Why social media will be dead by next year

By Social Editors • on August 29, 2009

Examiner — Social media will be dead by next year. Gone! Life as you know it in social media land will completely disappear. What? I thought social media was growing like crazy. How can that be?

Well, the reality is that no social media in general will not be dead by next year. However, social media will be dead for you and your business by next year if you do not follow a few simple rules.

1. Do not spam ever. Not only is this terrible for relationships, but many social networks are cracking down on spam, making it so that your account will probably be deleted or suspended if you continue to spam.

2. Focus on relationships and list building via social media. I know you have heard this hundreds of times but the truth is that this are the only two activities that work for building a business with social media.

3. Stop the time wasting activities on social media. This includes mafia wars, chasing brown cows, selling vegetables at the market and a myriad of other games and applications. These are good and fine if you are only using social media for entertainment purposes and many people are, but if you are serious about using it as a business tool then you simply cannot afford the time.

4. Develop a plan and solid goals for your social media activities. You cannot afford to try and target anyone and everyone.

5. Know who your target market is and focus, focus and then focus more on building relationships with these people and adding them to your list.

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