5 New Tricks for Social Media

5 New Tricks for Social Media The Google Gods – Dene Claim Yourself - Dene Have Your Own Website - Judi Get Your Social Groove On / Driving Users To Your Website - Judi Spreading Good Karma / Link Love - Judi www.newtricks.me

The Google Gods – Dene

Claim Yourself - Dene

Have Your Own Website - Judi

Get Your Social Groove On / Driving Users To Your Website - Judi

Spreading Good Karma / Link Love - Judi

The Google Gods Self or Ego Surfing www.newtricks.me

The Google Gods Anyone can say anything online Find your skeletons If it’s inaccurate or slanderous, contact the site to remove it If it’s a matter of public record, do damage control Address it Fight the bad with the good What if you find nothing or social only ? Online presence needs to reflect your Professional Identify / Brand www.newtricks.me

Anyone can say anything online

Find your skeletons

If it’s inaccurate or slanderous, contact the site to remove it

If it’s a matter of public record, do damage control

Address it

Fight the bad with the good

What if you find nothing or social only ?

Online presence needs to reflect your Professional Identify / Brand

Stake Your Claim on the Internets www.newtricks.me

Claim Yourself – Vanity URLs Linked in - http://www.linkedin.com/in/deneshepherd instead of http://www.linkedin.com/pub/n/nnn/nnn Twitter - http://twitter.com/deneshepherd instead of http://twitter.com/crowndiva Facebook - http:// facebook.com/dene.shepherd instead of http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456789 Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/deneshepherd instead of http://www.flickr.com/photos/30987315@N05/299774119/ www.newtricks.me

Linked in - http://www.linkedin.com/in/deneshepherd

instead of http://www.linkedin.com/pub/n/nnn/nnn

Twitter - http://twitter.com/deneshepherd

instead of http://twitter.com/crowndiva

Facebook - http:// facebook.com/dene.shepherd

instead of http://facebook.com/profile.php?id=123456789

Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/deneshepherd

instead of http://www.flickr.com/photos/30987315@N05/299774119/

Claim Your Site Google Tools - Add URL - http://www.google.com/addurl/ Webmaster tools - submit site map / view search - https://www.google.com/webmasters Analytics – see visitors on map, etc.. - http://www.google.com/analytics/ Alerts – lets you know what people are writing about you - http://www.google.com/alerts Business Center – google search displays map - http://www.google.com/local/add/ Google Profile – onsite hub – lets you connect all of your sites - http://www.google.com/profiles/ Yahoo - site submit - http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html DMOZ – Open Directory Project - http://www.dmoz.org/ Technorati – http://technorati.com/ - Technorati’s tagging mechanism is SEO friendly – but you gotta claim your site & feed it www.newtricks.me

Google Tools -

Add URL - http://www.google.com/addurl/

Webmaster tools - submit site map / view search - https://www.google.com/webmasters

Analytics – see visitors on map, etc.. - http://www.google.com/analytics/

Alerts – lets you know what people are writing about you - http://www.google.com/alerts

Business Center – google search displays map - http://www.google.com/local/add/

Google Profile – onsite hub – lets you connect all of your sites - http://www.google.com/profiles/

Yahoo - site submit - http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html

DMOZ – Open Directory Project - http://www.dmoz.org/

Technorati – http://technorati.com/ - Technorati’s tagging mechanism is SEO friendly – but you gotta claim your site & feed it

Claim Yourself - Google Profile ‘ Social Hub’ - displays your name and links to all your sites If you have an account with Google, including Gmail, you already have a profile. Type in ‘me’ Google profile – http://www.google.com/profiles/ Enable profile to be searchable Displays profile badge at the bottom of the first page of your search results Allows people to send you a message without displaying your email address www.newtricks.me

‘ Social Hub’ - displays your name and links to all your sites

If you have an account with Google, including Gmail, you already have a profile. Type in ‘me’

Google profile – http://www.google.com/profiles/

Enable profile to be searchable

Displays profile badge at the bottom of the first page of your search results

Allows people to send you a message without displaying your email address

Get Yourself a Blog/Website Do you have a product to sell or a service to offer? Do you want to start your own business? Are you looking for a job? You need a website! www.newtricks.me

Do you have a product to sell or a service to offer?

Do you want to start your own business?

Are you looking for a job?

You need a website!

Get Yourself a Blog/Website Even Dogs have blogs, so why not you? www.newtricks.me

Even Dogs have blogs, so why not you?

Get Yourself a Blog/Website You don’t have to resort to an Ill fitting T-Shirt to post your resume. Get a blog! www.newtricks.me

You don’t have to resort to an Ill fitting T-Shirt to post your resume. Get a blog!

Get Yourself a Blog/Website Blogs can show a prospective employer what you can do. So much more than just a resume can. www.newtricks.me

Blogs can show a prospective employer what you can

do. So much more than just a resume can.

Get Yourself a Blog/Website State of the Art No-Static Website Yes- Blog Site Blog sites Built on SQL database Can grow with you Web 2.0 conversations Keeps readers coming back www.newtricks.me

State of the Art

No-Static Website

Yes- Blog Site

Blog sites

Built on SQL database

Can grow with you

Web 2.0 conversations

Keeps readers coming back

Get Yourself a Blog/Website Integrated Blog-Content Management Site Site may have a static front page just like traditional website! www.newtricks.me

Integrated Blog-Content Management Site

Site may have a static front page just like traditional website!

Get Yourself a Blog/Website Integrated Blog-Content Management Site Or it may have a Blog Style Front Page or a combination. For examples see: www.newtricks.me www.wordpress.org/showcase www.newtricks.me

Integrated Blog-Content Management Site

Or it may have a Blog Style Front Page or a combination.

For examples see:

www.newtricks.me

www.wordpress.org/showcase

Getting Your Social Groove On 1. Publish 2. Contribute 3. Promote 4. Comment 5. Network www.newtricks.me

1. Publish

2. Contribute

3. Promote

4. Comment

5. Network

Getting Your Social Groove On Publish Worthy Content Post regularly Don’t give up www.newtricks.me

Publish

Worthy Content

Post regularly

Don’t give up

Getting Your Social Groove On Publish Worthy Content Tell Your story – everyone has one, but… .. www.newtricks.me

Publish

Worthy Content Tell Your story – everyone has one, but…

..

Getting Your Social Groove On Publish Worthy Content but….. Not just ME,ME,ME! Instead become a thought Leader in your industry. www.newtricks.me

Publish

Worthy Content

but…..

Not just ME,ME,ME!

Instead become a thought

Leader in your industry.

Getting Your Social Groove On Publish Worthy Content Develop a good reputation for providing good content. www.newtricks.me

Publish

Worthy Content Develop a good reputation for providing good content.

Getting Your Social Groove On Contribute: Articles to other bloggers www.newtricks.me

Contribute: Articles to other bloggers

Getting Your Social Groove On Contribute: Give away tips, and how to’s. Most people want to practice the things They’re already good at, and avoid the things they suck at. They stay average or intermediate amateurs forever. “ It’s never too late” www.newtricks.me

Contribute: Give away

tips, and how to’s.

Most people want to

practice the things

They’re already good

at, and avoid the

things they suck at. They

stay average or intermediate

amateurs forever.

“ It’s never too late”

Getting Your Social Groove On Promote: Promo Objective: lots of eyeballs a) Share this b) Tweet Deck c) Facebook etc. d) e-mail signature e) key words & tags on all posts and images www.newtricks.me

Promote: Promo Objective: lots of eyeballs

a) Share this b) Tweet Deck c) Facebook etc. d) e-mail signature e) key words & tags on all posts and images

Getting Your Social Groove On Comment: Read and follow other blogs. Be an active participant and leave relevant comments. Reciprocity starts with a little give. www.newtricks.me

Comment:

Read and follow other blogs.

Be an active participant and leave relevant comments.

Reciprocity starts with a little give.

Getting Your Social Groove On Network: Collaborate on-line and off. www.newtricks.me

Network:

Collaborate on-line

and off.

Getting Your Social Groove On Network: Build and Cement Real Relationships www.newtricks.me

Network: Build and Cement Real Relationships

Link Hungry Hussies Seek Quality Back-Links Help Search engines find Your site. Help them to Index site Contribute to Google Ranking of importance. www.newtricks.me

Seek Quality Back-Links

Help Search engines find Your site.

Help them to Index site

Contribute to Google Ranking of importance.

Link Hungry Hussies: Part 1 Make ‘em mad Make ‘em Laugh Write Great Content Nothin’ better than a list Except a List of Lists Debunk a Myth Write @ Other’s Blogs Remind Readers to Link www.newtricks.me

Make ‘em mad

Make ‘em Laugh

Write Great Content

Nothin’ better than a list

Except a List of Lists

Debunk a Myth

Write @ Other’s Blogs

Remind Readers to Link

Link Hungry Hussies Part 2 Post on Forums Comment on posts Don’t Spam When commenting use post url not only home Submit to directories Build a Squidoo Page Twitter Follow Fridays Tweet this, after posts www.newtricks.me

Post on Forums

Comment on posts

Don’t Spam

When commenting use post url not only home

Submit to directories

Build a Squidoo Page

Twitter Follow Fridays

Tweet this, after posts

Link Hungry Hussies Part 3 Belong to Real Groups Trackbacks and Pingback E-mail signatures Don’t spam Become a Sponsor Hold a Contest Giveaways www.newtricks.me

Belong to Real Groups

Trackbacks and Pingback

E-mail signatures

Don’t spam

Become a Sponsor

Hold a Contest

Giveaways