Social Media & Relationships

Social Media can be an extremely effective way to establish worthwhile relationships not only on the internet, but in the real world as well. Giving people the opportunity to connect with one another through medium's like Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, and Twitter, really allows for someone to heighten their social status in order to prove their worth within particular fields they may be interested in. For example, individuals within the sports industry looking to establish connections with people that may be higher up in the industry, will ultimately benefit from that online connection in the real world because they created a way to make a relationship and online presence with someone in order to show how serious they are about gaining insight, communicating issues, and ultimately talking about the sports industry with other people that are in your field. This can help you gain status and ultimately move up within your company for your industry. By offering your insights, opinions and research abilities, employers can connect, share, communicate back and forth and move the company forward in a positive direction, by using these social media sites in their most effective ways. The social media site that I have seen most effective for not only the sports industry, but all industries is LinkedIn. LinkedIn offers the ability for people to connect with organizations of their interest and professions, which then connects them to people within that particular industry for the purpose of strengthening relationships with people in your "like" field. Overall, this makes individuals, companies and industries more powerful and well connected than ever, which is always a positive for everyone.