Social Media Is Easy!

What is Stumbleupon? Stumbleupon is my new favourite thing in the world of social media!  It a web based platform that is perfect for both sharing and researching.  You can set up a Stumbleupon account here . Using Stumbleupon for Research Stumbleupon can help you to discover new and interesting things on the internet. You tell Stumbleupon what you like and what your interests are, such as technology, cooking, animals or Facebook.  Stumbleupon will then introduce you to web pages, videos, photos and more that you might not find on your own. As you 'Stumble' on new web pages, you can click 'Like' or 'Dislike'.  Stumbleupon then can show you more of what you will love, based on what you have 'Liked'. Using Stumbleupon for Sharing When you create a website or update your blog, you can input it into Stumbleupon's list of websites. Simply go to your home page, click on the down arrow next to your user name and click on 'Add a Page...

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...