Welcome to Social Media, Volume 1
- Introduction
Defining Social Media and its relevance
- The Breakdown
Analyzing and Evaluating Social Media Technology
- Discussions
Featured Recommendations, Observations, and Inspiration
- Personal Best Practices
Utilizing Social Media for Personal Growth
- Professional Best Practices
Social Media in the Workplace
- Technology and Applications
The Power and Possibilities of Social Media
- Alphabetical Index
- Download Welcome to Social Media, Volume 1 (.pdf)
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Personal Best Practices
Using Social Media to Help Your Job Search
While understanding the Internet’s role in the job search has always been important for professionals, the emergence of new Web technologies, such as social media, blogging and social networking, has permanently changed the playing field. read more…
Using Social Media to Make Face-to-Face Connections
Spend a while on Facebook and it can begin to seem like an acceptable substitute for face time. Don't be fooled. Even if all you're trying to do is have a conversation, studies have shown that our words convey only about 7% of our meaning. The rest is tone of voice and body gestures. Besides, you might want to do more than converse—how about sharing an ethnic meal with an expert, or seeing a concert, or even dating? So yeah, Facebook isn't everything. read more…
Writing Well for Social Media
Each social medium has its own flavor. If the medium is the message, as McLuhan famously said, then here’s a corollary to his axiom: every social medium has unique formal factors that determine the length, depth and even the tone and style of any message it is used to convey. read more…
