Social Media 101

SOCIAL MEDIA

What does it all mean?

One word.

CONVERSATION.

One-way communication.

Everyone has a voice.

What’s the big deal?

Do you need a voice everywhere?

One word.

NO!

The Big Three

In Plain English

In Plain English

In Plain English

Now let’s put these tools to work.

Personal branding.

Personal Branding:Positioning and packaging of a person within the employment marketplace

So now you know, but what do you DO?

1. Get in the right frame of mind.

2. Build a LinkedIn profile.

3. Connect with friends, neighbors and past co-workers.

4. Create a Twitter profile.

5. Find 20 people to follow.

6. Engage with one “tweep” each day.

7. Find five blogs to read every day.

8. Comment on one blog post every day.

9. Blog about your passion.

10. Connect with tweeps and blog peeps on LinkedIn AND in real life.