1. Pinterest? Tumblr? Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn?
HOW TO use Social Media?
(Social Media Meetup event)
By InterActive Medias Intl’
@IAMedias

2. What channels to be ON?

3. Pinterest?

4. What about it?
• Pinterest is the new rising star of Social Media and is
actually driving more traffic to sites than Twitter and
Google+, LinkedIn and Youtube all combined
• It was founded in 2009 by CEO Ben Silbermann
• In March 2012 the site registered 17.8 million users
• It isused mostly by females (with its approximately
80% female subscriber rate).

5. Pinterest
• It is a virtual pinboard that allows users to organize and
share all the beautiful things they find online
For example: plan weddings, share recipes,post ideas for
kitchen renovations, decorate their homes etc.

6. Pinterest
• Pinterest users are more often in a shopping mindset
when they are using the service
• Pinterest has the potential to translate more quickly to
sales dollars than other social-networking sites.

7. HOW TO use Pinterest?
1- Ask for an invitation from the Pinterest team or by
someone who is already a part of Pinterest
2- When you receive an invite, you can register via
Facebook Connect or connect through Twitter
3- Intall the Pin it button in Firefox, Safari, Explorer…

8. 4- Follow a few more pinboardsasPinterest is much about
discovering
5- Start pinning things you like.

9. Oprah Winfrey is on Pinterest

10. Tumblr?

11. What about it?
• Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform and a social
networking website
• It was founded in 2007 by CEO David Karp
• In February 2012 Tumblr has 46.2 million blogs.

12. HOW TO useTumblr?
1- Click on the Sign up button
2- Enter an e-mail address, password and username
3- Start using Tumblr (new posts, reblogging, liking etc)

14. • Example: https://iaminternational.tumblr.com/

15. Twitter?

16. What about it?
• Twitter is an online social networking service and
microblogging service that enables its users to send
and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters,
known as "tweets"
• It was created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey
• On March 21, 2012, Twitter celebrated it's sixth
birthday while also announcing that it has 140 million
users and sees 340 million tweets per day.

17. HOW TO use Twitter?
1- Click on the Sign up button
2- Enter a full name, e-mail address, password and
username

18. 3- Start tweeting (follow, tweet, favorite, retweet, use
hash tag etc.)

19. • Example: https://twitter.com/IAMedias or @IAMedias

20. LinkedIn?

21. What about it?
• LinkedInis a business-related social networking site
• It was founded in 2002 by CEO Reid Hoffman
• 150 million subscribers are on LinkedIn
• LinkedIn is available in English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Romanian, Russian,
Turkish, Japanese, Czech and Polish.

22. HOW TO useLinkedIn?
1- Sign up
2- Enter a full name, e-mail address, password

23. 3- Start building a professional network
->A must read article: “Harness the power of LinkedIn in
10 tips” http://bit.ly/ru4QIz

24. • Example: https://linkedin.com/in/lindanyirenda

25. Facebook?

26. What about it?
• Facebookis a social networking service and website
• It was launched in 2004 and founded by Mark
Zuckerbergwith his college roommates and fellow
students
• In February 2012, Facebook had more than 845 million
active users.

27. HOW TO useFacebook?
1- Sign up
2- Enter a full name, e-mail address, password, sex,
birthday.

28. 3- Start using Facebook (add photos, create, like,
comment a fan page, groups etc)

29. • Example: https://www.facebook.com/iaminternational

30. Have you made your choice now?
THANK YOU!
By Inter Active Medias Intl’

31. Where to find me…
• Tumblr: http://iaminternational.tumblr.com
• LinkedIn: Linda Nyirenda
• Facebook: interactivemediasinternational
• Twitter: @IAMedias
• Google+: InterActive Medias Intl’
• Meetup: Let’s Talk Social Media in Wellington