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With millions of people using Twitter and billions of people using Facebook, there is no question that social media brings forth a lot of power. Getting a hundred thousand followers on Twitter will allow you to make a lot of money from Sponsored Tweets. There is a lot of power in that regard, the money making aspect, but the power of social media goes beyond those boundaries.

While looking through my Twitter feed, I was able to find an article from the Huffington Post that helped me with a project from one of my teachers. There are many other ways in which social media expresses its power. News can spread on social media much further than before at any point in history. Minor events can easily become major, and major events can get their message out. The people of Egypt know this very well.

Social media can also bring forth danger. A couple of days ago, I heard a very interesting story on television. From what I heard, there were individuals who were trying to assassinate Justin Bieber. Of course nothing happened because then everyone would know about it, but according to police, the individuals who had the plot to do this evil deed knew where Bieber would be and when he would get there–all because of social media. Like him or not, Bieber is one of the most followed people on Twitter with over 31 million followers. A small percentage of his followers (probably less than 1%) are individuals trying to figure out where he will be next and when he will be there.

Social media gives us a lot of power. Some of the powers we gain can be useful while some people use social media to hunt celebrities and other people down. We must be careful every time we click the send or share button because we don’t want to endanger ourselves.

If you have a strong following or a lot of fans, you have to show your loyalty to those fans. Everyone wants loyalty because it means people will absorb each and every word and sentence you say. They will see all of your updates and so on. Fans are loyal, but you must express your own loyalty back to them if you want to keep those fans. As the saying goes, you give what you get, and if you want to succeed, you must always show loyalty to the fans.

We all make them, and they are nothing to be ashamed of. Life goes on, and we must continue forward to prevent ourselves from making more mistakes. Learning from your mistakes is important, but learning from other’s mistakes is just as important. The person you look up to has probably made multiple mistakes. By avoiding these same mistakes, you are becoming a better person with less mistakes. Mistakes are only meant to teach lessons and happen once.

Is boring! No one wants to follow someone who only promotes themselves. If I only promoted my Squidoo lenses, Twitter accounts, eBooks, and everything else on this blog, there wouldn’t be nearly as many people visiting the blog. That’s why I talk about other topics as well. I provide statistics about Twitter on my Twitter account, not just a bunch of links to my Squidoo lenses.

If you only want to talk about yourself, then the only person you’ll be able to talk with is yourself.

Whenever you believe it or not, there are people who need your help. You are an expert at something that someone else wants to become an expert at as well. What you are an expert in doesn’t matter. People want your expertise. One of the many examples I could give is a person who has made millions of dollars with her eBooks about quilting.

We all have them, but it is how we use them that allow us to have an impact on the world.