Brief update on Power of Social Networks from ONE Business Network event in Lancaster on 12/04/11

1. Don’t Be Anti-Social!Power up yourOnline Networks Gavin AlldayScabbyGadgets.co.uk

2. Our Networks Twitter (http://twitter.com/) Business @showoffacademy, @scabbygadgetsPersonal @joanneallday, @gavinallday Facebook (Facebook.com/) Pages ShowingOffAcademy, ScabbyGadgets Profiles JoanneAllday, GavinAllday Linked-In (uk.linkedin.com/in/) Profilesgavinallday, joanneallday

3. Facebook TipsPersonal Profile Concerned that Facebook is sharing your mobile phone number? Goto Account in the top right corner of the page and click Privacy Settings - Customize Settings - Mobile Phone - Only ME. Only seeing Facebook updates from the same handful of people? By default, Facebook only shows updates from people you recently interacted with. To fix this, scroll down to the bottom of the newsfeed on the homepage and click on "Edit Options", click on "Show Posts From" and change the setting to "All Of Your Friends and Pages".

4. Facebook TipsBusiness Pages Intro to Facebook for Businesses on ScabbyGadgets.co.uk http://scabbygadgets.co.uk/2010/07/facebook-for-business-basics-howto/ Facebook ‘Profiles’ versus ‘Pages’ Find out about changes to Facebook Pages : http://mashable.com/2011/02/11/new-facebook-pages-brands/ Reserve Username for your Personal Profile / Business Page (>25 followers) http://www.facebook.com/username/

5. Twitter Tips Intro to Twitter for Business on ScabbyGadgets.co.uk http://scabbygadgets.co.uk/2010/08/twitter-for-business-basics-howto/ WeFollow.com Free Directory for Twitter Add your account to the relevant section Find people to follow – most influential people in the world FriendOrFollow.com Who you follow that doesn’t follow you Who follows you that you don’t follow etc.

6. Twitter Tips Google Realtime Search (click ‘more’ on Google Homepage) Tricky to find keywords, but potentially useful Search Twitter for keywords Search Geographic area Set up Google Alerts Example Search“Car Insurance”, Custom Location = “Kendal” Follow Friday - #ff or #followfriday Recommend twitter users for others to follow Example Tweet : “#ff@scabbygadgets Really useful #Technology #Tips”

7. Linked-In Tips Recent Upgrades http://developer.linkedin.com/index.jspa Share Buttons, Profile snippets on your website

8. What to Post? Spend next 24/48 hours interacting with ONE colleagues over Social Networks 30% Personal tweets and observations 30% links to interesting, pertinent articles and webpages 30% Business promotion 10% to do what you likeCelebrities, trending topics, what you are having for tea etc. Only joking about the last bit! Web Strategy Planning Template Free PDF Download http://www.bluewiremedia.com.au/web-strategy-planning-template