Facebook, Twittersphere and all that

http://tinyurl.com/notweets4u

Rip Torn, Actor

On Google

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=965xgorJ0Fc

Who said?

“Float like a butterfly,

sting like a bee”

Managing Privacy

Brand You

What is it about what you are and what you do

that makes you different?

Or, answer this

“What do I want to be famous for?”

15 words or less, starting now

What’s Your Social Media Strategy?

Social Media – the Smart Way

•People•Objectives•Strategy•Technology

http://www.forrester.com/Groundswell

Some Basics

• Secure your name – domain, Facebook

• Start a blog – Posterous.com is good

• Use video – great for search engines

• Join bigger conversations

Thank You

• Someone said that if Christopher Columbus had turned around half way across the ocean, no one would have blamed him. But then, no one would have heard of him.

• Make sure they hear of you – and good things

• See you around on the social web

http://XeeSM.com/deswalsh

Is it lunch time yet?

Presentation for elite athletes & performers, 15th Sept 2009Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

• Lions, Monarto Zoo, Adelaide by robdownunder, via Flickr, Creative Commons• http://www.flickr.com/photos/aus_pics/468043394/

• Mom on Facebook http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1791210

• Golden Arches Times Square Giorgio Martini – Creative Commons• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacDonalds_sign_in_Times_Square.jpg

• Fallen arches picture http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/04/mcdonalds-golden-arches-topple-in.html

• Fake Facebook profiles http://mashable.com/2009/07/26/funniest-fake-facebook/

• NRL considers brand restructure http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26015385-5012431,00.html

• Twitter gibe http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25957856-2722,00.html?from=public_rss•

Facebook to Offer New Features to Allow Users to Control Privacy of Information • http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/business/02facebook.html?_r=1

Cartoons by Hugh McLeod – with permission - http://www.gapingvoid.com •

More employers use social networks to check out applicants• http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/more-employers-use-social-networks-to-check-out-applicants/

Des Walsh

Social Media Strategist

http://deswalsh.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/deswalsh

http://XeeSM.com/deswalsh

@deswalsh

+61 5536 5658

+61 413 089 355