Remember when you saw the first person using a mobile phone and thought why would anybody do that?  Remember when you saw your first bottled water and thought why not buy a soda?  Remember when your TV had 4 or 5 channels and when cable first came to town why do I want 26 channels?  I can remember people telling me they do not and will not use email or text messaging.  I can remember working 8 hours a day and taking an actual lunch!  So have you seen changes in your lifestyle, work habits and how you conduct your daily life?  I am betting you have made major changes in your life, your career and your outlook on what it takes to be a functioning member of today’s sociality.

No matter what your career choice is the internet has changed our life and for many of us it has changed our social life.  Emailed changed the way we communicate with friends, text messaging changed the we communicate with friends now Social Media is changing the way we communicate not only to friends but colleagues, clients and prospective business contacts.

Today 550 million people participate in Social Networking, today Facebook has passed email as the number one content sharing medium.  Here are a few facts about Social Networking;

Women over 55 are the fastest growing demographics on Facebook.  52% of Twitter users are over 35 and only 5% are under 18. LinkedIn - 11 million users average 42 visits per user per month. 96% of GenY is on Social Media....Next year they will be the dominant group.

Bottom line your friends, family, clients and your future clients are using Social Networking, are you? 

On Saturday October 17^th we are planning 7 hours of Internet Technology and Social Networking to help everybody have a better understanding of what life today almost requires to ‘survive’ both personally and professionally.

For more information please visit http://www.dickbetts.com/ccac.html

Dick Betts

National Real Estate Speaker

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