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How to be a Social Media Butterfly

What are we going to talk about?

• Types of Social Media

• Twitter

• Facebook

• Blogging

• How to Stay Connected

Types of Social Media

• Twitter -- Instantly connect and share comments and ideas

• Facebook (or MySpace) -- Create a community where you can share updates, pictures, and ideas

• Blogging -- Allows you to communicate about complex ideas

• YouTube -- Allows you to share video

What do I get out of Social Media?

• Instant connections

• A chance to learn and share

• Ability to share with an unlimited amount of people at no cost to you

Twitter 

Explain Twitter to Someone who doesn’t get it

It is a great way to connect with others on-line and to form a community where you can share thoughts/ideas with others, using text-based "tweets" of 140 characters or less

What is Twitter• Updates are displayed on the user's

profile page

• Updates also delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them

• Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends (delivery to everyone is the default)

• Users can send and receive updates via the Twitter website or through 3rd party applications

How did I get so many twitter followers?

• Find a group to be a part of

• Engage the twitterverse

• Be a part of the conversation

• Search and follow people who interest you

• Follow the people your twitter followers are engaging with

Facebook 

Why would a business want to be on Facebook?

• Free advertising

• To create a community for the business

• To connect with customers

Why should you be on Facebook?

• Reconnect with people you have lost touch with

• To share pictures and interesting links

• To interact with others in your community

Blogging 

Why should a business blog?

• Connect with your customers

• Share information on your company

• Make it easier for others to share information on company

How to Make Money Off your Blog

• Advertising (Google ad words)

• Professional blogging (problogger)

Why do I blog?

• Therapeutic

• Allows me to be creative

• I love to talk and I can talk all I want on my own blog

Stay Connected

• Search Facebook

• Social media breakfast

• wacosocialmedia.com