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Social networking and the translator
The document discusses the role of social networking for translators, focusing on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn, alongside blogging and social bookmarking tools. It emphasizes the importance of learning, promoting oneself, and experimenting with various social media features to build relationships and enhance professional branding. The document also provides practical tips for using these platforms effectively while considering privacy and time management.
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Social networking and the translator
- 1. Social networking and thetranslator Knowledge pills about twitter (Marco Cevoli), LinkedIn (Sergio Alasia), blogging, Google Reader and delicious (Rubén de la Fuente). 3rd ProZ.com Conference in Spain, 14 November 2010
- 2. Learn. Promote. Experiment. Socialnetworking and the translator
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- 5. geolocalized microblogging service inreal time, limited to 140 characters twitter:
- 6. a blog a chatroom an instant messenger a news service a forum twitter is not…
- 7. a blog a chatroom an instant messenger a news service a forum twitter is not… But can be all of this.
- 8. twitter is bigger thanRussia
- 9. *) More thanthe population of Russia, 141 mln * 120 million visits per day 1389 visits per second 300 000 new users per day 145 million registered users
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- 15. Getting opinions Research Customer Support Promotion Relationshipbuilding Personal branding What’s it for? News Technology Sports Politics
- 16. “You are what you talkabout.” (Greig Wells)
- 17. Passive vs Activeuser How to? listen search select order creator aggregator forwarder Content {
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- 20. fellow translators opinion leaders clients Buildrelationships
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- 25. create autogenerated tweets withother social media Connect twitterfeed Twitterlive Yahoo Pipes Ping.fm
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- 29. professional network with over80 million members in over 200 countries.
- 30. an alternative to Facebookfor grown-ups. LinkedIn is not…
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- 34. Low cost orfree connection between entrepreneurs and businesses around the world (or around the corner). What’s it for?
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- 36. Customer relationship management tool for companiesselling products and services.
- 37. Your Connections: Your trustedfriends and colleagues
- 38. Two degrees away: Friendsof friends; each connected to one of your connections
- 39. Three degrees away: Reachthese users through a friend and one of their friends
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- 41. Create new orjoin existing professional groups to discuss market trends and virtually any other topic. Groups
- 42. Browse and apply forjob offers. Jobs
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- 44. Events Share information withyour contacts about events you are attending.
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- 46. Companies Follow companies inyour specific industry.
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- 48. Targeted offers ofyour services to LinkedIn professionals. Ads
- 49. What's in ablog Web log > We blog Online journal Interactive through comments
- 50. What's in ablog
- 51. Blogging influenza 112k blogs(Technorati) Blogger 8th, Wordpress 19th (Alexa rank) Spin doctors (politics, technology, fashion, gossip)
- 52. Anatomy of a blog Posts Comments RSS Plugins:blog roll, twitter feed
- 53. The Power of Blog Share.Promote. Stay tuned.
- 54. 5 tips for Blogging Beregular Write for skim reading Use catchy headlines Engage with your readers Be SEO aware
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- 56. Google Reader: Receive updates Shareand star Search pool gotta catch them all
- 57. delicious: Sorting the Web Socialbookmarking: favourite and tag Subscribe to tags Create your network Custom search
- 58. delicious 2 million users 181thin Alexa Similar services: Digg, StumbleUpon
- 59. The risks of socialmedia Social media environments are out of your control. Use them with a clear goal. Keep an eye on the clock. Keep in mind privacy issues.
- 60. Learn. Learn to properlyuse social media, by asking questions and participating.
- 61. Promote. Promote yourself bycreating content and sharing it with other users.
- 62. Promote. Build an onlinereputation. Become an expert in your field.
- 63. Experiment. Experiment with every featureby using technology in a creative way.
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- 65. Questions? Marco Cevoli: mcevoli@qabiria.com SergioAlasia: salasia@qabiria.com Rubén de la Fuente: rubo@wordbonds.es Learn. Promote. Experiment.
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