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What is Social Media and Why Do We Need It? – Pt II
In a previous blog posted titled “What is Social Media and Why Do We Need It?” I discussed how social media can be applied to a method of delivery or types of information and what those delivery types consisted of. This post will cover additional delivery methods for getting our message out across the internet as we will be discussing blogs, TXT and Wikis.
BLOGS
Blogs are among first ways that allowed the average or casual user to create and distribute their message online in a broad based manner.
The beauty of a blog is that you are able to create a website or web presence quickly and efficiently without being technical. New content can be added quickly and stress free. RSS and XML feeds let you distribute content quickly. Many websites and blogs have links labeled “XML” or “RSS” or “Atom”. All of these are ways of saying that you can find out about updates to that site without having to visit the site in your web browser. Simply look for a RSS button that looks like the image above or a small orange button like this and subscribe to their feed. In this manner you will be able to keep up with websites whose content changes on an unpredictable schedule.
My blog is a WordPress platform blog. WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform that I highly recommend for its ease of use, and it is also free. You can publish your blog to your own domain or you can go to WordPress.com and set up a free blog. Be sure to educate yourself on the differences. WordPress.com has a LOT of restrictions. I suggest that you publish your own WordPress blog using either a free or purchased template.
TXT
Combined with blogging and social networking, text messaging and SMS are the most used technologies used by adults for communication.
WIKI
Communities that are established so that anyone who is part of the community can add a site and edit content. Sometime they are wide open and in other instances an administrator controls them. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis.
PRESENCE APPLICATIONS
These are hybrid-messaging applications. Through a mobile device or web presence you can instant message. They are generally limited to 160-character limit. Most of the messaging presently revolves around people texting the world about the minutiae of their lives. However it is easy to the evolution towards more substantive and diversified communication across all areas of our personal and
business lives. Why? Because presence applications ultimately are real-time communications, messaging and routing supporting collaborative applications for user-to-user interaction, but also communication between applications and users. Now you understand why we should all be excited! It’s a communication
revolution outside of corporate infrastructure easily accessible by a mobile device if a computer isn’t available.
Some popular Social Networking applications are:
Pounce Now part of six apart.
Haiku Requires a bit more tech savvy as Haiku is an open-source operating system designed from the ground up for desktop computing. Haiku aims to provide users of all levels with a personal computing experience free of any unnecessary complexities. Considered in some circles as an alternative to Linux.
At present I’m a “Twitterer” and loving it! Please follow me here.
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About the Author
Theodore Henderson, DTM – Distinguished Toastmaster
Theodore is a business coach who transforms the business lives of
individuals who want to use biblical principles and Christian faith as a
guide of success for all of the key areas of their life; spiritual, social,
personal, family, and business. He is passionate about speech and
communication and the application of biblical principals to business and
personal success.
Theodore is a Distinguished Toastmaster who
leverages his dynamic corporate background to help clients identify and
target their niche, discover how to make bold, dramatic shifts in their
entrepreneurial life by building a bridge from where they are today to where
they want to go.
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