The Power of Twitter and LinkedIn Brian Wallace, President, NowSourcing, Inc.

Overview What is Twitter? Why Should I Care? Know Your Twictionary The Application Landscape What is LinkedIn? Your LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn Groups Q&A

What is Twitter?

Why Should I Care?

Know Your Twictionary

The Application Landscape

What is LinkedIn?

Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

What is Twitter? “ Twitter is a social networking and micro- blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets ), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.”

“ Twitter is a social networking and micro- blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets ), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.”

What is Twitter? Why Should I Care? Know Your Twictionary The Application Landscape What is LinkedIn? Your LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn Groups Q&A

What is Twitter?

Why Should I Care?

Know Your Twictionary

The Application Landscape

What is LinkedIn?

Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

Why Should I Care? Orders via Twitter

What is Twitter? Why Should I Care? Know Your Twictionary The Application Landscape What is LinkedIn? Your LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn Groups Q&A

What is Twitter?

Why Should I Care?

Know Your Twictionary

The Application Landscape

What is LinkedIn?

Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

Know Your Twictionary At Reply or @reply - a reply to another user DM – direct message Failwhale – graphic that appears when Twitter is over capacity Hashtags or # – using a symbol at the end of a tweet to follow messages in a series Retweet (or RT) – repeating another’s tweet Tweet – sending a Twitter message Tweetbacks – similar to pingbacks from blogging Twitterverse – the Twitter community

At Reply or @reply - a reply to another user

DM – direct message

Failwhale – graphic that appears when Twitter is over capacity

Hashtags or # – using a symbol at the end of a tweet to follow messages in a series

Retweet (or RT) – repeating another’s tweet

Tweet – sending a Twitter message

Tweetbacks – similar to pingbacks from blogging

Twitterverse – the Twitter community

The Application Landscape Hahlo Twitterific

The Application Landscape TweetDeck

What is Twitter? Why Should I Care? Know Your Twictionary The Application Landscape What is LinkedIn? Your LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn Groups Q&A

What is Twitter?

Why Should I Care?

Know Your Twictionary

The Application Landscape

What is LinkedIn?

Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

What is LinkedIn? “ LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking . As of February 2009, it had more than 35 million registered users, spanning 170 industries.

“ LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking . As of February 2009, it had more than 35 million registered users, spanning 170 industries.

Your LinkedIn Profile Photo Groups Q&A Recommendations LION

Photo

Groups

Q&A

Recommendations

LION

Your LinkedIn Profile Apps now supported Blog posts Slideshare Calendar / Events Twitter Buzz Saved Searches

Apps now supported

Blog posts

Slideshare

Calendar / Events

Twitter Buzz

Saved Searches

LinkedIn Applications iPhone App Outlook toolbar 3 rd Party App integration

iPhone App

Outlook toolbar

3 rd Party App integration

What is Twitter? Why Should I Care? Know Your Twictionary The Application Landscape What is LinkedIn? Your LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn Groups Q&A

What is Twitter?

Why Should I Care?

Know Your Twictionary

The Application Landscape

What is LinkedIn?

Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

LinkedIn Groups

Secret Ninja LinkedIn Goodies Saved Searches RSS Feeds Background Checks Company Overview Before your meeting

Saved Searches

RSS Feeds

Background Checks

Company Overview

Before your meeting

What is Twitter? Why Should I Care? Know Your Twictionary The Application Landscape What is LinkedIn? Your LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn Groups Q&A

What is Twitter?

Why Should I Care?

Know Your Twictionary

The Application Landscape

What is LinkedIn?

Your LinkedIn Profile

LinkedIn Groups

Q&A

Questions?

Contact Brian Wallace [email_address] 502.442.7914 nowsourcing.com/blog twitter.com/nowsourcing

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