Are we moving on to different social media with time?

The answer is ...Probably.

I still remember my undergrad days..where we used Yahoo Groups alot to communicate! It was something that we needed at that time so that we could put updates of our upcomin assigments, pass on important messages, having weird discussions! It was high in utility and less time was wasted....since the group was public, spammers drove us out...

By then we were all registered users of Orkut and created a similar group for our functional purposes.

Orkut caused a revelation amongst us, with scraps, testimonials, messages...and what not...I still remember one of my friends was on a mission to get as many scraps as he could...we used to call him Scrappy Doo...lame..but relevant! Of course the sentence "I want to make frandship with you' was coined on the scrapbooks of orkut as predators were looking to find some flesh over the net through this portal! Nothing really could beat Orkut....sites came up....went down...are still trying to co-exist! 

Orkut was a good way to reach out to the friends, who you've not spoken to in years....there is a debate on this though...People believe that if they really wanted to keep in touch with ppl...they would...they can just call...why is there a need for social media? Any answers?

Facebook came in with it's swanky look and just swept a major portion of the traffic....the 'cool' ones were on facebook....the 'uncool' downmarket ones wanted to be cool...so they got aboard! Aah..I slowly noticed at least from my cirle of friends, People started using Facebook mainly because of it's privacy options....which meant no more random 'frandship' requests!

Twitter with its mundane idea of 'what are you doing' is slowly catching up...infact i'm addicted to it!

I see a lot of people moving on from one social networking site to other...and maybe never looking back!

What are your thoughts? Comment

 

How to get your GYM customers back

So you own and run a Gym, swanky place with latest equiptment, awesome trainers, located in a posh locality...priced high but lower than the most expensive one in that area....

You are wondering whats the problem? Well you aren't getting repeat customers! Follow these steps and you will surely get them back....

1. The process actually starts from the day they join, they should feel confortable around you and should be able to trust you....now thats serious

2. just like days before their membership ends....talk to them about renewing and new offers and stuff, try and give them some discount....

3. Call them.....

4. Call them twice in a week...

5. Call them thrice in a week...

6. Call them on Sundays..when they jsut being lazy...

7. If you bump into them...and they recognize you...tell them how unfit they've become..tell them they've put on some weight...that'll do tha trick...

8. Call them 7 days a week...

What are you doing and whats on your mind...

Aah well! It's been long since I patiently sat down in front of my comp and wrote a blog entry that made sense. Today I look back at those 60 odd poems I wrote and I kinda laugh, wondering what was on my mind?

This is about What Are You Doing? and What's On Your Mind?....Yes! its about Twitter and Facebook! 

I started Facebooking when one fine day few years ago I received an Invitation and I was like..."hmmm..." and today I have around 400 odd friends (I really dont count) out of which few are some people who I haven't even met in my life! Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook is I guess correct in saying that it isnt about connecting with people you've met in real life....there is a lot more to it right here!

So Facebook is not just about 'What's on your mind?' as mentioned in a social media summit that I attended today, it is about engaging the audience into something. Which is interesting.....

People are hating the new Facebook and like Mark, I too couldn't care less! 

Lets face it, people are hating the new layout, but they are not boycotting the site, they are not NOT using the network, they are still adding friends, they are trying to get used to the new Facebook! Hypocrisy.....and social media just go hand in hand!

Twitter was an interesting find, had read about it being a rave in the US and just logged on and registered years back! At first I found it really stupid...It is now that I've started using Twitter, not so much but yeah...somewhat...

What are you doing is the simple question that Twitter asks.....which is interesting....I'm still exploring!