LinkedIn provides several advantages for professional growth and business development. It enhances search engine exposure, allowing businesses to be easily found via Google. The platform is conducive to sharing expertise through features like LinkedIn Answers and Groups, facilitating knowledge exchange in various industries.
Pros of MySpace
MySpace is a great way to meet new people. You can add anyone you want to onto your social networking profile. There are people all over the world in the MySpace community, so it is easy to find those who share common interests.
There are a lot of ways to enjoy yourself on MySpace. There are plenty of games and a lot of music for anyone to enjoy. When MySpace first established itself, new artists would constantly upload their music onto music profiles that they would build for themselves. Many would even be picked up by record labels.
For those who find it hard to connect with the people they are surrounded by, they can turn to MySpace for friends and people to talk to. Many people find it difficult to make friends, yet when they have a MySpace profile it gives them a chance to connect with others with ease. They can hide behind a computer screen and yet talk and play games with others.
Google+
Easy to Use: Google+’s clear, clutter-free user interface makes using the tool easy. This is an essential point since ultimately your time needs to be spent well, especially if you are wearing many hats as a small business owner. Segmented Audiences: Circles provide an easy way to share content among segments of your audience (partners, employees, customers, etc.) This can be helpful as a central place to connect with both internal employees and everyone outside your business. For small businesses that don’t have or can’t afford to build and manage a separate intranet, or for small businesses whose employees are all virtual, this could provide a nice solution for that. Fast Setup: There is nothing to customize or design, so you can be up and running very quickly. This is a stark difference between Google+ and Facebook, where fan pages are essentially miniature websites that benefit from programming and design
Tweeter
Twitter Pros
Twitter is massive. Even if you are a small business with a very unique niche, Twitter is big enough that you can find an audience.
Every tweet goes to your followers. On Facebook, each post you make only goes out to some of your fans because of Facebook’s algorithm. On Twitter, unless you tweet directly to someone, each and every tweet goes to all of your followers.
Tweets are easy to create. While many brands share links to longer content, a simple tweet takes less than a minute to write and send, but can still be very effective. During the Super Bowl power outage, Oreo’s “You can still dunk in the dark” tweet generated over 15,000 retweets.
You can get to the point. Since you are limited to 140 characters, you need to get to the point. On Twitter, you should still be polite, but you can be more direct than on other platforms.
Linkedin
Pros of using LinkedIn
Search Engine Exposure- If someone uses Google to search for you they are taken to your LinkedIn page and can find your business.
Sharing Expertise- Users can use LinkedIn Answers and Groups to share knowledge and expertise on a subject that is an important aspect of your business development.
Connecting with other social media sites- Users can link their Twitter accounts, blogs and other social networks to LinkedIn. If a user posts a status or article to one of those sites, their LinkedIn statuses can be updated as well, sharing that information with business contacts.
Keeping up on the news- Users can access LinkedIn Today which organizes content from the web and categorizes it into certain industries. It can be a useful source for keeping up to date on topics in your field such as social media or marketing.
Sales and Marketing- Company Pages and LinkedIn Ads are available for merchants to turn the platform into a sales channel.
Networking Opportunities- Ability to build a network of industry-related colleagues, contacts and peers.
Flickr
The Pros of Flickr:
• You do not have a storage limit. With a Flickr Pro account you can upload as many pictures as you want.
• You can include and edit photo tags, titles, and create photo sets
• Visitors can comment on your photos, make notes within the pictures and watch photo slideshows.
• Your visitors can subscribe to a RSS feed and view your twenty latest pictures
• You have a permanent backup for your pictures.
• Your photos will be resaved and resized for the web
• For all the storage and functionality you get, $24.95 per year is a killer deal.
• The Organizer is a great tool for working with your images
• It is easy to use and allows you to get your photos noticed by others
• There are 3rd party tools available to help you work with your pictures
Facebook
Enhances social skills.
Facebook allows kids to keep up with current friends and make new ones. When used in the right way, social media can increase a child’s self-esteem and help them feel less isolated, as if they belong to a group. Facebook also allows those who are shy or have trouble making friends to socialize more easily. And let’s face it – everybody’s on it….
It’s easy!
Setting up a profile is a smooth process, and the relatively uncluttered UI of the site is easy to navigate and use. It’s free and all you need is an internet connection and any device that can connect to the internet, mobile phones included.