Social Media for Business 101 Part 3: Social Bookmarks, Social Repositories and Social News February 25, 2009 Steven Fisher

We are going to cover three areas today: Social Bookmarking Social Repositories Social News

We are going to cover three areas today:

Social Bookmarking

Social Repositories

Social News

Social Bookmarking - Explained Features: Management and sharing of bookmarks Tagging, ranking and commenting Clouds Digging Subscription Integration with browsers and other web sites Social Networking “ Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata.” Benefits: Google Link Love Follow experts to uncover great resources Increase Traffic to Your Site Promote Network Solution Products Find people with common interests Meritocracy ranking Fast Indexing

Features:

Management and sharing of bookmarks

Tagging, ranking and commenting

Clouds

Digging

Subscription

Integration with browsers and other web sites

Social Networking

Benefits:

Google Link Love

Follow experts to uncover great resources

Increase Traffic to Your Site

Promote Network Solution Products

Find people with common interests

Meritocracy ranking

Fast Indexing

Social Bookmarking – Examples There are many social bookmarking sites. Here are some examples: Tag Cloud: Inauguration 2009 Speech

Live: Demo of Del.icio.us and Stumbleupon

Live: Demo of Del.icio.us and Stumbleupon

Social Repositories - Explained Features: Sharing of digital content, private or public Quick capture and upload of digital content Ranking, tagging and commenting Management of favorites and creating playlists Subscriptions Social Networking Active Sharing and Streams Access to Mobile Devices (e.g. iPod Touch) Integration with Blogs, Social Spaces “ Social repositories are similar to social bookmarking in almost every way except there is actual media attached to the content that is tagged.” Benefits: Fantastic way to share resources Maximizes reuse, redevelopment and impact of exiting resource Goes beyond standard meta data Opens dialog about resource reuse and benefits Enables social networking and creating repositories around an environment

Features:

Sharing of digital content, private or public

Quick capture and upload of digital content

Ranking, tagging and commenting

Management of favorites and creating playlists

Subscriptions

Social Networking

Active Sharing and Streams

Access to Mobile Devices (e.g. iPod Touch)

Integration with Blogs, Social Spaces

“ Social repositories are similar to social bookmarking in almost every way except there is actual media attached to the content that is tagged.”

Benefits:

Fantastic way to share resources

Maximizes reuse, redevelopment and impact of exiting resource

Goes beyond standard meta data

Opens dialog about resource reuse and benefits

Enables social networking and creating repositories around an environment

Live: Demo of YouTube, SlideShare, DocStoc and Flickr

Live: Demo of YouTube, SlideShare, DocStoc and Flickr

Social News – Explained Features: Management and sharing of bookmarks Tagging, ranking and commenting Clouds Digging Subscription Integration with browsers and other web sites Social Networking Reusability “ The term social news refers to websites where users submit and vote on news stories or other links, thus determining which links are presented.” Benefits: Fantastic way to share resources Maximizes reuse, redevelopment and impact of exiting resource Goes beyond standard meta data Opens dialog about resource reuse and benefits Enables social networking and creating repositories around an environment

Features:

Management and sharing of bookmarks

Tagging, ranking and commenting

Clouds

Digging

Subscription

Integration with browsers and other web sites

Social Networking

Reusability

Benefits:

Fantastic way to share resources

Maximizes reuse, redevelopment and impact of exiting resource

Goes beyond standard meta data

Opens dialog about resource reuse and benefits

Enables social networking and creating repositories around an environment

Live: Demo of Digg

Live: Demo of Digg

Using these Social Tools here at Network Solutions Use del.icious and StumbleUpon to bookmark Network Solutions pages and blog posts to share with everyone Create a content repository and incorporate the content into a blog post or your social networking tools Digg blog posts and create friend networks to promote your blogging as well as other articles you think would make good news. We are using the tools in many ways here at Network Solutions. Here is how you can use them and contribute immediately:

Use del.icious and StumbleUpon to bookmark Network Solutions pages and blog posts to share with everyone

Create a content repository and incorporate the content into a blog post or your social networking tools

Digg blog posts and create friend networks to promote your blogging as well as other articles you think would make good news.

Questions?

Questions?