March 2010
10 posts
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Tumblr...a new trend in blogging
The most popular blogging platforms are Blogger, TypePad and Wordpress. But Tumblr is getting a lot of attention in the past year due to ease of use and social component.
It’s a great option for first time bloggers due to simple posting functions:
Photo (almost half of all posts), text, link, quote, music, or video
Similarly to twitter, Tumblr encourages users to update brief...
Tumblr Assignment
- Create your own Tumblog by visiting Tumblr.com
- Share something: Find a link, picture, quote or write your own text to post to your Tumblog
- Join this group, by clicking the following link: http://www.tumblr.com/join/hetnJho7W5
- Once you’ve posted something and joined the group, add a post to the Three Dot Dash tumblr group providing the link to your tumblog with a brief...
Analytics Assignment
Follow the instructions here to set up google analystics on your tumblr blog:
http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/google_analytics
TWITTER
Sign Up: http://twitter.com
Pick a username that’s short and easy to remember and unique to you.
We are @rosiesiman @faris & @stacykfuller
Search: http://search.twitter.com
Use the search feature to see what Twitter’s Trending Topics are
Search for keywords related to your interests and follow people who are having those conversations
Listorious: http://listorious.com
Search...
Twitter Assignment
- Write 3 tweets for today. Remember to showcase your personality, but balance it with useful information.
- Follow 10 new people and begin conversations with at least 3 of them.
- Find a link that someone has shared using bit.ly. Add a + sign to the end of the link to track the stats of the link and think about why the link shared had the amount of clicks it did. (Does the user who tweeted have...
FACEBOOK
Pages: http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/#!/pages/create.php
Create a page for your cause
Add content. Because this is about your cause, be careful to upload a picture that represents your mission (ie a logo) instead of a personal picture.
Make it social: Be sure to enable fan posting on your wall
Paypal: http://apps.facebook.com/paypalapps/
Consider creating a donation widget to add to...
Facebook Assignment
- Create a page for your cause
- Add a donation widget so that friends and fans can support your cause
- Find a non-profit on Facebook that you like and see how they’re gaining support; Take one element that you learned from their Facebook page and add that to yours