Blog Social Networking



              One big way that blog social networking can be beneficial in a business aspect is the idea of monetization. By placing advertisements and other promotional channels as a part of the blogs users, customers and the advertisers can all benefit. From the user’s side, they are able to earn revenue doing what they love. From the advertiser’s side, they are able to benefit from all the traffic that passes through the blog creating more recognition for the company and hopefully resulting in them making money as well. Lastly, the customers are also able to benefit since they would be receiving a “free” service since the fee is already incorporated in the monetization. Other than this, there are also a slew of other benefits that come with blog social networking. By using blogging as a channel, content marketing can then be utilized which is a very effective way to engage with the target audience, building a better brand and generate sales.
              On the other hand, as with anything that is good comes with a bad side as well. There are definitely a couple of draw backs associated with blog social networking as well. One of the biggest reasons for that is the loss of face-to-face communication. By conducting a majority of one’s business online, they are losing the valuable time and opportunities to communicate in real life. Another reason that this channel can be bad is because of the fact that there are much less consequences when saying things online. Without being required to have a face to the name, anyone can just say what they want and often get away with it without having any second thoughts.
              With the advancement of A.I. and virtual reality, I personally think that these platforms will eventually be moved to a space where people may be able to see each other online.

Sources:

Antisocial Networking? by Hilary Stout, New York Times, May 2, 2010, p. ST1. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html

How to Build A Community On Social media. September 26, 2018 https://www.asicentral.com/news/how-to/september-2018/how-to-build-a-community-on-social-media

Identifying user behavior in online social networks by Marcelo Maia, Jussara Almeida, and Virgílio Almeida, European Conference on Computer Systems, Proceedings of the 1st workshop on Social Network Systems, April, 2008. Available from a Baruch College computer at http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1435498

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