2. Contents Who am I? What is blogging and social media? What platform to use? Getting going, the circle of social media Things to remember
3. Who am I? Richard Galbraith @ricgalbraith Blogger Writer Social media participant Conversationalist Online marketer An online voice
4. What is blogging and social media? “ Social media are primarily Internet - and mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings” – Wikipedia 2009 Community Collaboration Conversation
5. What is blogging and social media? There are a huge selection of platforms you can choose from to interact with people, learn from and push content to. The more you have, the larger your online presence is From the top, clockwise: Social news – Digg Social bookmarking – Delicious Media repositories – Youtube Life streaming – Friendfeed Live streaming – Ustream Forums & Review sites Social networks – Myspace Micro-blogging - Twitter