Using Social Media for Advocacy and Social Change

So many peopleHow can I use blogging?

Corve DaCostawww.corvedacosta.com

November 2010

What is Social Media?

Forms of media that allow users to interact with each other. It’s highly accessible and enables user-made content.

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Today...According to http://en.wordpress.com/stats/

There are 15.1 million blogs hosted on WordPress.com as of November 2010.

According to Quantcast, over 260 million people worldwide visit one or more WordPress.com blogs every month, and they view over 2.3 billion pages on those blogs each month.

WordPress.com users publish about 500,000 new posts on an average day (and their readers leave 400,000 new comments every day).

What is a blog?

A blog (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

Source: Wikipedia

Guidelines for a Successful Blog

Build content

Engage readers

Write well

Guidelines for a Successful Blog

Remain current

Maximize on social media

Be ‘buzz-worthy’

Presentation

Time & Frequency

Case Study: Change.org

Blog Action Day 2010

Blog Action Day 2010

Blog Action Day 2010: Jamaipanesehttp://www.jamaipanese.com/

Case Study: Jamaican LGBTQ Bloghttp://glbtqja.wordpress.com/

Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.

~ Chinese Proverb

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Tavi Gevinsonhttp://www.thestylerookie.com/

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Corve DaCostahttp://corvedacosta.comTwitter: @corvedacosta876.890.4825