Social Media sites are here to stay!

Social Media sites are getting even more popular as the years go by. I think the reason MySpace fell like it did was because of Facebook and how it was used to keep in touch with friends and family, as to MySpace, which was used mostly for music. I still think MySpace is  a good way to advertise your music, but when it comes to marketing, I think Facebook is a companies best bet. Twitter, Tumblr, Instgram, etc. are being used more now because it’s a way of advertising. I don’t think these websites will fall anytime soon because there is always something new coming out, and people need to use these sites to advertise.

Companies like to use Facebook, Twitter, and all these other social media sites as a way to connect to their customers. Whether it be advertising, giving coupons away, having giveaways, these companies need these websites to keep their revenue up. 93 % of marketers use these sites for business. Without having these sites, I’m sure we wouldn’t know about half the things that are out there now.

With that being said, I don't think these websites will be falling down anything soon. But who knows ! I may be wrong. Something bigger and better always tends to come out every few years. 

Resources:

http://socialmediatoday.com/tompick/1647801/101-vital-social-media-and-digital-marketing-statistics-rest-2013

Tax On Online Purchases

I don't know about you, but when I want to purchase something that is quite expensive, I turn to Amazon or eBay to see if I can find this product for a cheaper price. Not only will it be cheaper than the store, but I also would not have to pay for tax and even sometimes you can qualify for free shipping. I think that sounds like a good deal to me. Unfortunately, if they start putting taxes on online purchases, I don't think online companies will continue to benefit from it. Some people will just find it easier and cheaper to just buy the product at the store and not have to wait for it to be shipped.

When it comes to buying beauty products, you may get very lucky finding items cheaper on different websites.

As you can see in this picture, the original price of this product is $28.89 with tax. You can find this item on Amazon or eBay for a few bucks cheaper. If these websites were to add taxes, customers will only be saving about 3 dollars. Instead of saving those three dollars and having to wait 4-5 days for the item to arrive, I think customers are just going to buy the product at the store. Unless they find a good deal, for instance the product on eBay, you would still be saving $9.21.

I honestly don't think it's going to have a major impact because of the way technology is now a days. People like to purchase things at home because sometimes they don't have the time to go to the store, or maybe they're too lazy. They can even purchase items with just a click on their phone ! (Guilty of doing this many times.) I believe this taxation may bring down the revenue for these websites, but not to a point where everyone is going to start purchasing things at the stores instead of the internet.