Impact of corporate social networking on the success of an organizationSocial media impact refers to the actual benefits an organisation can receive from using social media. Social media has a big impact on organisation’s communication with customers and the public. It is also playing an important role as a marketing platform for organisations. Effective social networking is an essential component of corporate success. Tools of social networking include multimedia sites, company sponsored websites, blogs and podcasts. In social networks, organisations can become more collaborative and interactive and thus create new opportunities. Social media can have interactional and transactional benefits, improvement of marketing performance, improve an organisation’s image and cost reduction benefits.In the interactional model, the organisations and their stakeholders engage in interactions that have no transactional value but both parties believe they receive a benefit. This model of interaction benefits the organisation by receiving feedback, creating trust and developing a bond. In a transactional model, the participants in the social network gain monetary savings or other material advantage. The organisation exchanges information or data for monetary benefits. This is usually through loyalty points or coupons that customers can redeem when purchasing a product. Some organisations may for example collect ‘Likes”