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Social Media
Social media—it’s everywhere and everyone’s talking about it. Sometimes it’s hard to sort through the hype and understand the true value, including where to start and why you should pay attention. Below are a few of our favorite resources, including “getting started” guides that we’ve created. If you have a social media article or resource that you think is too-good-not-to-share, send us the info (and why you think it’s great). We’ll make sure to add it to our list.
And make sure to read “A Skeptic’s View of Social Media” by Avery Horzewski for reasons to at least explore social media before ruling it out completely.
Getting Started Series
Helpful Websites
- Overall
- AVE Consulting Blog
- Mashable (social media guide)
- Blogging
- BlogHer (great register of online blogs on a range of topics, and the leading participatory news, entertainment, and information network for women online)
- Problogger.com (great resource about blogging)
- Technorati (collects, organizes, and distributes global online conversations)
- WordPress (AVE’s blog tool of choice)
- Tweet Deck (great desktop tool for managing Twitter)
- TBuzz (allows you to Tweet about an article of interest without leaving the page)
- Twittonary (a dictionary of Twitter-related words)
- Other
- Ning
Lets you create and join new social networks - Tell-a-Friend
A nifty little widget that lets visitors share pages with their friends via email, IM, or social networks without leaving your site - Userplane Boards
An advanced, white label bulletin board platform that combines the benefits of persistent forums with the real-time interactivity of chat (free if you use ad-supported versions)
Blogging Articles
- 45+ Essential WordPress Plugins for Pro Blogging (Blog Perfume)
- How to back up your WordPress Blog in 60 Seconds (Christopher S. Penn)
- Top
WordPress Resources to List Your WordPress Blog & Build Links
(Search Engine Journal)
- WordPress Blog Glossary
- Use a Feed Reader to Keep Up to Date with Your Favourite Blogs (Tech for Luddites)
- What Is a Blog (Problogger.com)
- 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (a workbook by Problogger.com)
- ProBlogger:
Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six Figure Income (Darren Rowse,
Problogger.com)
Facebook Articles
- Facebook 101: How to Use Facebook for Fun and Profit, and Not Lose Sleep Over It (WIC)
- New Facebook Pages: A Guide for Social Media Marketers (Mashable)
- 7 Tips to Getting Started on Facebook for New Businesses (Social Media Today)
- Five Tips for Optimizing Your Brand’s Facebook Presence (Mashable)
- 8 Essential Apps for Your Brand’s Facebook Page (Mashable)
- 30+ Apps for Doing Business on Facebook (Mashable)
- Update on Bug Alert: Missing Boxes Tab on Facebook (Tech for Luddites)
- Killer Facebook Fan Pages: 5 Inspiring Case Studies (Mashable)
LinkedIn Articles
- Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn (LinkedIn Blog, Guy Kawasaki)
- A Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply (New York Times)
Twitter Articles
- Nine Twitter Tips for Business (WIC Blog)
- “Seven Rules for Establishing a Corporate Presence on Twitter” Plus Two (WIC Blog)
- Getting Onboard the Twitter Train (WIC Blog)
- Twitter: Next Steps (WIC Blog)
- Twitter: Three Months in and Loving It (WIC Blog)
- 11 Ways to Shorten and Lengthen a Tweet (TwiTips)
- 148
Ways to Tweet, What to Tweet, How to Tweet (Book Marketing)
- The Ultimate Guide for Everything Twitter (Web Designer Depot)
- Twitter
Security Do’s and Don’ts (TwiTip)
- Team Tweeting with CoTweet (Marty Collins)
Other Articles
