social media

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social media seo

• tools, value, strategy
• democrats abroad ap - phnom penh 09
• anthony umann - da malaysia
• anthony.umann_at_gmail.com

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SEO mojo for votefromabroad.org

• Link to votefromabroad.org in profiles, media
  descriptions, web posts, forums wikis. Watch
  google turn on the magic. -link authority

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whats social media?

• Friends, words, pictures, videos audio.

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social media value for dems abroad

• Low cost way to reach out and promote.
• Increased traffic page rankings.

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how to start?

• Many ways to participate.
• Contribute or promote.
• Mash it up - mixing, widgets, cross post
  (ping.fm).

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social networking

• Search for, join and create da groups
• Link to your site in your public profile //
  settingsprivacy

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social bookmarking

• Promote sites through tagging voting up -
  Digg.com, reddit.com StumbleUpon.com

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cross posting

• ping.fm - write one place, posts at many.
• tubemogul.com - posts to many video sites

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Start a blog

• WordPress.org cheap hosting, support your local
  hosting company.
• WordPress.com - free and easy

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reading

• Best way to start is by reading blogs
• Google blog search, technorati.
• Use RSS readers

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blog about what?

• Travel / photo logs
• Commentary on current events
• Area of expertise or hobby
• Journal - micro blogging (twitter, tumblr)

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points of contact

• Be flexible. However they arrived, theyre here.
• Our content personalizes us.
• Were interesting people!

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exponential effects

• Social media strategy delivers organic, self
  feeding growth.
• Posts, word of mouth, more links, more traffic,
  more link authority.

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what works for you?

• Already using blogs, facebook, youtube, etc? What
  value do you think its brought to your
  organizing/ events?
• Questions?

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links

• popurls.com - social media aggregator
• ping.fm - cross posting service
• twitter.com - micro-blog community
• flickr.com - photo sharing
• qik.com - live video casting
• getdropbox.com - secure group sharing
• mobileairmouse.com - used at talk