SOCIALNOMICS

How Social Media transforms the way we live and do business.By: Erik Qualman Trade Book Review By: Emily Roche

WHO IS ERIK QUALMAN?

Grew up in Detroit, Michigan.

Attended Michigan State University.

Global Vice President of Online Marketing for EF Education.

EF Education is the world’s largest private educator

HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR

Twitter@equalman

equalman@gmail.com

IT’S A PEOPLE-DRIVEN ECONOMY, STUPID.”- JAMES CARVILLE

Qualman believes that both Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama believed the meaning of this quote.

“Socialnomics is a massive socioeconmic shift.” (Qualman)

WHAT DID I LEARN???Facebook is not a complete waste if time.Clean up your life on social media networks.

People still care about your opinion

OTHER TOPICS THAT BROADENED MY HORIZON

Google competition is now social media not other search engines.

Social media networks are the new commercials for advertisers.

SURPRISE! Online voting??

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•Is early voting online a capability?

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•How social would the government allow online voting to become?

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•If someone has already cast a vote is that person allowed to go back and change it anytime before the election?

MORE SURPRISES Information

on companies following people on Twitter (People really do care!)

I Enjoyed the BOOK!

WHAT DO I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT

How to lead two

lives?

FACEBOOK ME

Email: Eroche1@georgiasouthern.edu

Twitter: twitter@Ekroche8

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REFERENCES Erik Qualman - Wikipedia, the free

encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved March 2, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Qualman

Qualman, E. (2009). Socialnomics how social media transforms the way we live and do business. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc..