Last night, Unity08 sent an alert explaining the differences between Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and Myspace and descriping the concept of social networking.

The power of social networking is quite amazing. In a very short amount of time, you can be virtually connected with millions of people. At Unity08, we use our social network profiles to help us connect with others that are interested in learning more about us.

Please take 10 minutes this week to check out (and/or join) our social networks!

If you are already part of the social networks below, then make sure you add us as a "friend" or that you subscribe to our channel. If you are not on the networks below, please consider joining or subscribing.

YouTube allows you to upload, view and share video clips.
Subscribe to our video channel now!

Flickr is a photo sharing web site.
Join our flickr group now!

Facebook: Join or sign in, then search for "Unity08" to find our application.
Click here to join or sign in to Facebook!

MySpace is an interactive network of friends.
Click here to add Unity08 as a friend on MySpace!

How does this help us? By joining a social network and adding us as a friend or subscribing to a group or channel, you help us to be seen by more people. Joining our network makes it easy for you to meet other Unity08 members and to pass along our profile to your friends!

We'll see you online!

At first I thought that the alert was a waste of time. Why do users need to be educated about social networks? Aren't we already on them? Then Facebook statistics came to mind.

Social networking isn't for kids anymore. According to Facebook, by the end of 2007, Facebook will be up to 60 million users, and 75% will be out of college. With 65% of people 50-64 going online, and 32% of the 65+ crowd venturing onto the web, it's worth recruiting them. The adoption curve is moving toward older audiences, and we need to change perceptions that web stuff is for crazy college students.