Book description
What the heck is Facebook? Twitter? Blogging? This book answers these questions and explains how to use a variety of social networking sites to keep in touch, stay in business, and have fun.
This book covers the main social networking "spaces," and introduces some of the ways people are enjoying them within a family or business context. It includes information on posting pictures, using add-ons, and working with Facebook and LinkedIn groups. It also covers the phenomenon of Twitter, including how it has grown and the road ahead.
This book also covers how you can use the various networks together, such as sending a Twitter message that updates your Facebook status, or exporting your LinkedIn contact list and using it to invite people to Facebook. It also includes discussion of how to use social networks for both personal and business use, and how to keep them separate.
How to use Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking sites for family, friends, and business
How to make your sites talk to each other
How to make the most of social networking and stay out of trouble
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Technical Reviewer
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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1. Carpe Diem! Capture, Preserve, and Share Your Adventures on Social Networks
- 1.1. In This Chapter:
- 1.2. Introduction
- 1.3. Disclaimer: Feedback, Participation Desired
- 1.4. Sharing Stories from Your Life on Social Networks
- 1.5. Dr. Fun's Prescription: Capture, Preserve, and Share
- 1.6. Social Network Roadmap: Back It Up, or Capture, Preserve, and Share
- 1.7. The Story of Personal Digital Archaeology
- 1.8. The Life Story Suitcase
- 1.9. 2069.us
- 1.10. The Importance of Sharing Your Stories
- 1.11. Conclusion
- 2. What the Heck Is Facebook?
- 3. Getting Started with Facebook
- 4. Capturing Your Story on Facebook
- 5. Branching Out: Facebook Pages and Facebook Advertising
- 6. What the Heck Is Twitter?
- 7. Making the Most of Your Tweets
- 8. What the Heck Is a Blog?
- 9. Designing and Sharing Your Blog
- 10. Using Flickr to Share Pictures
- 11. Watching and Sharing Video on Youtube
- 12. What the Heck Is LinkedIn?
- 13. Using LinkedIn to Strengthen Your Career Support Network
- 14. What the Heck Is MySpace?
- 15. Meetup: The Original Social Network
- 16. What the Heck Is Ning?
- 17. Exploring 3D Virtual Worlds: Second Life
- 18. Going Global: Connecting with People in Other Countries and Languages, with Google Translate and Google Multilingual Chat
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A. Kahonua and RGB
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A.1. Kahonua
- A.1.1. What one sentence best describes your idea?
- A.1.2. Describe your idea in more depth.
- A.1.3. What problem or issue does your idea address?
- A.1.4. If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how?
- A.1.5. What are the initial steps required to get this idea off the ground?
- A.1.6. Describe the optimal outcome. How would you measure it?
- A.2. RGB
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A.1. Kahonua
- B. CFTW: A Personal Invitation to Join the CFTW Conversation
Product information
- Title: Social Networking Spaces: From Facebook to Twitter and Everything In Between (Beginning)
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2010
- Publisher(s): Apress
- ISBN: 9781430225966
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