social media overview

Understanding

Social Media

(an overview)

Ask Yourself...

What are your goals?Who is your audience?What is your capacity?What is your commitment?

What is Web 2.0?

Enhances creativity

Promotes information sharing

Facilitates collaboration

Creates linkages

What are Web 2.0 tools?

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SocialMedia

Overload

The Old Way of the Web

Broadcasting Listening

The New Way of Web 2.0

CommunicatingConnectingCollaboratingFacilitating

andListening

Broadcasting

Blogging

Free: Blogger, Vox, Wordpress.com

Fee: Typepad, SquareSpaceServer: Movable Type, Wordpress

Microblogging

Text: Twitter, Pownce Jaiku, Plurk

Multimedia: Tumblr, Scrapblog Audio: Jott, Utterz Video: Seesmic, 12seconds.TV

Types of Social Networks

Professional: LinkedIn, BizNik, Xing

General: MySpace, Facebook Niche: Dogster, Virb Multimedia: Flickr, YouTube

Bookmarking Sites

Mag.noliadel.icio.usNetClipsStumbleUpon

Content Rating Sites

DiggRedditNewsVineKirtsy

Audio Podcasting

JottUtterzCalliflowerLibSyn

Videocasting

Blip TVViddlerUStream.tvQik

RSS Feeds / Readers

Feedburner.comGoogle ReaderBloglinesRSS Reader

WidgetsWidgetboxTwitter badgeMyBlogLog roll callUtterz audioShareThis, Lijit

Linking & Posting

Twitterfeed – blog to Twitter

Tumblr – lifestreamFacebook – Twitter updatesHelloTxt & Ping.fm - blasts

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