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Social Media Marketing – 5 Somewhat Unusual Things You Can Find Using Social Media

A lot has been made in the last couple of years about the waste of time and productivity that social media has introduced into our lives. At the same time, there are some amazing ways it has enhanced life and allowed people to find things they desperately want and need.

Finding Kidneys – A 36 year old man needed a kidney. After his whole family found they were not a match. His wife created a Facebook page and found a perfect match in a 26 year old woman. Another man found his perfect match after using twitter to tweet he needed a kidney. And yet another kidney was found for a woman using Craigslist.

Finding a Child – We’ve heard of some personal friends who found an adoptive child using Facebook. Another couple, Molly and John, went through years of infertility treatments and a lengthy adoptive process that fell through. They talked about their struggle on Facebook and found a child who was going to be given up for adoption. The birth mother was able to see what Molly and John were like before extending the offer of adopting her child.

Finding Love – Since the beginning of the internet, people have been using it to make a love connection of some sort, but social media has helped turn it into something more casual and less “meatmarkety” as some of the online dating sites. Simply by interacting with people and keeping your relationship status as single (or making sure people know you are free), people are finding love and long-term relationships.

Our relationship actually bloomed on Facebook and Twitter, so we’re a testament to how this actually works. What’s nice is that you get to know how your potential partner thinks and acts by following their social media accounts, before you even go on a date or get serious.

Finding a Job – The job search has never been easier using some creative methods on social media. Some people have put up sites where they post their resume, videos and more. Leveraging connections on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn works.

Or, you can go all out and start a full-fledged social media campaign like Eric Romer did to get the exact job he wanted. He set up a Facebook fanpage and a Twitter account and about 24 hours after he began his campaign, he got an interview and was hired for his dream job at Headblade.

Finding Criminals – Several police departments around the country have created Facebook fanpages to help keep the local community informed. One of them in Portland, Maine boasts of solving several crimes by posting them on their wall. They’ve successfully posted surveillance videos of crimes and gotten a lot of leads and help from followers. One of the cases was solved within 24 hours and on at least 2 occasions, people turned themselves in after seeing themselves there. This is the new method of posting a “Wanted” poster where the community can help solve crimes.

Social media seems to have become a necessary part of life in many ways. Be sure you’re using it to make life better. Don’t post things you don’t want potential friends, donors, employers, lovers and authorities to know about. You never know what you’ll be using it for next.

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1 Comment

  1. Laura on September 19, 2016 at 2:29 pm

    Maritza, excellent comment. What a wide range of fields. But you are right. We need to think twice before we send things out there for everyone to see.

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