Social Networking follows the newest multi-billion industry on the planet. The book explores how the social networking industry began and how tiny seedlings of companies grew into multinational giants that today make billions. Discover how social networking businesses are making money from your friendships and what the future potential of this baby of the business world could really be.

Discover the world's biggest money-making industries and the secrets of their success in Big-time Business. From the pharmaceutical industry and entertainment world through to the business of beauty, banking, social networking and energy, find out why these enterprising worlds have a grip on the global economy and are considered the biggest money-generators on the planet. A high-interest exploration of the business world for 9+ readers.

This book features in the following series: Big Time Business, Big-Time Business .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Nick Hunter is an experienced author of non-fiction books for children.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Life online
• 1: Chapter 1: Home computers
• 1: Birth of the Internet
• 1: The first `dotcom' boom
• 1: Web 2. 0
• 1: Chapter 2: What is a social network?
• 1: Find your friends
• 1: Facebook effect
• 1: Chapter 3: A world of social networks
• 1: The blogosphere
• 1: Twitter and other microblogs
• 1: Sharing videos and music
• 1: Gaming
• 1: Chapter 4: Making money from social networks
• 1: Online advertising
• 1: The value of data
• 1: The freemium
• 1: Chapter 5: The big players
• 1: Social network billionaires
• 1: Funding the boom
• 1: Challenges ahead
• 1: Glossary
• 1: For more information
• 1: Index