Moms are all a Twitter #mctweet
And that’s not all …
Moms are also Facebooking, Linking In, Blogging,
Flickring, Squidooing, You Tubing, My Spacing &
more!
Yes, Moms are the Queens of multi-tasking and
multi-social-mediaing!
Loving it, hating it, not sure where to start or
what to do with it?

Definitions of social media
Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and
discussing information among human beings. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
Online technologies and practices that people use to share
opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.
www.tvb.org/multiplatform/Multiplatform_Glossary.aspx
Social Media is the collection of tools and online spaces available to
help individuals and businesses to accelerate their information and
communication needs. [Axel Schultze]
communitymanagers.pbwiki.com/Glossary-and-Reference

momcafe Poll Results
How often you’re online:
few times a day - 35%
once an hour - 30%
nonstop - 26%
Websites you frequent:
Facebook - 48% Biz related sites – 39%
Twitter - 26% Mom related sites – 22%
Blogs - 17% Linkedin – 13%
Flickr - 3%

The Biggies
What we have used for our businesses:
Blogging, Facebook, Twitter
& others: Flickr, Youtube, Squidoo, Yelp, Linkedin
...

Blog-o-rama
Things to consider:
Frequency
Length
Relevancy
Personality
Personal, Business or both
Designs, Templates (ie. Wordpress, Blogspot, Tumblr)
Benefits

Facebook
It’s all about friends
People you know
Groups versus pages
Personal versus public
Getting involved,
branching out
Advertising

Tweet This!
What the heck is Twitter anyway?
Community
People you want to connect
with, no barriers
Feel the love
Etiquette
Bio, Demographics, Picture, personalized
page, ratio of followers/followees

Tweet This Cont’d
Some Twitter Tools:
Tweetdeck
Twitterberry
Twit pics
Search.twitter.com
Hootsuite
Mr. Tweet

Examples: How we have used Social Media
Canadian Family
Globe and Mail #raccoonmom
#VMNO/gno
This momcafe event, promoting, giveaways
Saw your van X 2
HGTV
Out-smarts Podcast
Connecting others & connecting with others

To Conclude
SM is here to stay and always evolving, if you enjoy
social media for personal use, you can do as
much or as little as you like, however if you are
involved with social media for your business, it
should be as much a part of your marketing
strategy as any other activity.
It isn’t something you do once an check off your
list, it is an on-going and integral part to growing
your business.

You CAN do it …
Social media is a lot like labour, millions of
women have gone there before you and
survived and you will too.
Thank you for listening!
@raspberrykids
@yoyomama_van
@yoyobelly

Questions?

Coming soon ...
An exciting contest that will
showcase different social
media apps, collaboration
between biz’s, fun &
hopefully the viral nature
of social media!
Watch our blogs, Twitter &
FB for more details!