Social Media Questions - Week 7

Social Media Use is Soaring—Tine to Reconsider Your 2013 Strategy

 

·         What did you learn about the growing trends in the use of social media? That people are using their phones more and more to access social media sites.  Which makes people focus more on their social media instead of other things, such as websites, etc.

·         What takeaways do you see from the data? That people are accessing social media more and more through wireless (phones, tablets, etc.) technology.  People are also inflating social media use through the use of second-screens.

 

Technology & Internet:  10 Social Media Tips Every Business Needs to Know

 

·         How does business use social media?  As a way to connect with consumers.

·         Where you surprised by what “social media is NOT?” Yes and no.  I was surprised that the growing population of Facebook users was women aged 45-60.  Everything else the article mentioned was pretty common sense.

·         Describe some of the things that “social media IS.”  Social media is a fast-growing, free “place to be seen.”  It is also a major marketing tool.

·         What are the takeaways for business from this article? That social media is a major tool for people and businesses to use; you are either involved in social media or you are out of the picture.

Putin Aide Delivers Questionable Rhetoric

(PressTV)

     On Tuesday Kremlin Economic Aide Sergei Glazyev stated that Russia "would find a way not just to reduce our dependency on the United States to zero but to emerge from those sanctions with great benefits for ourselves."  Glazyev also stated that the American economic system would "crash."  These comments were made in response to possible sanctions being placed on Russia by the U.S. in response to Russian forces moving in on Ukraine.  
     Glazyev went on to say that Russia would discontinue the use of the dollar for international transactions and create their own system with other economic partners.  Russia would also default on current U.S. loans, which "would cause the end of the domination of the United States in the global financial system," according to Glazyev.
     The U.S. wasn't the only target of Glazyev's rhetoric; Europe would also face "catastrophe" if sanctions were put in place. 

                                                         Photo of Sergei Glazyev               (REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin)
                                                                                      
     Apparently this is common practice for Sergei Glazyev, who is known for his wildly outlandish views and comments. Business Insider writer Joe Weisenthal put it like this, with Glazyev's comments he "is literally threatening to put his own companies into default. That's the opposite of a threat."  At least for now, it seems we can rest easy and not worry about Glazyev's questionable rhetoric.

"Glazyev probably thinks it sounds good domestically to make these threats and to imagine that they're of any significance. For everyone else they're just an amusement," said Weisenthal.




References:
http://www.afp.com/en/node/1288416
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-warns-could-reduce-zero-economic-dependency-us-083926261.html?vp=1
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/04/353185/kremlin-warns-us-over-sanctions/
http://www.businessinsider.com/putin-aide-threats-2014-3#ixzz2v2qFYhdP

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