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Must-have skills for digital media career

Few would have ever known that Friends Reunited was actually the first social networking site to achieve prominence. It was in fact three years old by the time Friendster appeared and took another two years before Facebook came into the scene. Most social networking sites share a common goal of connecting or reconnecting people through the Internet. At some point in their history, each has built a credible following of members. It is this member base that has attracted the attention of businesses wishing to identify, connect, engage and hopefully sell products and services to.  ...

由六年前說起

今日是我的專欄第一日面世,我將會於專欄裡面分享關於社交媒體的心得、經驗和八卦瑣碎事,希望有內容之餘亦有血、有淚、有歡樂,也希望大家喜歡。 前幾天與某ICT 公司高層朋友喝咖啡敍舊,我們談天說地,吐吐苦水,傾談一下現在的市場狀況、員工流失、成本上漲、市場擴大、競爭和工作量都隨之增加等,有喜有憂。最後,他問我,六年前為何會自己創業做Social Media。 回想六年前,從工作了十多年的媒體行業,跳出來做數碼營銷,主攻社交媒體及新媒體。當時的同事、媒體工作者朋友或前輩對新媒體的認知還是相當有限。創業初期向他們解釋公司的服務及理念的時候也有一定難度,十之八九了解之後還是一頭霧水。 媒體工作者談及新媒體至今已有十年八年,但他們口中的新媒體是在新平台瀏覽傳統內容,例如網站、手機等。社交媒體對他們來說,根本不是一個媒體。 偏偏大家每日都在社交媒體平台上流連忘返,用戶有增無減,客源定當有一定的數量。當時,這門生意的概念仍然非常新,一般的製作公司不會做、傳統的媒體又不想觸及這個「網民至上」的地方。 如此龐大的市場,那時候又沒有太多人在做,為何不放膽一試?就這樣,我和我的拍檔就膽粗粗地創業了!下星期我們再談談如何開始這個工作。 ...