10 Stages of Web 2.0 and Social Media Growth

to the Web 2.0?
to Social Media?
There is no ONE secret!
It's many pieces of a pie. And if you only have a website for your business, you only have one tiny piece. You need many more pieces!
This graphic is not a great visual but it does show a variety of pieces to be considered. There was also a great article on Mashable this week by Brian Solis.
We have been preaching this for 4 years now - and Brian think's the time is right.
"At last, 2010 is expected to be the year that social media goes mainstream for business. In speaking with many executives and entrepreneurs, I’ve noticed that the path towards new media enlightenment often hinges on corporate culture and specific marketplace conditions. Full social media integration often happens in stages — it’s an evolutionary process for companies and consumers alike."
We often refer to the process of staging a big broadway show. It's done in steps and is a slow growth process, to reach the finish line. He does a great job of outling the ten most common stages that businesses experience as they travel the road to full social media integration. It's takes time. It does not happen overnight. But you simply MUST be a part of this new world or your business will be left behind the dust. There is a great distance between where you are today, and where you need to be.
Read Brians full article outlining the 10 stages of growth.
Derrick Sorles
Blog, Web 2.0, and Social Media Consultant




































Great to see your top ten things needed for Social Media Growth. I think that you are on to the key ingredients for growth. It is a great easy to use resource for seeing where a company adds up. I'm going to use this as a checklist to make sure I am hitting all ten things.
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