My session was entitled Social Media 101. BarkWorld Expo is THE pet social media conference covering ALL facets of social media & pet education for the thriving online pet community! This is my second year as a speaker here, and Precious aka @Imajackrussell and I love this conference.
10. More than 800 million active users 50% of active users log on to Facebook in any given day Average user has 130 friends People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
17. Twitter is an information network. Millions of people, organizations, and businesses use it to discover and share new information. 230,000,000 Tweets per day 100,000,000 + active users
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19. Speak Tweet Mention Once you've signed up and chosen a Twitter username, you and others can mention an account in your Tweets by preceding it with the @ symbol, eg: "Glad your shipment arrived @janesmith!“ Hashtag Users often prepend # to words in their Tweets to categorize them for others eg: "Check out our new products for the Fallhttp://t.co/link2 #fallsale" Think of hashtags as the theme of your Tweet. Users can then click on a hashtag to see other similarly-themed tweets and find yours in search.
20. Speak Tweet Retweet RT When you see a Tweet by another user that you want to share, click Retweet below it to forward it to your followers instantly. Message If you want to privately Tweet to a particular user who's already following you, start your Tweet with DM or D to direct-message them, eg: "DM @joesmith234 what is your order number?"
The New kid on the block. A very powerful tool in personal branding. We wont spend much time on it today. At the very least. Set up your profile. The about section, upload/link your photos, and add links to your blog, Twitter feed, Facebook, etc. Google plus has Google Juice. Has been the top 5 referrer to my website since I joined. June 28.
Before we get too far, I want to introduce social bookmarking. Delicious, Stumble upon, Diigo, Catch, Evernote, Etc.
What is Social Media
Here’s where most traditional marketers have issues.
Now that you know the basics, let’s take a look at a few of the social networks.
Facebook Founded in 2004 has over 750 Million active users
What’s NEW… What’s not new at Facebook
A page on Facebook that everyone should LIKE.
SEO for Photos – Search engines LOVE photos (& video)
Vimeo is another option.
Ustream.TV Livestream.com
Would your product, service, benefit from a mobile app?