2. Using social media on your travels
1. Who am I?
2. Facebook for travellers
3. Travelling with Twitter
4. Blogging your trip
5. Bonus social media: Travel with Instagram
6. Final questions and wrap-up.
4. Facebook for travellers
Set up or optimise your page before you go:
● check privacy settings
● know who your friends are
● set a good password
Travel and share:
● status updates
● place check-ins
● photographs
● new friends
● messages
8. Travelling with Twitter
Get used to using Twitter some time before you go:
● follow your friends and interesting strangers
● ask for travel tips from others on Twitter
● find your favourite smartphone Twitter app
● identify useful #hashtags for your trip
Travel and share:
● travel updates
● new and strange
● photos - TwitPics
● direct messages
11. Blogging your trip
Set up a blog before you go:
● use a free platform like Blogger or Wordpress
● learn how to write posts and add photos
● send the web address of your blog to your friends
Travel and share:
● daily (or less frequent) updates - highlights
● add photos
● include website links to places you've been,
stayed or eaten at
● reply to comments people leave
14. Travel with Instagram
Instagram is perfect for smartphone users:
● set up an account (free) before you leave
● available for iPhone, Android
● Instagram is rapidly becoming popular
Travel and share:
● make average photos look great (and fun)
● auto-feed them to Facebook or Twitter
● email them directly to people
● other Instagram users can follow you
17. How
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