1. Well, to start with the obvious, Facebook - specifically Facebook pages and insights. Pages just got a facelift too which is really cool because it let's you use all of Facebook as your page (ie you can write on people's walls, comment on pictures, like links, etc as your page). Also, the analytics feature tracks your new likes, interactions, and user demographic - it even makes graphs for you. Wicked cool.
2. Twitter - more to come on this, but my friend Martha first convinced me that Twitter was cool, and now using it for work and personally for news... It's pretty awesome. Links you to all kinds of interesting and relevant materials that you wouldn't find otherwise. Give it a chance. (and if you do, follow me and dzi! @flanighb and @dzifoundation hehe)
3. Hootsuite - awesome for organizations who want to do any kind of social media. It allows you to post to multiple forums at once, schedule posts, and track analytics. The free package is great, and I haven't convinced dZi to upgrade to pro yet, but it's only 6$/month and I think it is DEFINITELY gonna be worth it. Plus, they have a cute owl graphic (HOOTS TO KKG, hahaha).
4. Google Analytics - I'm just getting started with this one, but it's really amazing. If you have a public blog, add analytics to it just to check it out. It's super interesting to see how internet traffic and website impact are measured.
5. Social Mention - Type in whatever you are interested in (example: dzi foundation) and see what comes up all over the inter-web! It's pretty neat. And then you can set up an RSS feed to your google reader account that sends you all that "buzz" as updates. I still don't really know what an RSS is, but GoogleReader is really cool. You can have all the blogs you follow in one place. They lose their style, but you don't have to go to each one to see if they have been updated.
Oops, this is 6, or 7 including googlereader... Tweetdeck - I think this one could be better for personal use. It let's you know when any of your "streams" gets an update - which is A LOT if you are following a current news story...
Check them out!
2. Twitter - more to come on this, but my friend Martha first convinced me that Twitter was cool, and now using it for work and personally for news... It's pretty awesome. Links you to all kinds of interesting and relevant materials that you wouldn't find otherwise. Give it a chance. (and if you do, follow me and dzi! @flanighb and @dzifoundation hehe)
3. Hootsuite - awesome for organizations who want to do any kind of social media. It allows you to post to multiple forums at once, schedule posts, and track analytics. The free package is great, and I haven't convinced dZi to upgrade to pro yet, but it's only 6$/month and I think it is DEFINITELY gonna be worth it. Plus, they have a cute owl graphic (HOOTS TO KKG, hahaha).
4. Google Analytics - I'm just getting started with this one, but it's really amazing. If you have a public blog, add analytics to it just to check it out. It's super interesting to see how internet traffic and website impact are measured.
5. Social Mention - Type in whatever you are interested in (example: dzi foundation) and see what comes up all over the inter-web! It's pretty neat. And then you can set up an RSS feed to your google reader account that sends you all that "buzz" as updates. I still don't really know what an RSS is, but GoogleReader is really cool. You can have all the blogs you follow in one place. They lose their style, but you don't have to go to each one to see if they have been updated.
Oops, this is 6, or 7 including googlereader... Tweetdeck - I think this one could be better for personal use. It let's you know when any of your "streams" gets an update - which is A LOT if you are following a current news story...
Check them out!
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