Social Media Tools:-
There are a wide range of social media tools businesses can use to get more interactive — to communicate and exchange information with customers. Businesses are increasingly using these tools because they offer more cost-effective ways to achieve their goals.
In this article, we present links to basic information explaining these tools. In later articles, we’ll provide advice and resources to help businesses get started in using these tools effectively. Click on the Social Media tool category below to get a basic understand of each:
Blogs 101
Microblogging 101
RSS 101
Photo Sharing 101
Podcasts 101
Social News and Bookmarking 101
Social Networking 101
Video Sharing 101
Wikis 101
Social Media Tools:-
There are a wide range of social media tools businesses can use to get more interactive — to communicate and exchange information with customers. Businesses are increasingly using these tools because they offer more cost-effective ways to achieve their goals.
In this article, we present links to basic information explaining these tools. In later articles, we’ll provide advice and resources to help businesses get started in using these tools effectively. Click on the Social Media tool category below to get a basic understand of each:
Blogs 101:-A blog is a website where entries or posts are listed in chronological order. Blogs commonly allow for readers to provide comments which are posted along with the original entry.
Microblogging 101:-Microblogging is a form of blogging where users provide brief period updates (often on a frequent basis throughout the day) and publish them on microblogging platforms. You’ve probably heard of Twitter, which is a Microblogging tool. Microbloggers can submit their updates via the web itself or via text messages, instant message, or even email.
RSS 101:-RSS is a syndication format that allows websites and blogs to distribute their updated, dynamic content as feeds to users. Instead of having to visit the website, users can sign up for the feed provided by the website or blog and using an RSS reader or aggregator (like Google Reader explained below), access the feed. Users can sign up for as many feeds from different websites as desired and then access and manage those feeds all at once using their RSS reader.
Photo Sharing 101:-Photo sharing tools allow users to upload and post their photographs online to share them with other users.
Podcasts 101:-A Podcast is a digital audio that is distributed via the Internet for playback on a user’s computer or portable media device – a mp3 player such as an iPod.
Social News and Bookmarking 101:-Social bookmarking allows web users to save, organize and share their bookmarks of web pages on the Internet (vs. their own computers). Social news sites allow users to submit web pages and articles and have other users vote on them with the # of votes determining which articles are presented on the social news site.
Social Networking 101:-Social networking services – Facebook and MySpace being the most well-known- are websites that allow online users to connect and share information with other online users.
Video Sharing 101:-Video sharing allows users to upload and share videos to video sharing website such as Youtube. Other users can watch the videos, comment on them, share them with other users and even embed them on their own websites and blogs.
Wikis 101:-A wiki is a collaborative website that allows users to contribute to and edit the content on the website. Wikipedia is a well-known wiki. Wikifarms host multiple wikis and provide tools for users to create their own wikis.
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