Do you know your social media?!

Take a look at the image to the right. How many of these social media buttons can you name?

At best I can say that I know 13 of the 30. That's definitely terrible for a someone looking to go specifically into managing social media as a public relations function, but honestly not that bad seeing as though social media has recently gained mainstream popularity within businesses.


So what social networks do these buttons belong to? Looking at them from the top left-to-right, we have:

• Blogger
• Del.icio.us
• Digg
• Facebook
• RSS
• Flickr
• Friend Feed
• Friendster
• (I actually couldn't even find the name of this one, so if you know the social media network please comment below.)
• Google
• Last.fm
• Linkedin
• Livejournal
• Ma.gnolia
• Mixx
• Myspace
• Netvibes
• Newsvine
• Picasa
• (Please comment if you know this one too!)
• Reddit
• Stumble Upon
• Technorati
• Twitter
• Vimeo
• (I know this girl, but of course I'm drawing a blank. Please comment if you know her name.)
• Wordpress
• Yahoo!
• Yelp!
• Youtube

So why is this important? Hop in and come for a ride with me across the break and I'll be sure to give you the details of why this applies to us all...