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Social Networking
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Why Social Networking?• Increase your Network• Build relationships• Improve online reputation• Low marketing cost
Business Operation• Social networking for business operation• For professionals - LinkedIn• Puts small and big businesses on an equal
playing field• Help sole proprietors
How LinkedIn Works• Establish a personal profile• Stay in touch with colleagues and friends• Find experts and ideas• Explore opportunities
Getting Started• What you need?– Photo– An executive summary and skillset– Education history– Experience history– Recommendation or references
Create Your LinkedIn Profile• www.linkedin.com• Click on Join Today• Fill out Information
Edit profile information• Edit your profile– Profile > Edit Profile
• Fill out Current Experience• Fill out Past Experience
Edit Profile Information• Continue editing formal education section• Add relating websites
Connections• Use search to find Connections• Import Contacts– Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL Address Books
Recommendations• Recommendations from contacts– Ask contacts for recommendations– Only ask for recommendations from people who
know you well enough to do so.
Giving Recommendations• Recommendations for contacts– Pay close attention to language– You have to give in order to receive
Groups• Visit Group Directory• Type keyword• Find desired group
Groups• Start discussion• Post question• Related link• Keep track of discussions
Things to do on LinkedIn• Ask questions• Explore opportunities• Use other social networks
What is Twitter?• What is it?• Twitter is a microblog where you send out
mini posts known as tweets to your followers
Signing Up• Go to twitter.com/signup• Fill out your Full Name• Select a Username• Fill out Password• Fill out Email
Twitter Terminology• Tweet• Handle (@username)• Follow• Reply
Twitter Terminology• Retweet• DM• Hashtags (#subject)
Twitter Tips• Complete your profile• Search for users• Share links and retweet other links
How to Tweet?• Don’t answer “What are you doing” Rather
“What has your attention”• Create multiple Twitter accounts per company• Ask a question• Be modest
Tweeting Exercise• Search for a known user and follow• Search for a hashtag• Tweet a message• Retweet a message
