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Social Media Tools Managing Your Digital Identity

Social Media Tools Managing Your Digital Identity

Social Media is all about PEOPLE

Social Media is all about PEOPLE

Do you own your own name? Does Your Email Address look like one of

Do you own your own name? Does Your Email Address look like one of these? n nelaine 98111@shaw. ca nhoneybee 2000@gmail. com ncreativemarketing@america. net

Do you own your own home? n. Do you have a website … with

Do you own your own home? n. Do you have a website … with a real domain? n. Can n. Are you update your website when YOU want? you running website analytics?

What’s your handle? Why Important? Findability – most social media sites are being indexed

What’s your handle? Why Important? Findability – most social media sites are being indexed – user names and user profiles are showing up.

Your Professional Personality n. Where u. A should you show off your professional personality?

Your Professional Personality n. Where u. A should you show off your professional personality? blog (your own or a group blog) u. Recommended: u. Try u. Flickr Wordpress. com “mini-blogging”: tumblr or posterous [or Picasa]

Your Professional Profile n. Where should you have a professional profile? u. Linked. In

Your Professional Profile n. Where should you have a professional profile? u. Linked. In u. Facebook u. Twitter n. Really, Facebook? Maybe – use the “group friends” and privacy settings!

Monitoring Your Buzz How do you find out what people are saying about you?

Monitoring Your Buzz How do you find out what people are saying about you? u. Set up Google Alerts for your and your business name u. Set up search feeds (RSS feeds) u Your name and business name u Links to your website u Links to other profiles u. Monitor these searches using tools like an RSS reader (e. g. Google Reader) or a personal homepage (e. g. My. Yahoo, i. Google, or Net. Vibes)

Credits n Kathy E Gill, @kegill, kegill@uw. edu n Creative Commons – share and

Credits n Kathy E Gill, @kegill, kegill@uw. edu n Creative Commons – share and share alike, non commercial attribution