Web 2.0: An Overview of Social Media & Social Networking Platforms
Social Media Workshop: Introduction and Tools
1. SOCIAL MEDIA ONE
HOUR 1:
• introduction of presenters and attendees
• discuss class format
• introduction and discussion of today's most important types of social media tools
BREAK
HOUR 2:
• continued explanation of today's most important social media
• create a Twitter and/or Facebook account
• start building followers/friends
• send one Tweet/post a Facebook update
• wrap up
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2. RESOURCES
• http://tweepsearch.com/ Find influencers and people
through
• http://hootsuite.com/ A web based platform to update
your status across multiple social media sites and
multiple accounts. Includes great metrics and analytics.
Post to both personal Facebook account and Facebook
fan pages.
• http://www.tweetdeck.com/ A web based platform to
update your status across multiple social media sites
and multiple accounts. Post to your personal Facebook
page only.
3. RESOURCES
• http://www.eventbrite.com/ A great place to create
events, share events, sell tickets and find events.
Integrates with Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress and
Mailchimp.
• http://www.mailchimp.com/ A free email blast tool.
Has great reporting features, integrates with Facebook,
Twitter, Wordpress and Eventbrite.
• http://delicious.com/ Social bookmarking site.
• http://www.flickr.com/ Social photo sharing site.
• http://www.youtube.com/ Social video sharing site.
• http://www.meetup.com/ A place to find events
(meetups) and like minded people doing things you
want to do.