Post on 17-May-2015
Actions & Social MediaHow to Make Your Actions
Social Media Ready (and Some Other Best Practices)
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What Is “Social Media?”• Social media is media designed to be disseminated
through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.
• A category of sites that is based on user participation and user-generated content.
• Social media are primarily internet and mobile based tools for sharing and discussing information.
• Software tools that allow groups to generate content and engage in peer-to-peer conversations and exchange of content.
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What Is “Social Media?”Social Media is Sharing
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Social Media Platforms
Google Buzz
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So how do I share my Salsa Actions?
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Two (or Three) Basic Parts for Sharing Salsa Actions
1. Specialized Actions template
2. A bit of code that connects you to social media platforms.
3. (optional) Graphics for your chosen platforms.
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Specialized Actions Template<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
<title></title>
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Specialized Actions Template<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
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A bit of code that connects you to social media platforms
<a name="fb_share" type="box_count" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script>
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A bit of code that connects you to social media platforms
<a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading http://www.test.com/post-url" title="Click to share this post on Twitter"><img src=" http://www.hot-tomalefoundation.org/files/images/icons/ twitter_64.png" width="64" height="64" border="0" /></a>
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A bit of code that connects you to social media platforms
Google Buzz
<a href="http://www.google.com/reader/link?url=[PASTE YOUR URL HERE]&title=[YOUR POST'S TITLE HERE]&snippet=[YOUR POST'S DESCRIPTION HERE]"><img src="http://www.somegroup.org/images/googlebuzz.png" width="51" height="61" alt="Google Buzz logo" border="0" /></a>
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A bit of code that connects you to social media platforms
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Sharing Services
A bit of code that connects you to social media platforms
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Sharing Services
<span class="st_facebook_hcount" st_url="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/####/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=####&tag=facebook.####"></span>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js"></script><script type="text/javascript"> stLight.options({ publisher:'12345' });</script>
A bit of code that connects you to social media platforms
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Sharing Services
<a class="addthis_button_facebook“ addthis:url="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2155/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=####&tag=facebook.####"><img src="images/facebook32.png" alt="Share to Facebook" /></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID"></script>
Graphics for your platforms
www.iconspedia.com
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Other Actions Best PracticesAdd tagging to your action URLs
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/####/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=####&tag=facebook.####
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/####/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=####&tag=twitter.####
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/####/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=####&tag=googlebuzz.####
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Other Actions Best PracticesGive out of area supporters something else
to do
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Other Actions Best PracticesGive out of area supporters something to
do
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Other Actions Best PracticesUse the Tell-A-Friend (TAF)
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Actions & Social MediaResources
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www.iconspedia.com
wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Facebook_Share
www.tweetmeme.com
Bit.ly
mashable.com/?s=social+media+sharing+articles
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Actions & Social MediaContact Us
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Salsa Labs, Inc.1700 Connecticut Ave NWSuite 403Washington DC 20009202.558.2807
support@salsalabs.comwww.salsalabs.com
Anne Dougherty
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