Powerful Pictures Worth Thousands of Words | Mapping Social Media Ecosystem

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Whether you live this stuff every minute of the day or you are a newbie  looking get your head around social media for the first time, here is an assembly of infographics that I have found VERY helpful in enhancing my understanding of the space.  Because companies come, go and merge– and some of these graphics are a year or more old– you should not consider them absolute gospel.

 

The Conversation Prism maps the myriad of platforms for sharing dynamic, multi-media conversations.  If you think social media is limited to Facebook, Twitter and Linked in, take a closer look.

While there’s some overlap, the “Conversations in Social Media” Prism maps out social media platforms by function/activity– for instance, social blogging, Q&A, video, mobile, ect.

The Social Compass helps make sense for how the above social platforms might fit into your Branding and Go-to-Market strategies.

This final infographic is a different slant on the prior– the Social Media Brandsphere takes a paid vs. promoted vs. owned vs. shared vs. earned approach (discussed in a prior post here) breaks down these five different ways brands can engage with their customers through social media channels.  It highlights  how each different technique produces a wide range of possibilities for interaction and storytelling between people and brands.   Read all about it here.

For the inquisitive, there is a mindblowing series of Brandsphere infographics produced by the same group that did this one.  Take a look here.