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Going beyond Facebook: Social Collaboration Tools to Kickstart your first job

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How to setup your own Internet domain name


It is the brave new world

• New technologies and tools

• Not just about having a Web site

• Or an email list

• Or a FaceTwitLinkSpace account


You still need to start with a blog

• No programming required

• Easy to make frequent updates

• Easy to quickly change the appearance of your pages

• Automatic posting of your content to Google’s search index


Blog choices

Wordpress.com

Linking your social networks together


Key Twitter To-dos

• Follow the right people in your industry

• Don’t get too caught up in tweeting your every movement

• Look at what businesses are doing with it

• Use it to start conversations with people you want to get to know


How not to use Twitter!


How to identify yourself vs. your company


New tools to complement Twitter

• Slideshare

• Yammer

• Ping.fm

• Buzzable

• Twhirl

• Twitterific for iPhone


Yammer


Ping.fm


Set up a mailing list to send out regular information to your clients

• Free: Yahoo Groups

• Cheap: Mailman on EMWD.com ($4/mo)

• Expensive: ConstantContact.com ($30/mo and up)


Yahoo


Mailman


Constant Contact


Remember: you are your own brand!

• Get your name out there

• Be a continual source of content

• Become an authority in some narrow niche

• Don’t just send resumes into the beyond

• Create opportunities for conversations

Questions?

David Strom

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