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A short presentation that gives a brief overview of social media and how it is useful.
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What is Social Media?Why Should I Care?
Lindsay PatrossBraddock RotaryMay 28, 2009
Definitions
Web 1.0 Static Website
Web 2.0 User generated content
• Blogs• YouTube• Spreadshirt – user generated t-shirts
Social Media Users interact and share information in a varieties of
ways• Facebook• Twitter• MySpace• Lots More – YouTube, Flicker, LinkedIn
Why is this stuff useful?
1. Listen 2. Share 3. Speed
RSS in Plain English
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
1. Listen
See what others are saying about your business, organization, topicGoogle NewsGoogle BlogsGoogle Alerts
• Have news delivered to your emailTwitter Search
Basic Google Search
Google News Search
Google Blog Search
Twitter Search
2. Share
Take your information to where people are already visitingRSS FeedFacebook Fan Page, GroupLinkedIn GroupTwitter
From Blog…
To Feed Reader
Google Reader Features Mark as Read Star Share
What the follower sees
Your Twitter stream
First Person EndorsementFacebook Fan Pages My Facebook Profile
Facebook Fan Page
The Goodie Truck
3. Speed
1 post many places
More Info
BlogsWordpress.comBlogger
Blogs to ReadChrisBrogan.comProBloggerThe Blog Herald
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