I came across a pretty well put together video on You Tube about a so called Social Media revolution, or as Erik Qualman has coined it, and Trademarked it, ‘Socialnomics.’ The video promotes his book by the same name and is out in wide release August 26, 2009.

There are some intriguing statics whipping in and out like; “Years to reach 50 million users: Radio - 38 years, TV - 13 years, Internet - 4 years, iPod - 3 years, Facebook - added 1 million users in less than 9 months”. And regardless of the source and motivation behind those stats, it’s still an intriguing summary of how much, and how fast, ‘communication’ is changing right now. Is it all about ‘Social Media’ per say? If nothing else it serves as a reference of the social media landscape ‘right now’ and something to be looked back on—even in a year from now—how will it have changed? Will it still be called Social Media? Will our newspapers be dead? our radio stations, TV stations, your favorite magazines? R. Murrow, Cronkite, Jennings, Rather… Who will be doing the reporting for the world…maybe you?

And if you’re responsible for managing a brand, one you own or are employed by, you’d better take good care of it! That much is for certain.

And by the way, I already posted this link to my Facebook page and Tweeted about it, and this Blog link will show up on my LinkedIn profile…what Social Media revolution?!