20100406 agchat social media news

How can you make it pay? Social media seems to scare many farmers, while others find it an outstanding way to reach out to customers. No longer is promotion up to professional organizations, but rather it rests with each individual. Rod Kirby is a Twitter user and social media expert, as well as editor-in-chief of The Success Center, a “blog-a-zine.” Located in the Memphis, Tenn., area he’s an entrepreneurial professional teaching and empowering others to reach success on their level.

More Americans get their news from the Internet than from newspapers or radio, and three-fourths say they hear of news via e-mail or updates on social media sites, according to a new report.

You’ve probably heard of the Morgan Stanley report that declares “teenagers do not use Twitter,” based on a sample size of one 15 year-old intern named Matthew Robson. Morgan Stanley rightfully disclosed that they do not claim that his study is representational or merits statistical accuracy, so we thought we could provide both with our NetRatings panel of 250,000 U.S. Internet users.

Two interesting stories for you. One revolves around traditional media and my friend and fellow broadcaster, Ken Root the other is a Social Media movement created by farmers to tell their story to the 98.5% of the country that needs to know. We'll start with traditional media.

Out of FarmVille’s 82 million players, 60 per cent are females in their 40s. This isn’t unusual for Facebook, the world’s biggest social networking site that has evolved into the hottest video game platform, too.