Social Networking/Online Marketplaces

You have a choice between two assignments, Social Networking or Online Marketplaces. In a sense, both are online person-to-person communities, but social networks are places where people can connect with each other and form virtual communities for nearly any purpose, personal or commercial, while Online Marketplaces are strictly commercial. They are places where individuals can directly offer goods and services to others. However, both can be used to help a business grow.


Social Networking Overview

Reading

Electronic Commerce 12e: Chapter 6
Chapter Links

Quizzes

Chapter 6 Quiz on Canvas

Assignment/Discussion


Discussion: Social Networking or Online Marketplaces

You can do this Social Networking assignment or the Online Marketplaces assignment

Social Networking Instructions:

  • Visit TED Social Networking Talks and view one of the many thought-provoking videos about social networking
    • Briefly summarize the TED video you watched and your reaction to it
    • Include direct quotes from the video
  • What Social Networking sites do you currently use? Why?
  • Take a look at the most popular Social Networking Sites
  • Read: The Difference Between Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, YouTube, & Pinterest
    • Based on this information and your own research, which three of these Social Networking Sites would be most useful for your business? Why?
    • How would you use these sites to help market your business? Be as specific as possible.
  • Perform this seach:
    • [name of your type of business] discussion board (example: knitting discussion board)
    • Could participation in one or more of these discussion board help promote your business or service? How?
    • Which one(s) seem most promising? Why?
  • Write a short reflection about what you learned
  • Check your spelling and grammar
  • Cut and paste your answers and reflection into a post in this week's discussion on Canvas.

To Access the Discussion Board: Canvas