Social Media Is Easy!

What is a Blog? Many people want to know ‘what is a blog?’ A blog is a discussion or informative site published on the internet that is made up of a series of posts (blog entries).  Usually, blogs are displayed in reverse chronological order, displaying the most recent first. Therefore, blogs work like a series of diary entries. What can I Blog about? There are hundreds, thousands, even million of blogs on the internet today - food blogs, travel blogs , even dog blogs! A blog can be a diary, a cookbook, a photo album… the list goes on.  Blogs generally (but not always) have a theme or topic. For example, an International Development Blog  or Philosophy Blog .  A blog can be whatever you want to make it! What Blogging Platforms are available? There are so many blogging tools or platforms available for writing a blog. The internet has a series of brilliant blogging platforms that you can use for free, such as Blogger and Wordpress . Blogger is probably the easiest to use if

We have been testing out Ozoshare, the 'green' alternative social network, and think it's going to become the sexiest ethical social media platform for 2013. Ozoshare - The new and alternative Social Media Working a little bit like a green Facebook, Ozoshare offers good functionality and is specifically aimed at the eco-friendly social media user.  If you are interested in environmental and ethical issues, then Ozoshare could be the new social media platform for you. How do you use Ozoshare? On Ozoshare, you can share status as 'recycle' and approve the status of others. You can add photos and join 'Pow-Wows', which work in a similar way to Facebook groups.  Ozoshare is not for everyone. Of course, you have to be green and ethically minded. Ozoshare for Social Media Marketing and Business If you run an ethical business, you should definitely consider using Ozoshare. You can share images of ethical products and links to your website with green

Pinterest is hot and sexy for 2013! It is particularly great for creative business and Pinterest has a high percentage of female users. It is the third popular social networking site in the US.  Here are our top tips for using Pinterest. 1. Pin original content. 2. If you pin unoriginal content, always get permission and reference the source. 3. Pin around 5 pins daily. 4. Like other people's pins. 5. Comment on other people's pins, especially when they are in a similar topic or area. 6. Use hashtags and website links when describing a pin. 7. Follow related pinners, most will follow you back. 8. Avoid too much self promotion. 9. Consider using Pinstamatic to pin sticky notes, blogs and calendar dates. 10. Consider using reachli to become an advertiser or publisher. If you want to find out more about using Pinterest successfully, follow this link .

Delicious is a great way to bookmark and share your favourite web links. Today, it launched it's new site design. Delicious is easy to use, and helps to get traffic to your sites and blogs. First, you will need to set up an account. Simply go to www.delicious.com and follow the instructions to set up. The easiest way is to log in with Facebook or Twitter. Once you have an account, you can follow people and add links. You also have a personal inbox for messaging. When you add a website link into Delicious, you can tag it to make it more searchable for other people. To add a link, simply click 'Add Link' in the down arrow menu in the top right hand corner. Tags are extremely important as they make the site that you add more searchable. When you add a link to delicious, make sure that you add as many tags as you can think of, bearing in mind that people will search for topics under different names and headings. Do you use Delicious? Do you use it for

Advantages of Twitter Marketing Using Twitter is like sending a text message to the world! It offers the facility to ‘tweet’ a generic message to everyone following, @mention – send a direct tweet to someone, and to send a direct message. Twitter can be great for sharing links and asking people’s opinion on topics and products. You can make your tweet more searchable by using the #hashtag as a social bookmark. For example, using #socialmedia would mean that anyone searching for #socialmedia would be likely to stumble upon this tweet. Twitter marketing is also great for research and finding new connections. If you use the search bar, you can find people interested in similar things to you by searching for tweets on a particular topic. You can get a pretty good reach if you have a lot of followers who retweet you. Don't be afraid to ask for the RT (retweet), but don't ask too often - this might be seen as cheeky!  By sharing useful, unique and relevant content, you will find