Blogger & Facebook

Fun & Practical Online Tools for Promoting Friends of the Library

SJCPLS Friends of the Library Annual Gathering

Juli Davis, FSU Graduate Student &Technical Services Intern

April 22, 2009

Blog hosting site, launched in 2000 and was purchased by Google in 2003.

Supports Google’s AdSense, which is a revenue-generating service.

Free and customizable.

Social networking website, created in 2004.

Has more than 200 million active users worldwide.

Free and customizable.

facebook.com

blogger.com

Why Blog?

Promote events!

Connect with community!

Be discovered on search engines!

Showcase photos and other media, such as videos!

Publish when you want from anywhere!

All of this for FREE! Can you say ROI?!

St. Johns County Public Librarywww.sjcpls.org

Examples of Basic Blog Design

Albany Public Librarywww.aplfriends.blogspot.com/

Largo Public Librarywww.lplfriends.blogspot.com/

More Basic Blog Examples

Franklin County Public Library Waterboro Public Libraryfriendsofwaterboropubliclibrary.org/wordpress/

Lincoln Public Librarywww.friendsofthelincolnlibrary.blogspot.com/

Popular Blog Sites

Blogger – www.blogger.com

LiveJournal – www.livejournal.com

TypePad – www.typepad.com ($)

WordPress – www.wordpress.com

BloggerCreate a blog in a few quick

steps!

Tips for Blogging

Target content toward your audience. Include entertainment, education, information, and news relevant to the organization and community.

Provide comprehensive coverage of the topic by using the 5 Ws: Who, What, Where, When, Why… oh, and How.

Add images for visual enjoyment. Seeing people’s smiling faces personalizes the site.

K.I.S.S – Keep It Short Sweetie! One topic per post.

FacebookYou tell two friends, then they tell

two friends, then….

Technology Is Your Friend!