WHEN WILL THE WEB 2.0 EXPLOSION IN JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI HIT?

I live in Jefferson City, Missouri. Right smack dab in the middle of the state. In fact, we are in the middle of the entire country. When you are as land-locked as we are, and as far away from the fast-paced left and right coasts, you tend to be the last to pick up on the trends.

Case in point, web 2.0 marketing has not yet hit in Jefferson City. Sure, there are a handful of businesses using social media sites. But would you believe that there are absolutely NO businesses displaying social media information in our local Ad Sheet, or in the Newspaper?

I guess it comes as no surprise, because some of the media sources view the internet as a threat. But what I will be watching for is this: Which businesses will wake up and take the lead on social media marketing in their sectors?

I still stand strong on my prediction that the social media revolution will hit strong and fast, once business owners wake up. So what makes me so sure of this? Well I’ll tell you what makes me so sure! It’s the simple fact that about 98% of young people (25 and younger) are using social media sites. What is even more shocking is the fact that about 50% to 60% of “older” people are now using social media sites, right here in Jefferson City!

So here you have more than half of the population chattering and jabbering away each and every day, and into the night on the social media sites. And not one business has figured out that their entire market base is spending the majority of their time away from the traditional advertising media.

Somebody is going to wake up and spark off the revolution… and I’m going to chuckle when I see this happen.

Carlton Flowers, self-proclaimed Social Media Marketing Expert

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