Social MediaMade by Kenta Ito

For Mr. Staats

Facebook

Type in the URL Type in the URL bar bar www.facebook.com and the Facebook homepage will come up to look like this. Here is where you will begin the initial sign up for Facebook.

After filling it in, After filling it in, hit the sign up hit the sign up button to head to button to head to the next step.the next step.

You then have the option to find other You then have the option to find other friends using Facebook who have friends using Facebook who have linked their account with e-mails. linked their account with e-mails. We’re going to go ahead and skip this We’re going to go ahead and skip this because you can search and add because you can search and add friends later.friends later.

The next step The next step you can fill out you can fill out some of the some of the profile profile information, and information, and also decide who also decide who can view that can view that information. It information. It can be public, can be public, friends, only you, friends, only you, or a custom list or a custom list that you can that you can create.create.

Here you can Here you can upload or take a upload or take a picture which will picture which will be set as your be set as your profile picture. You profile picture. You can update this can update this and add new ones and add new ones later. Hit save and later. Hit save and continue when continue when you’re finished.you’re finished.

Then you’re Then you’re finished! You can finished! You can fill out your page fill out your page with other with other information, add information, add new friends, new friends, upload photos, or upload photos, or hit the news feed hit the news feed button on the button on the side bar to post side bar to post your first status.your first status.

Facebook GroupsGreat for Private Groups

Pinterest

Type in the URL bar Type in the URL bar www.pinterest.com and you should be and you should be taken to the taken to the Pinterest Pinterest homepage.homepage.

Press the sign up with Press the sign up with Facebook and it will Facebook and it will prompt you to allow prompt you to allow Pinterest to be logged Pinterest to be logged into with your Facebook into with your Facebook credentials. credentials.

After pressing okay After pressing okay on the Facebook on the Facebook prompt it will bring prompt it will bring you to a quick tour you to a quick tour of Pinterest. Go of Pinterest. Go ahead and press ahead and press next a few times to next a few times to see a few of the see a few of the capabilities of capabilities of PinterestPinterest.

After that you can search some things you’re After that you can search some things you’re interested in to see their relevant “pins.” interested in to see their relevant “pins.”

After finishing up the sign-up, click on After finishing up the sign-up, click on your name and select Follow Boards. your name and select Follow Boards. This way you’ll be able to start seeing This way you’ll be able to start seeing some other people’s pins.some other people’s pins.

Go though Go though some of the some of the interests on the interests on the side till you find side till you find some good some good boards to boards to follow. After follow. After selecting five selecting five you can go on you can go on to create your to create your own board.own board.

Head back to the Head back to the homepage and hit homepage and hit the plus button next the plus button next to your name.to your name.

Then select create a Then select create a board.board.

Fill out the form Fill out the form and create the and create the board to your board to your liking.liking.

You also have You also have the option to the option to add a map and add a map and make the board make the board secret (viewable secret (viewable only by you.)only by you.)

Here you can add pins Here you can add pins from websites, from from websites, from your computer, or your computer, or search on Pinterest to search on Pinterest to “re-pin” photos.“re-pin” photos.

Select the web and Select the web and then enter a website then enter a website URL and Pinterest URL and Pinterest will take all video’s will take all video’s and images and images available for you to available for you to pin.pin.

After entering a After entering a URL you can select URL you can select any of the any of the available pins to available pins to put on your new put on your new board. You can board. You can also find friends on also find friends on Pinterest, and Pinterest, and follow their pins as follow their pins as well. That’s about well. That’s about it!it!

Google+

Enter in the URL bar Enter in the URL bar www.gmail.com and hit and hit create an account. If create an account. If you already have a you already have a gmail account then you gmail account then you can skip these first can skip these first steps.steps.

After you fill out After you fill out all the forms all the forms you can head to you can head to the Google+ the Google+ homepagehomepage

Here you can Here you can search for people search for people to add in various to add in various ways.ways.

Then you can go back to the Then you can go back to the homepage and post statuses, homepage and post statuses, photos, web links, videos, or photos, web links, videos, or coordinate events. coordinate events.

Twitter

Enter Enter www.twitter.com into the URL bar and fill in the information to sign up for a Twitter account.

Fill out the rest Fill out the rest of the of the information information and press and press create my create my account.account.

It will take you It will take you through a brief through a brief tutorial of their tutorial of their website and website and ask you to ask you to follow at least follow at least five people. Go five people. Go ahead and ahead and select some select some accounts.accounts.

After following After following a few more a few more people or people or simply skipping simply skipping steps you can steps you can upload a profile upload a profile image, and image, and write a short write a short 160 character 160 character biography biography about yourself. about yourself. These are both These are both public.public.

Once finished there, Once finished there, you’re now able to you’re now able to compose new tweets, compose new tweets, see the tweets of see the tweets of people you’re people you’re following, popular following, popular people, and also people, and also trending hashtags.trending hashtags.

Hootsuite

Hootsuite is a cool Hootsuite is a cool website that can be website that can be used to manage used to manage your social your social networks, or networks, or business’s social business’s social network. Go to network. Go to www.Hootsuite.com and click the and click the create account create account button on the top button on the top right.right.

Select free account for Select free account for now, and fill out the now, and fill out the form before pressing form before pressing Create Account.Create Account.

Here is where Here is where you will connect you will connect the desired the desired social networks social networks with Hootsuite. with Hootsuite. Go ahead and Go ahead and select the ones select the ones you want and hit you want and hit continue.continue.

Once Hootsuite Once Hootsuite is connected is connected and authorized and authorized to manage your to manage your accounts, a accounts, a page like this page like this should come up. should come up. Here we used Here we used Twitter. You can Twitter. You can now add now add streams to be streams to be viewed on your viewed on your dashboard. dashboard. Select Home for Select Home for now. It will now now. It will now look like this.look like this.

To post or To post or schedule a tweet schedule a tweet from here you can from here you can select the select the compose message compose message box, enter the box, enter the message, and message, and either post it or either post it or click the calendar click the calendar to set a date and to set a date and time for Hootsuite time for Hootsuite to post it for you.to post it for you.

Keep in mind that when posting Keep in mind that when posting tweets you are only allowed 160 tweets you are only allowed 160 characters. If you are tweeting a characters. If you are tweeting a web link but it is very long, you web link but it is very long, you can use a tool at www.Tiny.cc.can use a tool at www.Tiny.cc.

Enter in the URL Enter in the URL for the link you for the link you are trying to are trying to shorten, and shorten, and either leave it either leave it as customurl or as customurl or put some key-put some key-word if it’s not word if it’s not already in use. already in use. Then press tiny!Then press tiny!

It should then come up with a box It should then come up with a box labeled Recent URLs where it will labeled Recent URLs where it will give you your tiny.cc link, and any give you your tiny.cc link, and any previous ones you’ve made. It also previous ones you’ve made. It also tells you which URL they tells you which URL they correspond to, and gives you the correspond to, and gives you the option to share the URL or even get option to share the URL or even get a QR code for it. These are much a QR code for it. These are much shorter and fit in tweets much shorter and fit in tweets much better.better.

Another function Another function of Hootsuite is of Hootsuite is the chart button the chart button labeled analytics labeled analytics where you can where you can generate info-generate info-graphics for your graphics for your social network social network accounts. Feel accounts. Feel free to check out free to check out these whenever!these whenever!