Social media

Social media are computer-mediated technologies that allow individuals, companies, NGOs, governments, and other organizations to view, create and share information, ideas, career interests, and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. The variety of stand-alone and built-in social media services currently available introduces challenges of definition; however, there are some common features.

List of some popular social medias:

1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. LinkedIn
4. Instagram
5. Youtube
6. Dailymotion
7. Vine
8. Google+
9. Outlook
10. Gmail
11. Yahoo
12. Aol.mail
13. 9gag
14. Vimeo
15. Mylife
16. BuzzFeed
17. Soundcloud
18. Lifehacker
19. Fandango
20. Habbo
21. Cyworld
22. Classmates
23. Devianart
24. Fotolog
25. Last.fm
26. Twoo
27. box
28. Netflix
29. slackMedium
30. Yik Yak
31. Plenty of Fish
32. Photobucket
33. Yelp
34. Digg
35. Bitly
36. Match and Talk
37. Pinterest
38. Myspace
39. Tumblr
40. Flickr
41. Meetup
42. Reddit
43. Sina Weibo
44. hi5
45. Qzone
46. VKontakte (VK)
47. Odnoklassniki
48. We Heart It
49. Wayn
50. WhatsApp

Benefits of Social Media for Business

1. Gain valuable customer insights
2. Increase brand awareness and loyalty
3. Run targeted ads with real-time results
4. Generate higher converting leads
5. Provide rich customer experiences
6. Increase website traffic and search ranking
7. Find out what your competitors are doing
8. Share content faster and easier
9. Geotarget content
10. Build relationships