Central
to every city and town will be a marketplace and meeting place. The literal intent
is "gathering place". One can easily figure that in one of this
places friends and families would barter pleasantries, people could meet and
discuss about society and political issues, while businessmen could make
proposals and closed deals.
These
were much more than markets and were centers of life. The talks and meetings
that happened here and the ideas that came from could have brought down
governments, gave increase to new revolutions, and brought about new philosophy
of life.
Paradigm shift
Over
the centuries, some of these places in every civilization made it to the books
of the universities prompting study and exploratory studies to recognize their
centers of life.
In
the modern times, whether it is Trafalgar Square which was used for political
demonstrations and community gatherings or Times Square - better known as
"The Crossroads of the World", one of the world's busiest pedestrian crossings
having people gather from different countries and continents.
Digital Revolution
At
the moment, with the confluence of internet, mobile devices, and communication
mediums, the rush in social media networking, has made incursion into the
individual's center of life to a click.
The
talks in the social media spread like a wildfire. People have instantaneous
opinion almost about every sphere of life. Be it is politics, sports, business,
faith, or science; everybody is either talking or listening.
Facebook,
Google, Twitter, YouTube and the likes introduced a virtual marketplace and an
on-line meeting place called digital meet up. The members of these movements surpass
populations of several countries. For instance, Facebook has a user base of more
than billion, which is close to approximately 16% of world population.
Almost
85 % of online users search on Google and other search engines to find products
and services they are looking for. What are you doing to ensure your business
is found by your target audience?
Communication
builds trust, trust builds community, and community builds brand perception. Communication
is the heart of the community in the social media networking platform. On an
average, about more than 400 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every day.
The sheer volume, velocity, and variety of content is changing the unit of data
from gigabytes to terabytes and reaching petabytes, thanks to billions of discussions
in the digital forum. The talks could be about your company, your product, your
service, it would a new idea or a shortcoming of your current product, it is significant
to listen to the community and engage with them in an philanthropic manner to
discover the riches in the digital marketplace.
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