you are on and who are you trying to connect with?  Very often, your “friends” will take a look at the others you have “befriended”.  Be careful here….if you are using Facebook for business, do you want Boobalicious Brenda or Boozing Bernie to show up in your friend feed? Also, periodically check out your “friends” – you may be surprised what their new profile picture looks like and how it can reflect back on you.

Tina in Virginia

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Boobalicious Brenda – Who Are Your 8 Types Of Online Friends ?

Myspace and Facebook and Twitter Oh My!

We live in the day in age of “Whats the next hottest thing to hit the web” its surprising that almost 2 decades ago there was no such phrase.

With the unstable economy we now face and the tough times we run into, we are inclined to find ways to help increase our marketing and boost our exposure in business.

From Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Social Media, Social Marketing, Social Networking, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Blogging,Podcasts, Video Marketing, Wikis,Forums,Classifieds, Single Site Websites….Ok you get the idea.

The whole concept of keeping up is a work in itself and not to mention can cause dizziness and nausea

So the Golden Question is … ” What works” and “Which one should I do?”
Expensive Marketing

The boot camp of marketing and branding in the real world was no small picnic before the age of computers.

A rough game plan is outlined below:

• Marketing consisted of big bucks to Newspaper Ads, Radio Ads, TV Ads, Magazine Ads, you name it, there was no cheap way of advertising to what was “perceived” as the must advertise avenues. This costs Money and tons of it to get your return of investment.

• You wanted exposure, you hit the streets, talking to everyone and anyone, getting your name out there,because lets face it there was no such thing as a worldwide connection resource built on data and Ips at your disposal at the time, guess what this costs Money too. Gas, Air travel, flyers, signs etc….

• You wanted to join a networking group, wanted to sponsor a local team, wanted to have your ideas/thoughts exposed on print media….Great!!, it costs Money

Take a look at the bolded words above, they all cost “Money”

The Answer to “What Works?”

To answer the question, “What Works?” the answer is…..”EVERYTHING”

Yes, many of the online presence websites out there is “Free” and what is the old saying “Exposure is Exposure and nothing beats free exposure”

We are so privileged that most consumers are hooked up online now, that getting your name out there in the cyberworld is gold.

Think about it, so what if you signed up to a million sites and have created a profile or that you advertised millions of ads on craigslist.

What have you lost? Time maybe but what have you gained from getting your name out there to those million websites?

FREE Exposure, you can’t beat that.

Which one should I do?

Everyone out there usually has 2 responses to the many of sites/services out there.  Success and No luck.

Think about it, has every real world marketing worked for you 100% of the time as well? Has every colleague you known all had the same success stories from every marketing out there?

You betcha bottom dollar that every marketing has different results for everyone.

So here’s my concept, what does it hurt, to throw as much about yourself out there in the online world and see’s what sticks, What could it hurt?

The Verdict

So the moral of the story ladies and gentleman, don’t worry about what works and deciding which one to take a test drive in.

Dive right in to this wonderful free world of online presence, you will only be helping your exposure more regardless if you spend time on it or not, you signed up, you posted your profile and now your presence is added more to your portfolio.

Last but not least, Have fun, Find a niche site you like, there are many addictive tweeters out there, myspace fans, Facebook heads…go find your own selfish pleasure in these sites and make it your own.

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Which Social Media Marketing Works Best?

Separate Business with Personal

Remember that whatever you put online is exposed to the world and that includes family/friends, clients and co-workers.

It can be very easy to get caught in trying to gain new exposure by exposing content you may not want your co-workers or clients to see.

If you have personal profiles on Myspace and Facebook you may want to set your privacy settings to “Private” so you can screen who is allowed to see your site and who to keep out.

Be careful what you put online that may be inappropriate content

Always remember, if you choose to keep your profiles public, act if a client or your boss is looking at your profile.

What may seem appropriate to your friends and family may not seem appropriate to your business, especially if you are trying to promote your business on a personal profile.

Even though you may want to show your personality and individualism you may need to play the “PG” mode with your site which includes but not limited to the following:

• Party, Beer and Drinking related pictures and comments
• Racy and Indecent Pictures and comments
• Immature and offensive pictures and comments

Blog and Social Network Safely

You may of heard that most employers do random checks on Myspace profiles for job seekers and current employees.

People get fired and not hired because of inappropriate profiles all the time. You may think this is a violation to your privacy, but it’s up to you to keep your profile private.

Get into a habit of creating “Double Profiles” create a profile on Myspace solely for business purposes and the other for family and friends with a private setting.

Don’t be afraid to deny friend requests, especially if the site is your personal profile. I have denied many friend requests on myspace and I explain to my co-workers and clients that this is my private personal file, they will understand.

So the moral of the story is keep blogging, keep social networking but keep in mind your information is being broadcast to the world and be careful.

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Don’t Mix Social Media Business with Personal Profiles