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Social networking for the over 50s in simple steps -Tp verso

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Author:   Tom Myer
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   Pearson Education Limited
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9780273761075

ISBN 10:   0273761072
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   14 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Top 10 Social Networking Tips for the Over 50s 1 Set up a Twitter account 2 Tweet! 3 Tweet a reply to a specific person 4 Use a Twitter hashtag 5 Set up a Facebook account 6 Share what you're doing on Facebook 7 Share photos on Facebook 8 Share videos on Facebook 9 Start blogging with Tumblr 10 Introduction to Google+ 1. Getting Started With Social Media Who uses social media? Why participate in social media? Is social media 'viral'? Privacy and security concerns Finding your friends and colleagues on social media Using social media to meet new friends Using social media to follow a hobby or passion Using social media to organise people for a cause or movement Using social media to promote a business 2. Twitter Set up a Twitter account Tweet! Tweet a reply to a specific person Use a Twitter hashtag Finding friends on Twitter Using Twitter search Sending a direct message Installing Tweetdeck Using Twitter on an iPhone 3. Facebook Basics Set up a Facebook account Adding a bio Uploading a profile picture Finding friends on Facebook Share what you're doing on Facebook Adding a comment to a friend's Facebook status Viewing a friend's profile Friending someone on Facebook Liking on Facebook Share photos on Facebook Share videos on Facebook Share links on Facebook Tagging people on Facebook 4. Advanced Facebook Using the notes feature to 'blog' on Facebook Asking a question on Facebook Posting to someone's wall Tagging someone in a post or a comment Sending a private message Creating an event on Facebook Liking a fan page Telling others about a fan page Facebook on your iPhone 5. Google+ Getting to know Google+ Sharing on Google+ Sharing a photo on Google+ Sharing a photo album on Google+ Viewing photos from your circle on Google+ Sharing a video on Google+ Adding comments on Google+ Adding a +1 on Google+ Muting a post on Google+ Sharing on Google+ Restrict sharing on Google+ Working with circles in Google+ Notifications in Google+ Viewing a specific stream on Google+ Viewing your own profile on Google+ Starting a hangout on Google+ Sparks on Google+ Your Google+ settings 6. Blogging Starting your own blog Finding quality blogs Before you start a blog Nine ideas for keeping your blog going Start blogging with Tumblr Start blogging with Posterous Start blogging with Blogger Start blogging with WordPress.com 7. Photos and Video Introduction to Flickr Create a Flickr account Upload an image to Flickr Organise images into sets Search for images Connect with people on Flickr Introduction to Instagram Downloading the application Taking a picture with Instagram Finding friends on Instagram Introduction to YouTube Searching for and watching videos on YouTube Signing up for YouTube Uploading your first video Subscribing to a channel on YouTube Introduction to Vimeo Signing up for Vimeo Uploading a video Exploring Vimeo 8. Music Introduction to Last.fm Starting a Last.fm profile Get music recommendations from Last.fm Downloading the Last.fm Scrobbler Adding favourite artists to Last.fm manually Listening to music on Last.fm Seeing recommended music on Last.fm Introduction to Blip.fm Signing up for Blip.fm Searching for a song on Blip.fm Blipping a song Introduction to Spotify Getting a Spotify account Installing Spotify Importing your music to Spotify Playing a song on Spotify Seeing an artist's playlist Seeing all songs on an album Starring songs Creating and sharing playlists on Spotify Finding Facebook friends on Spotify 9. Location-based services Downloading Gowalla Checking in to a location About Me in Gowalla Finding friends on Gowalla Introduction to Foursquare Downloading the app Checking in to a location Using Foursquare to explore Using Facebook check-ins Using Google+ check-ins 10. Fun social websites to try out DailyBooth Delicious Flixster Friends Reunited GoodReads The Hotlist TravBuddy Yelp DailyMile Ravelry Top 10 Social Networking Problems Solved 1 Privacy issues 2 Security issues 3 Oversharing 4 Inauthenticity 5 Friending too many people 6 Friending too few people 7 Trolls 8 Forgetting the social part of social media 9 Getting distracted by too much social media 10 Not participating enough in social media

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