This document provides an overview of how to create accounts and begin using Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. It includes step-by-step instructions on how to sign up for each site, find friends or connections, write posts or tweets, and get acquainted with basic functionality. The goal is to help users get started interacting on each platform through adding friends and family, filling out profiles, and engaging with posts.

1. Facebook,
LinkedIn & Twitter
for Dummies --
HANDS ON, HOW
TO!
Presented by Marney Kirk
March 11, 2010
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2. Today you will:
 Create an account in Facebook,
LinkedIn & Twitter
 Learn how to Login for future
sessions
 Find friends/associates
 Write your first status update
 Make your first connection
 Tweet your first tweet
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3. FACEBOOK
 www.facebook.com
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4. SIGN UP FOR AN
ACCOUNT
 First Name, Last Name, E-mail
Address, New
Password, Sex, Birthday, hit green
SIGN UP button.
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5. LOGIN TO YOUR ACCOUNT
(once you have one!)
 Email address & password: Hit
BLUE LOGIN button.
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6. FRIEND YOUR
NEIGHBOR
 Click FRIENDS tab at top left of
blue part of screen
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7. Friend your neighbor
cont.
 Choose “Find Friends” on column
on left side of screen. (2nd item)
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8. Friend your neighbor cont.
 Scroll down page to “Search for
People”. Enter your neighbor’s
email address
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9. Friend your neighbor cont.
 Click ADD AS FRIEND on right
side of screen.
 Now click on the “Home” tab.
Add as friend
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10. Friend your neighbor cont.
 Now, on the upper right hand side, there
is a REQUESTS area. You should now
have 1 FRIEND REQUEST.
 Click on that request.
1 Friend Request
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11. Friending your neighbor cont.
 ACCEPT this request.
 You have your first Facebook Friend!
You have a friend request
Accept
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12. Now let’s start your profile
 Click on PROFILE tab
 On left column, choose
“EDIT MY PROFILE”
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13. Start Building your Profile
 We’ll come by and see how you
are doing.
 Enter as much info as you can!
Everywhere
there is a
picture of a
pencil, you
can edit!
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14. Add a Profile Photo
 Hover over your shadow pic
 A little box will pop up saying
“Change picture.” Click on it.
 Choose “upload a photo”
 Choose “Browse” & find photo you
brought or one we took earlier.
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15. LINKEDIN
 www.linkedin.com
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16. CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT
 First Name, Last Name, E-mail
Address, New Password, hit green
JOIN NOW button.
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17. EDIT YOUR PROFILE
 Enter info! Where it says Edit in
BLUE, you should ENTER INFO!
Upload
the photo
you
brought
(or we
took
earlier!)
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18. Add your Neighbor as a Connection
 Click on “Add Connections” in
green at top right of screen
 Enter your neighbor’s email
address & click “send invitations”
For Future
adding of
connections,
this is where
you will
search!
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19. Back to your INBOX. Accept
your connection invitation!
 Click on the
invitation
Your neighbor Today  Accept
Congratulations,
you have your
first connection! Accept
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20. TWITTER
 www.twitter.com
 Click green “Sign up now” button
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21. CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT
 Enter your first name, last
name, create a
username, password, enter your email
address, the security words, and then
click the grey “Create My Account”
button.
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22. Settings
 Fill this info out! Short answers, but
details are important!
Then click
PICTURE
and upload
that photo!
If you have a website
– type it in here.
Your Bio – who
are you? You will
then scroll
down &
Where are you
hit “save”
located? (Either
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23. Follow Your Neighbor
 What is their username?
 Type it in!
Click “Find
People”
Enter your
neighbor’s
username to
find them!
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24. Follow Your Neighbor cont.
 (And our President!)
Click this
button to
automatically Then
click
follow them! “Home”
and they
will be in
your
“tweet
roll”!
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25. Now TWEET something!
 “What’s happening?” Your FIRST
TWEET!
What’s on your
mind? (How
about I am in a
great class
taught by
@realtormarney
?! )
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26. CONGRATULATIONS!
You tweeted!
 Now how do you figure out who to
“follow”?
SEARCH! What
interests you?
Your city? Your
town? Real
Estate? Wine?
Beer? Dance?
Enter here – and
find who is
talking *your
language*!
Don’t forget to click
the magnifying glass
to do the search!
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27. SO NOW WHAT?
 Set aside time to visit these sites to familiarize
yourself with them more.
 Search to find friends, co-workers, connections, and
people to follow
 Don’t let frustrations stop you from using these sites.
Take your time.
 Schedule time to visit these sites on a regular basis.
Choose how often you want to be on there – daily or
weekly…
FINAL THOUGHTS:
 Facebook – when you think of people to find, consider
high school, college, past clients…search for them in
the search for people function!
 LinkedIn – very much like an online resume for your
business
 Twitter – if you don’t know what to write, follow
people and see what they have to say. Then respond to
them! Get into conversations with people!
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