With increasing popularity of social networking media like Facebook and Twitter, communication just got easier and faster. As a marketing person, this is a positive move to let others know about your latest product or services. But, there are so many studies and reports blaming this social media are the reason for low performance and economic slowdown in large corporations. By doing a simple math on average working hours and the time we spend online on Facebook and Twitter, we can get clear picture of such claims. Personally, I prefer to open my Facebook profile and Tweetdeck whenever I’m online.
If I run a company that employs 100 staffs, I need only one person to handle social networking marketing media to promote my business. If all 100 staffs using this media during working hours, I would say it is not a productive move. Social media networks are very addictive, just like porn. I wonder how many of us don’t use Facebook or Twitter in a day. It is fun to play some games and commenting on pictures of our loved ones. Fun during working hours is not healthy for the company’s growth.
I prefer to employ the staff that concentrates fully on work during working hours. I do not want to pay for their fun rambling chats and commenting on facebook or twitter. I wonder how many business owners would have thought about it. Of course, there are always ways to block these sites but proxy sites helps to overcome this. Social media is definitely one of the best ways to do online marketing but this will also kill our business if not controlled. Have you checked what your secretary doing on her computer recently?
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