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Social Networking Tips and Tools
Is social networking using sites such as Twitter and Facebook a major marketing opportunity or major time suck?
Find out how to make social networking work for you. We've got tips and advice for using social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook as well as a wide range of time saving applications which will help you make the most of your social networking time.
Social networking can be a great way to make contacts with other crafters, customers, suppliers and more from around the world. The key tip for successful social networking is ensuring that you see a return on the amount of time invested. As with any part of running a business, setting goals and measuring your performance (for instance number of contacts made etc) will help to ensure that the time you spend is well invested.
How to Make a Facebook Fan Page for Your Website +tab
Instructions explaining how to make a fan page.
How to Make a Twitter Background +tab
Tutorial showing how to make a custom Twitter background.
WhosTalkin +tab
Social media tool searches out blog posts and social media posts, such as Twitter, for subjects related to your search terms
Social Mention +tab
Social Mention is a social media search engine that searches user-generated content such as blogs, comments, bookmarks, events, news, videos, and microblogging services.
Social Media Search Tool | WhosTalkin? +tab
WhosTalkin? Find out who's talking about you on blogs and social networking. Can be useful for finding people who are talking about your craft business.
Twitrounds - Twitter Backgrounds +tab
Twitter Backgrounds by twitrounds. Select from over 500 free Twitter backgrounds.
What the Hashtag?! - +tab
A user-editable encyclopedia for Twitter hashtags. Useful if you use hashtags (#) when using Twitter.
TweetGrid +tab
Set Twitter lists to watch in real time - useful for planning Twitter parties
HootSuite +tab
Useful free Twitter management tool. Allows users to manage multiple accounts, schedule tweets and a handy bookmarklet that allows the tweeting of a webpage without leaving the page. Also helps users to manage Facebook fan pages etc. Well worth a look!
Managing Relationships on Twitter +tab
Useful information about managing your Twitter using TweetDeck
How Do You Choose Which Social Media Tools to Use? +tab
How to decide where to invest your time - interesting reading for someone thinking about social networking as a marketing tool.
Laura Roeder On Social Media For Mom Entrepreneurs +tab
Laura Roeder shares with mom entrepreneurs social media tips, tricks and strategies to help them grow their business.
Twitter Guide: How To Do Interesting Things With Twitter +tab
Twitter Guide: Learn how to do interesting things with twitter like track shipments, translate text, setup reminders, add events to Google Calendar, post pictures on Flickr and more.
TwitThis +tab
TwitThis is an easy way for people to send Twitter messages about your blog post or website, or enter a Twitter contest.
