Social Media Platforms and How You Can Benefit From Them

Different platforms of Social Media for using preps are :

For Connection purpose using this site Social Networking Sites, Business Networking Sites, and Micro Blogs.
For Creation purpose using this site Blogs, Video & photo Sharing Sites
For Collaboration purpose using this site Wikis , Discussion Forums, Questions and Answerssite sites
For Customization purpose using this site Feeds, widgets
For Collecting  purpose using this site Technorati, Search Engines, Alerts

For Segmenting Commenting  purpose using this site Book marking sites voting sites

General Social Media Platforms are:
  • Social networking sites
  • Discussion Forums
  • Blogs
  • Video & Photo Sharing sites
  • Review Sites
  • Collaborative Research Sites  
Social Networking Sites: 
Social networking sites are connect With like minded people on common interest groups; become fans, share videos, pictures and info. And brands should connect with their audiences in these groups and get to know them better. Eg. Brands like kaya Skin Clinic are sharing the latest in Skincare tips, noting concerns and addressing them. Eg: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus+, Tumblr, Instagram, VK, Flickr, MySpace, Tagged, Ask.fm, Meetup, MeetMe, ClassMates. And  Business Networking Sites (BNS)  are Weebiz.com, LinkedIn.com,  Spoke.com, EFactor.com, Ryze.com, XING.com, Quora.com, Plaxo.com, ect.

Discussion Forums:
Discussions are taking place every minute on a variety of topics. You name it, and it is being discussed. Movies, games, makeup, relationships, TV serials. every category sumo of discussion forums and use to that forums.

Blogs: 
A blog is to maintaining a diary in public, allows people to educate and inform from an expert point of view or to merely entertain a larger audience with a unque perspective on a particular topic in general. Eg:  Blogger.com, WordPress.com, Weebly.com, Blog.com, Tumblr.com, Squarespace.com, FriendFeed.com, Dailybooth.com, qaiku.com, identi.ca, plurk.com, Meemi.com, SpotJots.com, ect.

Video & photo sharing sites:
A brand idea can manifest in the from of online video to reach out to its potential users. A separate brand channel created on you Tube can build a community of fans for the brand. The impact of visual medium is far higher than reading mere text.  Eg: Video Sgeraing Sites are youtube.com, dailymotion.com, veoh.com, vimeo.com, myspace.com, break.com, metacafe.com, ect.  And Photo Sharing Sites are Instagram , Imgur, 
Flickr, Photobucket, DeviantArt, TinyPic,  WeHeartIt,  ImageShack,  ImageVenue, ImageBam,  Picasa, SmugMug, Twitpic,  Snapfish

Review Sites:  
Review sites have become the watchdogs for consumers in the onlines space. Consumers have a voice today. Platforms like mouthshut.com, Compareindia.com help consumers share their product and service experiences for the world to learn from. Eg. Samsung and Sony actively seek out consumer opinion on these platforms and resolve issues. Eg: Erodov.com, Ralreviews.in, ConsumerSearch.com,  TestFreaks.com, Epinions.com,  ConsumerReports.com, Wired Reviews, ect. This ar top site in review in any product.

Collaborative Research platforms: 
Don’t know why or how to do something? Put up your query online on sites like yahoo Q&A, Reddiff Q&A, Wiki Answers and get an answer in no time. It gives brands a chance to go online and figure out the common queries that are emerging relating to them and address them. Ex: Wikis , Discussion Forums, Yahoo Q&A sites.