Social Media- Finding the best platforms for you.

What is social

media?“Social media is a way to

communicate via the internet. It’s about starting a conversation online- either in a written form, a visual for or

an audio form”.

Social media is also a place to share lots of cat pictures!

Twitter• 140 characters

• Follow friends, businesses and celebrities

• Communicate with a person by putting an @ before their Twitter username (e.g: @hollieanneb)

• Great for finding new friends, local information, following your favourite brands

Facebook

• Best for keeping in touch with friends and family

• Updating your status

• Join groups (such as the Sherwood W.I group!)

• “Like” businesses, TV shows, celebrities, hobbies- share your interests with your friends.

• Get snapping- upload your photographs and share the joy.

Instagram

• A free app for iPhone, iPad and Android phone

• Allows you to add cool filters to your pictures

• Share, search hashtags, like and comment

• Follow friends, find people into your interests, use as a visual diary

Pinterest

• Use as a giant moodboard!

• Have as many boards as you please- cats, cake, craft and crochet

• See an image you like somewhere online? Click the Pinterest button to add to your board

• See an image you like on someone else’s board? Click the Re-Pin button

• Perfect for finding craft ideas, recipes, tips and inspiration

Tumblr

• Allows you to create your own blog

• Simple, easy to use and easy to follow other Tumblr blogs

• Add words, pictures, video, audio etc...

• LOTS of other blogs on Tumblr to cover every need- from cats eating cakes to blogs celebrating vegan brownies

LinkedIn

• The social media site for professionals

• Create a profile, add your CV, add your skills

• Connect to colleagues past and present and ask them to endorse you as a professional

• Great for searching for jobs

Youtube

• Broadcast yourself!

• Perfect for searching for and watching tutorials

• Search for music videos, TV clips, funny videos of animals etc

• Store all your favourite videos in a playlist and share videos you love on Twitter and Facebook

Vine

• Free app available for iPhone and Anroid

• “Create a scene in six seconds”

• Share your video on Twitter

• Add hashtags so people can find and like your video

Don’t get overwhelmed

• Use as many or as little social media sites as you like- you don’t have to bother with them if it’s not your thing!

• Enjoy it, be creative, have fun!

• Fancy a chat with me on Twitter? Tweet @hollieanneb